– by Hyejin Kim
Korean dramas have been popular outside Korea. There has been a term to refer to this popularity, Hallyu (Korean wave). Pretty girls and neat boys, and their pure love or triangular love relations…. They would be characters to represent Korean dramas. The popularity of Korean dramas has become one of the important businesses through exporting to other countries.
One result of hallyu is aggressive competition between channels over dramas in Korea, and the budget to make a drama is increasing tremendously. The program rating decides the length of dramas and the content of the drama story. The Internet has become a significant means to sense how the audience reacts each time. Opinions the fans leave on the drama website are more powerful than scenario writers or producers.
Recently, there have been criticisms of Korean dramas. A new drama that talks about people who are making dramas is very popular. And the drama producer and scenario writer announced that they would not change the end of the story according to the audience’s opinions, and they will focus on professionals’ lives, not on a love story.
But Tara shows the characteristics of Korean dramas again.
í•œêµ ë“œë¼ë§ˆëŠ” ì§ì§“기를 안하면 ì„±ë¦½ì´ ì•ˆë˜ëŠ”ê°€?
21C 대한민êµì€ ë“œë¼ë§ˆ 왕êµì´ê³ , ë“œë¼ë§ˆ 왕êµì€ ì£½ì–´ê°€ê³ ìžˆëŠ”ë° ì–´ì°Œí•˜ì—¬ ë“œë¼ë§ˆë¥¼ ìœ„ê¸°ì— ë¹ ëœ¨ë¦° ì´ë“¤ì€ 반성하지 않는 걸까? ê·¸ë™ì•ˆ ë“œë¼ë§ˆ ì œìž‘ì§„, ìž‘ê°€, ê°ë…, ë°°ìš°, 기타 스태프를 등장시키는 ë“œë¼ë§ˆëŠ” 많았다. 허나, ê²°êµ ê·¸ê²ƒ ë˜í•œ 방송êµì—ì„œ ì—°ì• í•˜ëŠ” ì´ì•¼ê¸°ë¡œ ëë‚ ìˆ˜ë°–ì— ì—†ì—ˆë‹¤[…]
