K-Drama Feuilleton

TW/CW: Abuse, Rape, Sexual Violence

In this episode it's aaaalll about sex and power and politics and BDSM and Michel Foucault and Silvia Federici and witches and capitalism and soooo many other things! 
Celi and Maksu are discussing the very hot BDSM romantic comedy "Love and Leashes" and are discussing the political significance of sex in a "Western" and also Korean context. 
Now get your whips ready, you're in for a ride...
Enjoy everyone!

Books: 
Silvia Federici: Caliban and the Witch (MUST READ)

PS: this is definitely an "explicit" episode

TW: Abuse and Rape 

Firstly let me apologise for being a day late but yesterday, just as I was about to upload this episode, any podcasters worst nightmare happened and everything suddenly got deleted and hours of editing work just disappeared into the ether. After the breakdown that ensued I needed a small break from editing. But thanks to all your support and compassion I managed to edit everything again and so here it is our episode for this week where  Maksu and I are taking a break from all the shiny new kdrama productions and give some well deserved love to a k-drama classic, namely: DREAM HIGH! 

Maksu and I try and (let’s be honest fail) to give a concise overview of the plot and all characters involved, which is to be fair quite an impossible endeavour. Beyond that we discuss problematic power dynamics that are prone to abuse in the creative industries, we discuss activism around body image and Kim Soo Hyun's 3-Step-Evolution in the drama.

Finally there's a small rant on Prussian cultural imperialism and dialects by me, because why not…

Enjoy everyone! 

K-DRAMA FEUILLETON PODCAST X HALLYUREVIEWS

SPECIAL COLLABORATION

We are so psyched about this episode because it’s a special collaboration with Lina from (you guessed it right!!) HallyuReviews, the coolest blog around, bringing you all the goss and updates on all things K. 

https://hallyureviews.wordpress.com/

Twitter: @hallyurev

In this special collaboration episode Lina, Maksu and I are discussing a very common K-drama trope, namely the “met-your-true-love-as-a-child” trope. Have you ever felt a sense of despair realising that your life partner wasn’t among your childhood friends after watching a k-drama? If so you’ve come to the right place and also you’re not alone… 

You can look forward to lots of banter around the childhood trope and Maksu’s Freudian analysis of it.

Let’s dive right in shall we? Enjoy everyone! 

Shows mentioned:

Hometown Chachacha

City Hunter

You Are Beautiful

What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim

The Heirs

The Reply Series

My Love From The Star

Legend Of The Blue Sea

Chicago Typewriter

Goblin

Tale Of The Nine-Tailed

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo

Doom At Your Service

It’s Okay Not To Be Okay

Beautiful Life Wonderful Life

Lovely Writer 

In this episode Maksu and Celi review the newest K-Drama "Our Beloved Summer". You can look forward to discussions about what it means to go and grow through your twenties, evolving relationships, and yet again maany many coats (and sweaters this time as well...)

Enjoy everyone!

First things first: 

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! 

We’re so happy to be back with our very first episode of 2022 and boooy it’s a good one!

Have you ever wondered how it would feel like to be an actor* in South Korea?
Well we certainly have (!) and in this episode we (and you) get to find out everything about it!

We had the absolute pleasure talking to Pillip, who, not only speaks perfect Korean (what a star), but also was already on Korean TV and acted in not one, but two theatre plays during his time in Korea. This being THE K-drama Feuilleton Podcast, of course you can expect much critical discussion on the topic of how waegukin/foreigners are portrayed in Korean productions and what this tells us about identity and stereotypes, even Slavoj Žižek gets a mention (cause why not?!).

In any case we hope you enjoy this episode, do get in touch with any comments, questions or critique (always)! You know where to find us (twitter, facebook, email)...

Lots of K-Drama love and solidarity to you all!

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Link to a trailer of Pillips theatre play:

https://youtu.be/BVaJhQwc9Yw

Links to two badass articles that Maksu is talking about (on Multi-Culturalism in TV Productions and the re-Articulation of the Korean self):

https://www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/ci/sereArticleSearch/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART002114281

https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/eapc/2020/00000006/00000002/art00008;jsessionid=90bo5sq49norf.x-ic-live-02

Link to the youtube channel that Pillip hypes:

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCL_8O4S2CTAOTo7a_KAbJAg

In this episode Maksu and Celi discuss the very controversial Netflix production HELLBOUND. 
You can look foward to lots of philosophical banter about free will, fear and cults. 
But of course not without swooning over Yoo Ah-In. 

Enjoy everyone!

In this episode Celi and Maksu are discussing the current hit drama "Kings Affection".
In addition to reviewing the drama as per usual (yes including the category in which Maksu is ranting about what anachronisms you can find in this historical drama - you guessed right: it's football yet again) they'll also be focusing on Judith Butler's theory of gender performativity and HOW AMAZINGLY QUEER THIS DRAMA IS!
Of course there will also be much of the obligatory swooning and nerdy references. 

Until 15:00 banter on ancient languages 
from 16:00 synopsis of the plot and intro to the drama (banter ensues)
from 36:00 Judith Butler and the theory of gender performativity

Enjoy everyone!

Show notes: 
Film: Laurence Anyways!

Books: Judith Butler, Gender Trouble (1990)/Bodies That Matter (1993)

Authors: Simone de Beauvoir, Michel Foucault

Dramas: Secret Garden, To the Beautiful You, You Are Beautiful, Coffee Prince,  Inspector Koo

WE'RE BACK!
We apologise for the longer break but we're back with our long-awaited first ever GUEST EPISODE. And we're talking about Squid Game! If you were wondering what Marx and Lancan have to do with Squid Game then you're in the right place. Maksu and I have had the pleasure to talk through the global phenomenon of Squid Game with our resident Marx expert: James! 
Let us know how you liked the episode, lots of k-drama love and stay critical,

Celi and Maksu

We don't have an episode for you this week, as we are gearing up for our extraordinary HALLOWEEN SPECIAL, which you can expect next Thursday, 28 October 2021. It's definitely worth the wait, we promise. Until then we'll be carving some pumpkins and watching some more kdramas (as always very critically)...
Lots of kdrama-love and solidarity from Maksu and Celi

Today's episode is about Celi's current obsession namely the very popular and very current drama “Hometown Chachacha”!

In the first part Maksu and Celi talk a bit about their week (until 16:00 min).

In the second half Maksu is interviewing Celi about Homecha, as he hasn’t seen it yet, so if you want to avoid spoilers, you can skip this part (until min 46:00).

And finally in the third part Maksu and Celi discuss the age old divide between the city and the countryside or the center vs the periphery, in our modern capitalist nation states and the implications of this divide during the Pandemic. 

But of course they also cover much more important topics such as Kim Seon-Hos and ShinMinAhs dimples, stolen bathroom slippers aaand sourdough bread.

Book mentioned:
Juli Zeh: Unter Leuten

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