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Myung-wol the Spy: Episode 18 (Final)
Oh, Myung-wol. It saddens me to think of the drama you could’ve been, when you were at the height of funny. You were quirky and offbeat and something new, and the possibilities were endless. But you...
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Measuring 2011 on the Sticky Scale [Year in Review, Part 1]
Time for another Year In Review series! How did a year pass by so quickly? I guess when you’re busy watching dramas, time flies. This is my fifth year (eek) doing this series, which means you...
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The Good, The Bad, and The Hmmm… of 2011 [Year in Review, Part 2]
First off, I have to deeply thank – and bow to – Javabeans and Girlfriday – it’s an honor to be included with the most respected K-drama writers for this year. Compared to these fine people, I am an...
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The DramaMeter: highly scientific and foolproof [Year in Review, Part 4]
Wow, another year of dramas, come and gone. Where does the sanity go? I decided that for this year’s review, I would learn to be impartial and precise, and give systematic mathematical ratings for...
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Santa Strikes Back! [Year In Review, Part 6]
What the ever-lovin’ reindeer feculence? I get home from my overnight trans-earthian sleigh odyssey, settle back with my hard-earned fifths of whiskey to read up on what I’ve missed in dramaland, and...
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Thing vs. Thing: Actors playing actors
javabeans: Not all meta is funny, but actors making fun of themselves always hits the spot. Like Siwon opening up a twitter account for his King of Dramas character Kang Hyun-min, who resembles nobody...
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The Korean drama industry, despite being very much a modern entertainment behemoth, has a lot in common with an old way telling and delivering stories: through installments. Back in Victorian England,...
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