So the general theme of the drama from the very beginning was that Hee Soo (희수) didn't love herself enough.…
If you would send your blog to me in direct message, I would love to read more of what you write…..if it’s in English, of course (I can’t read Korean…..yet. LOL) I really like understanding the context behind what I’m watching better, so I look forward to learning more!
So the general theme of the drama from the very beginning was that Hee Soo (희수) didn't love herself enough.…
Thank you so much for this incredibly helpful explanation! Do you have other dramas that you've written thematic and character analyses for? I would read them all, if so!
Personally I hate finding out when songs are sung by him. It basically ruins the whole song for me. It's not normal…
What an uninformed comment. What’s “normal?” Music has no gender. I recommend you look up Pentatonix and listen to Mitch Grassi’s high notes - he’s known for them. Also traditional/ancient Chinese music was often sung in falsetto, by men, and a Chinese man just broke the world record for “highest vocal note by a male” which was up in the whistle tones.
On the other end, there have been some proposed musical terms for women who can sing in the lower registers, which are contralto profondo for tenor and oktavistka for bass. Ysaye Maria Barnwell, a member of the all-female a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock, can sing bass. (And I’ve them perform multiple times and have met her and her bass is *impressive.*)
I liked this and think it's quite underrated. The story, acting and look of the drama were all excellent. I get…
Your "running around funfairs for dates and sterile kissing" comment is living rent-free in my head now......LOL! Maybe we should start a club for those of us who are grown-ass adults and ok with some mature content....
in some countries is quite normal to show nudity , that sometimes I think the actors have really sex , I heard…
I resonate with your comment a lot. European movies often show a LOT of sex. I'm American (and the whole world knows how some of our movies and tv shows are) and so I was like, "Where's the skin?" when I started watching a lot of K-dramas... :-)
Pau93, you win 'worst comment' award, congratulations! How does it feel to be so self-righteous and perfect? I've been cheated on by an ex - in an unbelievable way, in fact - and I would never wish that on someone else with such a heartless comment. Also, the world is a messy place and humans are messy creatures within it. People who act like everyone has to fit into neat and ordered little boxes make all the problems worse.
Another garbage drama from Netflix. Feeding youngsters with sexual contents and infidelities.
Well "youngsters" shouldn't be watching sexual content, and infidelity and domestic violence happen in every country around the world. I don't think Netflix can be blamed solely on that problem.
I had never heard of him before....but after watching a few of the YouTube links you posted, rest assured that I will be paying close attention from now on! WOW. Thank you for the introduction!
There are lots of awesome J-dramas out there, let me know if you need any recommendations!
Some recommendations for you. I tried to find ones with quirky humor, (but most J-dramas have an element of quirk to them - which is why I like them so much!) :-) *Todome no Kiss (not a comedy per se, but has comedic undertones to it, and Suda Masaki is a character as well. This is one of my favorites.) *Kikazaru Koi ni wa Riyuu ga Atte (on Viki as Why I Dress Up For Love) *Hajimete Koi wo Shita Hi ni Yomu Hanashi (on Viki as A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love) *Kimi wa Petto (You're My Pet) *100-manen no Onna-tachi (on Netflix as Million Yen Women - much darker, but extremely well-done) *Takane and Hana *Love Shuffle *The Full-Time Wife Escapist *Is This Love Checkmate? *Promise Cinderella *My Fair Prince
Let me know if you're open to other genres as well! Also feel free to peruse my profile's custom lists for other recs. I hope this helps!
A couple of corrections for your review: This film came out in November, 2008, not 2001. It's based on the Japanese manga "Antique Bakery" by Yoshinaga Fumi, so the K-movie was an adaptation of the manga, not the other way around. Other than that, I agree that it has some of the same quirkiness of Moulin Rouge.
Wah, I am /so/ curious about the scene in ep 8 - I would love it to know which one it is.I really hope you are…
Episode 8: (1:01:45) Yeom Mi Jung: “Sometimes, I have this thought. ‘When you were three, seven, and 19 years old…I wish I could go back in time and sit quietly next to your younger self.’” Mr. Gu: “You’re doing that now. When I’m 90 years old, this will be my younger self.”
When I saw that the first time, I actually had to stop the drama because I couldn't see the screen any longer. This beautiful thought that in the midst of all the pain, the confusion, the loneliness of much of life, and the longing that we sometimes feel to go back and warn or even chastise our younger selves, that *right now* our much-older selves are actually sitting next to us, guiding and comforting us. The guardian angels have become us instead. I honestly think about this idea and the implications and complexities of it almost daily.
