I didn't watch "Queen Seon Deok," but I had heard all about Ko Hyun Jung getting all the attention and prizes. But, that wasn't too shocking. Ko Hyun Jung is perfect and one of the best Korean actresses alive.
The creators had to change the story because Kim Nam Gil had become incredibly popular very quickly. Bidam is Mishil's son, BTW.
I remember that! It really was a show all about the secondary leads.
Re: Coffee House, I don't really agree. Park Si Yeon was always promoted as the female lead and her character married Kang Ji Hwan 's. But, the writer did spend an awful lot of time putting KJH's character in cute and OTP-ish moments with Ham Eun Jung's character. So, it was confusing for a while.
Slingshot was one that I had thought about mentioning as a drama that broke the 'lead girl wins all, even guy' rule. But, it wasn't a romantic drama, not really. So. . .I left it out.
You're also right about the perspectives in dramas. Romantic dramas, Family dramas, and even Comedies usually look at things through the female perspective, and really that's what I was thinking about as I wrote this post. But, more dramatic dramas, revenge dramas, or crime dramas usually take the male perspective. I think that shows you a bit about Korean culture, actually.
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Date: 2011-05-10 03:36 am (UTC)The creators had to change the story because Kim Nam Gil had become incredibly popular very quickly. Bidam is Mishil's son, BTW.
I remember that! It really was a show all about the secondary leads.
Re: Coffee House, I don't really agree. Park Si Yeon was always promoted as the female lead and her character married Kang Ji Hwan 's. But, the writer did spend an awful lot of time putting KJH's character in cute and OTP-ish moments with Ham Eun Jung's character. So, it was confusing for a while.
Slingshot was one that I had thought about mentioning as a drama that broke the 'lead girl wins all, even guy' rule. But, it wasn't a romantic drama, not really. So. . .I left it out.
You're also right about the perspectives in dramas. Romantic dramas, Family dramas, and even Comedies usually look at things through the female perspective, and really that's what I was thinking about as I wrote this post. But, more dramatic dramas, revenge dramas, or crime dramas usually take the male perspective. I think that shows you a bit about Korean culture, actually.