Someone spoiled who she ends up with for me.🙁Now I'm struggling.
I suggest changing perspective and watch it to witness how Sung Hwan and Deok Sun fell in love in real life, they've been dating since the drama ended.
As a Kenyan currently in Nairobi I respect your opinion but I think people are justified in calling out the drama…
I also thought that they should mention the country, back when I watched You're Beautiful. Then I watched Sh**ting Stars and again, no country was mentioned. As an economist, I got curious and after I researched a little, it's my (very personal) guess that the korean showbusiness would not choose to go specific about countries. If you have time, I got you these 2 links (one about sub-saharan and the other about africa in general) that showcase the delicate balance of the (recent from 2006) relationship that south korea is aiming for: https://www.csis.org/analysis/south-koreas-evolving-role-sub-saharan-africa
I'd like to say something about all those many comments about the first episode with the ML going to Africa. I think that part of the plot would seem normal to the screenwriter, because South Korea has been for many years in the 'top 15 countries in the world' with the most number of volunteers abroad (21 out of 100 south koreans volunteer abroad), so I believe that those scenes were written to show a side of the ML.
And about portraying Africa as needing volunteers because of poverty, the girlfriend of my son just came back from Nairobi, Kenya where she was volunteer for 2 months for poor small kids. And Kenya has the 7th largest GDP in Africa (US$ 114 billion) and she was in a group of 31 volunteers from all around the world sent to Nairobi. I repeat, to Nairobi, the capital of the 7th richest country in Africa, which is not even one of the African countries with the most volunteer programs to 'Alleviate' poverty and resources problems . The top 10 world countries with the most volunteer programs include 4 African countries: South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Ghana. Of the 27 countries currently ranked by World Bank as the very poorest countries in the world, 23 are located in Africa. Africa also includes 21 of the world's 55 Lowest Middle Income countries.
This explains why volunteers go there, despite the fact that Africa has great cities, middle and high income families, etc.
By the way, I'm from Latin America, and it doesn't bother me at all that we're always portrayed in movies and dramas as poor despite the fact that we do have very modern cities, infrastructure, etc, because the truth is that the majority of our people are poor. We cannot afford pride. We want as much awareness as possible and as many volunteering programs as possible to help us, since our governments are either corrupt, or lack resources.
Very good article. Since then, 2 other versions have been released: the chinese 'Meteor Garden 2018' (my favorite together with the taiwanese 2005-07-08) and 'F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers 2021)', which is in my pending list. If you have watched them, it would be great that you update this article with your review about them.
This might sound weird but I watched the anime version and not the drama and the anime was so good. I mean you…
The anime was done after the drama was a huge hallyu success and used the original k-drama cast voicing the characters, so, even though it will be more melodramatic, there's a good chance you'll like the drama
I must be a masochist because here I am starting another itazura no kiss. The MLs always break my heart after…
I don't remember much about the movies, but this taiwanese version, and thai version Kiss Me (2015), are the ones with the best ML among the dramas, in my opinion.
Lol😂🤡 Uncanny Counter and Kingdom as masterpiece? and SH adaptation aren't even that great to become masterpieceI…
So you just joined to reply to my comment. I feel honored, really sincerely (no sarcasm). It means my comment went beyond just stating my opinion, to invite a healthy discussion. Welcome to MDL!! A good tip to help you would be to get familiar with what ratings a member has given, before guessing the tropes they like. Just go to the profile of any member, click below the member's image to go to their lists, then click in 'Completed' dramas, and you'll see the ratings they gave to similar tropes. For me, similar dramas that I loved, would be Le Coup de Foudre or Forever Love, but there were not super perfect guys chasing the FL, if I remember well.
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https://www.csis.org/analysis/south-koreas-evolving-role-sub-saharan-africa
https://www.ifri.org/en/publications/etudes-de-lifri/korea-africa-between-soft-power-and-economic-interests
And about portraying Africa as needing volunteers because of poverty, the girlfriend of my son just came back from Nairobi, Kenya where she was volunteer for 2 months for poor small kids. And Kenya has the 7th largest GDP in Africa (US$ 114 billion) and she was in a group of 31 volunteers from all around the world sent to Nairobi. I repeat, to Nairobi, the capital of the 7th richest country in Africa, which is not even one of the African countries with the most volunteer programs to 'Alleviate' poverty and resources problems . The top 10 world countries with the most volunteer programs include 4 African countries: South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Ghana. Of the 27 countries currently ranked by World Bank as the very poorest countries in the world, 23 are located in Africa. Africa also includes 21 of the world's 55 Lowest Middle Income countries.
This explains why volunteers go there, despite the fact that Africa has great cities, middle and high income families, etc.
By the way, I'm from Latin America, and it doesn't bother me at all that we're always portrayed in movies and dramas as poor despite the fact that we do have very modern cities, infrastructure, etc, because the truth is that the majority of our people are poor. We cannot afford pride. We want as much awareness as possible and as many volunteering programs as possible to help us, since our governments are either corrupt, or lack resources.
https://hdtoday.tv/tv/watch-chicago-typewriter-hd-34968
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqsJnjYm4KI&list=PLMX26aiIvX5rcYjAW7p_bguZDB-imN_4u&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqsJnjYm4KI&list=PLMX26aiIvX5rcYjAW7p_bguZDB-imN_4u&index=1