MY GOD, MY GOD WHAT HAVE WE DONE? Well, we finally did it, folks. We watched the three dramas we swore we would never watch, and we did it for you! [through gritted teeth] HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Digressions:

5:29 - New Patreon donors and Listener E-mails! Our listener, Liz, sent us a link to the Youtube video of the K-Pop Festival. Check it out!

10:08 - Judy snobbily watched the first season of "Bridgerton", the hot new Shondaland drama

16:12 - Linda is watching "Start-Up" (스타트-업)!

18:13 - "How Are You Bread" (하와유브레드) is a 2020 web drama starring Suho (EXO) and Lee SeYoung. It's so utterly cookie-cutter (see what I did there?) and bad, but we finally know how they chose the baffling title!

35:57 - "My ID is Gangnam Beauty" (내 아이디는 강남미인) is a 2018 JTBC drama starring Im SooHyang and Cha EunWoo (ASTRO). Judy is mad at literally everything in this drama, but Linda suggests that that might be the actual intention of this awful drama.l

47:33 - "Cool Guys, Hot Ramen" (꽃미남 라면가게) is a 2011 TVN drama starring Jung IlWoo and Lee ChungAh based on a web novel. It's so patently trying to be "Boys Over Flowers", but it's even more boring and problematic. The goofy title sadly does not pay off.

For our Winter 2021 First Impressions, we'll be watching "Run On" (런온), "Lovestruck in the City" (도시남녀의 사랑법), "The Penthouse" (펜트하우스) and "True Beauty" (여신강림). Should be...interesting?

 

Some Korean terms:

떡 장인: [ddeok-jang-in] rice cake artisan.

조선: [jo-seon] Korean dynasty from 1392 to 1897

도련님: [do-ryeon-nim] old Korean address for "young master".

한옥: [han-ok] traditional Korean house.

머슴: [meo-seum] male servant in olden times.

안부: [an-boo] greeting.

슈퍼마켓: [shu-peo-ma-ket] Koreanization of "supermarket"; closer to a corner store than a big grocery store"

어학연수: [eo-hak-yeon-soo] language training.

얼굴천재: [eol-gool-cheon-jeh] literally "face genius"; a good-looking person.

 

Audio credits:

Jerry Goldsmith - "Mulan (1998) - "Short Hair"

Seinfeld S9E3 - "The Serenity Now"

Shin HyeSung - "You Are"

Mozart - "Requiem" - "Confutatis"

 

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