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Serendipity takes a Stab at 2011

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2011 has made me ponder my relationship with K-drama. Why do I spend so much time watching? Why do I expend so much energy writing about it?

I’m in a contemplative mood at the end of 2011. Not because it has been a great year in k-drama for me, but because it’s been the worst year since I started watching in 2008. This is probably due to my taste shifting and my becoming somewhat more demanding of my k-dramas, but perhaps it’s also the case that 2011 really hasn’t been a vintage year. It was not altogether hopeless; there were enough wins to keep me from abandoning k-drama altogether. But it seems beyond doubt that for me the flush of k-drama first love, when anything might be forgiven, is long over.

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2011 – A Year in Review

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This year has been a wild ride in k-dramaland. From the excesses of Secret Garden fandom to little shows popping up on new cable channels, it’s been interesting to say the least.

I made a list and checked it twice, and I was struck by the number of shows that I had watched at least part of and then bleached from my brain. Admittedly a couple of them ended in January, so I was thinking of them as last year’s shows, but still, that there is a whole lot of drama.

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Best (and worst) of 2011′s first half

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With June drawing to a close, it’s time for us to look back at the dramas that aired in the first half of this year.

What were your favorites? Which ones made you paw the walls? Whose acting caused you to weep, whether out of delight or despair? Which couple did you watch ad nauseam, till your eyes glazed over permanently?

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Serendipity’s Snapshot

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I didn’t do a year-end review for 2010 as it seemed like more hard work than I could cope with. Then, silly me, I felt a bit left out of all the fun at the year-end review parties, e.g., Thundie on dramabeans and ockoala in her playground. But, why should I have to wait for another year-end for an opportunity to wax lyrical or whine piteously?

I present, Serendipity’s Snapshot – The State of the K-drama-Nation: Serendipity’s opinionated opinions on currently airing or recently aired shows she is watching (or has given up watching): Athena, Dream High, Flames of Ambition, King Geunchogo, My Princess, President and Secret Garden.

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A Princess and A President: A First Impressions Review

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Come one, come all – come and gape at this rare creature. She looks like a koala from the outside, but from the inside she’s likely as crazy as that scrat from Ice Age. She doesn’t acknowledge that there are divides better left unbridged, subjects of discussion that shouldn’t be broached in the same forum.

She thinks all that matters is “but it’s really good, and I want to talk about it!” She may just be right. So give her a moment of your precious time, will you? She wants to share her thoughts about a masterpiece-in-the-making called President (KBS 2010), and a scrumptious delightful little romp called My Princess (MBC 2010).

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