TULANMEN - 4 UGAYMEN, WE R VERY TULAN

there has been a swarm of korean TV drama series lately… i mean a few years ago until now. people all around west asia caught the frenzy and went crazy about them. everything about korean tv drama series WAS to die for. the series really caught everyone’s imagination, i.e. winter sonata and jewel in the palace. these two series are dubbed in several languages and here’s a list of TOP TEN highlights of a typical korean TV drama series:

10. there will always be either winter OR seaside in the series where you see fashionable clothes being parade by actors/actresses.

9. one of the families is EXTREMELY rich and dressed EXTREMELY well.

8. there will ALWAYS be at least 2 actors/actresses who do not contribute much to the storyline but just to cheer things up.

7. the background music will always play orchestra type music where sad moments will usually play piano solo or classical guitar solo.

6. 2 brothers or 2 friends will fall for the same girl, the one who wins will spend 50% of the total TV series running time alone with the girl.

5. the sceneries (hills, mountains, lake, high rise buildings, riverside, sea) will match those from Lords of the Ring.

4. a 30-minute conversation can be easily summed up in a typical 3-minute hong kong movie conversation + some violence.

3. Starbuck or any posh restaurants are always the place for “negotation” between a torn lover and a middle person trying to patch things up AND these two people will not leave the table at the SAME time. ALL THE TIME, the person to utter the last word will be standing and start to leave while the person sitting will stare in blanks.

2. the series will always have a tragic end with one leading actor/actress having a terminal illness and hospital made up of 20% of the TV series location.

1. AND FINALLY, because of point #2 above, the person having terminal illness will always be happy while the surrounding ones will always be sad.