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Joan Vos MacDonald

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Sung Hoon Is The Model Of A Romantic Prince In “My Secret Romance”

August 12, 2018 by Joan Vos MacDonald

“My Secret Romance” is a shoujo manga, a love-comic k-drama that manages to run through every k-drama rom-com trope in the first half hour. That’s not a complaint. The fluffy, enjoyable rom-com unabashedly and comically celebrates the genre …

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Six Months Worth Of Stand Out K-Drama Characters

June 8, 2018 by Joan Vos MacDonald

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

May 31, 2018 by Joan Vos MacDonald

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 …

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