어찌어찌 하다가 요즘 새로 하는 ë“œë¼ë§ˆ 를 보게 ë˜ì—ˆëŠ”ë°, 꽤 재미있었다. 그래서 ê³„ì† ì‹œì²í•˜ê²Œ ë˜ì—ˆê³ , 다른 ì‚¬ëžŒë“¤ì€ ì´ ë“œë¼ë§ˆë¥¼ 어떻게 ìƒê°í•˜ëŠ”지 ê¶ê¸ˆí•´ì„œ ê°„ë§Œì— ë“œë¼ë§ˆ 게시íŒì—ë„ ê¸°ì›ƒê±°ë ¤ 보았다. ê·¸ë¦¬ê³ .. ‘ë”í—›~’ 놀ë¼ë©´ì„œ 다시는 안 가야 ë˜ê² 단 ìƒê°ì„ í•œ 번 ë”… ì˜ˆì „ì—, ë“œë¼ë§ˆ ì‹œì² ê²Œì‹œíŒì— 놀러 갔다가 ë°°ìš° 팬들ë¼ë¦¬ ì–¸ìŸì„ 벌ì´ë©° 싸움박질하는 í˜„ìž¥ì„ êµ¬ê²½í•œ ë’¤ë¡ ìž˜ 안 가게 ë˜ì—ˆëŠ”ë°, 최근 íë¦„ì„ ë³´ì•„í•˜ë‹ˆ.. 별로 달ë¼ì§„ ê±´ 없는 것 같았다. 사실, ë“œë¼ë§ˆë¥¼ ë³´ê³ ë‚˜ì„œ 해당 ê²Œì‹œíŒ ì°¾ì•„ê°€ì„œ 글 남기는 ì‹œì²ìžëŠ” ì „ì²´ ì‹œì²ìžì˜ 1%ë„ ì•ˆëœë‹¤ê³ 하ë˜ë°…
엄밀하게 ë§í•´ì„œ ë‚´ê°€ ì„ í˜¸í•˜ëŠ” ë“œë¼ë§ˆ 작가는 1%ë„ ì•ˆë˜ëŠ” ì‹œì²ìžë“¤ì˜ ë°° 놔ë¼, ê° ë†”ë¼ì— 휘둘리지 ì•Šê³ ì• ì´ˆì— ë³¸ì¸ì´ 기íší•œ 대로.. ì´˜ì´˜í•˜ê³ íƒ„íƒ„í•œ 구성과 본ì¸ì´ 처ìŒë¶€í„° ì˜ë„í•œ 개연성 있는 ê²°ë§ì„ 보여주는 ìž‘ê°€ì´ë‹¤. 본ì¸ì´ ì›ëž˜ ë¬´ì—‡ì„ ì“°ê³ ìž í–ˆëŠ”ì§€ ë§ê°í•œ 채, 타ì¸ë“¤ì˜ ì œê°ê° 취향과 ì°¸ê²¬ì— ê°ˆëŒ€ì²˜ëŸ¼ 휘둘리는 작가는 ì–´ì©ì§€ 무지 ì¤ëŒ€ ì—†ê³ ì‹¤ë ¥ 없어 ë³´ì´ê¸°ì—[…]
.. ì´ ë“œë¼ë§ˆì˜ ê¸°íš ì˜ë„를 í•œ 번 살펴보ìž- 분명, ê¸°ì¡´ì— ë‚œë¦½í–ˆë˜ ì²œíŽ¸ì¼ë¥ ì ì¸ ì§ì§“ê¸°ì‹ í•œêµ ë“œë¼ë§ˆë¥¼ 비íŒí•˜ëŠ” ë‚´ìš©ì´ë‹¤. ê·¸ë¦¬ê³ ìžê¸°ë„¤ë“¤ì€, ê¸°ì¡´ì— ê·¸ëž˜ì™”ë˜ ê²ƒì²˜ëŸ¼ 방송 ê´€ë ¨ 등장 ì¸ë¬¼ë“¤ì´ 방송êµì—ì„œ ì—°ì• í•˜ëŠ” ì´ì•¼ê¸°ë¡œ ëë‚ ìˆ˜ë°–ì— ì—†ëŠ” 그런 ë“œë¼ë§ˆ 따위는 쓰지 ì•Šê² ë‹¤ëŠ” ì‹ìœ¼ë¡œ.. ë”ê°€, ë°©ì†¡ì„ ì¤‘ì‹¬ìœ¼ë¡œ í•œ ì „ë¬¸ ì§ì—…ì¸ë“¤ì˜ ì´ì•¼ê¸°ë¥¼ ê¸°ì¡´ì˜ ë“œë¼ë§ˆì™€ëŠ” 달리 차별화 ë˜ê²Œ 보여줄 것처럼 거창하게 ê¸°íš ì˜ë„를 ìž¡ì•„ë†“êµ¬ì„ .. 최근 ì´ ë“œë¼ë§ˆì— 대한 í름과 ì‹œì² ì†Œê°ì„ 종합해 보니 ê¸°íš ì˜ë„와는 ì „í˜€ 다르게 í˜ëŸ¬ê°ˆ ê°€ëŠ¥ì„±ì´ í¬ê¸°ì—, ë˜ë‹¤ì‹œ ì ìž–ì€ ì‹¤ë§ì„ í•˜ê³ ìžˆëŠ” ìƒíƒœì´ë‹¤. ‘그럼, ê·¸ë ‡ì§€.. ê¸°ì¡´ì˜ ì—°ì• ê·¹ì´ëž‘ ë”ê°€ 다를 것처럼.. ê¸°íš ì˜ë„만 거창했지, ì „ë¬¸ 방송 ë“œë¼ë§ˆëŠ” 개뿔~ 그냥 ì§ì—…ì´ ë°°ìš°, ìž‘ê°€, PD, ë§¤ë‹ˆì €ì¸ ì£¼ì¸ê³µë“¤ì´ ìžê¸°ë„¤ë“¤ë¼ë¦¬ ì—°ì• í•˜ë‹¤ ë나는 ê·¸ì € 그런 ì—°ì• ê·¹ìœ¼ë¡œ í˜ëŸ¬ê°€ê²Œ ë˜ëŠ” ê±´ 아닌가..’ ì‹¶ì€ ìš°ë ¤ê°€ 들었다.
