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Thank you so much for this thoughtful reply. So impressive that you're at least tri-lingual!

I am terrible at both, but I've found Korean more difficult, principally because formal/informal speech differences make it sometimes seem like you're learning two languages instead of one. Either way, both languages are very difficult for English speakers.

One of my friends is very good at learning languages, and she has a lot of difficulty with German, which interests me, since German, for me, is easier than French, which she speaks fluently.

That's an awful nuisance for everyone!

In the US, even if someone else does your taxes or you pay them to take care of financial matters for you, you're still on the hook for what the accountant prepares. If they make mistakes or lie about how much income you get vs how much tax you owe, you're in trouble. (Just ask Donald Trump :-)

SK entertainment business is rotten to the core, and it exploits the hell out of desperate kids who work so hard to be successful. But doesn't everyone in SK know that, too? I'm surprised that their entertainment industry isn't audited and regulated to the nth degree.

You bet.

I have no idea how the income tax system in South Korea works, but it's probably not very much like the system in the US (or elsewhere, for that matter.)

Even so, without an annual statement of earnings from his agency, how can he pay his taxes? Assuming he receives one (but it's full of lies--not his fault), how does the agency hide their lies for 18 years?

Agency is headed for a forensic audit, and it won't survive it. People going to jail over this.

If the characters are similar in age, (all 4 of them) why are the males "men" and the women "girls"? Asking for a friend.

This is the sort of twisty, angsty, over the top plot that Lakorns do so well. I'll hope hard that it's subbed.

Agree, but the mismatch might be very interesting.

Oh, you meant Cdramas, not Kdramas. Never mind.

I'd add "My Father is Strange", a 52 episode weekender that I've watched from start to finish at least twice. There's a melodramatic hook, of course, or it wouldn't be a weekender, but it's unobtrusive and believable. All of the couples in this drama are wonderful--even the in-laws.

And is each episode 4 minutes, like usual?

Solid reply.

I'm not that interested in dramas with few or no female cast members, but I'm also not interested in dramas that have abundant female characters, but they're in subservient or very minor roles.

Women hold up half the sky. Presumably, they make a sizable portion of the viewing audience, too.

Agree. There are hardly any women in this drama.

The amount of pressure the situation, her family, the lawyer are putting her under is unbelievable. I get what her family wants. But is the lawyer after the same? Is it just that everyone thinks she knows where the money is and they think she's hiding it?

This is unexpectedly wonderful. The 4 episodes I've seen are genuinely funny, but it's the relationship between the women that will keep you watching. This is a show I'll watch as soon as the episodes are available.

That IS a different drama. Goodness. Thanks for catching that!

There are 36 episodes of this up (and subbed) on YT. The rest of the episodes are coming.

I'm very interested in this. My favorite genre is revenge. especially if it's done well. I think Song Hye Kyo has. ever so slowly, been sneaking up on darker parts, and she has the acting depth to play them. Of course, show depends mostly on writer, but I'm looking forward and hoping.

I want what you want. Manifest this for all of us, would you?

If you are a victim of sexual assault, avoid this drama, I think. Show can be massively triggering, and I'm not convinced that the payoff for watching the show is worth it.