How Korea is Taking Over Hollywood
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- Опубліковано 26 тра 2024
- There is an influx of Korean content appearing across the internet. Netflix has over 300 of these shows and after the success of Squid Game, it’s invested another $2.5 billion dollars into K-dramas. In this episode Andy spends 10 weeks watching 10 K-dramas to understand how Hallyu or the Korean Wave is taking over Hollywood.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 - The Rise of K Content
1:26 - Watching 10 K-dramas over 10 weeks.
2:10 - Hallyu, explained.
3:42 - The Korean War
4:29 - Korean TV (1960s - 1990s)
7:42 - The Jurassic Park Effect
9:19 - The 2000s K-dramas
10:47 - K-dramas are loooooong
12:37 - The influence of Streaming Services
14:19 - The effects of the Pandemic on K-dramas
15:21 - Squid Game changed everything
17:07 - The future of foreign Cinema
19:26 - The issues around K-dramas mirror Hollywood
20:22 - The power of K-dramas
#southkorea #kdrama #hallyu
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hollywood failing because it become super woke
Watch Lovestruck in the city… Korean drama but 30 min episode
Watch Lovestruck in the city… Korean drama but 30 min episode
Hollywood only makes movies that is filled with curses, naked women, drugs, and violence.
KDrama is clean, fun, with interesting plots, and funny.
Hope KDrama takes over all of Hollywood that has become demonic. Never again will I go back watching and Hollywood or American filth.
not such a short time, I've been watching Kdramas and Kpop since 2002 and the Hallyu was already big in East Asia. I felt Kpop would go global some way or another. btw the best way to watch it was Arirang channel on cable
Reasons why Kdramas are popular:
1. Very good storyline, not jeeding violence and sex to be entertaining
2. The content can be deep, bringing out moral issues
3. They are able to make very interesting historical shows which show you Korean history
4. The technical side..very well done like every episode is like a well made movie
5. The scenery, the costumes are beautiful
And many more..like the true depiction of what Korea was like in the 80's in Reply 1988
The very handsome, tall, lean and clean looking kdrama actors...
The rest of that gibberish is just to hide how thirsty you are nice try tho
There’s also the fact that Asia has the largest population and Korean dramas are more culturally relevant to us than Hollywood shows
It’s a simple numbers thing.
Chinese and Indian people are more likely to enjoy a Korean show over a Hollywood show
You must be leaking a river as you typed this..
They also aren’t afraid to critique their society in a thought provoking way. Many of the shows bring light to bullying, domestic violence, child abuse, political corruption, cults under the illusion of church, xenophobia, etc. I’ve learned so much about Korean society just through watching kdramas. I’ve been done with Hollywood for some years now. I’m kinda glad people are seeing through the BS Hollywood has been feeding us, thinking we wouldn’t look elsewhere.
And also wholsome family values. Unlike woke Disney and Western Netflix shows
Currently the Korean-drama “moving” is the no.1 show on Hulu and I see a lot of people who you would never associate with Korean dramas, reviewing it, and really liking it online
“Moving” is the closest we got to the live action of “Invincible”
that "moving" is so great. highly recommend to anyone.
Moving is really good...though am sad it ended
Thank you for this rec! I have hulu so I just added it to my watch list :)
Moving is…….and I cannot stress this enough…….so f-ing good. So f-ing good!
Been watching K-dramas and listening to Kpop for fifteen years now. I'm Asian but not Korean. People who found out that I liked Kpop and Korean dramas made fun of me. Who's laughing now?
Well said. People still do because they are insecure of themselves. Who care what I watch or enjoy.
Very stupid wishful thinking, it is not a myth anymore how bad it is after the 2030 World Expo bid result that has shown the non-popularity of Korean Kpop, Kdrama, "Gangnam Style"s' shake, shake, twist, twist, dance, and dance totally Westernized non -local boring cultures!
Out of 165 votes Korea was 29 against its opponent Riyakh 119, despite the over 500 days to over 100 cities' desperate promotions with the all-out performance of all the popular Korean celebrities including one from the "Octopus Game".
Who cares much about those now? Look as if only the Western countries are popping their allies up for wishful popularities. In recent years, there have been over 100 K Drama, and K Variety shows which have been completed and couldn't find any buyers.
The whole world is laughing!
@@loongdechuanren1008 Pathetic Chinese is crying 😂
I did a presentation on how South Korea is taking over the entertainment industry for my MBA program in 2019. My instructor didn't understand why I chose this topic for my presentation on strategic management back then. I hope he understands it now.
god I'd love to do something like that. I almost did my junior year, in one of my AP English classes and then a certain virus hit and took that away from me as well as my entire senior year. 😀
I don’t think he even thinks about you at all lol
Just to give you an indication of the effect of Kdramas in Namibia, Africa, they opened a Start Up company just like the series: Start Up and even used the same font as the poster ! They stream Kdramas in the villages in the North of Namibia where about 20 to 30 people get together and watch at one home 😊
With an MBA and teaching he HAS to understand by now. 😂 He is probably telling his current students “I had no idea until my student back in 2019 chose this topic.”
@@user-us1fx9gm2zyou should see his reply below
Another k drama: Moving (Disney +, played on Hulu) depicts exactly this. It’s super hero’s are not of glitzy outrageous Hollywood kind, but those who stands tall against oppression, be it as in the most humble existence, to protect what is dear to them, their family. It’s another drama that shows the essence of Korea, and how can anyone not relate?
BUT SIR MY INDIAN MOVIES IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD 🤗🇮🇳 WE HAVE THE BEST INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGHSPEED RAIL 🤗🇮🇳 MEANWHILE IN SOUTH KOREA PEOPLE STILL RIDE RICKSHAW EVERYWHERE AND THEY ALSO POOR DONT HAVE CAR . THIS WHY IM SO LUCKY LIVE IN SUPER INDIA THE CLEANEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 🇮🇳🤗 , WE NEVER SCAM! WE GIVE RESPECT TO ALL WOMEN THEY CAN WALK SAFELY ALONE AT NIGHT AND WE HAVE CLEAN FOOD AND TOILET EVERYWHERE 🇮🇳🤗🚽, I KNOW MANY POOR PEOPLE JEALOUS WITH SUPER RICH INDIA 🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳
I'm watching Moving right now. Such a great show!!
An excellent drama
One of the best shows produced 👏🏼
As a Korean I couldn't agree more!
I’m a Nigerian and my first unofficial kdrama was jumong in 2006 and I’m saying unofficial because I didn’t know it was kdrama then, because it was dubbed in English.
Then my first official kdrama with Korean language and English subtitles was in 2010 and that was boys over flowers.
Nigerians have been watching kdramas for a longer time and some didn’t even know.
I used to buy DVD on kdramas a lot, like I had a bag full of kdramas dvds.
I just hope that Hollywood will not try and change the way kdrama is, now that everyone wants a piece of it.
I'm from Russia. And this drama brought me and many other people here in kdramas and kpop as well)
This and This..
Considering Western media's history with East/Southeast Asian people, middle fingers to them.
Nigerians have been watching kdramas for a longer time and some didn’t even know.
I didn’t know it was kdrama then, because it was dubbed in English.
- So Then what country you think these dramas are from?
@bldomain a lot of us just thought "asian tv shows" because most were dubbed in english and a lot of us were kids at the time so we didn't really care about where they came from. Asian content was heavily consumed in nigeria from the 2000s and it's gotten bigger. Literally every single Nigerian knows the Philippine series "Mara and Clara" (just ask lol) and so much more. So with the high amount of asian films in Nigeria. We didn’t care what countries they came from back then.
As a Korean, Korean culture did not take over Hollywood It's just the addition of a new way for humanity to enjoy the world. There's something Hollywood can do and there's something Bollywood can do.
Every culture has its own value and we just have to respect it and understand each other.
Please enjoy Korea, we will also understand and enjoy your culture.. Thank for your video!
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말 잘하시네요 ㅋㅋ 굿굿
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공감합니다ㅋㅋ
Well said, agree 👍
I’m british and started watching kdrama in about 2003 when I was 17. I discovered kdrama through Japanese drama and I had discovered Japanese drama through anime. Back then the internet was still pretty angelfire-esque. I learned about these dramas on forums and livejournal communities and used dodgy chinese p2p websites to download the episodes. My first drama was ‘full house’ which I loved but it was ‘stairway to heaven’ which really grabbed my soul and refuses to let go to this day. I had never seen a drama or movie before that wasn’t afraid to give the main characters such terrible burdens and tragedies that sees them crying in a painful primal way until you’re crying along too. This is the Korean culture of ‘Han’.
I’ve never seen it in Hollywood. Hollywood loves a happy ending which is characteristic of the old American dream. Korea is a country that knows tragedy with invasion after invasion, families separated across borders and everything else. No wonder they create dramas and movies that tap in to raw pain in such a way.
Im glad kdrama is getting the recognition it deserves, and as a longtime fan im proud that it’s kdrama that finally has English speaking audiences finally open their eyes to non-English content.
same it all start with anime for me then jap drama then kdrama then kpop the end never watch any hollywood crap anymore just dont like the sex sex sex every movie tvshow so trash and boring
Kinda like African American rap singers who grew up in the hood making better songs.
Didn't we all go the same route? At least those of us who have been consuming Asian content for a long time, I think we all started with anime.
A lot of nations have tried and planned to export their pop-cultures(movies, dramas, musics, ... ) but why only a few countries have made it?
I think it's not about policies nor budgets, it's about qualities.
It's marketing too. But I also think it's the downfall of biggest media, Hollywood, helped it alot.
Not really . It is about how rich your country is and how it is perceived
@@VARMOT123 Wrong. If this was the case, Japan, France, Germany, and Canada would have been much more successful than South Korea. It doesn't matter how rich a country is or how it is perceived if the quality of the product it produces sucks.
