nycfoodie

The South Korean entertainment industry will slowly die out like the South Korean population (with the lowest global birthrate).

That's why South Korea has completely sold its soul to solicit the international audience. (For example, by forfeiting rights to proprietary content for Netflix distribution.)

In compromising, if not sacrificing its cultural integrity, South Korea is only accelerating its own collapse. K-pop is basically American hip-hop with Korean (plastic surgically-enhanced) faces. And K-dramas will end up being nothing more than mid (in both senses of the word) American TV shows with Korean people.

No apologies necessary. Nothing you say can ever hurt me. It is what it is.

Speak English. I have no idea what gibberish is coming out of your mouth. Keep asking ChatGPT if you require further assistance.

Actually, I don't have parents in real life. They passed away when I was young.

Lots of unwarranted assumptions. Let's see you point out exactly where I said any of these things. Again, feel free to quote me.

What things have I been defending? Feel free to quote me.

Ask ChatGPT who's your daddy.

I'm guessing you don't know from personal experience.

Why do you have to turn off your brain? Isn't it already off?

stfu

tldr

Why did I reply to your post if I didn't like it?

Hmmm....

If you want to know, ask yourself:
why do you watch a drama if you don't like it?

There's your answer.

I didn't tell you what to watch & post. I said that no one's making you watch & post.

Next time, try reading (& understanding) the posts to which you reply before you reply.

True, but there's no "need" to watch the (C vs K) dramas that are being compared either. And yet we do.

If people did only what they needed to, life would be very boring indeed.

I care about C-drama characters more.

No one's making you watch. And no one's making you post either, but here you are.

Do you mean the song, "Flowers Fall with No Trace?" If so, yes, it's the same singer, Sa DingDing.

Some MDLers have already rated episodes that haven't come out yet. You can always ask to borrow their time machines.

Tell us what you really think.

Winter Begonia is currently available on YouTube. It is a timeless classic, so the particular setting (Republican Era) is only a means by which universal themes are explored.

I haven't seen Blossom Shanghai, but I have seen some of Wong Kar Wai's films, including Chungking Express & In the Mood for Love. To me, Winter Begonia's superior. More thought-provoking & emotionally resonant.