[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show Moon Embracing the Sun (2012, MBC) starring Kim Soo-hyun and Han Ga-in. Grace’s guest is Berlin-based comedian Julieta Degese (@dgcjulieta on Instagram). They discuss unicorn outfits, drinking vermouth, how inflation is impacting their shopping and traveling habits, the advantages of being labeled a “bitch,” and how to cope with urban loneliness. The two friends celebrate K-Drama School’s 100th episode. Cheers! Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.

[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show Was it Love? (2020, JTBC) which stars Song Ji-hyo and Son Ho-jun. She commends both actors’ versatility and mentions how the show points to the stigma that single mothers live with in Korea society. Grace also talks about where all her energy’s been focused on in the month of November. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.

[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show Avengers Social Club (2017, tvN) which stars Lee Yo-won, Ra Mi-ran, and Myung Se-bin. This is an ajumma drama based on a webtoom that was published on Daum back in 2014. Grace dives into Ra Mi-ran’s career post Reply 1988, the supreme feminism of Avengers Social Club, her love for her favorite neighborhood in Seoul—Buam-dong, and the greatness of Kim Hyang-an who was once married two great modernists Yi Sang and Kim Whanki in her lifetime. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.

[Spoiler Alert] Grace is back from San Diego and she’s back to drinking coffee! Grace discusses the show Tomorrow (2022, MBC) starring Kim Hee-sun, Ro-woon, Lee Soo-hyuk, Yun Ji-on and Kim Hae-sook. Grace appreciates the show’s camp aspects particularly the episode in Tomorrow with a suicidal dog while the rest of the show felt a bit redundant. Grace delves into the prolific career of actress Kim Hae-sook who has spent the bulk of her career playing a mom on screen. Grace’s guest is LA-based comedian and author of the book 52 Weeks to Meditation Rosie Tran (@outoftheboxrosie on Instagram). They discuss positive self-talk, trauma, quantum physics, religion, spirituality, meditation, writing a book, and crypto currency. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.

[Spoiler Alert] Grace takes a moment to reflect on the tragedy that took place in Itaewon leaving 153 people dead and many others wounded. Her thoughts are with them. Grace discusses the show My Roommate is a Gumiho (2021, tvN and iQIYI) starring Jang Ki-yong and Hyeri, and iQIYI's production on a K-drama since THAAD. She analyzes Shin Woo-yeo’s characteristics as metaphors for male struggles with restraint and just how much the show rips off of Goblin, just like all the other fantasy K-dramas that have been coming out the last few years. Grace also mourns the overuse of Hyeri’s iconic scream on the show. Grace’s guest is Cat Min (@thecatpark on Instagram)—a children’s book author of Shy Willow and her highly anticipated new book The Little Toymaker which hits shelves on November 1, 2022. Cat’s third book entitled The Shadow and the Ghost is already slated for spring 2024 release. The two discuss reframing fear as adrenaline and excited anticipation for what’s to come including uncertainty, how a single word cannot possibly reduce a person down to its meaning because of the wholeness and complexity of an individual, the clearer pathway that comes with a second book, the power of images, the importance of diversity in children’s books, becoming more boldly oneself, therapeutic catharsis that comes with one’s own creative choices, and unconscious creative guidance of the divine. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.

[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show A Gentleman’s Dignity (SBS, 2012) written by hit-maker Kim Eun-sook (Secret Garden, Descendants of the Sun, Goblin: The Lonely and Great God, etc) starring Kim Ha-neul and Jang Dong-gun. Grace admires Kim Ha-neul’s comedic performance on this show, placing her up on the mantle alongside Son Ye-jin and Jun Ji-hyun while problematizing Jang Dong-gun’s character Kim Do-jin as pervy, immature, and toxic. Grace’s guest is LA-based comedian Prateek Srivastava (@prateekcomedy on Instagram) whose album “Nick and Sheila’s Kid” was #1 on iTunes and Amazon. They take a deep-dive into the world of comedy as a business and the fine line between following up politely versus following up annoyingly. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.

[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show The School Nurse Files (Netflix, 2020) written and directed by Lee Kyoung-mi, based on the book by Chung Serang. Lee Kyoung-mi is a fascinating auteur who brings a unique touch to all of her movies and most certainly on this drama series which unabashedly explores the realm of the gross. The School Nurse Files has some big star hitters like Jung Yu-mi and Nam Joo-hyuk but an underappreciated veteran actress Moon Sori. She is a force to be reckoned with. Go see any movie starring Moon Sori—you will not regret it. Grace’s guest is LA-based clown, actress, writer, filmmaker and improv comic Nalini Sharma (@nalsbarkley on Instagram) who has a one woman show playing at the Elysian Theater in November. Details are available on her social media. They discuss their love for movies shot on film, clown basics, Apocalypse Now by Coppola, and always turning to the gift of the present joy in life. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.

[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show Little Women (tvN, 2022) written by Jeong Seo-kyung who frequently collaborates with filmmaker Park Chanwook, co-writing for films like Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, I’m a Cyborg but That’s Ok, Thirst, The Handmaiden and his latest movie Decision to Leave which opens this month in US theaters. Little Women stars Kim Go-eun, Nam Ji-hyun and Park Ji-hu, and the show includes themes of intergenerational trauma revolving around war and parental or national abandonment. Grace discusses the international controversy that Little Women had in Japan and Vietnam. Grace analyzes the show against the book Little Women written by Louisa May Alcott, and how In-ju, In-kyoung and In-hye compare to Alcott’s characters Meg, Jo and Amy March. Grace sees plagiarism in how the screenwriter Jeong Seo-kyung uses a ghost orchid that has hallucinogenic effects which is a concept found in the film Adaptation written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.

[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show Run On (JTBC, 2021) starring Shin Se-kyung and Im Si-wan. Grace comments on the difficulty of viewing Im Si-wan as a leading man in a rom-com, and how he’s better at playing weirder roles. She also mentions how Shin Se-kyung appears more connected to herself in her performance as Mi-joo in Run On which is refreshing. Grace’s guest is California-based artist and author MariNaomi(@MariNaomi on Instagram and Twitter). They discuss the process of healing after a break-up with a best friend, the tricks of memory and time, “best friends forever” as a cultural construct, writing a book about friendship, the artistic process of producing a memoir that functions as an art book, comic, collage, coffee table book, and documentary, loving ourselves as misfits, riding out a cosmic wave aligned with intention, and the greatness that is Yoko Ono. Support MariNaomi’s campaign to get her book I Thought You Loved Me published with Fieldmouse Press, which you can preorder here now: https://crowdfundr.com/fmp-marinaomi?ref=ab_aBJSkd_ab_4dy8mGPkTuM4dy8mGPkTuM. Visit MariNaomi’s website https://marinaomi.com/. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.

[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show A Model Family (2022, Netflix) which she finds lackluster due to the fact that it includes premises and topics already covered by Hollywood like Ozark and Breaking Bad. Grace questions the show’s originality and what its larger purpose is but fawns over Park Hee-soon’s impressive performance. Grace’s guest is New York-based comedian Reggie Kush (@reggie_kush on Instagram). They discuss the difference between rap music and rap battle, the similarities between stand-up and rap battle, how to maintain one’s pose and grace onstage while getting killed during a battle, how to cook and eye-roll at 8 Mile. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit kdramachool.com to learn more.