Okay, let's be real. I not a big fan of Korean Dramas in the past, that's just too mainstream for me. Instead, I was a big fan of Taiwanese Dramas. Who should I blame this addiction to when my cousin is the one who introduced me to the drama world. It's not just my cousin, my Dad also loves Chinese Dramas, specially the historical one. But the thing is...what is wrong with watching Korean/Taiwanese/Mainland Dramas? Everytime I talked with someone for a specific episode, people would stare at me as if I was watching something sinful. Right, let's be real, who doesn't love soap operas and which country has the best drama plot ever?
Goes with the years, I should admit that Korean dramas, specially, has been improving much which can be said, the best soap operas in the world. We can just see that drama team in Korean industry are able to incorporate CGI with such effect that can be compared with International Movies, you don't believe? Just try to watch Goblin (2017) played by Gong Yoo and Kim Go Eun. Besides, with such interesting plot like a romantic comedy which depicts the love of human and an alien, like My Love From Another Star starring Jun Ji Hyun and Kim So Hyun, it is no wonder that Korean Dramas draw much attraction to the viewers because of its refreshing storyline.
If you try to compare with other country soap operas, I would definetely admit that Korean dramas were not like any other DRAMAS, with an obvious plot and ending. With harsh competition among Korean Broadcast Television and scriptwriter, the drama plot usually tends to go in such unexpected twists, though it is only on certain dramas, i.e, W:Two World played by Lee Jong Suk and Han Hyo Joo. While most of dramas can still be guessed for the ending, unfortunately, but Korean Drama tends to have a refreshing plot, nice video and cinematography and spectacular ideas for the storyline which make me to stand applause for Korean Drama industry. And, I am positive, the korean industry will keep enhancing the quality of their drama.
PROS:
1. Sometimes, korean dramas can offer much knowledge and values of the storyline
2. It helps you learn about different type of people and how to handle them
3. You get to know about a country, its lifestyle and it’s people
4. You learn a new language(though it’s not perfect but it’s better than not knowing)
5. It helps you learn how to cope up with different situations
6. It makes you cry and laugh and smile and teaches how to love someone when you think nothing is left in this world
7. You find new people(kpop/kdrama fans)and make new friends who love you so much and are always there when you need them
CONS:
1. You develop an unlimited amount of high expectation for your future husband/wife
2. You may be encouraged/convinced to become a pauper in order to attract those rich CEOs
3. You must leave your birth country in order to find your true love
4. You become a mute when it comes to expressing your feelings
5. You're under the belief that your life is more special than anyone else's, which translates to "My life is just like a K-drama romance"
I know it's true that watching too many korean dramas will make you to develop an unlimited amount of high expectation towards love. But for me personally, I watch korean dramas mostly to kill the time because it's entertaining and refreshing. It's been part of my routines and it's such a way to relieve stress. Each person has their own way to relieve stress and relax, but for me, korean drama is something I can't give up. I learnt the world from korean dramas, though I also learnt from books many times when I was in elementary school.
Many people would have said that watching k-dramas might put you under such impression that you won't find your other half because you have such a very high expectation. But hello, don't you see a lot of woman who has boyfriend/husband also watch k-dramas and they are just fine?
We all like rich, handsome CEOs who happens to fall in love with an ordinary girl and that's just a typical k-dramas. But, let's be real, how many young CEOs in the real world who can fall in love with a different social class? Again, we all like k-drama male lead, with such k-fashion, hairstyle, even their skin looks so smooth, but let's be real, what if there is a guy who stand in front of you wearing that kind of k-fashion and wear lipbalm and cosmetics? I would be scared seriously, not because I am prejudice, but I think man who wears cosmetics fits more in the drama land, not in the real world.
In conclusion, I believe that even though we are watching k-dramas, but we could still set our expectation just right and be real with the situation.
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