@@testingnow144 exactly we would see a lot more foreign media all around the world if that was the scenario
In the case os the US and some of the European potencies it boils down to imperialism mostly. The case for South Korea is really special and it needs a lot of study to fully understand, and i don't think nobody else has got a good picture of wth happened. But i bet my favorite shoes that Kpop and BTS is 60% of it. And this is a pretty stupid and arrogant way of thinking, it's basically Führer mentality if you discect it to it's core. Most countries are capable of producing good quality content, just not all of them fund art and culture as a political weapon as much as others, wich leads to entertainment cultures in a lot of places being less huge
It's honestly been a long time coming. Squid Games was great but people who have been watching k-dramas and films from the late 90s/early 2000s knows what I'm talking about. There are SO many gems.
BUT SIR MY INDIAN MOVIES IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD 🤗🇮🇳 WE HAVE THE BEST INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGHSPEED RAIL 🤗🇮🇳 MEANWHILE IN SOUTH KOREA PEOPLE STILL RIDE RICKSHAW EVERYWHERE AND THEY ALSO POOR DONT HAVE CAR . THIS WHY IM SO LUCKY LIVE IN SUPER INDIA THE CLEANEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 🇮🇳🤗 , WE NEVER SCAM! WE GIVE RESPECT TO ALL WOMEN THEY CAN WALK SAFELY ALONE AT NIGHT AND WE HAVE CLEAN FOOD AND TOILET EVERYWHERE 🇮🇳🤗🚽, I KNOW MANY POOR PEOPLE JEALOUS WITH SUPER RICH INDIA 🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳
오.. 찐입니다. 오징어 게임은 그냥 평범한 한국 드라마의 클리셰른 다 넣고 자극적인 방법으로 표현 했을 뿐..재미는 없었어요.
Exactly! Been at it since the 90s myself
Asian movies and dramas in generals have always been better for my taste anyways. I'm glad the world have slowly came to realize.🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️ not very a surprised to me since I've watched kdramas, Chinese dramas, japanese dramas, and thai dramas since the 90s.
90s and early 2000s kdramas were so iconic especially rom-coms from the time where so chaotic 😭😭😭
I’m Vietnamese. I don’t know why but I feel so proud of the Koreans. Kpop and kdramas is taking the world by storm and it’s pretty amazing to see. ❤️❤️ I like Chinese dramas too, but kdramas are my favs. Watched it since 2002!
As Korean i love Vietnam too !! i traveled 4 year ago it was amazing i wanna visit again :)
I'm an American and all I watch are Kdramas, and a few Cdramas and Jdramas. The acting is far superior to anything the U.S. has put out in years and the sexiest man alive is Jisung. Kpop is also the only music I listen to.
That guy doesn't look good
love and thanks from Korea❤❤
China.. ? Oh my gosh.... disgusting...
I started with 'Descendents of the Sun' and in almost 2 years I've watched over 125 K-dramas and I don't know if I can stop anytime soon
I agree entirely
Don't let fools make you believe that the Korean government is behind the rise/success of Korean culture. All they did was stopping censoring/harassing creators/artists.
As a 42 years old Korean who was born and raised in Korea, this is a fact.
@@happy-go-lucky-dragon Didn't they financially support the industry when it was just starting?
@@teru8443not really.
@@teru8443 No. The Korean government began to support the industry when the Korean culture was already big all over Asia and the Middle East. In Korea, people express the situation by an idiom, "placing a spoon on a prepared dinner table", which directly translates to being a freeloader.
@@kswltd Oh...I see
As an Asian (Indian), South Korean content is much more culturally relatable than standard Hollywood production. As for Hollywood's dearth of good content for the last couple of decades, that's the subject matter for another discussion altogether (its movies today are either about comic book characters, fantasies and/or aliens; nothing remotely relates to the human condition, nor appeals to the heart). For decades, Hollywood entertainment was what the rest of the world had easy access to, and so despite being a culture that was nearly as alien as Hollywood's own subject matters today, world audiences made do with it. It also sold an aspirational lifestyle to much of the world. This is what is not working anymore. The American way of life has lost its appeal, as has stories from this land. So now, when I have access to slick productions from South Korea with heartwarming content and a context that's so much closer to home, I'm simply not interested in watching anything American anymore. And if Indians & other Asians turn inwards, looking to Seoul for our daily dose of entertainment, well that's more than half of the world's population, right? 😊
alot of us in the western world are watching Asian drama's with subtitles now too western stuff is just bad
@@ShadowSHLD fr like Western charcters act like heartless robots who can't even cry and isn't even remotely relatable
@@hallooos7585 yup western characters are doomed since we found kdrama's hell even the chinese shows are better then ours
What is happening with Indian dramas and movies (Bollywood)? Why it is not doing well? I read somewhere that India produces more films than any other country. But none is exportable? No one wants to watch them?
@@blue_asahiI find Bollywood tries to mimic Hollywood.
I started watching kdramas because I was tired of the nudity, crass and violence of Hollywood. Refreshing, beautiful cinematography, focus on stories. Love kdramas!
I highly recommend Mr. Sunshine. There’s a lot of great Korean dramas but nothing can beat this one. Such a masterpiece.
My mister , reply 1988 , our blues
Also verrry good
It is so great, and the only one I've actually called a Masterpiece (though there are many that come close, like the one I just finished, The Light In Your Eyes).
That's my first k-drama. It was awesome and very well made. But after 24 episodes, I was drained that I had to take a break😀
@@tootspogsforever5590 I had to do the same around half way thru, but once I got back to it, I zoomed through in a couple of days.
My second Kdrama after seeing Crash Landing On You. Been hooked ever since watching those.
The Korean storytelling is incredible. They believe in actual character development. Kdramas, do not have half of the town shot full of bullets and and the leads already having a skanky bedroom scene in episode one. Kdramas' are not hammering politics down my throat. What they do have is writing so dynamic that you almost exhausted from the rollercoaster of emotions watching the program. The character acting is next level . Romance is down to earth and realistically portrayed. The writer's deliver quality which in turn allows the production team and the actors to deliver quality. and all of it delivers without having drop a f bomb five minutes in.
Totally agree
Well said. You nailed it.
All true they are refreshing after the Hollyweird crap.
@@thebadseeds All true but every now and then you get one thats got a really good script and story line and thats worth wading through all the endless formulae ones with the piggy backs and falling into arms etc etc.
@@thebadseeds You just have to. be more selective.
There’s two things that draws me to watching so much Korean content - first is that shows are usually only one season long. I don’t have to wait a year (or more) for the next season. It’s a self contained story so there’s less chance of it losing steam or a feeling of milking something until it’s dead. The second is that it feels more original than most of what western media (specifically the US) has been putting out lately. I love a good super hero movie but I’m burnt out on them. Adaptation after adaptation done poorly. Entertainment in the west feels like a money grab and not about telling a story or loving the art. I am afraid with Korean entertainment they may go this way eventually and repeat the same formulas. K-pop has seen some of this. But for now I find Korean entertainment much more entertaining in most cases than western entertainment.
If you are happy putting money in the pockets of sex abusers who drug, rape, and use women as sex toys or purchase kpop merchandise...one of the biggest pedophile/ child grooming industries next only to the jpop industry and Jeffery Epsiein's island then either you have no understanding of what is really going on, or you have way too much time on your hands.
I've been a long-time kdrama and jdrama watcher since early 2000s: Winter Sonata Bae Yong Jun era, Stairway to Heaven and Lovers in Paris.
From what I've seen...with the entrance of investments of Hulu, Netflix, Disney to Kdrama, it kinda change Kdrama.
First, multiple seasons dramas. I hate unnecessary multiple season dramas. Nowadays, I didn't delve directly into any new kdramas like I used to. Why? Cause I am terrified if that drama will have more than 1 season. Multiple seasons dramas, in my opinion, makes the writer lazy to do character development, cause they could always do it in the next episodes or next seasons.
Second, the Kdramas nowadays lack their "cultural" context, compare to how they used to. If you have watched the Reply Series, you'll understand. Guaranteed, I may not always understand the reference, but then when I went to forum discussions about that dramas like in Soompi, someone would wilingly explain the cultural context. And that makes me rewatch the episode and enrich my experience.
Third, less cursing and bed/nudity scenes. I think being Asian helps in the romance department. Cause, the writer would need to find a way to heightened the sexual tension without the cheap solution of male lead "eating the face" of the female lead. Watch Hidden Love (chinese drama), Episode 15, where the ml celebrated the fl's birthday and he shot the question, "can I woo you?". They are standing soooclose, but still not touching each other. It's like everyone could see that they like each other, but they are not official bf-gf yet, so no one would act on that gravity pull that they both felt. It reminds me of what the expert said, when you like someone, you can hide your facial expressions but not your body language. I don't know whether it is the director (director of Hidden Love is female btw) or the actor's idea, cause whenever they are in one scene, you could juat see how the ml, his body naturally gravitates toward the fl (but not in a creepy way). In Kdramas, they also often use this kind of tension, that suddenly breaks due to sudden guest coming or a phone call. It is annoying sometimes, but the pay-off later on feels more satisfying. Even the weirdest part was that one jdrama I watched where the ml changed the way he addressed the fl...and oh my gosh...all the feels, cause not only the ml is younger but he is also the fl's junior. By changing the way he addressed her, he said a lot more than just her name. It is him acknowledging that he thinks of her as a woman, prospective girlfriend and future wife.... Sigh...
@@phoenixxena8194 There are a few kdramas that are more than a season but for the most part a majority of them still follow that one season model and there’s definitely some gems that have come out. I’ve seen the reply series (1988 is one of my favorites) and the snapshot of Korean culture at that time was my favorite thing about it too! Some dramas still have that some maybe not as much but the stories are still worth exploring because they just do story telling still in that Korea vs west way. You put it really well about the tension between characters. It’s a lot more emotionally shown rather than explicit and obvious which I like too.
Absolutely agree.
