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On the one Korean drama I can’t forget
Tag: Korean drama
Interview with Jung Yumi (Elle Korea 2018)
I've liked a lot of projects that Jung Yumi has been in, but the one I can't forget is Que Sera Sera, her first TV drama. It's possibly one of the most horrifying and hard-to-stomach (i.e. amazing) melodramas I've ever seen. I've seen it 2.5 times myself and the opening song still always gives me goosebumps. That said, I [...]
Interview with Gong Yoo (Elle Korea 2018)
Gong Yoo is one of those actors who consistently takes me by surprise and I'm not really sure why. He's good and he picks pretty solid projects. I've seen (ahem!) five of his dramas and three of his films over the years and every single time I've found something beautiful and moving in his performance. I'll [...]
Interview with Lee Min-ki and Jung So-min (Marie Claire 2017)
So 이번 생은 처음이라 / Because This Is My First Life wraps up this week. This interview came out in October, right before the show started airing so it's kinda old news at this point, but I needed something to occupy me between episodes and it's been ages since I've translated celebrity news anyway, so here [...]
화초서생
In terms of genre, 구르미 그린 달빛 checks all the boxes for me--historical rom-com, crossdressing (guilty pleasure don't judge), princes who pretend they aren't princes, and dramatic angst delivered in the most delicious of ways. Also I mean: If you've watched the first couple episodes, you'll notice that Sam-nom/Ra-on has an amusing nickname for our prince-in-disguise: 화초서생. [...]
썸 타다
I love picking up new Korean slang. Once you have a new word or phrase down, it's like a whole new vista of meaning opens up. All of a sudden, drama dialogue, radio shows, tweets, and forums start making more sense and you start hearing the word everywhere. That's how I felt when I learned 썸타다. I first came [...]
