Bad Poster, Good Drama
Posters for K-dramas are a notoriously fickle beast. There is no consistency in quality, and if I used posters alone to judge a drama I would miss a boatload of interesting works.
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Where’s the Girl Power?
Female Friendships in K-dramas Where are the genuine girl-girl friendships in K-dramas, something that can hold a candle to Buffy and Willow in BtVS?
Continue reading →Dude, Who Let You Out Of The House?
While there are been many instances of horrific fashion choices committed to celluloid in the history of K-dramas, merely to highlight fugly fashion would ultimately be an empty endeavor.
Continue reading →A Very Bad Hair Day
Moon Geun Young has drop-dead gorgeous hair in that promotional picture for Cinderella Unni. It’s so perfect, both for the drama and for her facial features. Good hair – it is easier said than done.
Continue reading →Good Actors Picked Bad
Why is Lee Byung Hun on the front of a post about good actors who keep picking bad projects? Because Stormshadow here CAN pick a project, and I thought I’d start with a successful example for others to emulate.
Continue reading →Sympathy for Mr. Sexy
I was going to title this post without the extra “y” at the end of the last word. So, you though this blog was going to be PG, or at most PG-13. Well, you thought wrong!
Continue reading →Bao Chou – The Revenge Meter in Dramas
My drama chingu Serendipity once wrote on Dramabeans OT: “It was HK sagas which taught me that essential Chinese phrase, to be screeched at the top of one’s lungs, preferably while running a sword through swathes of people, “Bao chou! Bao chou! Wo yao bao chou!” or “Revenge! Revenge! I want revenge!”
Continue reading →My TW & C-Drama Allergies
By popular request (*cough* yuan89 *cough*), I’ve quickly compiled a list of My Other Allergies. These are the actors and actresses from TW- and C-dramas which I avoid like the plague.
Continue reading →My K-Drama Allergies
This is both a companion post to the list of My Obsessions and a counterpoint to my post on memorable performances. People have their own taste and tics, resulting in some folks fangirling certain performers no one else seems to like, or conversely leaving others scratching their heads over why certain performers are so popular.
Continue reading →A Performance To Remember
Do you remember the drama and/or movie that made you fall in love with your favorite actors or actresses.
Continue reading →“She’s Not A Witch, She’s My Mother!”
As the title clearly indicates, this is a companion piece to the post I did about the memorable and heart-warming parental figures in K-dramas.
Continue reading →“He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Father”
I sometimes live in drama land for stretches at a time. When I emerge from a drama haze, I find that another holiday has passed or I’ve missed yet another birthday.
Continue reading →“Fauxcest is the Best!”
K-dramas and the fascination with the Love-That-Dare-Not-Speaketh-It’s-Name:
After watching K-dramas for over three years (wow, has it really been that long?), I’ve noticed an oft-used subject matter is the kinda-sorta-maybe romance between two people who have some sort of relationship with each other that should preclude any romantic involvement.
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