I'm struggling to understand why someone would like to watch content that is abusive and non-consensual...? Are…
You didn't actually answer any of my questions. I haven't seen either of the K-dramas you listed, (as I would rather watch Japanese doramas these days), so I don't get your reference. Simply saying "Think about that" doesn't mean anything to me.
Summer's Desire is one of my favorites. New Tales of Gisaeng was okay. I do love me a good "toxic" romance every…
I just listed Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru as my current favorite as well. (I got so hooked that I just ordered all the manga.) I hope they make a sequel!
It's definitively very difficult for me to find Thailand dramas, I don't know how and where to get the content.…
I'm struggling to understand why someone would like to watch content that is abusive and non-consensual...? Are you saying that you actually 'like' to watch scenes of sexual assault, physical abuse, and domestic violence? I also like, and often prefer, "mature" dramas - dramas for and about adults (see my comment at the beginning of the thread.) I'm also not a prude in any sense of the word. But I certainly don't enjoy watching characters get abused and assaulted, often to simply move the plot forward. It might be exciting to you, but those particular scenes are hell for many of us.
I love "mature" dramas as well, as they're both guilty fun and serve as cautionary tales (other people can go through the hardships and we can learn from their mistakes just by watching.) This list is missing Japanese doramas, however! They do makjang better than the Koreans sometimes. Here are a few recommendations:
Dramas: Kenja no Ai Double Fantasy Glass no le Love Shuffle Kakafukaka Million Yen Women Perfect Crime and my current favorite: Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru
Films: The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese Marmalade Boy Blue Spring Ride
It’s ok to watch once, but I won’t rewatch it. And I don’t agree with the commenters who wanted the FL to end up with someone else, because he wouldn’t have been a catch either. I just didn’t like the writing at all, really. I wouldn’t say it’s a waste of time to watch but there are better dramas out there.
Never mind, I found out but it doesn't seem right that it can't be listed because it was produced in America.
Or like The Ghost Bride, which is a Malaysian-Taiwanese production (and way more Malaysian than Taiwanese), but MDL lists it as Taiwanese only. That's exclusion. It doesn't matter if it's always been that way if it's not the right thing to do anymore.
Define ''forced diversity''. Foreigners winning something once in their lifetime is not ''forced''.
The Oscars aren't the only game in town, and lots of other awarding organizations loved Minari (and Youn Yuh Jung specifically) this year. There is absolutely no question whatsoever that the Oscars have been too white for too long, that is a solid fact. But Minari was also a very well-received film by lots of awards voters that didn't need to have new rules implemented.
The Ghost Bride isn't technically a Taiwanese drama, it's a Taiwanese-Malaysian collaboration. The drama's directors were Malaysian (Quek Shio-chuan and Ho Yu-hang), it's based on a Malaysian novel (by Yangsze Choo), its actors are both Taiwanese and Malaysian, and it was filmed in Malaysia.
Someday or One Day is a frickin' masterpiece. Like it should be taught in film school on how to perfectly write, design, direct, act in, and score a drama. There are hardly any other dramas, from any country, that come even remotely close to its tight pacing, crisp and sincere writing, and complexity of roles for its actors. Even the music is damn near perfect.
No one has mentioned Yong-jiu Grocery Store yet and it should be on your list. Set in the countryside, the characters go between Taiwanese Hokkien and Mandarin and are often more interesting than typical characters from the big city. Derek Chang is brilliant in the ML role as well.
Other favorites are: Lost Romance and Back to 1989 (Marcus Chang is flawless.)
Some films that should be mentioned are: Your Name Engraved Herein A Sun Dear Ex Secret
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I also like, and often prefer, "mature" dramas - dramas for and about adults (see my comment at the beginning of the thread.) I'm also not a prude in any sense of the word. But I certainly don't enjoy watching characters get abused and assaulted, often to simply move the plot forward. It might be exciting to you, but those particular scenes are hell for many of us.
This list is missing Japanese doramas, however! They do makjang better than the Koreans sometimes.
Here are a few recommendations:
Dramas:
Kenja no Ai
Double Fantasy
Glass no le
Love Shuffle
Kakafukaka
Million Yen Women
Perfect Crime
and my current favorite: Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru
Films:
The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese
Marmalade Boy
Blue Spring Ride
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accolades_received_by_Minari
No one has mentioned Yong-jiu Grocery Store yet and it should be on your list. Set in the countryside, the characters go between Taiwanese Hokkien and Mandarin and are often more interesting than typical characters from the big city. Derek Chang is brilliant in the ML role as well.
Other favorites are: Lost Romance and Back to 1989 (Marcus Chang is flawless.)
Some films that should be mentioned are:
Your Name Engraved Herein
A Sun
Dear Ex
Secret