K-Drama School - Ep 190: Born again and Beautiful People as Furniture
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Grace has three shows coming up this weekend. August 23rd at the Den Theater in Chicago, August 24th at Zanies Comedy Club in Chicago and August 25th at the Milwaukee Improv. [Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show Born Again (2020, KBS) starring Jang Ki-yong, Jin Se-yeon and Lee Soo-hyuk. Grace appreciates Jang Ki-yong’s role playing a mentally unstable character. It is exactly what she needed. She also loves how terrible the show is. She qualifies it as a makjang for the books. Grace’s new book K-Drama School: A Pop Culture Inquiry into Why We Love Korean Television is available everywhere as a hardcover, paperback, e-book and audiobook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/grace-jung/k-drama-school/9780762485727/⁠⁠ Please visit K-Drama School’s Patreon page to support the show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.patreon.com/kdramaschool⁠⁠⁠. Visit the K-Drama School Store at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.kdramaschool/com/store⁠⁠⁠. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, and TikTok. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.kdramaschool.com/⁠⁠⁠ to learn more. Email [email protected] for any booking inquiries.
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