Wednesday, April 02, 2014

First World Problem

So occasionally, I will watch some more obscure movies or TV shows.  Like an old B-movie or a TV show from another country.  Over the past few years, I've been dipping in and out of Korean dramas (that are produced in South Korea).  I'm not sure what I like about them so much.  I like that fact that there are usually just one long (can be very long, I've seen one that has 33 episodes) so there is a known end.  And I think it allows the writer to slowly unspool the story and flesh out the characters more (although, I have seen my far share of plots that come out of nowhere and are shoehorned in).  Those this prevent a problem in that I can consume the entire series in a very short and intense period.  And then I feel like I should congratulate myself for doing that.  I understand that this is totally ridiculously, and getting through all seventeen episodes of The First Shop of the Coffee Prince in about 4 days is not an accomplishment.

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