BUT SIR MY INDIAN MOVIES IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD 🤗🇮🇳 WE HAVE THE BEST INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGHSPEED RAIL 🤗🇮🇳 MEANWHILE IN SOUTH KOREA PEOPLE STILL RIDE RICKSHAW EVERYWHERE AND THEY ALSO POOR DONT HAVE CAR . THIS WHY IM SO LUCKY LIVE IN SUPER INDIA THE CLEANEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 🇮🇳🤗 , WE NEVER SCAM! WE GIVE RESPECT TO ALL WOMEN THEY CAN WALK SAFELY ALONE AT NIGHT AND WE HAVE CLEAN FOOD AND TOILET EVERYWHERE 🇮🇳🤗🚽, I KNOW MANY POOR PEOPLE JEALOUS WITH SUPER RICH INDIA 🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳
I love that Korean dramas are taking over the global world, and I hope that they will receive even more recognition.
BUT SIR MY INDIAN MOVIES IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD 🤗🇮🇳 WE HAVE THE BEST INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGHSPEED RAIL 🤗🇮🇳 MEANWHILE IN SOUTH KOREA PEOPLE STILL RIDE RICKSHAW EVERYWHERE AND THEY ALSO POOR DONT HAVE CAR . THIS WHY IM SO LUCKY LIVE IN SUPER INDIA THE CLEANEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 🇮🇳🤗 , WE NEVER SCAM! WE GIVE RESPECT TO ALL WOMEN THEY CAN WALK SAFELY ALONE AT NIGHT AND WE HAVE CLEAN FOOD AND TOILET EVERYWHERE 🇮🇳🤗🚽, I KNOW MANY POOR PEOPLE JEALOUS WITH SUPER RICH INDIA 🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳
Gotta hand it to ya India. You got Aamir Khan
@@indiasuperclean6969your a backward unclean country with dirty poor people run by a despot dictator
Bollywood is full of Caucasian mutts who don't even like India
@@indiasuperclean6969chup be bsdk anti india troll
My 80 yr old father passed away 2 years ago and during his illness, I went thru bad divorce and moved home. Dad watched Kdramas all the time, and loved Crash Landing on you. I started watching w him and haven't stopped since. Mom and I watch nightly, and we only watch 1% American TV....if we have to! The stories are unique and entertaining, no smut and foul language (sick of woke Hollyweird agenda), the cinematography is stunning, the actors are moving and lovely, and the music. ..wow. I'm now on my 50+Kdrama...I've actually lost track😊
During the difficult times, they have not only entertained me but also inspired me to start learning Korean and how to make Korean dishes. I even bought a Kimchi pot to make my own! Korean variety shows, Music, Food and Kdramas have made a Huge and positive impact and addition to my life. Loved the content of this video...thanks you. Bravo...well done!!!!🎉
언젠가 어머니를 모시고 한국에 여행오시면 좋겠네요. 두분이 즐겨보시던 드라마 촬영지에도 직접 찾아가보시고요. 한국콘텐츠들이 당신의 힘든 시기에 조금이라도 위로가 됐다니 정말 다행입니다😊
@chrisnam8690 Thank you for your kind words and I would love to make a trip to South Korea next year if possible. That's my goal!😁
I'm happy to hear you have wonderful memories of watching Kdramas with you Dad. If you want to learn Korean cooking I suggest you follow Maangchi (who is considered the Julia Child of Korean cooking). She taught me how to cook Korean food. She has 2 cookbooks both of which I own.
@skatingcanuck9837 Thank you so much for your sweet reply! Funny you should mention it but someone gave me her cookbook for my birthday and I absolutely love and cherish it!!🥰
You're into the K-drama universe. Korean dramas began to produce high-quality drama series after the 90s. In the early 2000s, it became known in Japan, Taiwan, China, and Southeast Asia, and began to experience a boom. Eventually, it spread to the Middle East, and in particular, 'Jewel in the Palace' recorded a monumental viewership rating of over 90% in Iran. The characteristic of K-drama is that it is fiercely accepted without rejection not only in Western cultures but also in Islamic cultures.
korean cinema has always been really well done and i’m so glad it’s finally getting the recognition it has always deserved!!!!
BUT SIR MY INDIAN MOVIES IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD 🤗🇮🇳 WE HAVE THE BEST INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGHSPEED RAIL 🤗🇮🇳 MEANWHILE IN SOUTH KOREA PEOPLE STILL RIDE RICKSHAW EVERYWHERE AND THEY ALSO POOR DONT HAVE CAR . THIS WHY IM SO LUCKY LIVE IN SUPER INDIA THE CLEANEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 🇮🇳🤗 , WE NEVER SCAM! WE GIVE RESPECT TO ALL WOMEN THEY CAN WALK SAFELY ALONE AT NIGHT AND WE HAVE CLEAN FOOD AND TOILET EVERYWHERE 🇮🇳🤗🚽, I KNOW MANY POOR PEOPLE JEALOUS WITH SUPER RICH INDIA 🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳
F’real technically its been getting more recognition for the past 4-5 years but mostly with squid game in 2021
@@indiasuperclean6969한국사람들은 너같은 거짓말쟁이를 신경쓰지않아..ㅋ 계속 떠들어라ㅋ😂
it's a mix of everything. culture+aegyo+kpop+good writers+language... yes, language. I watched Chinese, indian, german, russian, indonesian shows, dramas etc. but I get distracted by their voices, their language, their tone, their satoori (dialect)... while when hearing Korean, I don't know what it is but Korean language just sounds easy to the ears. It makes me want to hear it more that's why I spend hours on shows I even barely remember... just because I like hearing Korean.
This is so interesting because I feel the same way! I have watched shows in different languages and I get sooo distracted by the sound of their language that I end up not reading the subtitles.
It sounds like a mix of Japanese and Chinese
As an Indian, I have been told that my specific language (as there are many) can sound quite harsh, especially the dialect I use with my fiends. So, yah, I do get your sentiment. I personally find Japanese more pleasant than Korean as I always enjoyed anime/animation.
@wulfhart12 This is so true! I thought it was just me! I’m Black American & I don’t speak Korean! When I saw my first kdramas the thing that stuck me the most was the way their language sounds to my ears. It’s soothing and almost musical. Is that my imagination? I intentionally use the subtitle versions rather than the dubbed versions because I love hearing the actors express their characters’ emotions and thoughts in their language. It has helped me become a big fan of so many Kdrama actors & actresses!
I think it is different for everyone , for me I am more comfortable in Hindi , English and Chinese or Mandarin , when I started watching korean show langue was biggest issue for me
As an American, I can't tell you how happy I am to have discovered K-dramas. I don't even watch American TV anymore. The fear I have with K-dramas taking over Hollywood is that Hollywood might seep in and change the pure gold that is a K-drama. So, Netflix and Hollywood hear this. Stay out of it and let the Koreans do what they do better than everyone else in the world. Thank you.
The Hollywood values definitely are slipping in more recently. South Korean dramas are noticeably becoming more progressive (probably in large part to appeal to Western viewers). One example is the noticeable rise of "Boy Love" dramas since about 2016.
100 percent agree!
The kdrama and kpop kind of changed as they started being popular in the US and I honestly loved the way it was before then. It was already so good then just didn't have the recognition
@ohifonlyx33 Hollywood said sex sells. It can, but they have over did it. No balance. Everything they incorporate these long scenes in that can't even be at the family dinner table. No emotion or real life attached. Korean mostly gives like the development of 90s American movies and shows in a modern day world.
i haven't seen anything like that, thank God @@ohifonlyx33
I don't know if you mentioned the drama OST. it's so wonderful to watch the drama and listen to beautiful original songs sung by famous artists. When you finish the drama you go to music streaming services looking for those artists and you keep exploring their music and then you go through a rabbit hole of Korean and non-Korean music, bands, and artists. It's gotten to the point that I even get non-English commercials in my streaming services because I listen to so many.
Exactly OSTs can be sung by kpop Idols and non kpop idols alike
I have been blown away by many, many of the OST's and listen to compilations of them on YT quite often. Unbelievably beautiful to my ears even if I don't understand a single word.
This is a true fan and learned person talking.
Even better when you buy a collector's edition OST. ^^ They are so nice ~
if im being honest south koreans are geniuses. i’ve watched a lot of k-dramas as an americans and the shows are always so interesting have this really well put together storyline and ride that storyline from the beginning to the end creating a finale that is actually worth watching and makes the story feel complete. i have to say some kdramas i have watched were a bit boring and i couldnt finish them but i have watched more than i couldnt finish. i love kdramas stories 🤷
Yes, with Korean show you never have to worry about them ever jumping he shark. Everyone simply moves on to new projects, so there is always something fresh to watch.
I’ve been watching Asian dramas since 2005 (mostly Taiwanese and Chinese dramas back then) and only within the last few years I started watching Kdramas - and the other day I realized that I just find female characters in Kdramas so much more interesting and dynamic than in western (especially American) romcoms or dramas! When I think of how many female leads in western film aren’t allowed to have flaws, or have to be perfect all the time, always saying or doing the right thing, I realized I just get so bored with them!
As korean we are not that much geniuses😅 You are just geniuses whom have trendy taste and understand other cultures vibe.
And alot of kdramas are foreign adaptation
They know how to keep people engaged but most of their storylines are forgettable and unoriginal. It's kind like how gossip will grab your attention. It's addictive and entertaining and that's it. There's barely anything in it past that.
Short answer: Hollywood is broken, runs on fear, and keeps making the same five movies over and over. Once you've watched a few good k-dramas, you realize how badly written 90% of what comes out of Hollywood is. And even then, most of the good stuff is coming from newcomers/outsiders like streaming platforms and studios like A24.
It should also be noted that in Hollywood, nearly 80% of film script writers are men (and a few years ago it was closer to 90%). In Korea, about 60% of writers are women. Being closer to 50/50 surely gives an advantage on connecting with a larger audience vs. having writers rooms that include a token woman to talk over and ignore.
