Because it brought the American attention to the Kdrama scene?
Yes, the trend towards imperfect, but still appealing men, is largely after this drama. I would argue that the reply series and other shows like the ones you mentioned also helped this trend along too. There is an appeal to many drama watchers of strong women being the match and occasionally even the savior of men. Not because the men are “weak” but challenged in some way. Many people find vulnerability attractive, often more so than domineering stereotypes.
This sometime evolution of allowing for a wider variety of male characters was also seen in Western dramas and movies, mostly from the 70s onward. If you look at the rise in bl dramas, there is an overlap there too. I am watching this showing up more often in Chinese dramas now too. The Japanese seem to have a love/hate relationship with imperfect male characters often.
These are of course generalizations, but watching trends is fun. :)
Because it brought the American attention to the Kdrama scene?
For multiple reasons reasons: 1. it was highly unusual for Korean dramas to deal with any disability or neurodivergence. The main character is autistic. In many ways, this drama started the trend of allowing main characters be imperfect. Before this most characters lacked a lot of depth or reality often.
2. Yes, the cross fertilization of drama concepts existed prior to this, but mostly it was the rest of the world filtering into Korea. Shows like this and the amazing Signal allowed for the flow to reverse more often- partially or entirely.
3. It was an early translated to English show. English is spoken by so many, and even more people translated it from English to other languages. In many ways it, and other dramas, helped pave the way for Signal and the Kdrama wave.
4. It was also part of the movement away from melodramas in Korea. While melodrama does have many areas of the world that really appreciate them (especially Spanish speaking countries), more countries generally do not. While there are enough fans of Korean dramas now who have been introduced to Korean melodramas of the past to shoot Queen of Tears into the atmosphere, there were not really before. By the way, this show is not without some melodramatic elements, but a lot less than many before it.
5. It is a really good watch :) I could enumerate a few more reasons, but I have droned on enough.
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The Good Doctor- which later was brought to the US and other countries.
21 years difference? Enough to make me uncomfortable, and his character is suppose to be in his 30s. Casting could have been better. But so far, not bad otherwise
Guys, so will ML lose his status as the most powerful being in the world (god) at the end?
It is interesting to me, this idea that a god cannot love, or should not. While love has a total dark side, it is also the source of so much of the best parts of things. Walking the path along that line between dark and light seems a better idea.
Nope, they took him to become a zombie. I am sure of it. She will have to kill him or somehow he will save her life. Always remember though that she is a phoenix; she will rise.
This sometime evolution of allowing for a wider variety of male characters was also seen in Western dramas and movies, mostly from the 70s onward. If you look at the rise in bl dramas, there is an overlap there too. I am watching this showing up more often in Chinese dramas now too. The Japanese seem to have a love/hate relationship with imperfect male characters often.
These are of course generalizations, but watching trends is fun. :)
2. Yes, the cross fertilization of drama concepts existed prior to this, but mostly it was the rest of the world filtering into Korea. Shows like this and the amazing Signal allowed for the flow to reverse more often- partially or entirely.
3. It was an early translated to English show. English is spoken by so many, and even more people translated it from English to other languages. In many ways it, and other dramas, helped pave the way for Signal and the Kdrama wave.
4. It was also part of the movement away from melodramas in Korea. While melodrama does have many areas of the world that really appreciate them (especially Spanish speaking countries), more countries generally do not. While there are enough fans of Korean dramas now who have been introduced to Korean melodramas of the past to shoot Queen of Tears into the atmosphere, there were not really before. By the way, this show is not without some melodramatic elements, but a lot less than many before it.
5. It is a really good watch :) I could enumerate a few more reasons, but I have droned on enough.