She's got a boyfriend ??? Geez the way her and Rowoon were over the top intimate in their drama I felt for sure…
It's not "acting"...it's acting. It's an actual job, and no quotes needed. Actors act, that's what they do, and sometimes that requires kissing. Your comment is actually super weird. Calling them cheaters because they're fulfilling their acting contract...
Such an interesting article Suzy, generating SO much discussion. To the commenters lamenting the 'Westernisation'…
Same. I keep asking for examples of the "vulgar" and "explicit" sex scenes in newer K-dramas because I certainly haven't seen those but I've only gotten one response so far. I'm honestly asking because I don't see them
Ah yes, the good ole days of K-dramas with their excessive screaming and slapping and blackout-inducing alcoholism. I pine for the days of abusive ML's and mother-in-laws and doormat FL's who just needed to know their place. K-rom coms from the 2010's with their terrible hairstyles and every. single. trope. in. the. book. Also how awesome was it just a few years ago when K-dramas never showed a gay person on screen (and if they appeared they never got a happy ending.)
...Sarcasm....
And another thing. I have long found it problematic that seemingly everyone thinks that Korean media (which marketed itself to the world with the Hallyu Wave, not the other way around) OWES the world's K-watchers to stay the exact same for eternity. I hardly ever see anyone acknowledge that maybe, just maybe, the changes that K-dramas are experiencing are because Koreans are themselves evolving, like most societies do. All the pearl clutchers on here because they dare to show something other than dead fish kisses, because news flash(!) Koreans have sex too! Even though their dramas are still incredibly tame (and many of their movies have been almost pornographic!)
It's like some of you have been watching for a few years now, and assumed ownership of K-dramas, like you do with K-pop stars. "Nothing can change or evolve, and everything must stay the way that I want it to, or else it's bad." It's a parasocial relationship of sorts, and I find it unhealthy.
By the way, I say this as someone who for the last two years has watched C-dramas almost exclusively (with some J-dramas sprinkled in.) I haven't watched many K-dramas lately, except for two EXCELLENT dramas, My Dearest and My Sweet Mobster.
As an aside, I wonder if people might feel less burned out if MDL would give us news from other places besides Korea every once in a while - it's become KDL!!
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Ah yes, the good ole days of K-dramas with their excessive screaming and slapping and blackout-inducing alcoholism. I pine for the days of abusive ML's and mother-in-laws and doormat FL's who just needed to know their place. K-rom coms from the 2010's with their terrible hairstyles and every. single. trope. in. the. book.
Also how awesome was it just a few years ago when K-dramas never showed a gay person on screen (and if they appeared they never got a happy ending.)
...Sarcasm....
And another thing. I have long found it problematic that seemingly everyone thinks that Korean media (which marketed itself to the world with the Hallyu Wave, not the other way around) OWES the world's K-watchers to stay the exact same for eternity. I hardly ever see anyone acknowledge that maybe, just maybe, the changes that K-dramas are experiencing are because Koreans are themselves evolving, like most societies do.
All the pearl clutchers on here because they dare to show something other than dead fish kisses, because news flash(!) Koreans have sex too! Even though their dramas are still incredibly tame (and many of their movies have been almost pornographic!)
It's like some of you have been watching for a few years now, and assumed ownership of K-dramas, like you do with K-pop stars. "Nothing can change or evolve, and everything must stay the way that I want it to, or else it's bad." It's a parasocial relationship of sorts, and I find it unhealthy.
By the way, I say this as someone who for the last two years has watched C-dramas almost exclusively (with some J-dramas sprinkled in.) I haven't watched many K-dramas lately, except for two EXCELLENT dramas, My Dearest and My Sweet Mobster.
As an aside, I wonder if people might feel less burned out if MDL would give us news from other places besides Korea every once in a while - it's become KDL!!