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Podcast: K-Drama School
Episode: K-Drama School – Ep 64: Now We Are Breaking Up and A New Reality Show with Julia Stone
Description: [Spoiler Alert] In this episode of K-Drama School, Grace discusses the show Now, We Are Breaking Up (2021, SBS) starring Song Hye-kyo and Jang Ki-yong. Grace examines this show’s modernist take on female sexuality which conflicts awkwardly with the reality of romantic/sexual expectations and politics. Grace analyzes how this show does not overly fetishize white countries as much as some of the earlier K-dramas by placing Korea’s domestic pride at the forefront. Grace also notices that the building that Mr. J uses as his studio is the same building that Mi-do’s family’s bookstore ran out of from...