damsel in a dress

I am glad you decided to bring up this side of society and it's reflection/portrayal in dramas.
You are right when you point out the worrying number of dramas that, maybe not praise, but certainly not deconstruct the image of the iljins.
Not only because they do wrong but it also reveals a lot about a society that thinks the girl should fall for the handsome/rich guy even though he does wrong.

I would be curious about some more statistics or governmental decrees to deal with these circumstances. Is this (though obviously recognised as a problem) accepted? Do schools try to reduce parental influence? Or are schools that dependend on external funding that they have to put up with this?
I am not overly familiar with the korean / asian educational system...

Thanks again for this article :3

have to admit that JUNG YONG HWA as KANG SHIN WOO (You're Beautiful) was not a sad 2nd lead. Personally I wouldn't have gone for him. He was just too nice. A girl can have too much nice. And who could blame go mi nam for picking geun suk? Especially with that pouting thing going on *swoon* opps getting distracted here...
I think that Jeremy was the sad 2nd male lead in you're beautiful.

You're beautiful, Secret Garden, Sungkyungkwan Scandal

Oh it's going to be tough. With two versions already on the market... *unsure*
I doubt that the male lead can compete with Jang Geun Suk (although he looks the part well enough) or that there is any one better at playing Jeremy than Yaotome Hikaru. But that only goes to show, that the two versions already out there have their different strength. I'll keep my fingers crossed that this one is just a copy. I'll definitely try watching it. Let's wait and see.

Did you just really compare this to the Diary of Anne Frank? oO
That's a bit ...
Anyway. It's a cute way of doing a review.

Thanks for the suggestions. Will look into it (esp. Nodame cantabile) asap :) Just checked your DL and must say: quite the expert on jdramas, I see ^^
:3

Seems like you can't go wrong with a "Lee" there XD
Totally agree btw! Especially Hyun Bin. That man has me crying every single time...
Though you might want to add one more "Lee" ^^ Lee Seung Gi was really touching in King2hearts.

:3 loved this! Brilliant ^^
Except maybe for your choices of Voldemort and Malfoy.
Gackt just doesn't have the right attributes to play a bad guy. Same goes for Narimiya. I just can't picture either of them doing the sneering and jeering required for their parts.

Oh dear... It's Go Mi Nam all over again. Apart from the voyeuristic tendency I think Park Shin Hye gives this somewhat static impression of utter helplessness. I thought she got better in ep2 but then she fainted. Let's see if the characters are going to eventually develop some depth (and by that I mean more than a sad/tragic background). I hope this drama doesn't become too predictable since I am looking forward to the drama as a whole.

Fondant Garden is def. missing ^^ But DBY was really good!

Same goes for Best Actor: Lee Min Ho (General Choi Young) in Faith. His pic is there, but his name is not listed ^^"

80 eps?...not going to happen. sorry :(

I've seen all of them (including the Korean remake of Hana Kimi "to the beautiful you") and the only one I just don't like is CP. I can only agree with the others on Secret Garden. A must!