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In this episode Celi and Maksu are discussing the action drama "The K2" and bitch about the privatisation of war under capitalism, private military contractors and why their use is very problematic, fairy tales, AI's, and of course the catholic church!
Prepare for a wild ride!
TW: DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS IF YOU'RE A FAN OF THE LATE POPE BENEDICT (R.I.P.) you might get offended...
PS: If you want to learn more about all the crimes Blackwater committed in Iraq and beyond, check out Jeremy Scahill's work (books, talks, etc...)
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Celi and Maksu are back from the deep and dark pit of wage-slavery induced k-drama podcast exile with a fresh out of the oven episode on The Glory!
Join us for a recap of the drama, a rant on Netflix profit-greedy obsession with having to rip dramas in two parts and such the joy out of life, as well as Maksu's interesting philosophical take on a son who kills his father with too many flower bouquets (WILD!).
Enjoy everyone!
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Puuttuva jakso?
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K-Drama Feuilleton Podcast is BACK!
Strap yourselves in for season 2 with Maksu and Celi - carrying on with their banter on all things K-Drama and leftie politics.
In this episode we're discussing THE drama of the summer is discussed: EXTRAORDINARY ATTORNEY WOO.
We're talking neurodiversity, representation, and swoon over Kang Tae-Oh.
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In this final episode of season 1 Celi and Maksu reminisce about the past year and all the dramas they've watched. Also in this episode: WWCW and a sneak preview of what you can expect in season two, which will start airing in October!
Enjoy everyone and have a great summer (filled with kdramas and ice cream obsvly) !! -
PART 2
In this episode we are discussing the 2018/19 K-Drama classic Skycastle. Interestingly enough, recent discussions in Korean politics and media focus on the education sector once again, as one politician bribed professors to help his child publish an academic paper that would get her into a good university. One journalist is even using Skycastle as a reference, which highlights the big impact this drama had. In our analysis we focus on the different characters in the ‘castle’ and the education system in Korea but also more in general. Delve into the fascinating world of Skycastle with us.
Enjoy everyone!
Shownotes
Shows / Movies
- High Society (movie, 2018)
- Reply 1988 (drama, 2016)
Books / Articles
- Pierre Bourdieu (1986): Forms of Capital.
- 천정환 (2019): 드라마 스카이캐슬과 신재민 사건에 나타난 학벌계급가족. 역사비평, 423-450. http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE07617343
- Yim Yeonsu (2022) ‘Fake geniuses’ highlight S. Korean elite’s obsession with top schools
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PART 1
In this episode we are discussing the 2018/19 K-Drama classic Skycastle. Interestingly enough, recent discussions in Korean politics and media focus on the education sector once again, as one politician bribed professors to help his child publish an academic paper that would get her into a good university. One journalist is even using Skycastle as a reference, which highlights the big impact this drama had. In our analysis we focus on the different characters in the ‘castle’ and the education system in Korea but also more in general. Delve into the fascinating world of Skycastle with us.
Enjoy everyone!
Shownotes
Pierre Bourdieu (1986): Forms of Capital.
천정환 (2019): 드라마 스카이캐슬과 신재민 사건에 나타난 학벌계급가족. 역사비평, 423-450. http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE07617343
Yim Yeonsu (2022) ‘Fake geniuses’ highlight S. Korean elite’s obsession with top schools
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20220512000619
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CW/TW: Suicide/Death/Depression
In this episode Celi and Maksu are back discussing the representation of after life and supernatural beings in Korean dramas, such as Hotel del Luna, Tomorrow, Uncanny Counter, and Goblin/The Guardian Great And Lonely God.
They are pondering over how the after life often seems to be represented as a cooperation or bureaucracy that deals with the fates of souls just like any other product is dealt with here on earth. We also touch upon some philosophical ideas behind concepts of life and death and morality.
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In this episode Céli and Maksu share their thoughts on the recent drama 'Business Proposal' with some discussion on Chaebol and capitalist life style, as well as a possible alternative story lines. Enjoy everyone!
Note: This episode was recorded in a public park with both hosts finally being in one place, so please excuse all the background noises.
