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Podcast: K-Drama School
Episode: K-Drama School – Ep 105: The Glory and its Glory
Description: [Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show Glory (2022, Netflix) written by hit-maker Kim Eun-sook in her second collaboration with Song Hye-kyo. The Glory also features Lee Do-hyun, Lim Ji-yeon, Yeom Hye-ran, and Park Sung-hoon. Grace is impressed by Song Hye-kyo’s frightening portrayal of woman obsessed with vindication, and her sensitivity in delivering a PTSD survivor’s behaviors. Grace problematizes The Glory and other K-dramas’ regular insensitivity when depicting drug addicts while framing other mental illnesses in a more sympathetic light. Grace also dives into studies conducted on South Korea’s laws and stats around corporal punishment by parents and teachers...