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I haven't found Full episodes. And also nothing is subbed. Nevertheless, the channel is TvN
Hopefully this link works, to get you started
https://youtu.be/Z7gu8MEbkzw?si=aY8T69QCP8O93Dpw

That's the direction my thoughts went too 😬
There and Afghanistan...

Selling the rights to make a remake is what raises funds - especially for the creatives who made the original. This is why there are so many versions of reality shows.
And let us be honest here...remakes are very normalised throughout Asia. Look at how many versions of "Boys Over Flowers" there are. The "US" part of this, IMO seems to be what irks people, more than 'remake' does...
Family By Choice. A Time Called You. Very positive comments around both of these remakes by SK.
AND it's not unprecedented in the US. One good example IMO would be "The Departed!" Based on "Infernal Affairs". Not better than the original, but definitely good.

"In the present scenario, where the Korean entertainment industry — particularly the film sector — is struggling to reach the break-even point in the domestic market alone, CEO Jang emphasized that the global market is not an option but a necessity".
As much as people might loathe remakes, I will accept their existence with gratitude, if it helps fund original content.

It's a year later, but JIC you're still searching. It's Dolce and Gabbana. I think many of her outfits in the show are European designers. https://www.theoutnet.com/en-au/shop/product/dolcegabbana/dresses/knee-length-dress/cotton-blend-guipure-lace-dress/14097096497778673
There are fashion bloggers out there who do drama outfit posts...probably vloggers nowadays 😁 https://unniesparadise.blogspot.com/2016/01/la-pasarela-oh-my-venus.html?m=1

If you find it, can you please 🙏 post a link?

It's totally baffling to me too. 🤷

I'm not a fan either. I found Mi Suk to be oppressively violent. TBF, It's pretty realistic how everyone is afraid of her, because of this. And how her daughter Seok Ryu is also so casually violent in her behaviour - to be expected when your mother models that behaviour, and NO-ONE calls it out.

This really lowered the value of the drama for me, because it made up SO MUCH of the plot/action of the secondary characters.
It's disturbing that SK dramas still play this kind of violence as comedy.

Joo Eun and Woo Sik break up before he starts dating Soo Jin. This is clearly stated in the first couple of episodes. I can imagine a bias towards the FL, could cause the assumption that they're lying, but nevertheless, it's clearly stated that they did nothing wrong.

The worst that could be claimed is that having a relationship with your best friend's ex, is taboo. BUT Soo Jin feels that Joo Eun utterly betrayed her, by setting her up for PUBLIC HUMILIATION on a blind date, when they were at uni. Not something you can just forget and move on from! For Soo Jin, they're NOT friends! And as they say, you can't help who you are attracted to, and who you love.
Even so, Soo Jin makes efforts throughout the drama, to protect Joo Eun when she can. As does Woo Sik. They are both good people who
deserve their HE.

Back here for my annual rewatch. Probably because of SJSxSMA chemistry. But reading recent comments, I just want to defend the 2nd couple.
There is NO cheating in this drama!

I really want to like this, and there's been enough to keep watching, but the casual violence, played endlessly as comedy, is just so overbearing. I find it overwhelming for... reasons; but it just reduces the quality of the drama in general.

Thanks for the list!

Damn you Cho Na and your comprehensive lists 😆. My PTW list already needs a comprehensive edit, but yep...I'm considering actually handwriting these 🤔

The timing of this article, for me, is perfect. I find short form dramas are a great antidote to doomscrolling - which in current times, is just scrolling! There's fewer draggy moments for my brain to get distracted, so I usually manage to stay focussed. The only issue I have is figuring out where to access them...
Now how to win the algorithm battle on the YouTube account I share with my 11yo...

Kwak Shi Yang, playing the horrifically co-ercive and violent character, Chung Hwa Seo, who murders his wife; apologised once, in a facetious instagram post, and everything was forgiven. https://www.sportschosun.com/k-drama/2024/09/sc-issue-im-sorrygood-partnerji-seung-hyun-guaciyang-16336
No shade to KSY. He's right. It's acting. But it really highlights what people value, when it's compared with Ji Seung Hyun having to make multiple apologies, to appease the public, due to playing a character having an extra-marital affair.

I absolutely love this! Cannot comprehend that they're training for the Iron distance. Olympic distance triathlon would make more sense.
Regardless watching them tri so hard to keep learning and progressing, is my happy place.
A lot of this is on YouTube if people are looking...

That's a singular perspective. Judao Christian and Islamic lore, are not the only ones witb demons, heaven, hell etc. This is a Korean Drama. And they're all stories anyway so this writer has every right to make up their own version.

Exactly!

Blkittykat, I absolutely love this editorial! My first love was Cultural Anthropology and the importance of myths, to understanding a culture, cannot be overstated! It just gives so much more meaning to the viewing experience of movies/dramas, when you have an insight into the myths that influenced them.

Thanks for your very clear explanations and great examples, of each of these myths in shows - you've helped clarify some things for me, in a way that the dry academic type versions I'd tried, did not 😳

Completely side-tracking but the teru teru bozu reminded me: It's both funny and creepy to think about how many rituals or sometimes superstitious practices, we undertake on the regular, that are based on really horrifying origins. Neck ties is one example that springs to mind...it's not a ritual per-se but still a daily symbolic men's attire, that has creepy origins in the plague.

Agree, A Piece of Your Mind, was just so satisfying. I feel its worth the mention too because the music is so central to the story

If you're saying you're green with envy 💚 at the excess of talent, I agree 😆 but I definitely don't want them to stop.