Queen of Tears: Ep 2 My Notes

Another entertaining episode. 1. HaeIn’s illness Don’t you just love how kdramas always manage to find one outlandish disease, either factual or fictional, to move the plot? Her cloud cytoma disease appears to be fictional. According to her physician, the tumor cells are dispersed throughout her cranial nerves, but the most concentration is found near […]

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Queen of Tears: Ep 1 First Impressions

Great first episode. 1. The Mr. Cinderella story seems ripped from the headlines. In case you don’t know… The Samsung Group heiress Lee Boo-Jin married her bodyguard, Lim Woo-Jae, in 1999 and divorced him in 2015. During the divorce proceedings, it was revealed how Mr. Cinderella’s married life closely imitated a kdrama. For instance, it […]

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Queen of Tears: List of OSTs

I’ll gather all the OSTs here for our convenience. 1. “The Reasons of My Smiles”  by Seventeen Translation from genius.com Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh [Verse 1] Following my beating heart My steps towards you It’s like flying above the clouds Like the times in my dream Only if you are waiting for […]

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The Midnight Studio: Open Thread

The thread is open. At this point, I think most of us should practice JOMO (“joy of missing out”). But if there’s a kind soul out there who’s watching this, please give us an update. The screenwriter, Kim Yi Rang, previously wrote “Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency” which wouldn’t have been so bad if the […]

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Doctor Slump: Eps 13 & 14 Open Thread

The thread is open. As you can see, I’m in a writing slump, too. I’m up to date with this kdrama. It’s the only show I can bear to watch after a long day at work. Maybe because I get — or I *think* I get — the creative vision of the director. Maybe because […]

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