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Joan Vos MacDonald

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Can Real Men Compete With Robots For K-Drama Romance?

May 30, 2019 by Joan Vos MacDonald

My Absolute Boyfriend is the latest robot-themed romance to debut in k-dramaland, following Are You Human Too? in 2018 and I'm Not A Robot in 2017. In this girl-meets-robot story, Young Goo, played by Yeo Jin Goo, is a love robot, designed to give …

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Filed Under: kdrama, Korean drama, technology Tagged With: kdrama, My Absolute Boyfriend, robot romance, Yeo Jin Goo

Children of Nobody: Unspeakable Acts Under The Moonlight

January 20, 2019 by Joan Vos MacDonald

Whenever someone mysteriously dies in the drama Children of Nobody, the police find fragments of a poem, poetry that is lovely, but at the same time sinister, hinting at dark and unspeakable acts under the moonlight. The poetry is a good metaphor …

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Filed Under: kdrama Tagged With: kdrama, Kim Sun Ah, Lee Ki Kyung, N, VIXX

Will Park Bo Gum Free Song Hye Kyo From Her Icy Tower In Encounter?

December 3, 2018 by Joan Vos MacDonald

It's easy to guess that Encounter will be a Cinderella story from the opening credits, and if you still missed that visual clue, Song Hye Kyo's character, a cool aloof CEO, also entrusts her shoes to the freewheeling young traveler, played by Park Bo …

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Filed Under: kdrama, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cuba, Encounter, kdrama, Korean drama, Park Bo Gum, Song Hye Kyo

The Last Empress Is Not Princess Hours

November 28, 2018 by Joan Vos MacDonald

Don’t be surprised if you experience deja vu while watching the first episode of The Last Empress. This drama takes place in a fictional Korea that has a constitutional monarchy, which makes it similar to the 2006 drama Princess Hours. It is …

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Filed Under: Korean drama Tagged With: Choi Jin Hyuk, Jang Na Ra, kdrama, Korean drama, Shin Sung Rok, The Last Empress

Newbie Kdrama Actors That Personified Star Power in 2018

November 16, 2018 by Joan Vos MacDonald

A good role can make an actor's career and 2018 featured some stellar performances by six up-and-coming  kdrama actors. In every case, the role wasn’t their first or even one they first attracted attention in, but excellent 2018 performances prompted …

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Filed Under: Korean drama, Uncategorized Tagged With: Jang Ki Yong, Jung Hae In, kdrama, Kim Jung Hyun, Seo In Guk, Woo Do Hwan

Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment Echoes in Bad Papa

November 2, 2018 by Joan Vos MacDonald

The solution to all of Jang Hyuk’s problems in Bad Papa seem to be money, but every time he makes the choice to take the money, despite the risks, he ignores the potential for his choice to end badly. His character Yoo Ji Cheol grew up poor and …

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Filed Under: kdrama, Korean drama Tagged With: Bad Papa, Jang Hyuk, kdrama, Korean drama

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