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Why Writer Moon Ji-won Writes Autistic Characters

20 min

Why Writer Moon Ji-won Writes Autistic Characters

The writer and director of Strange Lawyer Woo Young-woo talked candidly about the various discourses surrounding the drama.

I'm Watching IN THE SOOP: FRIENDCATION, and You Should Too

Saya

7 min

I'm Watching IN THE SOOP: FRIENDCATION, and You Should Too

This show is so funny but also gentle. At times it's quiet, pure quiet, and at others, it's boisterous in the way only young men...

Diversity in Dramaland: K-dramas and Racial Stereotypes

Saya

15 min

Diversity in Dramaland: K-dramas and Racial Stereotypes

Backstreet Rookie In many ways, I think the less time spent talking about SBS’s Backstreet Rookie, the better, but unfortunately, we need...

125. What’s Up in Dramaland – February Premieres: Forecasting Love and Weather | Thirty-

Dramas Over Flowers

Feb 17, 2022
1 min

What's Up in Dramaland?

125. What’s Up in Dramaland – February Premieres: Forecasting Love and Weather | Thirty-

Welcome back to our monthly What’s Up in Dramaland. Let’s talk about what dramas we’re adding to our watchlist this February? Don’t forget to tell us which shows you’ve decided to pick up! Leave us a comment or DM on Insta or Twitter! TIMESTAMP: 00:53 – Forecasting Love and Weather 11:42 – Twenty Five, Twenty One 15:37 – Crazy Love 18:12 – Grid 25:48 – Thirty-Nine 32:32 – A Business Proposal 37:36 – Juvenile Justice 43:18 – Kill Heel 44:53 – Military Prosecutor MORE EPISODES

122. 2021 in Dramaland: Year End Yak Part 2 (The Goguma Awards)

Dramas Over Flowers

Jan 10, 2022
4 min

The Long Yak

122. 2021 in Dramaland: Year End Yak Part 2 (The Goguma Awards)

Welcome, welcome to Part 2 of our year-end celebration gala! With no less than 28 different awards, this not so much a Yak as it is a Mammoth Marathon, as we try to conquer the highs and lows of K-Dramaland 2021 in a mere two hours. Listen now! TIMESTAMPS 00:01:06 – The Most Hallyutastic 00:09:37 – The Biggest Ideas, Bestestly Done 00:20:53 – The Title Most Lost in Translation 00:24:40 – Best Use of Covid 00:29:20 – Best Use of Music/Sound 00:38:13 – The Drama That Was Worth

121. 2021 in Dramaland: Year End Yak Part 1 (Trends)

Dramas Over Flowers

Jan 4, 2022
1 min

The Long Yak

121. 2021 in Dramaland: Year End Yak Part 1 (Trends)

Welcome to Part 1 of our Year End Yak. In this episode, we discuss the stories, trends, controversies, and fall out from dramaland in 2021. And when Saya, Anisa, and Paroma are done, our listeners and guests chime in with their insightful commentary on the year that passed. TIMESTAMPS: 05:00 – Shorter Streaming Dramas 10:17 – Getting Netflix to Pay For Data Consumption 14:13 – Bullying Scandals 16:21 – Snowdrop Controversy 21:01 – Work-life Focused Dramas 23:54 – Vigilantism

118. What’s Up in Dramaland – December Premieres: Our Beloved Summer | Uncle | Bad &

Dramas Over Flowers

Dec 13, 2021
2 min

What's Up in Dramaland?

