The melodrama genre is inherently heart breaking, tear jerking, and full of tragedy. Going into a melo I fully expect to see the characters lives torn apart by horrible events and the ever resulting need for revenge. But not all melos are created equal. While some give great context to the tragic plot twists others … Continue reading
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2012- Drama Year in Review
2012. For me it has been the year of the K-drama. While I have dabbled in Korean Dramas for awhile now this year was the year (dare I say it) that my addiction came into being. 2012 is the year I said “Marathon! Sign me up”. In the spirit of my own year of the … Continue reading
The Best Characters in K-Drama: Kang Maru, Nice Guy
“A phrase began to beat in my ears with a sort of heady excitement: “There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired.” “Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my … Continue reading
How to be a nice guy (or avoid it all together)…or Life Lessons from The K-Drama Nice Guy
Nice Guy- how you made me laugh and cry. A well paced story of betrayal, lust, lost love, and heart ache interspersed with randomly hanging cell phone calls and an overabundance of product placement this drama taught me mostly what not to do if I want to avoid the whole eternal punishment thing. I created … Continue reading
First Impressions of Nice Guy
So I am a little behind (okay, like 14 episodes behind) on the epically melodramatic revenge extravaganza Nice Guy. After two weeks consisting of grad school finals, a nasty cold, and puppy dramatics I have finally found time to return to K-Drama. Marathon it is! Fighting! As of this evening I have at least bridged … Continue reading