In the 21st century, Korea is the drama kingdom. While the drama kingdom is dying, why don’t people who throw the dramas into crisis reflect? There have been so many dramas that talk about professionals, such as drama producers, scenario writers, directors, entertainers, and other staff members, as main characters. But in the end, the stories are all about love stories[..]
I started watching a drama recently. It is quite interesting. So I continue to watch it and check its homepage to see how other people think about this drama. And then.. ‘oops~’ I decided not to check this kind of site anymore. Before, I had checked another website of a drama and seen that actors’ fans were barking at each other. I decided not to spend my time there. It seems that the trend hasn’t changed at all. In fact, I heard that people who leave their opinions on the homepages of dramas are just 1 percent of the total audience.
Strictly speaking, drama scenario writeres whom I like are the ones who don’t change the end of their stories for this one percent of the audience who interferes in the stories and keeps the scenarists under their thumbs. Forgetting the original reason why they wrote the story, some scenarists like reeds are swayed by whatever other people say. Those scenarists look spineless[…]
… Let’s check the intention of making the drama I am watching now. It is about criticizing Korean dramas that have been obsessed with talking about love stories and mating men and women. And then they showed that the intention of making this drama is not to make dramas that have been made before. Their purpose is to make the drama talking about professionals. But observing the plot and opinions from the audience, it seems that the drama will change contrary to the original plot. I’m getting disappointed. ‘So it is… the intention that they started was on a large scale… like they will be different from the existing love stories. People who have jobs, such as entertainers, scenarists, PD [producers], managers, just go out and make love stories… that’s all. They might end the love story.’ I’m quite concerned.
– ì•½ì€ ì•½ì‚¬ì—게, 진료는 ì˜ì‚¬ì—게.. ë“œë¼ë§ˆ ì°½ìž‘ì€ ì œë°œ ì „ë¬¸ ìž‘ê°€ì—게 맡기ë¼..
무엇보다.. 작가가 그걸 ì›í•˜ì§€ ì•Šì•„ë„ ì‹œì²ìžë“¤ì´ 마구마구 ì••ë ¥ì„ ê°€í•˜ë©´ ë“œë¼ë§ˆ ìž‘ê°€ë„ ì¸ê°„ì¸ì§€ë¼, í”들릴 ìˆ˜ë°–ì— ì—†ê¸°ì—.. 그래서 ì´ ë“œë¼ë§ˆê°€ ì• ì´ˆì˜ ê¸°íš ì˜ë„와는 달리 ê²°ë§ì´ 산으로 ê°ˆê¹Œë´ ë¬´ì§€ ê±±ì •ëœë‹¤, ë‚œ… ì´ ë“œë¼ë§ˆ 등장 ì¸ë¬¼ë“¤ì˜ 대사 ë‚´ìš© ì¤‘ì— ì´ëŸ° 대사가 있었다. “우리 ë‚˜ë¼ ì‹œì²ìžë“¤, ê·¸ë ‡ê²Œ 수준 높지 ì•Šì•„ìš”~” 였ë˜ê°€..? 새삼 ê·¸ ë§ì´ ì •ë‹µì´ë„¤, ì‹¶ê¸°ë„ í•˜ë‹¤. ë¬¼ë¡ .. 