118. What’s Up in Dramaland – December Premieres: Our Beloved Summer | Uncle | Bad &

In our final What’s Up in Dreamland of the year—what.—Anisa and Paroma discuss December premieres, with a meaningful tangent about political protest. As we anticipated during recording, The Silent Sea does now have an airdate and will be dropping on Dec 24. There are plenty of ways you can participate in Dramas Over Flowers’ year-end festivities. See the links below to join us! Links: Upload your voice note for the Year-End Yak Vote in our listener poll for the 3rd Annual Gog

117. The Long Yak – Jirisan | My Name | Dali and Gamjatang | Happiness | Melancholia

Dramas Over Flowers

Dec 3, 2021
2 min

The Long Yak

117. The Long Yak – Jirisan | My Name | Dali and Gamjatang | Happiness | Melancholia

Welcome to the last Long Yak of 2021! Join us for a long conversation as we catch up with each other on all the dramas on our plate. Use the hashtag #DramasOver2021 on twitter and review the dramas you watched in 2021! We’ll retweet every one of them. ❤ Links: Send us your voice notes for the Year End Yak: UPLOAD Use our free K-drama tracker for 2021: DOWNLOAD Join our newsletter for monthly updates and podcast episode roundups! Other Episodes We Think You’ll Like: Episode 11

116. The Spoiled Yak – Yumi’s Cells Season 1

Dramas Over Flowers

Nov 27, 2021
1 min

The Spoiled Yak

116. The Spoiled Yak – Yumi’s Cells Season 1

Paroma and friend of the podcast, Just Me, discuss the first season of Yumi’s Cells – the perfect casting, the amazing music, the beats of the story that surprised us, the weight and beauty of the ending, and what we think will happen next! You can find Just Me on twitter @justepicness. Links: Download the Kdrama tracker for 2021 for free: LINK Join our newsletter for monthly updates and podcast episode roundups! Other Episodes We Think You’ll Like: Episode 91 – Mr. Queen Spo

115. What’s Up in Dramaland – The Kim Seon-ho Saga | November Premieres

Dramas Over Flowers

Nov 17, 2021
2 min

What's Up in Dramaland?

115. What’s Up in Dramaland – The Kim Seon-ho Saga | November Premieres

November brings a lot of new dramas to sample. Apple TV+ releases Dr Brain and Netflix brings you another short, hellish series by the director of Train to Busan – Hellbound. We also talk about the conversation around Kim Seon-ho in the last month and our personal belief that it should never have been a public discourse. LINKS: Wish Anisa luck on her job as a podcast producer @anisakhalifa_ Listen to Anisa on US national radio representing DOF! TIMESTAMPS: 00:05:08 Kim Seon-h

114. The Wild Yak – Squid Game: Episodes 7-9

Dramas Over Flowers

Nov 8, 2021
1 min

The Wild Yak

114. The Wild Yak – Squid Game: Episodes 7-9

Finally, we have arrived at the titular Squid Game! Anisa is joined by our friend kfangurl to finish up this dystopic voyage into the human psyche. We take a spoilery dive into episodes 7-9, discussing those much-maligned English speaking actors, whether the ending worked for us, and our thoughts on a second season. Links: kfangurl’s excellent review of Squid Game Director Hwang Dong-hyuk describes how the show is inspired by his own life The Guardian’s interview with the act

112. The Wild Yak – The King’s Affection Episode 1 & 2

Dramas Over Flowers

Oct 20, 2021
1 min

The Wild Yak

112. The Wild Yak – The King’s Affection Episode 1 & 2

We review the first week of The King’s Affection, our strong reactions to the childhood story of our protagonists, our resentment over deaths that we knew were coming but wish didn’t happen, and our anticipation of the grown by characters carrying the story forward! Watch Paroma’s video essay on 3 ways The King’s Affection subverts gender bender tropes! Other podcast episodes you’ll enjoy: Episode 111: Where we talk about the casting and plot before the drama released! Episod

109. The Wild Yak – Squid Game: Episodes 1-3

Dramas Over Flowers

Oct 7, 2021
1 min

The Wild Yak

109. The Wild Yak – Squid Game: Episodes 1-3

Squid Game really took over the world, huh? We talk the whys and wherefores of it becoming the biggest show ever in next week’s What’s Up in Dramaland, but for now, have Saya and Anisa’s spoilery thoughts on Episodes 1-3. Let us know what you thought of this bonkers, brilliant setup to the deadly game. Our Beloved Patrons: egads, Steven, Lia W., Hades, Gracefulegg, Divina, Saoirse10, MCG, Humbledaisy, Eunice Choi, Jojo, Rue, k8ekol, mindy, Liliana, Edyth, Marcia, unatuna, Dr.