Short answer: too much racism in America. Korea is non-racial and homogenous and an escape for everyone. Blalc people LOVE kDrama
Korean film industry also has their issues. Some say it’s worst than Hollywood. Some say Hollywood is worst. It’s about perspective I guess
@@Pyrrhic. Oh there are definitely issues, largely the pathologically intense work culture, which isn't specific to entertainment. Korea has the most productive work force in the world. They also have the highest rate of alcohol consumption and suicide. There aren't very many lazy writers though.
In the Korean entertainment market, the writer has the greatest power. If the writer doesn't like the director or actors of where they are taking or conveying their story, they are axed. In contrast, in the US, the director and producers have the greatest power and influence, not writers. Therefore, story telling takes a back seat and people start to just accept a mediocre story which is supplemented with high quality production and actions that people forget the terrible storyline a nd cliches.
In Korea 90% of writers are female..
I watch because they are such better story tellers than most of the crap that is being cranked out by Hollywood. It has real emotions and leaves out the constant focus on sex. Sex is an important part of life, but Hollywood makes it a lynchpin to everything. I love that kdramas focus on family relationships and how to overcome trials.
In 2011 my daughter had a university assignment to watch international movies. My other daughter and I watched a Korean comedy. That was followed by our foray into K-dramas and K-pop, even Korean TV shows. We are avid fans of Korean culture to this day! And as a bonus, we now know and understand a lot of Korean words. 😉
A very good report. But I have to say there's one big flaw which is the Korean government's involvement. Korean government did nothing to improve or advertise K-drama. All of the effort came from fierce competition among the Korean entertainment industry. They were desperate to make a better TV drama just to survive. The result of the competition is what makes K-drama.
In 2012-2018 I work in Jakarta Indonesia. I often going to Korean Cultural Center and I think that it part of Korean Embassy program.
Many program to introduce Korean Culture, like free class to learn Korean language, free class to learn dance ( k-pop & traditional dance ), cooking K-food, Hanbook experience, an many activity. And often give a free ticket to watch K-Movie in bioskop. That why I often going there because many activity that is open to all. But now I am not in Jakarta, but i think it still exist again after pandemic.
Cool japan
@@coreamusa9117 that stupid cool japan shit was so dumb XD
I started watching Korean movies back around 2007 and then got into K-Drama series a few years after that with one called Pasta and then Coffee Prince. As a writer the fact that a show about coffee or pasta suddenly had me bawling my eyes out was amazing. It floored me and I needed to figure out how they did that. American shows bored me so to find something that had such a profound effect was eye opening. I began watching every Korean title I could on Netflix, found stuff on other services, I eventually joined Drama Fever and then Viki. I watch pretty much all Korean shows now. There are only a few western movies and shows I watch these days. Korean shows are just better written.
2 if your first Korea movies is teenage movies!! Nothing wrong!!
But it’s not what KOREA MOVIES IT MEANT!!
They have alots good & excitement movies as well
I never said they were my first movies, they were my first TV series. I've watched hundreds of K-movies and TV shows: serious, horror, action, thrillers, comedies, and more. @@HauTran-sunfromsouth
Drama cool is my go to website ❤
Coffee Prince!!! So good!! Love all the old classics.....I really liked I'm Sorry I Love You
I think I had "I'm Sorry I Love You" on my Drama Fever list but never got to see it. Maybe Viki has it. @@ID_iKONIC_VIP
The most important Korean dramas are Winter Sonata (2001) and Jewel in the Palace (Dae Jang Geum)(2003). These two dramas were very popular in Asia and the Middle East, and under their influence, Korean celebrities, Korean music, Korean cosmetics, Korean fashion, and Korean food spread, giving rise to the term ‘Korean Wave’ (韓流 Hankook Ruy) in Asia. And in 2021, Squid Game seems to have spread around the world on Netflix.
Perfect!!!! (I'm Korean)
I love korean drama, coz it’s the perfect combination of modern sophistication and culture values. It's not super boring like Bollywood and not too extreme like Hollywood.
Bollywood and Hollywood are both Caucasian industries
I've watched over 100 kdramas since 2020. I watch very little US tv (pretty much just some reality shows I was already following). I noticed a lot of these tv shows are filmed more like a movie and are aesthetically pleasing. Because they don't show sex and violence the stories have to rely on good story telling, compelling plots and subplots, acting & characters.
I started around 2000. Covering all of Asia. China, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Korea... Lots of quality content in each country.
@@zetobelt some thai shows are good imo like bad genius
BUT SIR MY INDIAN MOVIES IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD 🤗🇮🇳 WE HAVE THE BEST INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGHSPEED RAIL 🤗🇮🇳 MEANWHILE IN SOUTH KOREA PEOPLE STILL RIDE RICKSHAW EVERYWHERE AND THEY ALSO POOR DONT HAVE CAR . THIS WHY IM SO LUCKY LIVE IN SUPER INDIA THE CLEANEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 🇮🇳🤗 , WE NEVER SCAM! WE GIVE RESPECT TO ALL WOMEN THEY CAN WALK SAFELY ALONE AT NIGHT AND WE HAVE CLEAN FOOD AND TOILET EVERYWHERE 🇮🇳🤗🚽, I KNOW MANY POOR PEOPLE JEALOUS WITH SUPER RICH INDIA 🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳
Korean drama has music, cinematography, and storyline, which are all perfect.
As a non-korean speaker, Korean content was famous in my country from 2010 after Boys before flower. K-Drama was hugely popular even during early 2010s. It just didn't have a data to show as many of k-dramas were watched by CDs that weren't from the original distributor.
I’m really glad to see the huge global success K-pop and Kdramas are having recently. I think Korea has an amazing entertainment industry, their dramas have actual good storyline’s and characters and their music videos aren’t just filled with inappropriate scenes. As someone who enjoys their style so much, it’s great to see Korea getting so much recognition now, especially because it used to be somewhat hard to publicly be a K-pop or kdrama fan.
As someone with conservative views, K-Dramas are a great alternative to many Hollywood movies. Compared to many Hollywood movies, K-Dramas don't have much bed scenes, nudity, and profanities.
It also answers the question "How can I tell a story WITHOUT that stuff?" and still satisfy the audience? That is challenging.
@@kalvin1123 Because many of the K drama i watched don't try to include politics in the movie, but when it does it mostly includes Korean politics
As someone with non conservative views, I appreciate strong writing and good storytelling.
Hollywood relies on bed scenes, nudity, and profanities because it can’t produce anything worthwhile watching. 😂
And Kdramas often show how heroes solve problems without guns.
The success of K dramas is also proof you don't need to put useless sex scenes every 10 minutes to keep the audience engaged. Ahheeem Hollywood.
The worst part is that Korean K dramas and movies can do more sensal tension with a hand caress, than gringos with sex scenes 5 min long, bug the masters are Japanese dramas, they are on another level.
On the contrary, the majority of western produced content also isn't filled to brim with sex. Sex appeal and idealized beauty is also something heavily utilized in every piece of media. We just think about it more when it's newer media we're being exposed to.
I don't think Hollywood has more sex scenes the kdrama
@@aefgagaefgag493 it sounds like you only watch Disney films. Watch every major blockbuster film currently in theaters and you will find at least one sex scene/nudity
yes definitely! they focus on the actual plot and not hideous mindless sex that’s disgusting to watch
I am from the Philippines and we have been watching KDrama since 2003. Every year, we are able to watch new KDramas and we are hooked so much that we want to air those same shows over and over again. 20 years later, here we are.
In the Philippines before KDrama there was Taiwanese drama, Meteor Garden in 2001& others Taiwanese dramas, then K Drama started to be shown around late 2001, There was Bright Girl starring Jang Nara, but I got hooked at What Happened in Bali starring Jo In Sung, So Ji Sub and Ha Ji Won, I love the story telling. So even before K Drama reached Hollywood, there are fellow Asians like us who's been hooked to K Dramas as early as 2001. Japanese dramas, Taiwanes Dramas, Chinese Dramas, Thai Dramas, Indonesian & Malaysian Dramas, Bollywood Dramas and Turkish Dramas are also good, thankful for Apps that show dramas, documentaries from other countries, it helps broaden one's mindset and perspective about culture and the world.
Ofc Sandara Park is what made everything Korean blow up there
as a korean i don't think korea is taking over hollywood.
they have benefit of the huge political and economical infulence of the states and language
so it will be very hard to replace the hollywood to any country.
but still, i am glad that we are keep trying to make our own way little by little.
Korean content has long taken over Hollywood in my heart. As a fellow Asian, I am truly proud of the huge strides SK is making in so many aspects be it entertainment, tech and culture
yes the fact that enlgish is the lingua franca makes it very difficult which is why korean entertainment having success is so impressive
I think they are definitely making their way. If kdramas have exploded this much in 2 years… excited to see how it’ll play out in another decade
@@shahrizatjailan4123 감사합니다.
As someone from Asia I've been watching Korean entertainment only for the past ten years and it's finally time k industry has recognition in western world 😪
well... it's time for the Wrst to actually recognize all of the world's cultures, film and tv industry, art, music etc etc They only exported their culture all around, not because of quality, they aren't better, siply because of Cultural Imperialism. Their companies would make more money, with tv shows, films, muaic you export a whole "culture" not only their values or lack of them, but also food, aesthetics, clothes, etc etc
So it feels weord that the world needs the recognition of the west, as if they were superior or sth... If the west doesn't know about you or doesn't approve you then it seems it's bad or poor quality... ?
Zzzzzzz🤡
at the same time though, let's not lean too much on western validation.
@@ireneserrano4570well, the West is also diverse and not just america even if the states have at first mainly exported their imperialism to the dying western empires during the cold war, to a point that it has almost erased our own cultures in the minds of too many people from western Europe.
However Europeans at least since the last century have always appreciated Asian, American and African cultures (except the nationalists that felt treatened of course, and the imperialist elites that wanted to control the world but we all saw how they were slowly replaced by disconnected neoliberal hypocrit politicians that we can't get rid of) Asian foods either middle eastern, indian or east asian are more popular than american fast foods in most EU countries.
