Audio Notes
0:00 Introduction
0:59 Taiwanese dramas
1:54 My relationship with the recently aired Duty After School and we rant about splitting dramas
2:53 I talk about Decoy and make special mention of Heo Seung-tae. Splitting this drama hurt its visibility and continuity.
4:27 We move on to Duty After School and why I watched it.
6:42 absoluteM talks about her latest watches — the C drama rom com The Love You Give Me (Wang Ziqi) and Family: The Unbreakable Bond starring Jang Hyuk and Jang Na-ra. Bad subs are a terrible thing.
10:26 The war of the streaming platforms and its effects on the end user.
14: 20 First mention of Joo Won’s new drama Stealer: The Treasure Keeper — a superhero comedy.
14:32 We discuss Divorce Attorney Shin at some length. I talk about what I like about it so far.
19:24 We go back to talking about Stealer. A call back to Healer.
25:13 Back to Family: The Unbreakable Bond
28:04 absoluteM mentions Dr Romantic 3 and goes on to mention The Good Bad Mother.
33:05 The Missing: The Other Side 2 and why we both enjoyed it.
37:13 My new drama resolution — watching older proven dramas. My newfound enthusiasm for Taiwanese dramas of recent years.
38:36 We mock fantasy C dramas. Neither of us are fans of xianxia. We talk about fantasy dramas in general. I don’t mind fantasy dramas set in contemporary
42:01 A K drama rom com Bora! Deborah starring Yoon Hyun-min and Yoo In-na. We also speculate on why rom coms are so fillery.
48:58 “Give people the endings that they want” — adapting source materials and recent failures to satisfy.
52:25 Baeksang Awards — Nominees and winners. absoluteM’s lament for My Liberation Notes.
Drama Watch 1 May 2023