What Are We Watching in November 2024?

To my American readers — Be kind, be not afraid, and be supportive. Let’s pray for one another in these coming days. Thanks, @GB and everybody, for keeping this blog running. Do I have any threads to open? Will catch some z’s and write more tomorrow (if I’m not dead yet, lol). 1. Brewing Love […]

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What Are We Watching in September 2024?

Like summer’s end yields a bounty of cucumbers and tomatoes, this August gave us dramas galore. As I write this, I’m gorging on two 40-episode cdramas “The Princess Royal” and “Are You the One” while waiting for the new episode of “Love Next Door” to pop up on Netflix. I should be thankful that new […]

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What Are We Watching in August 2024?

Have any of your shows been adjourned until after the Olympics? My favorite variety show “2D1N” resumes broadcast on Sunday, August 18th. I’m still bummed out that Na InWoo (“Marry My Husband”) and Yeon JungHoon (“Vampire Prosecutor”) have left the show, along with their main producing director – or PD, for short – PD Lee JungKyu. […]

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What Are We Watching in May 2024?

I gave AI a chance to write this month’s WAWW blogpost and this is what it came up with. May is a great time to explore the diverse world of Korean dramas (K-dramas). Here are some recommendations across different genres that you might enjoy: Vincenzo: This dark comedy-crime drama follows a Korean-Italian mafia lawyer who […]

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What Are We Watching in April 2024?

These new dramas caught my eye. 1. Parasyte: The Grey Three things you should know about this kdrama: One, adapted from a Japanese manga. I get the sense that Korean screenwriters/directors have a different worldview from their Japanese counterparts when it comes to good vs evil. In many Korean post-apocalyptic dramas, the objective is for […]

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What Are We Watching in March 2024?

Listen! Do you hear that sound? That’s the “giant sucking sound” of kdrama viewers being swept into this juggernaut of a drama, “Queen of Tears.” “Queen of Tears” This seems to be a reverse-Cinderella story. The female lead is royalty while the male lead is the Cinderella-man. Their marital life isn’t the happily-ever-after ending they […]

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What Are We Watching in January 2024?

It should not be a secret that I’ve long admired — and envied — those with a literature background. Being unromantic, I’m not naturally wired to see harmony and synthesis in the world so I struggle to evoke them with words. Here’s a poem “The Year” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox which encapsulates how I feel […]

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