KDMEO Episode 32 - Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (힘쎈여자 도봉순) 5-6

K-Drama My Eyes Out

Judy and Linda talk about episodes 5-6 of "Strong Woman Do Bong Soon" (힘쎈여자 도봉순), starring Park BoYoung, Park HyungSik and JiSoo.

We briefly discuss our first impressions of the new drama, "Man to Man" starring Park HaeJin, Park SungWoong and Kim MinJung. If you want to avoid spoilers, please skip the section between 03:39-09:27.

If you thought we were hard on Gookdoo (JiSoo) last week, brace yourselves because we are not letting up in this episode. Judy and Linda tug on their collars (is that a phrase?) as they discuss the homogeneous society in Korea and the racism that results from such insularity. There may be some fist shaking at the ineptitude of the fictional police officers.

Some Korean terms:

국: [gook] soup.

놀고있네: [nol-go-it-neh] literally "Look who's playing around"; more appropriately "Are you kidding me?"

잘자요: [jal-ja-yo] "Sleep well"; This is how Sung SiKyung, a singer and radio host, used to end his radio show.

자전거: [ja-jun-guh] bicycle.

못타: [mot-ta] "can't ride".

Have you started watching "Man to Man" yet? How did you feel about it? Are Judy and Linda justified in their hatred of Gookdoo? Do you find him gentlemanly or just condescending?

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The KDMEO theme music is 'Cute', by Bensound (www.bensound.com), and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivatives 4.0 International.

Audio Credits:

Opening credits from "Man to Man"

Losing horn from "The Price is Right"

Bernard Herrmann - "Vertigo"