At some point during almost every episode of My Liberation Notes I found myself having to pause, and think - often deeply - about what I had just witnessed. So many scenes and so much of the dialogue was profound on levels that I haven't seen for a while. It was a drama that required patience, and a commitment to see the characters through to the end...because they were on a journey, for sure, and I felt like I was being taken along with them. And this was due to the writing. (There is one particular scene from episode 8 that I actually think about on an almost-daily basis.)
It's true that I often find myself giving the credit for a drama's success to the acting, the directing, the cinematography - because all of those are integral to the process. But in this case, so much of what was powerful about the drama for me were the words and phrases they were saying, the deep silences, the shorter pauses, and the various contexts it was all happening within - largely due to the writer (and her team.) Interestingly, MLN was the first drama from this writer that I had seen...
Not one single drama needs a second season! One season K-dramas are perfect! Get you hands off of K-drama, Netflix!!!!!
These are MDLers voting on what they want to see - not sure what Netflix has to do with this. (Also Stranger 2 was almost as perfect as the 1st season, so….)
I loved this! I put SO MUCH WORK into thinking of the best recommendations I can make for non-watchers because I feel like I have to be the best representative of all drama-watchers in the world, recommending the absolute perfect drama, thereby making them a dedicated drama-watcher for life. Kind of a ridiculously tall ask of anyone, but there it is. 🤩 Thanks for a great article!
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I really like understanding the context behind what I’m watching better, so I look forward to learning more!
Also traditional/ancient Chinese music was often sung in falsetto, by men, and a Chinese man just broke the world record for “highest vocal note by a male” which was up in the whistle tones.
On the other end, there have been some proposed musical terms for women who can sing in the lower registers, which are contralto profondo for tenor and oktavistka for bass.
Ysaye Maria Barnwell, a member of the all-female a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock, can sing bass. (And I’ve them perform multiple times and have met her and her bass is *impressive.*)
Maybe we should start a club for those of us who are grown-ass adults and ok with some mature content....
I've been cheated on by an ex - in an unbelievable way, in fact - and I would never wish that on someone else with such a heartless comment. Also, the world is a messy place and humans are messy creatures within it. People who act like everyone has to fit into neat and ordered little boxes make all the problems worse.
*Todome no Kiss (not a comedy per se, but has comedic undertones to it, and Suda Masaki is a character as well. This is one of my favorites.)
*Kikazaru Koi ni wa Riyuu ga Atte (on Viki as Why I Dress Up For Love)
*Hajimete Koi wo Shita Hi ni Yomu Hanashi (on Viki as A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love)
*Kimi wa Petto (You're My Pet)
*100-manen no Onna-tachi (on Netflix as Million Yen Women - much darker, but extremely well-done)
*Takane and Hana
*Love Shuffle
*The Full-Time Wife Escapist
*Is This Love Checkmate?
*Promise Cinderella
*My Fair Prince
Let me know if you're open to other genres as well! Also feel free to peruse my profile's custom lists for other recs. I hope this helps!
This film came out in November, 2008, not 2001. It's based on the Japanese manga "Antique Bakery" by Yoshinaga Fumi, so the K-movie was an adaptation of the manga, not the other way around.
Other than that, I agree that it has some of the same quirkiness of Moulin Rouge.
Yeom Mi Jung: “Sometimes, I have this thought. ‘When you were three, seven, and 19 years old…I wish I could go back in time and sit quietly next to your younger self.’”
Mr. Gu: “You’re doing that now. When I’m 90 years old, this will be my younger self.”
When I saw that the first time, I actually had to stop the drama because I couldn't see the screen any longer. This beautiful thought that in the midst of all the pain, the confusion, the loneliness of much of life, and the longing that we sometimes feel to go back and warn or even chastise our younger selves, that *right now* our much-older selves are actually sitting next to us, guiding and comforting us. The guardian angels have become us instead.
I honestly think about this idea and the implications and complexities of it almost daily.
It's true that I often find myself giving the credit for a drama's success to the acting, the directing, the cinematography - because all of those are integral to the process. But in this case, so much of what was powerful about the drama for me were the words and phrases they were saying, the deep silences, the shorter pauses, and the various contexts it was all happening within - largely due to the writer (and her team.) Interestingly, MLN was the first drama from this writer that I had seen...
Thanks for the article!