K-Drama School

por Grace Jung

Entrevistas de comedia After Shows Criticas de Televisión

K-Drama School – Ep 143: Miraculous Brothers and Pumpkin Streusel Muffins

[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show Miraculous Brothers (2023, JTBC). The show is written by Kim Ji-woo whose TV screenwriting days date back to 2001 with Stock Flower. The show stars Jung Woo, Bae Hyun-sung, Park Yu-rim, Oh Man-seok and Lee Ki-woo. Themes include rationalizing one’s personal shame and the importance of tending to one’s own pain rather than only externalizing through action in the name of “justice.” Grace discusses modernist Korean poet Yoon Dong-ju and the Woody Allen film You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) in relation to Miraculous Brothers. Please visit K-Drama School’s Patreon page to support the show at http://www.patreon.com/kdramaschool. Please visit the K-Drama School Store at http://www.kdramaschool/com/store. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.

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K-Drama School – Ep 142: Grace Goes to Long Beach and Talks Aliens and Vietcong with Viet Nguyen

No K-drama today. Grace’s SoCal comedian buddy Viet Nguyen returns as a guest. They chat outside a coffee house in Long Beach. Viet teaches Grace how to say “cheers” in Vietnamese and drops knowledge on the Vietcong’s history. They talk about bulldogs, Japanese dogs, Asian aliens, Transformers, Shia Labeouf, parents, war, independence from authoritative influence, and autonomy. Grace recommends that you visit K-Drama School’s Patron page: http://www.patreon.com/kdramaschool. She'll upload weekly posts covering all shows and movies that are not K-dramas. Grace also recommends that you visit the K-Drama School Store at http://www.kdramaschool/com/store. She is selling mugs and notebooks that she designed personally. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.

K-Drama School – Ep 141: Grace Goes Blonde and Drinks Cacao

No K-drama today. Grace discusses how long it took her to go completely blonde, and her experience drinking cacao. Grace recommends that you visit K-Drama School’s Patron page: http://www.patreon.com/kdramaschool. She'll upload weekly posts covering all shows and movies that are not K-dramas. Grace also recommends that you visit the K-Drama School Store at http://www.kdramaschool/com/store. She is selling mugs and notebooks that she designed personally. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.

K-Drama School – Ep 140: Glitch and Queer Aliens Questioning Reality

[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show Glitch (2022, Netflix) directed by filmmaker Roh Deok and written by Jin Han-sae who also wrote Extracurricular and. It stars Jeon Yeo-been and Nana from the K-pop group After School and the series Mask Girl. Grace observes the show’s exploration of UFOs, aliens, queerness, and objective/subjective reality. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.

K-Drama School – Ep 139: Mask Girl and Complex Feminist TV

[Spoiler Alert] Grace celebrates the early phase of the full moon in Pisces—this month’s second Super Moon, and it is blue! She also celebrates finding a hat she loved and lost from five years ago. This week, Grace covers the show Mask Girl (2023, Netflix) which stars Lee Han-byul, Nana, Go Hyun-jung, Ahn Jae-hong and Yeom Hye-ran and explores lookism through black comedy and psychological thrill. Grace also notes a wonderful trend of complex feminist discourses on television that take inspiration from art house and indie cinema through shows like Anna, School Nurse Files, Somebody and Mask Girl that blend idiosyncratic voices with wild female radicality on TV shows for streaming platforms that would never be invited onto mainstream broadcasting spaces. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.

K-Drama School – Ep 138: DP Season 2 and Male Korean Cynicism

[Spoiler Alert] Grace is obsessed with a new Korean sparkling water called Cloop which is grape flavored and comes with a plastic cap to keep the water carbonated longer. Hell yeah. (Not a sponsored ad!) She also plays the xylophone a bit as promised. This week, Grace discusses season 2 of DP and male Korean filmmakers’ infernal cynicism which she is tired of. She also sees the goodness of show’s characters who are brave enough to stand up for what they believe in and fight the system. Grace announces that Barnes and Noble has a pre-order link for her new book K-Drama School: A Pop Culture Inquiry into Why We Love Korean Television. More pre-order links will become available in the following months. Please stay tuned. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.

K-Drama School – Ep 137: Anna (Director’s Cut) and Fearless Women with Intention

[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the director’s cut version of Anna (Coupang Play, 2022) based on the novel Intimate Stranger by Chung Han-ah, adapted for the screen by female writer/director Lee Zoo-young. The show stars Bae Suzy, Jung Eun-chae, Kim Jung-han and Park Ye-young. Anna was marred in controversy because the executives of Coupang Play recut the show without the director’s consent or approval down to 6 episodes from the original 8 episodes. Grace recommends everyone to watch the director’s cut which is available on Amazon Prime in the US. Anna is both a fetishization and critique of wealth, power, and South Korean elite society. The show explores fearlessness, feminism, wealth critique, education critique, and how a person’s shame can imprison one. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.

K-Drama School – Ep 136: King the Land and Recognizing Emotional Labor

[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show King the Land (JTBC, 2023) written by Choi Rom starring Im Yoon-ah of Girls Generation and Lee Jun-ho of 2PM. Grace analyzes the show’s politicized recognition of emotional labor jobs like hospitality, retail and flight attendance occupied by women. Grace dedicates this episode to her late friend Tuim Kim Weaver who survived Japanese occupation, the Korean War, and immigration to the States. May she rest in peace. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.

K-Drama School - Ep 135: Grace Gets Exposed to Carbon Monoxide

No K-drama coverage today. Grace is on a saga. She goes to the ER after carbon monoxide exposure in her home. She records the podcast in real time with the event as it unfolds. She apologizes for the poor quality of the recording. She promises to cover King the Land next week. She also appreciates her beloved listeners. 🫰 Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.

K-Drama School – Ep 134: See You in My 19th Life and South Korean Animators

[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show See You in My 19th Life (tvN, 2023) based on a webtoon by Lee Hye, written by Choi Young-rim and directed by Lee Na-jeong. The show explores the theme of past lives which Grace sees as a metaphor for negative flashbacks. How to let go of past memories that feel so real? Grace also discusses her experience of seeing Barbie (2023) in theaters, and her fantasy of working on a show for Cartoon Network. Grace talks about the history of South Korean animators (e.g., Nelson Shin) who hand drew the majority of hit animated shows in the US like The Simpsons, Family Guy, Bob’s Burgers, Spongebob Squarepants, Adventure Time and King of the Hill. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.

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