Storyhog‘Good Partner’ and bad mothersKorean motherhood is in the dock again, but ‘Hi Bye, Mama!’ and ‘When the Camelia Blooms’ put the case for the defenceAug 14Aug 14
StoryhoginCounter ArtsMan-gods, Male Auteurs and Mary Shelly: ‘Blade Runner’ & ‘Poor Things’Creating life is a risky business, especially if you’re a man.Aug 76Aug 76
StoryhogTake Five … Korean dramas!Hellbound * The Red Sleave * Alchemy of Souls * Itaewon Class * It’s Okay Not to Be OkayJul 20Jul 20
StoryhogFor richer for poorer: 21 years for Jang Na-ra & Jang HyukDurable romantic screen partnerships are a throwback to Hollywood’s golden age and are rarely found in modern TV drama anywhere. Maybe it’s…Jul 18Jul 18
StoryhogHelp! My tower’s been struck by lightning. ‘The Midnight Romance in Hagwon’If you’ve ever dabbled in the Tarot then you’ll know that flipping over ‘Death’, ‘The Hanged Man’ or ‘The Devil’ is a tense moment which…Jul 5Jul 5
StoryhogVintage Drama. ‘The King 2 Hearts’: love and fantasy royals in 2012.Imaginary monarchies are a surprisingly robust K-romance mini-genre, kick started perhaps by MBC’s 2006 hit Princess Hours. The modern…Jun 19Jun 19
StoryhogWorkplace Romances: ‘What’s wrong’ with mixing ‘Business’ and pleasure?You could say that hit K-dramas What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim and Business Proposal make romantic comedy out of workplace sexual…Jun 8Jun 8
StoryhogFalse idols and idle hands: Why K-drama loves K-popThe K-pop industry is so ripe for storytelling. It assaults us relentlessly with an unbearably shiny, constructed and superficially…Jun 1Jun 1
StoryhogSo, ‘Rebel Moon’ is ‘Seven Samurai in space’ … if onlyZach Snyder has sold the Rebel Moon concept, at various times in the last twenty odd years, as both ‘The Dirty Dozen in space’ and ‘Seven…May 22May 22
StoryhogK-Drama Trope Bingo: Part 2The rules stay the same. Watch any sixteen-episode K-romance with your friends. Cross out every trope you spot and yell ‘bingo’ when you’ve…May 15May 15