We’re in between seasons 3 and 4! Today, Joanna has a conversation with Professor Ernabel Demillo, Department Chair of the Communication and Media Culture Department at Saint Peter's University and host of the Emmy-award winning "Asian American Life" show on CUNY-TV. We talk about:
- The many different genres of K Dramas.
- The K Dramas we’re watching now: Tomorrow, Business Proposal, The Glory.
- What Ernabel thought about Mr. Sunshine, including the cinematography, the characters, the music, Korea history, and culture.
- The process that Sung Hee and Joanna use to create our episodes.
- The K Drama elements that we find in most K Dramas, e.g., umbrella scene, piggyback ride, back hug, deep lean.
- How Asian American Life is still the only monthly magazine show on broadcast TV devoted to the Asian American diaspora.
- How Asian American Life explores social issues through the Asian American lens, but also celebrates Asian-American achievements and milestones.
- The themes that “Asian American Life” covers: identity, Asian-American “firsts,” food, entertainment.
- How Asian American Life covers the rise in hate and crimes against Asian-Americans in the US.
- The Hallyu wave.
- Netflix’ investment in K Dramas.
- 25, 21, the K Drama that K Drama Chat will recap and analyze in Season 4.
Next week, Sung Hee, Joanna and Jeanie (Sung Hee’s sister) will talk about K Drama elements, Korean language, and why subtitles on K Dramas often don’t quite match what’s being said.
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