French speaking countries in the West have been the biggest consumers of japanese products globally (mangas, games and animes) ever since japan started to export their culture after their empire went down. The french kid tv shows in the 80s to the early 2000s were more dominated by japanese cartoons than american ones..(it started because of how television channels and institutions managed their programming and contracts, it was not about sponsors or the people demand at first) it has reverted a bit since but its because of how technologies, streaming etc have evolved and how television has been slowly going downhill and dominated by disney..
Translating content is a very big factor, which is why even in Europe we dont have access to a lot of our neighbours content if Netflix doesnt buy it. English has become the norm but still not many europeans outside western Europe speak it, which reduces their access to non national content, while hollywood translated their cinema into almost every language of the world.
As for Western validation, I think its more because of how your own elites always look at our wealth (or whats left of it) but honnestly who cares ? We are just humans and I wish netflix would leave space for some african cinema competition rather than appropriating everyone's history and race swapping it because of how the united states are focused and divided on races...
@@zenymax8348 I just want to point out from your comment, how you don't really mention China and other Asian countries when you speak about Europe valuing Asian culture, cuisine etc. You also well pointed out how Japanese food is fashionable and on trend in France, and everywhere else in EU i'm telling you, also Japanese cultuee is known... Also Kfood, Kdramas, Kpop, Kcosmetics... There is a reason to why precisely the 2 biggest lackeys of the USA in Asia, one was funded by USA before WW2 nd then used as a trial place for nuclear bombs to give a message to Russia/China, and the other one, Korea, was couped, messed up and later on provoked a war, just to go against socialism and China and both were to set USA military bases and use them as a base against China, and well, we see also the USA interfetence everywhere like in the Philippines where recently they have opened more military bases, interference in Thailand, etc etc. So no, EU, is still pretty much controlled by USA and their mogul lords, the owners of the finnancial system, banking, big Corps etc.
I'm european and i have lived in China for 4 years, i'm back at EU and i also consume other Asian cultures, so i can tell you. There is an exporting and selling of Japanese and Korean culture, and also the EU countries are also willing to spread it and consume it, so it's not like China doesn't spread its culture, bit simply EU is contaminated by propaganda, they have been fed certain information through TV, social media etc. I have lived through it in my 40+ years of life. People know nothing about China but the typical 3 things they are told about and the rest is all lies spread from mainstream media about politics, human rights blahblah Consuming Japanese food and culture is COOL, consuming Korean food and culture is great, consuming Chinese food is cheap, dirty and unhelathy cause it's all MSG. You'll see all Chinede restaurants specially in Northern countries with their "we don't use MSG" sign in the door, just like yankees do, cause it is belived as a universal truth that chinese food is practically made of MSG. While nobody knows that MSG was created by Japamese scientists, that they created Ajinomoto company and it's a hugr monopoly that even plays on lawsuits in EU so that no other companh sells their MSG. Why? cause all the fast food, all the packaged food use it. So Westerners consume it daily and yet MSG is a Chinese thing.
People don't even know that most famous things from the Jaoanese and korean cultures derive from the chinese culture. Japanese architectural style, their kimomos, the ikebana etc etc they all are from Chinese culture, mostly from the Tang dynasty, where Buddhism spread from China to Japan and with it, the TCM, traditional chinese medicine, the food nd cooking techniques, the architecture, outfits, painting styles, literary styles etc
Same with Korea, and most of SE Asia...
In food world we call Gastrodiplomacy and Food Nationalism. But apply it to everything. We are being actively sold their cultursl producgs and even are told that those are typical characteristic of their country ehile ignoring and erasing China from the equation.
Recently i watched a SKorean food show where they promoted Korean ramyeon/ramen in Enoshima, Japan. First of all Ramen/Ramyeon comes from the Chinese La Mian 拉面, but ok. Funny enough they sold to them Jjajangmyeon and Jjampong which were copied from China's Lu Cai foodstyle in the NorthEast, Shandong province, Tianjin etc. Then they export this "korean" doshes and they are glorified in EU as awesome korean food, just like people here call "Gyoza" the Chinese Jiaozi饺子 even when they refer to a Chinese restaurant food they will call them gyozas, when thr Japanese "stole" it during their invassion/occupation of "Manchukuo"... But people have no idea.
In TV there are always programs or mentions about JP/K traditions, culture, food but none of Chinese and mamy other SE Asia cultures.
This is all part of the USA propaganda plan, going on for decades and decades if not for a century already.
We don't have access to Eastern European or other european content not becuse of translation but becausr of Media chamnels not eanting to Program those contents. as i already said it is all done for a reason. In Ireland, in Spain and i'm guessing elsewhere too literally every single day at any time you have USA films, USA shows, USA variety shows and documentaries and tv shows. I'd say 90% is USA programming. Then in some national channel you'll have a couple of native shows, and a couple of european documentaries mostly french or german. That's it.
In Eastern EU as in Russia they have the cusrom of translating the English films/series with a native speaker speakong on top of the OG voices, it's sth thry gradually can change byt that's their tradition. Also, they know or learn less English compar3d to Western EU because they obviously live in anothet sphere of influence, culturally connected to Russia, and trading with Russia, doesn't matter if they are EU, they were practically put into EU so that they could be controlled ad ordered around economically and put into NATO which is the main reason, as NATO was created by USA to have a US-controlled military against russia. As we have seen through decades of expanding and recently the US-NATO war against Russia.
Anyway, juat saying, control first the Media and the Entertaiemt Media and you'll control the public's opinion and crwate the image of how they see the world and other counteies. Then you can easily sell them any war and say this and that are good, those are the bad ones...
as a kdrama enjoyer since 2016 i’m so happy to see the genre get the recognition it finally deserves :’)
I was introduced to kdramas around the late 2000s, where its fame spread across Southeast Asia and some Western audiences. This was the era of Dream High, Boys Over Flowers, 2PM, and You're Beautiful. I was hooked!😭😭😭
A lot of Africans consume East Asian movies for a very long time but I got into Kdramas in the uk when I was like 15. I saw my first one on Netflix and it’s been my favourite style of shows since
The quality has really advanced but the shows have always been entertaining
and what is the name of the show may i ask?
Yes! I'm African and grew up on South and East Asian movies and series. I just hope it doesn't get the Hollywood up grade
@@PrincessVelaryonyes oriental people make good movies
Better than white people
I was born in the mid 70's in Seoul, Korea and as an infant my parents moved to the West and have been living in the West ever since. I've watched Korean television since the early 80's and I have to say that Korean content was always good since for as long as I remember it. The only difference now is that we have internet and other platforms which allow the world to watch content from anywhere in the world. So, it is not that Koreans have become good at entertainment recently; it's the advent of technologies and platforms which allowed Korean content to be discovered by the rest of the world that have made Korean television popular. Japan, China and most of South East Asia were already avid consumers of Korea content for over 20 years now.
Yes and Korean music was always good since the 90s.... Before being called kpop
BUT SIR MY INDIAN MOVIES IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD 🤗🇮🇳 WE HAVE THE BEST INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGHSPEED RAIL 🤗🇮🇳 MEANWHILE IN SOUTH KOREA PEOPLE STILL RIDE RICKSHAW EVERYWHERE AND THEY ALSO POOR DONT HAVE CAR . THIS WHY IM SO LUCKY LIVE IN SUPER INDIA THE CLEANEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 🇮🇳🤗 , WE NEVER SCAM! WE GIVE RESPECT TO ALL WOMEN THEY CAN WALK SAFELY ALONE AT NIGHT AND WE HAVE CLEAN FOOD AND TOILET EVERYWHERE 🇮🇳🤗🚽, I KNOW MANY POOR PEOPLE JEALOUS WITH SUPER RICH INDIA 🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳
True and that includes the Philippines.
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@@indiasuperclean6969 WTH are you talking about? I've never heard that SK people ride rickshaws? Are you for real?
Korea has many talented writers and producers. They are a very academically intelligent country and seem to have a very deep love for learning and curiosity about many different things. You can see that in their youth as well. Psychologically due to their history and culture having been stolen, robbed, or destroyed for many centuries they have held on to very deep emotions and beliefs which could play a huge factor into why they are many great writers there. Also in Asian culture in general, they are more collectivists than individualists. So working as a team is a very natural thing for them. They get things done so orderly and efficiently that great results can come from the great teamwork they shared. Koreans are very emotional people but can also be cold at the same time due to their country's many long struggles and oppression throughout their history that it may have distilled within them a strong sense of self-expression, storytelling, folktales, and myths which you can see throughout their history. An extreme religious divide is a huge part of Korean culture and history too. One half are mainly Buddhists and the other half Christians but many newer generations are becoming athiests. Western influences played a huge part in building South Korea after the war but their own culture and identity is a pride for them that they blend their own future. That is why I believe South Korea has advanced so far in such a short period. There is a definite intention of why they are so motivated. They are trying to build their own country once again after being ripped apart, split, robbed of their own history. They want to make a new name for themselves through what they have been influenced by and by what they believe as Koreans as well. That's why Korea is a very extreme country and that ties alot with emotion. Its a very passionate country with beliefs that set them opposite of each other. Extreme emotions may be a bad thing but countries that have a lot of that tend to really make great stories and music because the feelings have been oppressed for so long and they are so passionate, its eagerly wanting to be released and expressed.
Yes I noticed a lot of the Chinese dramas script writers were/are also women.Hollywood script writers can stay on strike as long as they like it gives everyone a break from the crap they write no one would miss their rubbish scripts.
well said
Your ideals are sweet…but as a Korean Chinese, I see the big mistake SK is once again aspiring to….trying to emulate another culture, another race, instead of being proud of our heritage and desiring to stay within that wonderful heritage. Japan is making the same mistake.
Consequently, ideology wise, I tend to gravitate now to my Chinese heritage which still has roots in our 5k year old culture.
Christianity will ruin SK.
