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| yna@yna.co.kr 2022-10-20 14:15:47
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) -- Poor three sisters, female duo chasing after an alien, and mother protecting her children at palace.
According to broadcasting industry sources, regardless of genre, dramas that features female character as the protagonist are being aired one after another.
"Little Women," which just ended, presented brave three sisters who made moves based on their own belifs in the midst of turbulent case as the main characeters. All the villain and key characters who had the key to the mysterious case were female.
Drama focused on characters than the case by dealing with their insides in detial. Although it was a mystery genre, the movie was prasied for concentrating on the meanings behind the case, not the case itself, bringing the new charm of mystery genre.
In Netflix's new series "Glitch" released on Oct. 7, Jeon Yeo-been and Nana works as goofy and bright duo.
Glitch is a comedy genre in which funny elements are added while Ji-hyo (Jeon Yeo-been) and Bo-ra (Nana) chases after an alien. It's a genre that was believed to be the exclusive property of male characters playing as "Dumb and Dumber."
Unlike the regular female characters who were depicted as shy and careful most of the times in the unknown world, Ji-hyo and Bo-ra lead the drama like bulldodgers. The male characters rather showed contrasted characteristics, being too careful and shy.
tvN Weekend drama "Under the Queen's Umbrella," starring Kim Hye-soo, unravel the stories of Queen and concubines while it is a traditional historical drama,
If a historical drama set in a royal palace have been featuring a female character as the surrounding person or supporting actress under the theme of a political battle centered on the king or the king's love, the drama highlights female charcter under the theme of mother's love.
The tense confrontation between Kim Hye-soo and Kim Hae-suk, who were divided into middle and contrast, respectively, and the conflict structure of Ok Ja-yeon, Kim Ga-eun, and Woo Jung-won, who appeared as concubines, form the center of the play. In previous historical dramas, 'Women of the King' with a supreme or vicious character appeared, but this time they play roles as characters with their own narratives.
There is also a genre in which female character clearly are more popular. Criminal genre.
In ENA drama "Extraordinary Attorney Woo," SBS drama "Why Her," and Netflix's "Juvenile Juestice," female characters in the legal profession soley led the drama.
If criminal dramas focused on finding and solving clues in complex cases in the past , the three dramas gained ympathy from the viewers by looking closely at the plight and situation of the people involved in the case through the eyes of a female lawyer.
Women's power is growing not only among the drama characters but also among the production crew. In the past, most of the writers were female and the directors male, but recently, female directors are making breakthroughs.
"Little Women" is directed by Kim Hee-won, who directed dramas "Vincenzo" and "The Crowned Clown," and writer Jeong Seo-kyung, who wrote the movies "The Handmaiden" and drama "Mother." "Glitch" was directed by director Noh Deok of the movies "Very Ordinary Couple" and "Journalist."
Writer Jeong Seo-kyung, in a recent interview, said, "20 years ago, I felt like a minority on the set, and I was responsible for balancing the story," and describted the production environment, "but the production crew of 'Little Women' was 70% female,"
She also explained, "(Because there is lots of female staff) the communication went faster because we had things that just clicked without having to explain. On the other hand, I thought about how would it be comfortable for male staff to work at an environment with lots of male," adding, "I thought we have to be change our way of understanding each other and be more trained on it."
Films with a female narrative and a female producer are bringing a new perspective on the content market.It is expected that these works will be gaining ground for the time being.
Hwang Chan-mi, a popular culture critic, said, "It feels fresh when the main character is played by a woman in a genre that has been known to be played by men," adding, "If you look at the female narrative, it is not just a story about simply gaining power, but it has an aspect in which it delves into the mixed psychology of the character, pleasing the aesthetical beauty.
Another popular culture critic Kim Seong-soo said, "Although the need for a female narrative was raised ssince the mid-2000s, but there were only many daily and morning dramas that rather emphasized patriarchy and superwoman complexes using female narratives," adding, "Over the 4-5 recent years, a lot of enterprising narratives are coming out, and since the audience for such dramas are betwee 10-39 years old, this will continue for now.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Jiwon Woo.)
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