On My Dearest • Sep 2, 2023
Title My Dearest
I want to address an important aspect of how women are portrayed in Kdrama, Hollywood movies and particularly in historical drama. Seriously as a woman I don’t like seeing female characters who are always portrayed as humble, thoughtful and caring creatures with impeccable manners on screen! In order to make them relatable to modern society writers often portray them as uninterested in sewing or not good at it, bored in girls manners school or having revolutionary opinions. In some cases they are dressing like men, fighting like men and suddenly developing an interest in politics. But in the end they’re not men so what’s the point?! A woman can be all of those things but she also has to be real! Finally I can see a real woman on screen, one who isn’t shy about using her beauty to get what she wants, who doesn’t sugar coat the truth, who isn’t just intelligent but also clever in her own field, who makes mistakes but doesn’t easily admit them. A real woman not the perfect embodiment of justice and honor but a flawed yet authentic WOMAN!
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