@@Elementaldomain i think history and culture are so beyond us that its a very small viewpoint to think what’s a true culture of such country. Many influences from different countries, neighboring, trade, wars have all made an impact not knowing it had all been exchanged for so many years. Your perception of 5000 years of Chinese culture is not truly just Chinese but a telling of history of China with the outside world shaping it over centuries but that is what made China as we know it today. many foreign elements have came in and out to shape it. It is so beyond us to make a simple comment. But i appreciate you sharing. I do see where you are coming from though but for South Korea, due to so much lost history they need more time with identity. Post War South Korea with American influence has made a more immediate impact on their culture today with what they know from their past that even Christianity is a part of their culture. No such thing as not true culture or bad, its just one of those different elements that makes that country for what it is. China had many western influences even 5000 years back. Like i said its beyond us and the “good” or “bad” doesn’t exist, its all what makes a country unique.
@@Elementaldomainlmaooo what? How they are trying to emulate other race?
I love kdramas and documentaries and I am 62,that is all I am watching on Netflix ,I have Viki and Kokowa ,why? Wholesome, no nudity, sex is not shown in a dirty way. Manners,respect is a complete different format,love it.Hollywood is broken.
Same here.
Like many, I discovered kdramas during COVID. Bored byf most American shows, I found kdramas to be refreshing for a number of reasons:
1. Innovative storylines that would never come out of Hollywood or familiar storylines told in a completely different way.
2. The focus on plot and character development
3. They usually last only one season, assuring that you are going to get the end of the story relatively promptly and don't have to worry about the show being cancelled.
4. The above also means that you have a large number of new series to sample each year. If a particular kdrama doesn't appeal, you can simply drop it (and I've dropped plenty), safe with the knowledge that several more are on the way.
There are some truly excellent kdramas that are among the best TV I’ve watched.
Of course kdramas aren’t perfect. All too often you get:
1. An over-reliance on tropes that eventually become repetitious. This includes the inevitable love triangles, a girl-next-door type falling for some brooding gloomy supernatural being (i.e., Twilight all over again) or winning over some spoiled rich kid who only needed the love of a good woman to overcome the trauma of a luxurious neglected childhood and stop acting like a jerk.
2. Leading male characters who are wooden at best, often portrayed by actors who were clearly chosen for their looks rather than their acting ability (not that there aren’t some excellent Korean male actors, which makes some of these casting decisions all the more problematic).
3. Gratuitous and often gory violence, even where it’s not necessary to the story.
4. 30-year-olds in relationships that would seem immature to high school students elsewhere, (which perhaps comes from Korean teens seemingly being kept too busy to date?).
5. Some of the most passionless unconvincing kissing scenes I’ve ever watched. It’s all and good to avoid gratuitous sex, but there is such a thing at taking it too far. I can’t believe that Koreans are that bad at kissing. Of course, that would help explain why so many young Korean women are so disappointed with their male peers these days and are refusing to date, let alone get married.
@donviajero2580 I agree that in the old days kisses were not passionate but I think they are alot better nowadays
@@johnmarkveldman4415 They have improved, at least in some series, though I think it still makes a big difference if the series is being produced for a Korean network, Korean cable TV, or directly for an international streamer.
Before Winter Sonata, there was "Autumn in my Heart". Almost all East Asian kids know it even if they didn't watch the whole drama
Autumn in my Heart = original classic, i cried so much
Song Hye-Kyo is so beautiful that she can still be pretty next to Won Bin. And twenty years later is still amazing in "The Glory"
I just starting in middle school while Autumn in My Heart appear on IndonesianTV. My first K-drama, after that many K-drama appear took over bollywood drama. :D :D
AUTUMN IN MY HEART IS SOOO GOOD BUT THE BLAST OF WINTER SONATA WAS NO JOKE THAT JAPANESE AND CHINESE FANS ARE SOOO ADDICTED. NOT GONNA LIE, WINTER SONATA REALLY HIT VIEWERS HARD
10 years ago, Chinesse drama is long to wait subtitle. Drama that is good not free and hard to acces because of licence.
But recently Chinesse drama is also easy to acces and fast in subtitling, and more chinesse actor/actresses come here to greet n meet.
I'm Zimbabwean and my first ever kdrama was Jewel in the palace around 2004/2005. It was showing every week on ZBC and l fell in love, l would get so upset if l missed an episode, mind you l was about 9/10 years old at time 😂. l didn't get access to kdramas again until high school with boys over flowers and Iris.I was around 15 at the time, only to forget about them again and then finally rediscover my love for them in 2019 by rewatching all 3 above mentioned dramas and I've been binging ever since 🤣🤣🤣. The story telling, production and visuals are soooo good and they have so many unique, beautiful and touching stories to tell, everyone can find something they like, kudos to South Korea for being able to do this.👍👌
As a Korean myself, it is increadible how much work and research you've done to cover the history of K-dramas from the early days up until to this today. Great job!
I'm Korean in my 40's who stumbled upon your show. Great research on K-drama. But I think one success factor can be included and that's Democracy and freedom of speech. There many countries that have broadcasting stations and their own dramas, but Korea's storytelling and creativity exploded when oppression was lifted.
They tell a better story plain and simple. I've been watching them for over a year now, and I just love the twists and turns they bring to the table. A few favorites you should check out are The Devil Judge, Duel, A Walk into the Night, and Remember me.
BUT SIR MY INDIAN MOVIES IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD 🤗🇮🇳 WE HAVE THE BEST INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGHSPEED RAIL 🤗🇮🇳 MEANWHILE IN SOUTH KOREA PEOPLE STILL RIDE RICKSHAW EVERYWHERE AND THEY ALSO POOR DONT HAVE CAR . THIS WHY IM SO LUCKY LIVE IN SUPER INDIA THE CLEANEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 🇮🇳🤗 , WE NEVER SCAM! WE GIVE RESPECT TO ALL WOMEN THEY CAN WALK SAFELY ALONE AT NIGHT AND WE HAVE CLEAN FOOD AND TOILET EVERYWHERE 🇮🇳🤗🚽, I KNOW MANY POOR PEOPLE JEALOUS WITH SUPER RICH INDIA 🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳
I'm talking about they way they tell stories. I've seen some indian movies. However, many of your stories tend to break out in song. Not a fan of that. Give me a good plot line and characters I can love to follow. I have nothing against Indian Movies.
I have been watching Kdramas since Crash Landing On You at the beginning of the pandemic. And it’s daily. They give me romantic immersive stories that I don’t get from
Hollywood. Your dedication in finding those older shows is admirable. So glad you watched Goblin with Gong Yoo and Lee Dong Wook. Such a fantastically researched video. I learned so much even though I’ve been watching them for three years!
As someone who has watched korean entertainment from the early 80s, I would say the “reply series” (reply 1988, reply 1994, reply 1997) was probably top 5 among everything I have ever watched. Maybe it’s because it brings back memories for me and it truly depicts those times. Korea back then was a lot different from what it is now. It had a lot more street stores and the culture was different as well. If you see old videos of korea posted on youtube, you can kind of get a gist of the differences.
Replay series was so good
In India students were watching kdramas for like 10 years back 😂.
And here, in Indonesia 18 years ago I watch Dae Jang Geum as well ass falling in love with Shah Rukh Khan😅
@@farichatulchusna5182 wow Dae Jang Geum... it was a legendary drama back in 2000s' in Korea.
@@user-dl8ox4lt3k Dae Jang Geum appear on Indonesian TV. Autumn in My heart, Full house, Winter Sonata, Princess hour also appear on TV in here that why
I love Dr. Hurjoon (허준) too. Only Americans think k-drama been around short time.
Bruh I'm Indian and I know people around me started watching kdramas from 2005-06...
Nice vid. Just a bit of a context. Dramas rarely get past the hour mark per episode. I think the block busters like The Glory (that I haven't watch), Crash Landing on you, and Mr Sunshine (that you **should** by all means watch) are the exceptions rather than the rule. Even more so outside of Netflix (on Amazon prime or Hulu)
In my experience, most kdrama episodes run between 60 and 75 minutes. It's fairly unusual to get 90 minute episodes.
@@donviajero2580 "normal" dramas don't go past the 60-70mn mark. I can vouch for that. Not counting the credits and post-credit scenes that are really not part of the K-Drama scenes
I love kdramas and kpop for years and I’m so glad they are now getting the popularity it deserves.
I'm just astonished by your thorough research on K-Drama. I've never knew I'd be able to see a foreign guy that have watched Jealousy(92), lol. I do want to mention about the all-time most famous K-Drama for Korean, which was 모래시계 (Sandglass ,1995). The show was significant since it portrayed the realistic side of Korea on its battle of democracy and social struggles. Considering how censorship was tight back then, it was a stunning drama to lot of folks at the time.
The Korean shows, k dramas mostly, are all I watch on Netflix now.
oh my, "Jewel In The Palace" was the first k-drama I watched in my life, and that was in early 2000's. I watched Chinese dubbed version that being aired in Malaysia's 8tv. I got hooked for that drama because of story line.
Since after my eldest sister started her uni life, she introduced me k-movie "The King and The Clown" and k-drama "My Girl" both in Korean language. She introduced these 2 shows to me because she was a big fan for Lee Joon-Gi back then, and I found out those emotions of characters are best to connect with me when it was in Korean rather than in my mother tongue. Then my sister introduced "Princess Hours" to me.
Since then, I totally immersed in k-drama world other than Japan anime world... all these years I have watched a lots of k-drama. Other than "Jewel In The Palace", "Healer", "Good Doctor", "Ghost Doctor", "Rooftop Prince", "The K2", "W", "Guardian:The Lonely and Great God", "Five Fingers", "Hotel Del Luna", "Tale of the Nine Tailed (season 1&2)", "D.P", "Reborn Rich" are my favourite. And one important thing is: K-drama ost are very~ my taste instead of K-pop songs
Dearest is currently a very good K dramas to watch.
