DramaBuddies - The Gen Z Edition

Crash Landed on KDramas

In today’s episode we speak to two wonderful girls from Generation Z. Aritra and Imp. Aritra has grown up watching Kdramas and is an avid consumer of Asian dramas. While she waits for the return of her favourite oppa, Jang Keun Suk, to the screen, she makes her living as a book editor and writes fanfic at KhepiAri @aO3. She is most clued in the pop culture around comics and dramas and can be reached at @paulOaries on Twitter and @khepiari on Instagram.

Imp is a teenager and one of the youngest Kdrams viewers we know. She is a K-pop fan first and that led her to watching Kdramas. She loves crime/thriller genre more but enjoys watching romcoms too.

While we discuss their KDrama journey, we also explore how Kdramas have evolved in terms of LGBTQ representation on screen.

KDramas Mentioned: (Available on Viki/Netflix)

1. Thrillers/Legal: Vincenzo, Law School, Beyond Evil, Stranger
2. Tragic / Bitter - Sweet Endings: Hotel Del Luna, Goblin - The Lonely and Great God, Youth of May, Record of Youth
3. Second Leads/Love Triangle: Love Alarm, Cheese in the Trap
4. Favourite Tropes: Because This Is My First Life, What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim, Fated to Love You
5. High School / College Dramas: My Id is Gangnam Beauty, True Beauty, WeightLifting Fairy kim Bok Joo
6. Other Dramas: Mischievous Kiss (Playful Kiss) based on Japanese manga Itazura Na Kiss , Doom At Your Service, Her Private Life
7. Rapid Fire Picks: Romance is a Bonus Book, The King - The Eternal Monarch, Marry Me Mary, Descendants of the Sun, It’s Okay to Not Be Okay, Hometown Cha Cha Cha, The Witch’s Diner, Mystic Pop Up Bar, Be Melodramatic, Move to Heaven, Welcome to Waikiki, Good Manager/Chief Kim

LGBTQ Representations in KDramas/KMovies mentioned in this episode:

1. Nevertheless [Netflix]
2. Mr. Queen [Viki]
3. Corrigendum - at 30:12 where Aritra says drama name as Light in Your Eyes which should be Where Your Eyes Linger [Viki]
4. You Make Me Dance [Viki]
5. Night Flight
6. BL Genre
7. Danmei

Other shows mentioned : Euphoria [HBO] , Game of Thrones [HBO]

Terms mentioned : Waifu ; Husbando

Music Credits: Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/mood-maze/trendsetter. Licence code: LU8KUCTYYYAA2KKL

Cover Art: Purva Bakalkar

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