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Podcast: K-Drama School
Episode: K-Drama School – Ep 196: When the Stars Gossip and an Ode to Eve with Oscar Fuentes
Description: [Spoiler Alert] Happy Pride Month! Grace discusses the show When the Stars Gossip (2025, tvN) starring Gong Hyo-jin and Lee Min-ho, written by Seo Sook-hyang and directed by Park Shin-woo. Grace wonders when a K-drama will allow a woman to have sex and get pregnant out of wedlock and not be punished by death in the end. Grace’s guest is the very talented Los Angeles-based clown Oscar Fuentes (@irongogi on Instagram). They discuss clown “rules,” feedback, art, rejection, love and California Pizza Kitchen. Grace’s book K-Drama School: A Pop Culture Inquiry into Why We Love Korean Television is availabl...