BUT SIR MY INDIAN MOVIES IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD 🤗🇮🇳 WE HAVE THE BEST INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGHSPEED RAIL 🤗🇮🇳 MEANWHILE IN SOUTH KOREA PEOPLE STILL RIDE RICKSHAW EVERYWHERE AND THEY ALSO POOR DONT HAVE CAR . THIS WHY IM SO LUCKY LIVE IN SUPER INDIA THE CLEANEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 🇮🇳🤗 , WE NEVER SCAM! WE GIVE RESPECT TO ALL WOMEN THEY CAN WALK SAFELY ALONE AT NIGHT AND WE HAVE CLEAN FOOD AND TOILET EVERYWHERE 🇮🇳🤗🚽, I KNOW MANY POOR PEOPLE JEALOUS WITH SUPER RICH INDIA 🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳
별에서 온 그대도 보면 좋아하겠네
I used to watch hollywood show or watch toxic news but after i discovered korean drama , i became fascinated with their culture and no more hollywood show for me.
Korean drama is wholesome and even safe to watch with kids. It teach us the value of family , respect to elders , show us that love is not only based in physical interaction with the one you love but by showing how you respect and care for that person.
I love the awkwardness, the poetic words, the uniqueness of the show! So im happy that Netflix got more kdrama series now, keep coming bcoz thats the only reason im subscribing them!!
pachinko is such a well made series it portrays the japanese colonization period so well and how it influenced korean people until recent times. and its fun so i really recommend
너 같은 넘 때문에 한국인인게 부끄럽다..
I think it's Korean language, it so pleasing on my ear for some reason. British accents used to be my favorite and still is, but Korean is quickly becoming my second favorite.
Kdrama called “moving” from disney+ is so good.
This is exactly me the last year since I have started watching Korean thrillers - to me they're better produced than Hollywood and this is coming from me having consumed a lot of American movies. To me, Hollywood has lost its story telling and Korea is doing it better.
watch anime kdrama is boring
exactly this Korea is just doing it better - in every genre IOM
@@penelopepitstock yeah they also copy anime in suspense genre and many genre that's why I don't watch kdramas as it's too much romance for me.After watching anime genre story I don't think u would want to watch other shows
@@Brodragon2225 kdarams are not just romances, they make dramas in every genre. Korea also make the best action dramas, sci-fi, horror and comedies.
@@Brodragon2225 I did specify that I watch mystery-thiller genre than the drama one. That's the genre I like right now, I did watched some episodes of some drama but eventually I always choose mystery over that.
The reason people love Korean drama is because of how Korean people are. It's not only good storytelling but it's just how they are. The personalities, how they fall in love in relationships, The language, The sincerity and many aspects of it. It's really changing people all over the world. In a good way. I have never seen so many people dancing on the streets because of K-pop. The youth all over the world of all color dancing and connecting all over the world. And now people who are shy are actually cool. It is changing and shaping the culture in the West. It has also brought femininity back to the West. Really opened up perspectives and how people see things watching Korean drama. Hollywood can survive I just think we just have more options now to choose from. Hollywood mix beautiful pictures but doesn't tell good captivating stories. They are so concerned about the quality of the picture that they seem to miss the substance.
It didn't happen in a short time. Kdramas have been absolutely fantastic since 2006. The world is just now realizing it. Kdramas are an overnight success 20 years in the making.
Spot on
And I would say it's been even longer in the making, since at least the mid-90s
I've watched several from earlier than that which were fabulous as well.
Sandglass was great!! I keep thinking I need to watch more from that decade!
K drama had a following before the official streaming services or UA-cam had kdrama. There was already an underbelly of huge fandom internationally that was accessing kdrama through “unofficial” websites like mysoju back in early to mid 2000’s that fed directly into the more legitimate avenues of streaming later on. The word of mouth from here massively helped into even getting these shows into streaming platforms
I found kmovies, then kdrama and then kpop completly by
chance on youtube sometime after 2010. Oh, and fanfics too.
It was an already huge community of people watching and listening. There was also lots of blogs and youtubers explaining things like "oppa", aspects of the culture, why drinking turned to the side and accepting things with two hands.
During all this time I saw the dramas evolving. Saw the increase in recognition.
I still prefer the one season k-drama than the american model. I got burned too many times by tv-shows being canceled or dragged down beyond recognition.
I just hope Hollywood doesn't ruin k-drama by insisting on second season, and a third season....
In korean drama’s everyone has their own story, mother,son, daughter,father,main leads, main lead’s friend and their character development is also relatable to people around us.
Also the cinematography , the way of the story telling , the food , the culture everything is SO GOOD.
Thank you for making this video! I'm Korean and I was looking for this kind of video. Bc I think Koreans don't know that even foreigners watch Kdramas. So it's too hard to find a video like this in Korea..😂
I found kdramas during 2019 on youtube and I had to really search for more once I finished one. Then started subscribing to kdrama streaming services so I ended up in a deep dive loving every minute of it.
1953 is not that long for a country to bounce back from a war torn country, to where South Korea is now. Their technology is 10 years ahead of the west, their currency is slightly under the USD, and the people of South Korea should be applauded as a whole for doing what NO other war torn country has ever done before
Well, that’s hopeful!
I started to watch it in Covid to teach my daughter to read better...if she wanted to know what's goin on she'd have to learn to read...it worked. She was 7 then. The stories were generally cleaner, funnier, simpler to understand and feel good. I didn't leave the shows feeling like the world or my life is depressing, because it wasn't forcing messages is on me...I could just watch a story that made me feel optimistic, hopeful...where I could laugh at the ridiculous situations, where love seemed cleaner, sweeter, I guess innocent...and when they do twisted its not necessarily gruesome, the storyline is so interesting...and you feel satisfied when the hero gets justice...
Plus it's not bad they super stylish and making it look effortless, and they make everything look beautiful, artistic, refined... I can't even watch in English, I can only watch in Korean with subtitles...
K drama suggestion
1. SIGNAL (시그널)
2. That year we ( 그해우리는)
3. You come from the stars( 별에서 온 그대)
4. Moving( 무빙)
5. surname (수리남)
6. Twent five, twenty one (스물다섯 스물하나)
7. One dallor lawyer (천원짜리 변호사)
Movie
Managers of Namsan (남산의 부장들) about park jung hee
NEW one
1. Lee do na ( 이두나!)
🤌🏻
It's not a short period of time. It's been building up for 10 years at least
OmG, of course I remembered Winter Sonata and Jewel in the Palace. I live in Indonesia, pretty sure Korean wave swept as far as here down south.
When I was a teenager Jpop was a major wave in Thailand. Then I saw S.E.S on an entertainment news mentioned "Watch out Jpop! Kpop is coming. Yeah, Kpop did become the new wave since then.
Great video! Thank you for going do in-depth and tying it to the historical context of Korea. Nothing is really built over night, there are always factors lurking, and you did a great job storytelling this!
i have predicted the rise of kpop and korean dramas in the west since 2007. i also predicted that the popularity of korean content especially on foreign women would lead them to have romantic relationships with korean men and i was right about that as well. pretty much every prediction i have made about the korean wave turned true.
and most asian boys hate koreans so much becaue of jealous
so they leave fake stories in the comments comments to make people hate koreans at everywhere related to korea on youtube.
As a guy who watches Korean content it is a bit cringe that the men are always awkward or oblivious to the love interest. Where as the women seem to plot to move the relationship forward. Western women would become annoyed if they had to do that. They still want the man to take the leadership role.
What Korean man? You mean the comical look that is far more worried how they look than their acting...well at least you were right a bunch of people weird people like the weirdness of k dramas (not all) the majority of course. Haha
@@chris2489001 Western women want men to take leadership?
media has a huge effect on any country. the way different ethnic groups are depicted influences how people see them, whether rooted in truth or not.
fortunately, south korea and asia are forging their own portrayal of themselves in the face of historical and present anti-chinese (and more broadly anti-asian) sentiment in the west.
the western MSM propaganda has a strong negative bias towards china and asia. it's due to a combination of their anti-communist stance and feeling threatened by the success of asian countries (before it was japan (a democracy) and now it's china).
One reason kdramas resonates with people is they usually have a character that you really dislike but later they get a character growth or you see their backstory and they get a redemption.
As a Korean born and raised in Canada, I found this video highly informative and I really appreciate it and of course I am a new convert to kdrama.I don't know why I resisted for so long.but now I am obssessed.The tears and heart wrenching turmoil is addictive🤦♀️
This is super insightful. Thank you so much for taking the time to create this 🙏🏽
Been in Korea for 4 years
Before the new Korean wave that hit America
Hollywood movies are very popular here
They love Marvel and Disney in Korea 🇰🇷 😊❤
단순히 한국드라마와 음악등이 정부지원을 받아서 성공한게 아닌 그간의 역사를 보여줘서 좋네요. 아무리 정부가 정책적으로 밀어준다 한들 그 내용이 부실해서는 성공하기 힘들죠. 원래 한국에서는 우리만의 드라마가 굉장히 소비되고 있었고 사람들은 시시콜콜 그날의 드라마에 평을 하죠 인터넷이 보급된 후로는 정말 디테일하게 후기가 남겨졌고 어설픈 드라마는 자리 잡기 힘들게됐어요. 우리끼리 엄청난 경쟁을 했는데 , 북한근처에 살던 조선족(한국계 중국인)들이 한국에 와서 일하면서 중국에 한국 드라마가 입소문으로 유명해졌고 중국에서 대 유행을 하면서부터 한류는 시작됐어요. 얼마전까지도 한국드라마는 수출용이 아니라 내수용이었습니다. 대부분 한국사람 기준으로 드라마를 만듭니다. 그게 수출이 되든 안되든.
