The Problematic of the Unproblematic

I like water a lot. And my shower scenes and swimming pool posts both made me thirsty for more water, so here we go! I could also have put "My Top 5 ... Drowning Scenes" in the title (for that is what most of them are about), but that seemed a bit too morbid? You may have noticed there is a surprising amount of people (almost) drowning in KDrama. When somebody drowns - I am sorry, almost drowns - it is almost always to mark a turning-point in the story. A bit more poetic, you could say it often symbolizes re-birth ... even if it is as an amnesiac. All the almost-drowning scenes I know have the same eerie beauty to them: the blue of the water, usually a light shining from above, a body sinking, sometimes struggling ... Here are five underwater scenes i.e. almost-drowning-scenes from KDrama You’re Beautiful My first cross-dresser drama. Loved it. And I will always fondly remember the days when Jang Geun-suk wasn't yet crazy. In this particular scene from episo...

Another Top 5 post, as I wait for new episodes of CDDA and KoD! As always, the same rule applies: The scenes might not be the best and the brightest, but it is the ones I remember most vividly. Truth is, there are quite a lot of elevator scenes in KDrama. I guess it's because walking up stairs is a) unsexy and b) cannot be captured on film quite as well. Or is it because there are so many skyscrapers in Seoul? Cheongdamdong Alice This scene at the end of episode 7 of Cheongdamdong Alice gets to go first because it gave me the idea for this post. It could have been a good elevator scene (in the sense of it leading to more awesomeness), but unfortunately, it was only a fake-out. Seung-jo is too stricken by the fact that Se-kyung actually likes him and doesn't even notice her (though she's right in front of him, across the hall). Right... Very much how things happen in real life. But who is interested in real life when they have CDDA? I can't believe I have to wai...

Coffee, cars, mobile phones, clothes, shoes, food, ... there is So.Many.Things.In.KDrama that I covet. I guess I'm the perfect victim for product placement. And boy, is there a lot of that in KDramas! Starting to look out for product placement (PPL) is not advisable, however. You know why? It is a certain recipe for spoiling any innocent viewing pleasures you might otherwise have. Once you start looking, you cannot help but notice. So: Do not try this at home! It was my current hate-love Nice Guy that gave me the idea for this post. Episode 8, in fact; where PPL is so thick, there's hardly anything else but products. And heartbreak. But Nice Guy is not the only show that does it, far from it. What I'm presenting you below is just the tip of the iceberg. If you happen to be a media or communication studies student looking for a topic for a Master thesis: this would be one. You can do hours and hours of drama watching, all in the name of science. Clothing / Shoes In...