As a writer, one of my favorite things in any good story is watching characters develop and grow. So far, 2018 has been an excellent year for k-dramas with complex characters. These characters faced challenges, didn’t always handle them well, but …
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K-Drama Meets Me Too
The Korean drama “Something in The Rain,” also called “Pretty Noona Buys Me Food,” uses a love story, as sweet as spun sugar, to illustrate the effect of South Korea's encounter with the Me Too movement. The Me Too movement has prompted …
G-Dragon’s MOTTE concert wasn’t really a concert
G-Dragon’s Act III: MOTTE concert wasn’t really a concert. The “Act III” part of the title is the first clue that G-Dragon aka Kwon Ji Yong was actually performing in a three-act musical play about the creative journey he’s taken since his …
What Grace’s “You Don’t Own Me” Says About The Progress Of Feminism
My daughter’s 31 and she can’t quite understand what I love about the remix of the song “You Don’t Own Me,” released earlier this year by Australian singer Grace and American rapper G-Eazy. If you haven’t heard this version, Grace reinterprets the …