That’s precisely why kdramas and Kpop are popular. Hollywhood has gotten too political and Korea is more conservative. No naked or sex scenes in dramas or movies. Kpop idol groups are respectful, treat their fans with love, have a clean image and there’s no too much sexualization. American pop is all about sex and drugs and feminism. Is unbearable
@kant.68 Korean movies have plenty of sex, it's just the TV shows that are more chaste
@@hastobeus
Im aware of the many topics and taboos korean cinema challenges. As well as the amount of “explicit” content that one can encounter in some movies…art should be a space for that: ridicule, taboos, sex, irony, etc. The thing is that when certain topics become the standard, art itself loses any meaning, subtext, substance or even…need. Is just pure self affirmation and self Masturbation, Egotistical Display, Trendy topics and banal, empty and careless criticism and political commentary. Im fed up with all of that
This guy has done his research, wow what an informative video. As a Korean myself this video was full of new information. This is what UA-cam was made for.
I love how well the video is done. It was neatly edited and very informative, the kdrama picks are great as well.
Wow. Such a nice video you created here. As a Korean who used to work on bringing Korea content to the US, I can say for sure that you have put a lot of efforts and thoughts into producing this video. Kudos. Keep up the good work! 👍
I enjoyed your video and the effort it took to put this together (10 DRAMAS, not 2hr movies!). As someone who experience living in Korea and looking at SKorea from outside, let me just add one element you didn’t include (perhaps intentionally). The Underdog factor. Korea is a country that has stood tall despite all the bullying and atrocities inflicted by its neighboring countries for all of its history. That stance represents 99% of the people living in this world today. They want to see and cheer for something that has managed to shine despite the hardship bestowed upon them by others. In most of Korean dramas there is a strong element of “JustIce” because this is what it’s people yearn for. Hardship, be it the communist neighbors (NK, China), Japan (which still discriminates and looks down on its past colonial victim till this day), it’s own military/ authoritarian government in the past and US which still strong arms what it wants from SKorea, we all can empathize. South Korea has never invaded another country, because as its leaders said throughout the centuries, how can you when you know the pain of being invaded so well. Yet it rose from being the poorest to standing tall as one of richest countries in the world, despite having no natural resources to rely on. Asians, which take up 60% of the world population, yearns for someone that represents them, something cool, worthwhile to cheer for. That is what Korea is. Asians (or anyone outside of Hollywood) would rather cheers for Korean contents than American contents as they want to see Asia (or the underdogs) being represented- this is where the hype is coming from.
That's right. I'm South Korean. Korea people have a "Han" and "Hung".
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what a weird way of wasting time by writing all this useless lengthy bullshit.
Very good valid point!
@@takeiteasy5651you mean hoong?
chef kisses to your video scripting & production skills. your channel is way too underrated. cant wait to see you go viral.
I started KDramas with CLoY almost four years ago (yep, during the Pandemic), and never looked back (west) again. Had been sick of/disgusted with American TV for over a decade, and was even starting to feel the same way about European and Australian TV. What a breath of fresh air Asian dramas were and still are. I've watched over 300 KDramas and about 125 Korean movies, with a few handfuls of Japanese, Chinese and Taiwanese ones as well, and wish I had discovered this treasure trove of fabulous entertainment at least 20 years earlier. Oh, well, I know I will never catch up as there is so much great stuff out there, but I'll definitely have fun trying! Thanks for this interesting video - I've seen every drama you mentioned except for Alchemy Of Souls (not my genre).
Wow, that's amazing!
I don't know how you could have not gone sick after watching all those shows
and I couldn't believe that you didn't watch my mister. its known to be a drama of their lives to many and it made me cry a lot too. I still think about it though it has been years since I have watched it
Will add it to the list of many shows I still want to watch!
most important question: subs or dubs? @@Faultlinevideos
Glad you mentioned My Mister :)
My Mister is one of the best TV series I've ever watched, from anywhere.
@@Faultlinevideos My Name is a must watch the thriller, action, and mystery drama. Please do give it a watch! 😄
I binged the first few episodes of Squid Game, but got distracted and never finished. Before the that my only exposure to Korean media was the movies Oldboy and The Isle, the latter a very strange and disturbing, but also fascinating one. As this year started, I was laid of due to construction at the hotel I work at, and by chance ended up watching a few K-dramas. It’s Okay to Not Be Okay (very good), Abyss (not the best but watchable), Tomorrow (pretty good), The Uncanny Counter (still not sure what the title refers to, but pretty great, also introduce me to Kim Se-jeong), and Oh, My Ghost (entertaining, Park-Bo young, obviously adorable). Since then I have seen plenty more, with my favorites probably being Extraordinary Attorney Woo (extraordinary!), Business Proposal (enormously entertaining, silly, hammy, peak Kim Se-jeong, with great chemistry between several characters), and The Glory (very disturbing opening episode, fantastic plot). Also noteworthy: Because This Is My First Life (Jung So-min must have some of the most beautiful and expressive eyes in the world), which eventually led me to Playful (or Mischievous or Naughty) Kiss (with a much younger, yet equally adorable Jung So-min). Male lead was very flawed, yet the story is somehow both cringeworthy and addicting. Recently ended up watching the earlier Japanese and Taiwanese versions (all based on a Japanese manga) Some k-dramas do have some disturbing misogynistic tropes, and a somewhat older one which took that to an extreme was Secret Garden, where the male lead is irredeemably disgusting and vile. Right to the very end. It’s got it all, belittling, stalking harassing, sexually assaulting, and physically confining. All done by the male romantic lead. I have yet to see Boys Over Flowers, apparently an enormously popular older drama which also has an abusive and cruel male lead. Currently watching the last few episodes of He is Psychometric, where the actress who plays the female lead is the same one who portrayed the younger version of the main villain in The Glory. It is nice seeing her play a sympathetic character after her fantastic portrayal of absolute and unrepentant evil.
respeccttt I love your list!!
did you ever get to finish squid game? + thinking about checking out moving?
and did you check out more recent movies at all too?
남성혐오적 드라마도 많습니다. 변호사 우영우가 대표적...
@@dwp_orange8416 No, but I am hoping I get around to rewatching the first few episodes and finish the rest before the second season comes out. I also need to watch the second season of Uncanny Counter at some point. No, I haven’t seen any more recent movies, though Train to Busan and Parasite are on my list. In fact I have been meaning to watch Parasite since before I was introduced to the wide world of K-dramas. I have learned that the actress who played the young Moon Dong-eun in Glory, and also God in Doom at your service is in Parasite, so that has only increased my interest in it. Her performance as the teenage Dong-eun was heartbreakingly excellent.
@@malaparte1145 I respectfully disagree about Extraordinary Attorney Woo. Most of the main male characters were portrayed very positively, Attorney Jung, Jun-ho, her dad Gwang-Ho, Geu-ra-mi’s father, the guy with fart in his name (the Commander of the Children’s Liberation Army), the jolly monk on Jeju Island. All very sympathetic characters. Sure there are also some unsympathetic men in the show, but I discerned no traces of misandry. If you have any specifics of how Attorney Woo is an example of misandry, please let me know. If possible in English
@@malaparte1145please explain how attorney woo was a man hating drama? Because almost every main male character was represented positively. The male lead is almost perfect at first glance and even though we're shown flaws it never went against him. Even the male characters that weren't happy about attorney woo at first they warmed up to her her treated her with respect, being portrayed in a positive light as well........ so I'm kind of confused. Please explain
I have to be honest as an American that is a native New Yorker in the past couple years. I find that the K dramas, especially the ones that are like police or scary ones. I have truly outdone and I’ll performed American movies and TV shows. I don’t enjoy watching the American shows anymore because they are all very cliché and boring. The Korean shows really have some very original and unique stories, plots, characters that have outshone Hollywood completely.
In the Netherlands KDrama went of like a rocket during covid .
As a Korean what Korean media differs from our Neighbors Japan and China is that movies, dramas, songs etc have freedom. Freedom to express, freedom to shed light on dark parts of society (This part Japan does as well, but China...lol), and to openly go against the govt (Which I know is common in US but not as much in other asian nations)
True some chinese dramas can be good but it's creative freedom is hindered by its government.
Like you said, Japan has freedom of expression too, and there are many dramas that deal with deep social issues. I think what sets K-dramas and J-dramas apart is:
1. In Japan, Anime is huge so many possible audiences are taken by it.
2. J-drama is intended exclusively for the Japanese audience and lacks a universal appeal.
3. Production quality and quantity are overall low. Of course there are some high quality dramas from time to time, but most others just suck, and there are only so many dramas because it’s not a huge industry in Japan to begin with.
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K drama is gay . Hollywood is better' .
@@Sora-ce1zx I would also like to add that the massive difference between Kdrama and Jdramas is acting. Obviously there are amazing Japanese actors but there are a lot of cringe acting that kind of reminds me of anime or theater acting thus it makes me lose interest in the drama even though the plot is good.
Even their production is different. Korean dramas usually take a long time of filming, MOVING (Aug. 2023, Disney+) started filming in Aug. 2021 and ended in July 2022 plus the post production. Even filming romantic comedies last for more than half a year. The chemistry between their actors is also topnotch, that's why viewers just can't help but love Kdramas.
I first watched a Korean drama when I was 15 whilst visiting family in Ghana. It was called Oh Pil Seung. Then I watched All In, which is still one of my favorites of all time. At that time I didn’t know it was Korean, I and many people in Ghana (probably) thought it was Chinese. It was a few months later that my Chinese friend at the time made me aware that it was Korean not Chinese. I was captivated, binged dramas morning, afternoon, & night and soon after became interested in K-pop. Hallyu had such an impact in my life, that at 21, right after graduating from Uni, I got a job in Korea and lived there for 6 years. My partner & I even spent the first few years of married life in Korea. Korean dramas greatest asset is that they offer real humanity in their characters. They teach you about humanity and the little things in life in a way that Hollywood used to, but no longer does.
A lot of kdramas make you admire life, family, and community. I believe this is lost in Hollywood and everyone is tired of the bad writing, narcissistic main characters, and mindless sex. In kdramas when a couple gets together it’s not because of what they can do in bed, they actually have a meaningful connection that is explained by the storytelling. American shows are also kinda depressing I don’t know what it is but they make me feel lonely.