This week, Judy and Linda find that problems quickly stop being problems in episodes 13-14 of "Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo" (역도요정 김복주), starring Lee SungKyung and Nam JooHyuk.

 

Judy posits the existence of a store that caters exclusively to protesters who are in need of fancy banners, bandannas and drums. Linda finds herself sympathizing - gasp! - with Shiho (Kyung SooJin), after her overdose-related personality transplant. Judy and Linda applaud Bokjoo's (Lee SungKyung) grasp of the English language on a text that she sends to Joonhyung (Nam JooHyuk). On a more serious note, Judy and Linda discuss the portrayal of psychiatry in recent K-dramas and the issue of nepotism in Korean society. 

 

Some Korean terms:

낙하산: [nak-ha-san] parachute; a disparaging term to refer to someone who advanced through nepotism or personal connections.

남자친: [nam-ja-chin] friend who is a male.

남친: [nam-chin] boyfriend.

아깝다: [ah-ggap-da] too good to give up easily.

소개팅: [so-geh-ting] blind date.

한약: [han-yak] traditional Korean medicine.

약재: [yak-jeh] herbal medicine ingredient.

2차: [ee-cha] second round.

고등어: [go-deung-uh] mackerel.

고등학교: [go-deung-hak-gyo] high school.

 

How do you feel about how psychiatry works in Korean dramas? Would you ever consider your friend to be a traitor just because he/she started dating? 

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