To My Beloved Thief: Ep 12 The Warrior Ethos

Remember my long discourse on arrows for Ep 9? The arrow functioned like bookends for the episode, visible at both the opening and ending scenes to frame the plot narrative? I said that, while for JaeYi, his optional “second arrow” continued to hurt him, our heroine EunJo was able to calm her urge for retaliation […]

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How Dare You: Open Thread

The thread is open. With the recent spate of cdrama and kdramas with transmigration as an overarching plot narrative, it’s easy to suspect that screenwriters have taken a leaf out of somebody’s book. But I get that there’s a trend cycle (remember when viewers were into vampires because of that “Twilight” book?) and writers, directors, […]

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To My Beloved Thief: Ep 11 Quick Takes

I got several things correct. 1. Back in my notes for Episode 7 & 8 when the Buddhist nun was introduced, I said that she was likely a concubine of the deceased king. She wasn’t the Dowager Queen (because the Dowager Queen was Yi Yeol’s mom) nor the deposed queen as some people were speculating. […]

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To My Beloved Thief: Ep 10 Loose Ends

This is a hodgepodge of things I should remember. 1. The different ranks of Princes At the bottom of the hierarchy is the prince or wangja. Any son of the king (or wang) is a wangja. But if the prince’s mother is a concubine, then he’s a gun or wangjagun. Now, if the prince’s mother […]

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Undercover Miss Hong: Open Thread

This kdrama doesn’t really need any parsing because the plot is easy to follow, and the comedy is rip-roaring funny. What I especially like about it is that the sisterhood of the four dorm-mates goes beyond sharing make-up tips and fighting over a deplorable guy (And I’m looking at you, “A Hundred Memories”!) There’s our […]

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Idol I: @GB’s Review

This is @GB’s review of Idol I. Thank you, @GB! I’m giving it a separate thread so we don’t lose it when the WAWW/January thread goes down the page. Cast: Choi Soo Young (“So I Married the Anti-Fan”) and Kim JaeYoung (he was the 2ML in “Love in Contract”) Episodes: 12 Where to Watch it: […]

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To My Beloved Thief: Eps 7 & 8 My Notes

My thoughts of a few things: 1. Historicity or the historical authenticity of the drama I’m neither a historian nor literature major so I can only give as much creative license to kdrama screenwriters as I do Shakespeare. I accord The Bard the freedom to pen and embellish historically accurate events like Henry V rallying […]

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My Page in the 90s

The thread is open. @GB, I’m watching two kdramas (“To My Beloved Thief” and “Undercover Ms. Hong”) concurrently so I know I’m spreading myself too thin here. But we’re expecting a big snowstorm this weekend so if we don’t lose power, I may just able to juggle all these shows, including “Love Between Lines” and […]

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