The 2011 MBC Drama Awards took place on the night of December 30th. Nothing was truly out of the ordinary (MBC standard, of course). As expected, Cha Seung Won was robbed of his Daesang right under his nose. Yeom Jung Ah was completely snubbed. And in order to address the criticism of having multiple winners, …
The 2010 FIFA World Cup had Paul the Octopus. (May he rest in peace). Well, there’s no need to be jealous because Korean drama fans have Blue… umm, the Human… ready to predict the winners of the upcoming 2011 MBC Drama Awards and 2011 SBS Drama Awards. (For the predicted winners of the KBS Drama Awards, …
The official nominees for the 2011 KBS Drama Awards were announced on December 9, much earlier than in previous years. I don’t see any sure-fire winner this year for the Daesang, and I predict it will be a three-way battle between three male stars.
For better or for worse, the “Analyzing Korean drama and film titles” sub-series will have multiple parts, many more than I anticipated. Why am I so wordy? Sigh. I’d argue that I’m just a completist.
A Korean friend once asked me, “Have you seen Love and Soul (사랑과 영혼)?” I looked at her quizzically and asked, “What’s that?” She looked surprised at my response and proceeded to describe an American film starring Patrick Swayze in which he played a spirit wandering on earth near his girlfriend, played by Demi Moore, …
The controversial “Media Law” passed in 2009 allows private conglomerates and newspapers to own stakes of Korean broadcasting outlets. The fruit of the media reform can be seen in the launching of three cable networks – TV Chosun (CSTV), jTBC, and Channel A – at the end of this year by the three giant newspaper …
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