Top Star Yoo Baek: On Being a Unicorn

There it is, written very plainly in the title. Yoo Baek is the “top star,” the leading man in this romcom. Everybody in the island, except for the second male lead MaDol, calls him Top Star. It intrigues me that the writer must reinforce the idea that he’s the unrivaled “top star” and ensure that […]

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Top Star Yoo Baek: On Frames

I don’t envy the kdrama subber or recapper for doing a thankless job with little compensation. So my intention here is not to bash the subber for the Top Star Yoo Baek kdrama. There are mistakes in grammar but I don’t care because my brains can still unscramble the gist of the conversation. However, there’s […]

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