On Episode 31 of the Daebak K-Rambles Podcast, Jess is joined by repeat guests Mina from the Kpop Bookshelf Podcast and Kathy from MIA2K Podcast to review Extraordinary Attorney Woo, starring Park Eun-Bin.

Jess, Mina, and Kathy talk through this 2022 K-drama hit, discussing Park Eun-Bin’s performance, the ASD stereotypes that complicated the groundbreaking and positive representation, the pros and cons of the romance with Kang Tae-Oh’s character, an examination of the “villain” characters, the best and worst featured court cases, and more!

GUEST: Kathy

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GUEST: Mina

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Mina’s Sources:

• In South Korea, a Hit Show Brings Autism Into the Spotlight [The New York Times]
• Netflix hit 'Extraordinary Attorney Woo' sparks autism debate [Bangkok Post]
• ‘My son is not a ghost,’ parent files petition [The Korea Herald]
• Korean Culture and Autism Spectrum Disorders [Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2013) 43:503–520]
• We’re Not Broken: Changing the Conversation on Autism [by Michael Garcia]
• Kim, Yoojin, "Coming Out of the Shadows: Understanding Autism in Korean Culture" (2020). [BYU Theses and Dissertations

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