a short guide to korean dramas
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kaigouhollywood happy ending: everything ends happily, the lovers are reunited, and any damage during the course of the show/movie is miraculously repaired, restored, or otherwise rendered null.
hollywood unhappy ending: main character dies, but everyone else gets a t-shirt and learns to love again.
bollywood-musical happy ending: same as for hollywood, but with spontaneous mass musical sequences. possibly also involving helicopters. and extra dance maneuvers performed while riding camels.
bollywood-musical unhappy ending: unhappiness and bollywood musicals are like matter and anti-matter. it's theoretically possible but would likely cause significant tears in the time-space continuum.
korean happy ending: at least two characters die*. the lovers survive. mostly. except for the dead ones.
korean unhappy ending: everyone dies*.
* alternate option: utter insanity and/or hot pokers stabbed through delicate body parts.
...by k-drama standards, Hamlet isn't a tragedy, it's just a rom-com with a higher body count than average.
hollywood unhappy ending: main character dies, but everyone else gets a t-shirt and learns to love again.
bollywood-musical happy ending: same as for hollywood, but with spontaneous mass musical sequences. possibly also involving helicopters. and extra dance maneuvers performed while riding camels.
bollywood-musical unhappy ending: unhappiness and bollywood musicals are like matter and anti-matter. it's theoretically possible but would likely cause significant tears in the time-space continuum.
korean happy ending: at least two characters die*. the lovers survive. mostly. except for the dead ones.
korean unhappy ending: everyone dies*.
* alternate option: utter insanity and/or hot pokers stabbed through delicate body parts.
...by k-drama standards, Hamlet isn't a tragedy, it's just a rom-com with a higher body count than average.
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Date: 15 Oct 2010 12:24 am (UTC)Re Swades: I just found the musical aeronautical engineer getting compared to Rama to be absolute crack. Having the movie alternate between dance numbers and MacGyver-like engineering solutions hit the geek centers of my brain pretty squarely. Then to top it off, his love interest insists on staying in the boonies to use her degree to help the poor, because that is way more important than some guy. Made me happy, and I highly recommend. S'all.