108. The Long Yak – D.P. | Hometown Cha Cha Cha | Police University | Hospital Playlist 2 | Th

Dramas Over Flowers

Sep 30, 2021
2 min

The Long Yak

108. The Long Yak – D.P. | Hometown Cha Cha Cha | Police University | Hospital Playlist 2 | Th

The Long Yak is back! After a bunch of spoiled yaks and wild yaks, we’re back with the classic yak flavor! …Okay that sounded weird – we’re not eating Goguma, don’t worry. In this episode, we talk about some shows we’ve started and finished over the last couple of months. A heads up that we discuss spoilers for episodes one and two of Hometown Cha Cha Cha, and Anisa gives away the broad strokes of how Mad For Each Other ends. So use the time stamps wisely! LINKS Listen to Say

Dramas Over Flowers

Aug 9, 2021
1 min

The Wild Yak

103. The Wild Yak – Navillera

Welcome to our first outing of The Wild Yak! Explanation inside! In this bitesize episode, Saya gives her closing thoughts on this little jewel of a drama that ran March-April, starring Song Kang and Park In-hwan. Spoilers inside! Our Beloved Patrons: Egads, Steven, Lia W., Hades, Gracefulegg, Divina, Saoirse10, MCG, Humbledaisy, Eunice Choi, Jojo, Rue, k8ekol, mindy, Liliana, Edyth, Marcia, unatuna, Dr. Chi, Lesley H, G. K, Lynette, Vani, Helena, Staci, Hanna, Eazal, Natalie

101. Park Seo-joon in The Marvels? | Upcoming July Dramas

Dramas Over Flowers

Jul 22, 2021
1 min

What's Up in Dramaland?

101. Park Seo-joon in The Marvels? | Upcoming July Dramas

We’re back to our regularly scheduled programming with our July issue of What’s Up In Dramaland! We speculate on a casting that may or may not be true, and then we indulge in a good jabber over the handful of upcoming dramas this month. A small note: since recording, the last drama we mention as upcoming in July 2021, POLICE UNIVERSITY, has been postponed to August. Timestamps: News: 00:01:50 Park Seo-joon in The Marvels? Upcoming Dramas: 00:11:19 Devil Judge 00:19:51 You Are

100. Mailbag | We Answer Listener Questions!

Dramas Over Flowers

Jul 18, 2021
2 min

The Long Yak

100. Mailbag | We Answer Listener Questions!

Welcome to the first Q&A with Dramas Over Flowers! We decided to answer some interesting email questions on the podcast in celebration of our 100th episode. We have loved taking this journey together and we appreciate every listener who’s joined us on the way. Please keep sending us these wonderful questions, so we can do another mailbag soon! Time Stamps: 00:02:55 – Dr Chi’s first question: How did all of you learn Korean? Do you speak other languages? Do you find that knowi

96. Interview With Kfangurl of The Fangirl Verdict

Dramas Over Flowers

Jun 11, 2021
1 min

Special Episodes

96. Interview With Kfangurl of The Fangirl Verdict

This episode is part of a special series where we interview well known names from the K-drama fandom, so we can get an understanding of the unique struggles and joys of being a fan-creator. Today’s guest is the prolific writer and drama reviewer, ‘kfangurl’ of The Fangirl Verdict blog. Find her excellent writing and recommendations here: thefangirlverdict.com TIME STAMPS: 00:02:16 How kfangurl started watching K-Dramas 00:10:39 How dramas comfort and support us 00:21:20 How k