보다 다양한 ê±°, ë°œì „ì ì¸ ê±¸ ì›í•˜ëŠ” ì‹œì²ìžë“¤ë„ 있긴 하지만 극소수ì´ê³ ëŒ€ë¶€ë¶„ì˜ ì‹œì²ìžë“¤ì€ ì•„ì§ê¹Œì§€ë„ ì—¬ì „ížˆ 5ë…„ ì „ì— ë´ ì™”ê³ , 10ë…„ ì „ì—ë„ ë´ ì™”ë˜.. ì´ì ë„ˆë¬´ë‚˜ë„ ìµìˆ™í•´ì ¸ 버린 주ì¸ê³µë“¤ê°„ì˜ ë¯€í›—í•œ 러브러브 모드, ë‚´ê°€ ì›í•˜ëŠ” ë¼ì¸ìœ¼ë¡œ 무사히 ê·¸ 로맨스가 ì—°ê²°ë˜ëŠ” ê²°ë§ì´ 나길 ì›í•˜ê³ 그걸 통해 대리 ë§Œì¡±ì„ ëŠë¼ë ¤ê³ 한다. ê·¸ëŸ°ë° ê·¸ê²Œ 만약 ì‚¼ê° ê´€ê³„ê°€ ë˜ì–´ 버리면, ë‘ ë™ì„±ì˜ ë°°ìš° 팬들 ê°„ì— ì‚´ë²Œí•œ ì‹ ê²½ì „ì´ ì˜¤ê³ ê°€ê³ ê²°êµ ì–´ëŠ í•œ 쪽으로 ê²°ë§ ì§€ì–´ì ¸ 버리면 ê·¸ 반대 쪽 ë¼ì¸ì„ ì§€ì§€í–ˆë˜ íŒ¬ë“¤ì€ ëŒ€ë¦¬ 만족 ëŒ€ì‹ ìƒì²˜ë¥¼ 받게 ëœë‹¤ëŠ” 것[…]
í•œêµ ë“œë¼ë§ˆ ë‚´ì—ì„œ, 천편ì¼ë¥ ì ì¸ ì§ì§“기는 ì´ì œ 그만~
ë§Žì€ ì‹œì²ìžë“¤ì€ ê²°êµ.. ê·¸ì € 그런 ì—°ì• ê·¹ì´ ì•„ë‹Œ, ì „ë¬¸ 방송 ë“œë¼ë§ˆë¥¼ 표방한 ì´ ë“œë¼ë§ˆì—서조차 ìƒíˆ¬ì ì¸ ë©œë¡œë¥¼ ì›í•˜ê³ ìžì‹ ì´ ì›í•˜ëŠ” ë¼ì¸ìœ¼ë¡œ í˜ëŸ¬ê°€ì§€ ì•Šì„ ê²½ìš°, 벌ì¨ë¶€í„° 작가를 ê³µê²©í• íƒœì„¸ë‹¤. 솔ì§ížˆ, ì´ ë“œë¼ë§ˆë¥¼ 재미있게 ë³´ê³ ìžˆëŠ” ë‚´ 입장ì€.. ì–´ëŠ í•œ 쪽 ë¼ì¸ 지지ìžì—게 ì„ì„í•¨ì„ ì•ˆê²¨ì£¼ê±°ë‚˜ ê¸°ì¡´ì˜ ì—°ì• ê·¹ê°™ì€ ìƒíˆ¬ì ì¸ ì§ì§“기 ì‹ ê²°ë§ì´ ì•„ë‹Œ.. ê°™ì´ ë°©ì†¡ ì¼ì„ 하면서 ëˆëˆí•œ ë™ë£Œì• ê°€ ìƒê¸°ê³ , ê°ìž ìžê¸° ì§ì—…ì— ëŒ€í•œ ì •ì²´ì„±ì„ ì°¾ì•„ê°€ëŠ”.. ê·¸ ì •ë„ ì„ ì—ì„œ ê²°ë§ ì§€ì–´ì¡Œìœ¼ë©´ ì¢‹ê² ë‹¤. 그게 ì œìž‘ì§„ë“¤ì´ ì²œëª…í•œ ê¸°íš ì˜ë„를 안 뻘ì˜í•˜ê²Œ 만드는 ê²°ë§ì´ê¸°ë„ í•˜ê³ …
Most of all… even though the scenario writers don’t want to change the stories and the audience gives the pressure on and on, the scenarists are also humans and could be confused… therefore, I’m really afraid that the conclusion of this drama will go in a different direction as well. A line in the drama says, “Audience? Their level is not that high~” It might be the answer. Of course there are people who long for more various and better stories. But they are the minority. Most of them want the story to talk about love between the main characters and to end the way they want. The trend has not changed yet compared to five or ten years ago. And they get the satisfaction through the stories indirectly. But if it is triangular relations, conflicts between fans of the two of the same sex get serious. When the story ends with one side, the fans of this other side got hurt[…]
Please stop monotonous love stories~
It seems that many people who watch this drama could be aggressive if the drama doesn’t show conventional love stories. Honestly speaking, as the person who watches this drama and finds it interesting… I want the conclusion that is not looking for love, but that shows that the major characters find their own identities with their jobs and discover camaraderie. That should be the conclusion as the producers had clarified as the original intention…
– í•œêµ ë“œë¼ë§ˆì˜ ê³ ì§ˆë³‘, 완치ë 수는 있ì„까?