Dramas / Shows mentioned
What's wrong with Secretary Kim? -
PART 2
In this episode our fabulous guest Snigdha shares parts of her recent research on representation of gwinong / gwichon women and marriage migrant women in the countryside. While many recent shows feature the gwinong women’s return to the countryside in search for a new life and self-fulfillment away from the city, the marriage migrants are largely underrepresented and stereotyped in Korean drama. We mostly discuss the movie ‘Little Forest’’ and the drama ‘Heaven’s Garden’, but many other, (more) recent dramas are mentioned and connections to our former episodes are made for example Hometown ChaChaCha, Squid Game and It’s Okay not to be Okay.
Enjoy everyone !
Dramas / movies mentioned
Little Forest
Heaven’s Garden
Where the Camelia Blooms
Namchon Over the Mountain
Hometown ChaChaCha
Squid Game
It’s Okay not to be Okay -
PART 1
In this episode our fabulous guest Snigdha shares parts of her recent research on representation of gwinong / gwichon women and marriage migrant women in the countryside. While many recent shows feature the gwinong women’s return to the countryside in search for a new life and self-fulfillment away from the city, the marriage migrants are largely underrepresented and stereotyped in Korean drama. We mostly discuss the movie ‘Little Forest’’ and the drama ‘Heaven’s Garden’, but many other, (more) recent dramas are mentioned and connections to our former episodes are made for example Hometown ChaChaCha, Squid Game and It’s Okay not to be Okay.
Enjoy everyone!
Dramas / movies mentioned
Little Forest
Heaven’s Garden
Where the Camelia Blooms
Namchon Over the Mountain
Hometown ChaChaCha
Squid Game
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TW/CW: Abuse, Rape, Sexual Violence
In this episode it's aaaalll about sex and power and politics and BDSM and Michel Foucault and Silvia Federici and witches and capitalism and soooo many other things!
Celi and Maksu are discussing the very hot BDSM romantic comedy "Love and Leashes" and are discussing the political significance of sex in a "Western" and also Korean context.
Now get your whips ready, you're in for a ride...
Enjoy everyone!
Books:
Silvia Federici: Caliban and the Witch (MUST READ)
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TW: Abuse and Rape
Firstly let me apologise for being a day late but yesterday, just as I was about to upload this episode, any podcasters worst nightmare happened and everything suddenly got deleted and hours of editing work just disappeared into the ether. After the breakdown that ensued I needed a small break from editing. But thanks to all your support and compassion I managed to edit everything again and so here it is our episode for this week where Maksu and I are taking a break from all the shiny new kdrama productions and give some well deserved love to a k-drama classic, namely: DREAM HIGH!
Maksu and I try and (let’s be honest fail) to give a concise overview of the plot and all characters involved, which is to be fair quite an impossible endeavour. Beyond that we discuss problematic power dynamics that are prone to abuse in the creative industries, we discuss activism around body image and Kim Soo Hyun's 3-Step-Evolution in the drama.
Finally there's a small rant on Prussian cultural imperialism and dialects by me, because why not…Enjoy everyone!
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K-DRAMA FEUILLETON PODCAST X HALLYUREVIEWS
SPECIAL COLLABORATION
We are so psyched about this episode because it’s a special collaboration with Lina from (you guessed it right!!) HallyuReviews, the coolest blog around, bringing you all the goss and updates on all things K.
https://hallyureviews.wordpress.com/
Twitter: @hallyurev
In this special collaboration episode Lina, Maksu and I are discussing a very common K-drama trope, namely the “met-your-true-love-as-a-child” trope. Have you ever felt a sense of despair realising that your life partner wasn’t among your childhood friends after watching a k-drama? If so you’ve come to the right place and also you’re not alone…
You can look forward to lots of banter around the childhood trope and Maksu’s Freudian analysis of it.
Let’s dive right in shall we? Enjoy everyone!
Shows mentioned:
Hometown Chachacha
City Hunter
You Are Beautiful
What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim
The Heirs
The Reply Series
My Love From The Star
Legend Of The Blue Sea
Chicago Typewriter
Goblin
Tale Of The Nine-Tailed
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo
Doom At Your Service
It’s Okay Not To Be Okay
Beautiful Life Wonderful Life
Lovely Writer
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In this episode Maksu and Celi review the newest K-Drama "Our Beloved Summer". You can look forward to discussions about what it means to go and grow through your twenties, evolving relationships, and yet again maany many coats (and sweaters this time as well...)
