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| yna@yna.co.kr 2022-11-03 11:05:48
SEOUL November 03 (Yonhap) -- Prince who enjoys dressing up as a girl at the palace where the regulations are strictly enforced, golden spoon which allegedly will allow protagonist’s life with his rich friend, individual broadcasting video which spread rumors about the murder.
According to the broadcasting industry on Thursday, recent dramas, incorporates interest of the current society and changed atmosphere of the society.
“Under the Queen’s Umbrella” featuring South Korean actress Kim Hye-soo drew a lot of attention by showcasing the Queen accepting the prince who classifies himself as a sexual minority. In the past, there has been cases where sexual minority characters appear at the Korean historical drama, however those characters appeared as a supporting characters or the character indirectly showed their traits of sexual minority.
The drama “Queen’s Umbrella,” featured queen Im Hwa-ryeong acted by the south Korean actress Kim Hye-soo as a mother of Grand Prince Gyeseong embracing his hobby of dressing up like a female. She soothed Gyeseong by gifting him with a portrait of him wearing female attire and binyeo, Korean tradiaitonal ornamental hairpin.
Throughout the drama, queen Hwa-ryeong states “I tried to think about how he might have felt when he had to accept something despite of how much effort he put into overcoming certain things. I just couldn’t ignore it because I’m his mother.” The line received reviews related to how the drama incorporates changed perspective of sexual minorities in South Korean society.
Gong hui-jung South Korean drama critic addressed “When characters who showcased traits of sexual minority appeared in Korean historical drama in the past used to have very short lifespan throughout the drama, however ‘Under the Queen’s Umbrella,” it showcases the queen excepting the difference as a mother figure.” adding “This serves as a solid evidence on the changes society has taken regarding the subject.”
MBC TV’s drama “The Gold Spoon” airing every Friday and Saturday is a fantasy series based on majority’s dream of having rich parents. The drama is originated from the Webtoon with the setting of whoever eats food at a rich household with the golden spoon three times, parents of the spoon user will be switched with rich parents.
Protagonist Lee Seung-cheon acted by Yook Sung-jae, who is eager to break free from his poverty, witches his faith with Hwang Tae-yong, who is a heir of the conglomerate family. To the criticism he receives by betraying his parents, Lee Seung-cheon makes excuse by stating “If you had a chance to change your parents and by doing so you could be rich, you would have done it also. Loving poor parents are all lies.”
“Times like this where classes are distinctively segmented in our society, the unfortunate reality is that we all want to be the golden spoon.” adding “the drama is attracting a lot of interest from young viewers because it combines everyone’s want to escape the reality and turned it into a fantasy.” addressed professor Lee Hyun-yool from the Korea University School of Media & Communication.
Moreover, tvN’s drama airing every Wednesday and Thursday, “Love in Contract” is about a protagonist who helps out those who decided upon divorce due to individual reasons, and JTBC’s weekend drama “The Empire: The Empire of the Law” showcased individual media streamers who spread rumors about the murder.
Drama “Love in Contract” features protagonist Choi Sang-eun, acted by actress Park Min-young who classifies herself as “Single Life Helper” and help out with the process of divorce so that people to get on with their lives.
Throughout the drama a lot of customers who dream of getting a divorce, however they are pressured by the surrounding, visit Choi Sand Eun in order to find a way to compensate all the negative side effects of going through the process of divorce.
“Every holiday I lose weight,” “How will I be able to get the amount of money that I have spent for other friend’s wedding back?” “CEO only talks about business during trips for married couples.” and more concerns gets addressed throughout the series.
Continuing on, the drama “The Empire: The Empire of the Law” victim’s boyfriend Han Kang-baek acted by Kwon Ji-woo gets framed by the individual streamers.
Individual streams throughout the drama spread rumors as if they had solid evidence to back their rumors up by addressing “He is casually taking classes when his girl friend got brutally murdered,” “He might have been cheating, however, the victim was bit more clingy therefore he might have killed her.”
However, once Yoon Gu-ryung acted by Kim Gyun-ha gets appointed as more allegeable suspect, as if they believed in the innocence of Han Kang-baek, individual media states “We had a hunch that Yoon Gu-ryung was suspicious since he got arrested,” “Just a simple eye contact gives me chills, we knew,” “this is done by a psychopath,” and more.
South Korean drama featuring current trend in Society allows viewers to easily engage and connect with the drama and provides opportunity to think about the issue once again.
“Appearance of the societal aspect indicates that we are now considering drama as a mirror of our current situation,” adding “The closer the topic and theme of the drama we tend to engage deeper into the series.” addressed professor Won Jong-won from Media Communication division of Soonchunhyang University.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)
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