Today, we’ll be kicking off Season 4 of K Drama Chat by discussing Episode 1 of 25, 21, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Kim Tae-ri as Na Hee-do and Nam Joo Hyuk as Baek Yi-jin. We discuss:
- The song Starlight by Taeil
- The main actors of the show:
- Kim Tae-ri
- Nam Joo Hyuk
- Kim Ji-yeon, better known by her stage name Bona
- How age is calculated in Korea vs. internationally, which is why there’s confusion over how old the actors in this show are
- The origins of the 1990s Asian financial crisis and how it affected South and East Asia
- The impact of an IMF bailout and austerity measures on countries
- The South Korea gold campaign
- The surprising dominance of South Korea in the world of fencing
- Polite language between Na Hee-do and Baek Yi-jin
- The large number of K Drama elements we see in this episode:
- Beautiful actors
- Crying
- Flowers
- Food
- Alcohol
- Wrist grabs
- Clothing and fashion
- Umbrella scene
- The challenging mother-daughter relationship between Hee-do and her mom
- Our favorite line
- How much we loved this K Drama from the very first episode
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