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.

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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 Every Minute 00:42:44 – The Justest Vigilante 00:45:55 – Most Worksmart Drama 00:55:41 – The Squishiest Drama 01:02:35 – I Will Go Down With This Ship 01:06:22 – Fantastic First Halves and Stupid Seconds 01:16:01 – We’re Still Doing This, Dramaland? 01:21:31 – Drama With an Identity Crisis 01:23:28 – Most Bizarre Treatment of Disability 01:31:03 – Most Difficult to Finish (But We Did) 01:33:29 – Biggest Waste of Starpower 01:36:30 – Best Action Woman 01:39:06 – Best Person Pretending to Be Another Person: 01:42:15 – 1 Actor, 2 Dramas: The Quickfire Round 01:47:30 – Busiest Bee Award 01:48:37 – !!SECRET AWARD!! 01:49:45 – Most Electric Adversarial Banmal 01:54:44 – Most Memorable Side Character 01:56:59 – Best 주인공 (Main Character) Face 01:58:17 – Most Manhwa Face 02:00:33 – Most Viral Moment 02:00:56 – Baby Who Grew the Most 02:02:53 – Unni Who Never Ages

If you’ve listened to Part 1, you may already know that we thought this was going to be in 2 parts (big mistake!), but it ended up being 3 – so happy new year and we’ll see you in Part 3!

The Third Annual Goguma Awards

Squid Game

The Most Hallyutastic Squid Game

The Biggest Ideas, Bestestly Done Squid Game Yumi’s Cells The Silent Sea Happiness Sisyphus: The Myth

Happiness

The Title Most Lost in Translation She Would Never Know (Sunbae, Don’t Put on That Lipstick) Doom at Your Service (One Day, Destruction Walked Through My Front Door)

Best Use of Covid Happiness

Vincenzo

Best Use of Music & Sound Vincenzo Yumi’s Cells IDOL: The Coup Run On D.P. The Silent Sea

The Drama That Was Worth Every Minute Idol: The Coup Run On Vincenzo Hospital Playlist

Run On

The Justest Vigilante Taxi Driver Geumga Plaza Family in Vincenzo One The Woman

Most Worksmart Drama Imitation Idol: The Coup Run On Hospital Playlist D.P.

Idol: The Coup

The Squishiest Drama Hello Me True Beauty Imitation IDOL: The Coup Hometown Cha Cha Cha Yumi’s Cells

I Will Go Down With This Ship Run On Dali and the Cocky Prince

Dali and the Cocky Prince

Fantastic First Halves, Stupid Seconds Doom At Your Service LUCA: The Beginning

Honourable mention for the reverse: Sisyphus: The Myth

We’re Still Doing This, Dramaland? Oh! Master Now We Are Breaking Up My Roommate is a Gumiho A Love So Beautiful

Jirisan