My ID is Gangnam Beauty: Ep 3

Thanks, @Table2000 for recommending this kdrama. I’m pressured now to finish this because you and my good friend @phikyl recommended it to me. **************** I expected this kdrama to be nothing more than a fluffy teen romance with a little bit of social commentary on plastic surgery grafted on the plot. But it’s turning out […]

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My ID is Gangnam Beauty: Ep 2

“You Have to Be Pretty From the Start”. The title of the episode can often can relay that theme of the episode, and this is one of those moments. For one long hour, we the viewers are given different perspectives on beauty and what it means to be beautiful.  There’s the obvious implication when the […]

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My ID is Gangnam Beauty: Ep 1

Kang Mirae is no Julia Roberts. At first, I had high hopes of this kdrama showing us how the Ugly Duckling blossomed after plastic surgery and transformed into Miss Pretty Woman or Miss Congeniality. But eight episodes in, I’m now pulling my hair in frustration that the heroine is still pretty much a wuss that […]

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