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Since I’ve had a lot of requests for drama recommendations following You’re Beautiful, I thought I’d put this up as its own post. I may be spotty with some of the other genres out there, but I’m ALL about the trendy drama! The following is a list of my recommendations (and some that are not recs but merely possibilities) for trendies that have a similar tone and vibe to You’re Beautiful.
Conversely, Euripides, while alienating his contemporaries and considered by many a distant second to Sophocles when the two of them were alive, left behind a body of drama which commanded the stage after the Classical Age. There can be little doubt why: Euripides had a knack for putting on stage eye-catching situations and creating memorable characters with extreme personality disorders. Accordingly, theatrical records show that his works were very frequently produced in later ages, outstripping both Sophocles and Aeschylus.
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More than just the earliest dramatic comedy attested, satyr plays are also among the earliest plays known. Though no pre-classical satyr play has survived to our day, there is sound evidence they existed before 480 BCE, as did the tradition of satyrs themselves, Greek mythological figures of great antiquity. Hesiod, for example, an epic poet who lived around 700 BCE, calls these half-man, half-beast divinities "brothers of wood nymphs" and "good-for-nothing and mischievous." On Greek vases, they have a long history, too, both before and after the Classical Age. To wit, the post-classical Greek sculptor Praxiteles sculpted a famous statue in antiquity, "The Satyr Pouring Wine."
Just had to jump in and vouch for Bad Family 😛 A friend recommended it to me almost 2 years ago, but back then I didn’t even finish Episode 1, and left the rest of the drama lying in the hard drive… Recently I started to take an interest in Kim Myung-min, so I decided to pick Bad Family up again and give it a go. Boy was I ever glad I did! It’s such a little gem, and one that seems grossly overlooked when people talk about K-dramas. Even though it is a comedy, there is so much more going on if you look closely. I’m a sucker for stories where the main characters are all in their respective ruts in life, and are the least likely to help other people (coz they need as much help as they can get themselves), but they come together, and unexpectly help one another to become better people. I suppose it could be called “redemption.” Plus, I totally fell for Kim Myung-min in this series. How can he make a gangster so hot and attractive??!! I think it’s awesome that he’s done a comedy, and would love to see him do more. An actor who can nail both professional dramas AND comedies, now that’s the mark of a great actor!