Thursday, January 16, 2014

K-Drama Dry Spell


Before I found K-Pop I discover K-Dramas. I watched my first drama back in 2006. It was called Infamous Chill Sisters or Famous Princesses. I actually didn’t watch this drama from the beginning. I came into it somewhere in the middle and I fell in love with it right away. There was just something about the drama that had me hooked from the beginning. When “Infamous Chill Sisters” ended I started to watch the next drama that came on. I think it was called “Blissful Women” but I didn’t get a chance to finish it.
I went to college in September of 2007 and forgot about K-Dramas. Due to unexpected circumstances it took me a few extra years to graduate college rather then the regular four. But my senior year I had a suitemate who was Korean but lived in Japan. Having Sunny in my suite just made my year. Because of her I fell a little bit more in love with all things Korean. She had these cute pig magnets that also could be used as tacks. I would have stolen then from her if I could have gotten away with it. I went to a religious school that didn’t allow any movies and all music had to be approved. Very strict school but I received a great education.
So when I came home for Christmas I found K-Dramas on Netflix.com. The first drama I watched after my dry spell was Boys Over Flowers. I loved it and because of Kim Hyun Joong I came across Playful Kiss. I loved both of them and even made my mom watch them. She enjoyed them and together we watched Secret Garden, City Hunter and My Girlfriend is a Gumiho. Netflix has a limited selection of dramas and a few of them did not have subtitles. But I know they have added a few more to their list recently.
Growing up I never watched all of the popular TV shows like One Tree Hill, Dawson's Creek or anything like that. The only series I watch was Veronica Mars. I actually own all three seasons and I am waiting for the movie to come out. But all American TV shows are filled with sex, backstabbing and lies. I know some K-Dramas contain the same thing but not like the American dramas do. Well that is my opinion at least. But where American dramas are dirty, Korean dramas are clean. I’m sure there are K-Dramas that are dirty, but I’m sure there are American dramas that are clean. But there was something about K-Dramas that drew me into their world. Very few dramas go beyond one season but it keeps you wanting more.
I came across dramafever.com while I was looking for Infamous Chill Sisters. Just an FYI Infamous Chill Sisters is nowhere to be found on the Internet. Which is sad for me since I can’t watch it from the beginning. But dramafever opened up a whole new world full of dramas. Then I found viki.com and that had some dramas that dramafever.com didn’t have. I can name a few dramas I have watched from the two websites: You’re Beautiful, Good Doctor and Vampire Prosecutor. I’ve watched a few more dramas but I can’t think of anymore. I have around forty dramas on my to watch list. But currently I am watching Rooftop Prince and Vampire Prosecutor 2.
The world of K-Dramas also introduced me to the world of Korean variety shows. But this is a different topic.

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