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Joan Vos MacDonald

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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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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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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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