It is true that Korean society is not yet open to lgbtq. And many people say that Korean bl has a lot of BE and…
OMG. Exactly what I'm debating with some people here. People insisting this is not BL because there is no outright skinship or having bad endings, are just trying trying to pigeon hole a genre that suits their needs.
Dramas and movies with LGBTQ themes run the gammut of the spectrum and that's why there are different terms catering to different audiences for it.
Films/dramas that usually explore the more realistic, slice of life of LGBTQ community are that: LGBTQ films/ dramas.
Then you have BL. Which is further broken down to: Bara - MxM catering mostly to male audiences Yaoi - BxB targeting mostly female audiences Shounen ai - same as Yaoi but focuses more on romance and not explicit as Yaoi
Then you also have GL With Yuri as subset
For an ending to determine the type of genre it is, is quite silly unless it ends tragically then you can call it a tragedy. But as I mentioned to someone else before, just because two people don't end up together doesn't mean it's not a romance.
You are right. Unless S. Korea becomes a more open society, then it will be a battle for mainstream dramas/films to be produced. As right now, most of the LGBTQ productions are made by smaller production studios or are independent films.
So there is more of a need for these studios, films to get all the support they can get by people purchasing them either through official streaming platforms like Vimeo, or subscribe to Viki or Gagaoolala as paying members. Only then they will be able to produce more quality works which will will in turn expand this genre in international, but more importantly local countries who need to see that the world is changing and hopefully LGBTQ will no longer be considered as a "fringe" society in a conservative country like S. Korea.
But on viki you can find it in the genre of BL? o_o
Just because a drama ends sadly doesn't mean it's not BL. It's much like a romance ending up in death like Romeo and Juliet doesn't mean it's not romance. Same thing with all the dramas ending tragically like MODC etc. Is still BL.
Exactly especially in the latest episode where han tae basically says that he needs to let gook be his own person.…
Exactly this is what I'm afraid of. First "mainstream" BL drama out of SK will end up sadly. Especially Chaebol son "not allowed" to be gay and must follow norm, marry a girl, have kids etc. There was also mention that Tae Joo will be shipped to England if he misbehaves and to me this was like foreshadowing.
It's Korea after all. Even the kisses in their hetero dramas are rather underwhelming. I wouldn't expect a passionate…
Already happy about the shower scene, maybe that was as erotic this show can get. But at least the undertones are stronger than other watered-down romance.
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OMG! Didn't know your website existed. A lot of the titles on your platform I've already purchased already from Strongberry, Matchbox straight from Vimeo. If I had known about this earlier!
Hiya there! I miss you!Anyways, you're right about Advance Bravely. Even though it lacked kissing scenes despite…
Dramas based on BL novels coming out of China are lucky enough to see the light of day without turning into hetero romantic or water-downed bromance so I'm already happy what we've got so far with the above three dramas I mentioned. It goes to show that portrayal of an emotional bond (even romantic) can be done without overt skinship or outright confessions of love.
And those that make excuses that it was because BrightWin didn't have the same type of bonding workshop as other BL dramas or that some scenes were filmed prior them being comfortable with each other or the fact that they are both straight as light posts are all bullcrap to me as Chinese dramas don't typically conduct workshops just to induce bonding (as time is money) and also in the case of Advanced Bravely and The Untamed...the leads are also relatively new to acting. So it's unfortunate that the drama failed at execution and BrightWin's pretty faces couldn't keep the show afloat till the end.
Watching this series feels like you think you've won 5 Million dollars only to find out you've only won 500.
Had so much potential and just fizzled halfway through and if you're thinking that it's because I'm thirsty for intimate scenes, you are wrong! Advanced Bravely, Guardian, and The Untamed which had 0 kissing scenes and not even tagged as BL dramas show more love and chemistry between two male characters than Tine and Sarawat.
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Dramas and movies with LGBTQ themes run the gammut of the spectrum and that's why there are different terms catering to different audiences for it.
Films/dramas that usually explore the more realistic, slice of life of LGBTQ community are that: LGBTQ films/ dramas.
Then you have BL. Which is further broken down to:
Bara - MxM catering mostly to male audiences
Yaoi - BxB targeting mostly female audiences
Shounen ai - same as Yaoi but focuses more on romance and not explicit as Yaoi
Then you also have GL
With Yuri as subset
For an ending to determine the type of genre it is, is quite silly unless it ends tragically then you can call it a tragedy. But as I mentioned to someone else before, just because two people don't end up together doesn't mean it's not a romance.
You are right. Unless S. Korea becomes a more open society, then it will be a battle for mainstream dramas/films to be produced. As right now, most of the LGBTQ productions are made by smaller production studios or are independent films.
So there is more of a need for these studios, films to get all the support they can get by people purchasing them either through official streaming platforms like Vimeo, or subscribe to Viki or Gagaoolala as paying members. Only then they will be able to produce more quality works which will will in turn expand this genre in international, but more importantly local countries who need to see that the world is changing and hopefully LGBTQ will no longer be considered as a "fringe" society in a conservative country like S. Korea.
There was also mention that Tae Joo will be shipped to England if he misbehaves and to me this was like foreshadowing.
P.S. Maybe we will end up with more than just a high five???
And those that make excuses that it was because BrightWin didn't have the same type of bonding workshop as other BL dramas or that some scenes were filmed prior them being comfortable with each other or the fact that they are both straight as light posts are all bullcrap to me as Chinese dramas don't typically conduct workshops just to induce bonding (as time is money) and also in the case of Advanced Bravely and The Untamed...the leads are also relatively new to acting. So it's unfortunate that the drama failed at execution and BrightWin's pretty faces couldn't keep the show afloat till the end.
Had so much potential and just fizzled halfway through and if you're thinking that it's because I'm thirsty for intimate scenes, you are wrong! Advanced Bravely, Guardian, and The Untamed which had 0 kissing scenes and not even tagged as BL dramas show more love and chemistry between two male characters than Tine and Sarawat.
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