ENTERTAINMENT: The awesome Korean dramas – Part 1
Korean dramas are drama series have taken the world of music by storm; there are many reasons why this has happened:
The Korean dramas do not have more than one Director or a single Screenwriter which gives a distinct individual flavor that has the imprint of the particular screenwriter and the Director; this is reflected in their performing styles and the style of the language.
This also obviates any situation where the audience may experience conflicting drama making; thus a consistency will generally be observed.
This is a marked change from the drama series that are prepared in the US because the trend in American drama is quite different with teams of Directors or Screen writers providing their inputs which may or may not gel
The pattern of the dramas is quite simple with the drama series likely to be restricted to not more than one season; and, the pattern for the traditional or historical subjects is also limited to a single season only.
While the modern dramas may only be spread out over about have only one season, with only 12–24 episodes comprising a series while the traditional are likely to be quite lengthy on both sides; on the lower end, they may be at least 50 episodes while on the top end they may extend up to 200 episodes.
The dramas have a countywide following as seen all over the world and are family affairs with a massive interest across all age groups. The prime time for the relay of these serial dramas which are aired on weekends and on consecutive days within the week like Monday+ Tuesday and Wednesday+ Thursdays.
All the popular channels carry their own prime-time hits and the number of channels are growing at an amazing rate. The drama that run daily are repeated between 7 PM to 8 PM Mondays through Fridays; the format of the dramas which fill in this early evening slot normally follows the format of the telenovellas which do not exceed the total of 200 episodes. Another distinct difference from the US saps is in the practice of not repeating the dramas during the daytime.
The daytime slots are invariably reserved only for the repetition of the most acclaimed dramas that fall in the flagship category; this is due to the huge following of the serials that are aired in the night prime time slots and the T. R. points are , consequently very high.
Some amazing serials may even touch a figure as high as 40%.
Sageuk serials
The meaning of this word is quite relevant and is self-explanatory since the literal meaning is historical drama; as such there remains no doubt as to the subject, background, events, characters depicted, or story of these awesome serial dramas that evoke huge interest between the young and old alike.
The central themes of the popular sageuks depict events of historical significance, great historical warriors, past royalty, famed battles, and the most intriguing political and historical controversies. For the last ten years the sageuks have been hugely popular abroad because they not only keep you in touch with your homeland, they also enable the youngsters, most of whom were born abroad, to learn about their culture, their homeland and its past history too.
It was observed that the ranking points were quite considerable while the satisfaction quotients were also admirable. The serial called Jumong had seen amazing high ratings of up to 85% when it was run on an Iranian television channel.
Contemporary serials
The various serials that pertain to the current period, they are composed of one hour for each episode and are run to a total of 12 to 24 episodes.
The central theme of these serials are quite modern and they explore a variety of emotions, situations, and relationships often very complex and sometimes providing light-hearted entertainment.
Most of them are based on the routines of daily life as we see it nowadays; human triumphs and failings and their relationships are the basic depictions in most of these serials. Love is almost a universal theme these days and you find an abundance of it in the love stories.
The Korean male is mostly idolized in most of these dramas with his personality, his appearance and emotions and his intelligence all being raised to a high level and venerated.
His qualities include being a principled being with not a single look at a second woman except the one who is the cherished love of his life.
This is also known to be the single largest factor for sweet young, innocent girls idolizing such males and becoming addicts to these dramas that give substance to their adolescent and cherished dreams.
Herein, the principled Korean male is the most idealistic males over other Asians.
Umrao Singh umraoz.wordpress.com
Written for: Lars-Magnus Carlsson www.thephilippinepride.com