[…] ìš°ë¦¬ë‚˜ë¼ ë“œë¼ë§ˆ, ì˜ˆì „ë¶€í„° ì‰~ 메디컬 ë“œë¼ë§ˆë¼ 표명한 ë“œë¼ë§ˆì—ì„ ì§ì—…ì¸ ì˜ì‚¬ë¥¼ 다루는 게 ì•„ë‹Œ, ì˜ì‚¬ë“¤ì´ ì—°ì• í•˜ë‹¤ ë나는 ë“œë¼ë§ˆë¡œ ë§Œë“¤ê³ .. ì „ë¬¸ ë²•ì¡°ì¸ ë‚˜ì˜¤ëŠ” ë“œë¼ë§ˆì—ì„œë„ ë³€í˜¸ì‚¬ë“¤ì´ ì—°ì• í•˜ë‹¤ ë나는 ë“œë¼ë§ˆë¡œ ë§Œë“¤ê³ .. 경찰 ë“œë¼ë§ˆì—ì„œë„, 파ì¼ëŸ¿ ë“œë¼ë§ˆì—ì„œë„, 호텔 ë“œë¼ë§ˆ, 방송 ë“œë¼ë§ˆ, ì „ë¬¸ ê²½ì˜ì¸&ìƒì—… ë“œë¼ë§ˆ, 스í¬ì¸ ë“œë¼ë§ˆ, ì‹¤ì œ ì—사를 다룬 ì •ì¹˜ 사극ì—ì„œë„ ë‹¤ ì—°ì• ë§Œ 하다가 ëë‚œ ë“œë¼ë§ˆê°€ 부지기수였다. ì´ì .. 맨 ì²˜ìŒ ê¸°íš ì˜ë„를 ì¤‘ê°„ì— ì‚´ì§ ë°¥ ë§ì•„먹는 그런 ë“œë¼ë§ˆëŠ” ë”ì´ìƒ ë³´ê³ ì‹¶ì§€ê°€ 않다. 미êµì—는.. ë˜ ì¼ë³¸ì—는 ì‹¤ì œë¡œ ì—°ì• ë“œë¼ë§ˆì™€ëŠ” ì°¨ë³„í™”ëœ ì „ë¬¸ ë“œë¼ë§ˆë“¤ì´ ì°¸ 많ë˜ë°, 우린 ì–¸ì œê¹Œì§€ ê·¸ ë‹¨ì¡°ë¡œì›€ì„ ëª» ë²—ì–´ë‚˜ê³ ì œìžë¦¬ 걸ìŒì„ 해야 하는 것ì¼ê¹Œ..?[…]
[…] Drama of our country, from the past to the present~ In medical dramas, they’re not talking about medical doctors, but focusing on love stories. In law dramas, all lawyers in the drama are in love… dramas about policemen, pilots, hotel, broadcasting, professional businessmen, sports, and political history… all dramas are talking about love. I don’t want to see the dramas that give up the original intention of producing them. In America… in Japan… there are many professional dramas different from love story dramas. Why can’t we get over the monotony? Why are we in a stalemate? […]
There is a series of parodies of Korean dramas that American comedians made. They show characteristics of Korean dramas (in a funny or extreme way^^)
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