Instead of the basic “Cinderella tale” in previous K-dramas, the viewers is now keen on impartial feminine leads.
K-drama followers all as soon as loved the “Cinderella troupe”, the place a wealthy male lead falls for a poor feminine lead, making for a fairy-tale-like story. However, the once-classic storyline is now thought-about outdated and repetitive, making approach for impartial and provoking essential characters. It can be anticipated that impartial feminine leads will turn out to be the development for 2023.
It isn’t any exaggeration to say that 2022 is a 12 months for female-centric K-dramas, with notable works together with “Juvenile Justice” and “Under the Queen’s Umbrella” (led by Kim Hye Soo), “Twenty Five, Twenty One” (led by Kim Tae Ri), Extraordinary Attorney Woo (led by Park Eun Bin), “Little Women” (led by Kim Go Eun) and most just lately, “The Glory” (led by Song Hye Kyo).
Regarding this development, tradition critic Hwang Jin Mi advised The Korea Herald, “TV series are mostly enjoyed by female viewers. And they have seen enough Cinderella stories, in which a woman from a poor background falls in love with a prince-like male lead. I think content creators realized the viewers’ desire for diversity in female characters. With the actresses’ performances and abilities in presenting powerful stories now proven, I think the viewers can expect to see more of such dramas.”
Now, in 2023, the development of impartial feminine leads is continuous, with many A-list actresses assuming such roles in TV or OTT dramas.
“The Glory”, which is able to air its second season in March, options Song Hye Kyo, who is usually identified for her melodrama roles. However, the actress went by way of a drastic transformation, with the primary focus of “The Glory” being revenge, trauma, and faculty violence.
In explicit, Song Hye Kyo’s character in “The Glory” skilled horrifying bodily and psychological pains as a result of faculty violence. As she grows up, she meticulously plan out revenge in opposition to every one that harm her.
With such a robust feminine lead, the primary season of “The Glory” has incurred international impression, topping the weekly TV rating in 8 nations together with Korea. The sequence additionally made it to the Top 10 TV sequence of 34 completely different international locations.
In addition, whereas previous workplace K-dramas are likely to concentrate on a male lead, JTBC is switching the main focus onto a feminine lead in its weekend sequence “The Agency”.
“The Agency” revolves across the CEO of an promoting firm, whose working talents earned her quick promotion regardless of a poor background. Played by Lee Bo Young, this character is a workaholic with a metal coronary heart, who by no means backs down and fights in opposition to her male opponents.
On the opposite hand, Jeon Do Yeon, who received Best Actress on the sixtieth Cannes Film Festival, returned to the small display screen with a number one function in tvN’s “Crash Course in Romance”, which began airing again on January 14th.
The actress was once identified for her tragic character, with a notable function being her character within the 2007 film “Secret Sunshine”. Meanwhile, for “Crash Course in Romance”, she reworked right into a former nationwide athlete who now runs a aspect dish store, and is keen to sacrifices herself for her household.
About her character in “Crash Course in Romance”, Jeon Do Yeon commented to media outlet Yonhap News, “When I was offered to play my first bright character in a long time, I had many thoughts about whether I could do this well. I thought it would be the kind of drama that would allow viewers to discover unknown parts of me.”
Source: The Korea Herald, Yonhap
