As some of you may or may not be aware of, there are a good number of asian romantic comedies, and dramas on Netflix as well as Hulu. We will never really know why they chose to create such an extensive collection of this genre but I'm incredibly glad they did.
I know you're think it's ridiculous and that you could never bring yourself to suffer reading subtitles to a show; especially shows as random and laughable as these, but believe me, you'd never regret it.
It all started on a whim. One night at 3 in the morning, a bottle of wine and a severely limited selection of good movies on Netflix took me to Boys over Flowers; Korea's ultimate entertainment contribution to the world. Apparently a smash hit in South Korea, this show is the epitome of everything you will find in an asian drama.
Rich, emotionally stunted, feminine boys
Evil side characters who like emotional and physical abuse
(mostly aimed at the female protagonist)
Kidnappings
Inappropriate music for key scenes
Melodramatic responses to easily solvable problems
Being threatened with a knife
Makeovers
Parents who don't listen their children
Random and unnerving use of the english language
And last but not least, horrible production value
Since then, I've watched a fair few of these shows and, honestly, each one is even better than the last. So here's what I've been thinking, once a week I'll make a post giving a review of each series and I'll let you know which ones are great for an afternoon and a laugh, and which ones just drag on and on (which most tend to do).
Important side note, tv shows work a little differently in Korea. They run on a quick and limited basis. Shows usually air with about 20 episodes, showing two new episode a week. So while we love to drag things out here in America, (Grey's Anatomy is on year 7, season 9, episode 172 ) Korea airs each show in about 10 weeks time, end it, and then move on the next big thing. So starting a show shouldn't take too much of your time.
So in a few days I'll be posting my first "review". In the mean time, I'd definitely suggest you get on this bandwagon. It's gonna be big.
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