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First things first:
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
We’re so happy to be back with our very first episode of 2022 and boooy it’s a good one!
Have you ever wondered how it would feel like to be an actor* in South Korea?
Well we certainly have (!) and in this episode we (and you) get to find out everything about it!
We had the absolute pleasure talking to Pillip, who, not only speaks perfect Korean (what a star), but also was already on Korean TV and acted in not one, but two theatre plays during his time in Korea. This being THE K-drama Feuilleton Podcast, of course you can expect much critical discussion on the topic of how waegukin/foreigners are portrayed in Korean productions and what this tells us about identity and stereotypes, even Slavoj Žižek gets a mention (cause why not?!).
In any case we hope you enjoy this episode, do get in touch with any comments, questions or critique (always)! You know where to find us (twitter, facebook, email)...
Lots of K-Drama love and solidarity to you all!
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Link to a trailer of Pillips theatre play:
https://youtu.be/BVaJhQwc9Yw
Links to two badass articles that Maksu is talking about (on Multi-Culturalism in TV Productions and the re-Articulation of the Korean self):https://www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/ci/sereArticleSearch/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART002114281
https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/eapc/2020/00000006/00000002/art00008;jsessionid=90bo5sq49norf.x-ic-live-02
Link to the youtube channel that Pillip hypes:
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In this episode Maksu and Celi discuss the very controversial Netflix production HELLBOUND.
You can look foward to lots of philosophical banter about free will, fear and cults.
But of course not without swooning over Yoo Ah-In.
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In this episode Celi and Maksu are discussing the current hit drama "Kings Affection".
In addition to reviewing the drama as per usual (yes including the category in which Maksu is ranting about what anachronisms you can find in this historical drama - you guessed right: it's football yet again) they'll also be focusing on Judith Butler's theory of gender performativity and HOW AMAZINGLY QUEER THIS DRAMA IS!
Of course there will also be much of the obligatory swooning and nerdy references.
Until 15:00 banter on ancient languages
from 16:00 synopsis of the plot and intro to the drama (banter ensues)
from 36:00 Judith Butler and the theory of gender performativity
Enjoy everyone!
Show notes:
Film: Laurence Anyways!Books: Judith Butler, Gender Trouble (1990)/Bodies That Matter (1993)
Authors: Simone de Beauvoir, Michel Foucault
Dramas: Secret Garden, To the Beautiful You, You Are Beautiful, Coffee Prince, Inspector Koo
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WE'RE BACK!
We apologise for the longer break but we're back with our long-awaited first ever GUEST EPISODE. And we're talking about Squid Game! If you were wondering what Marx and Lancan have to do with Squid Game then you're in the right place. Maksu and I have had the pleasure to talk through the global phenomenon of Squid Game with our resident Marx expert: James!
Let us know how you liked the episode, lots of k-drama love and stay critical,
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We don't have an episode for you this week, as we are gearing up for our extraordinary HALLOWEEN SPECIAL, which you can expect next Thursday, 28 October 2021. It's definitely worth the wait, we promise. Until then we'll be carving some pumpkins and watching some more kdramas (as always very critically)...
Lots of kdrama-love and solidarity from Maksu and Celi -
Today's episode is about Celi's current obsession namely the very popular and very current drama “Hometown Chachacha”!
In the first part Maksu and Celi talk a bit about their week (until 16:00 min).
In the second half Maksu is interviewing Celi about Homecha, as he hasn’t seen it yet, so if you want to avoid spoilers, you can skip this part (until min 46:00).
And finally in the third part Maksu and Celi discuss the age old divide between the city and the countryside or the center vs the periphery, in our modern capitalist nation states and the implications of this divide during the Pandemic.But of course they also cover much more important topics such as Kim Seon-Hos and ShinMinAhs dimples, stolen bathroom slippers aaand sourdough bread.
Book mentioned:
Juli Zeh: Unter Leuten
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