Posted on 11/07/2020 11:00:09 AM PST by mairdie
A music video for the female student who was passing as a boy at an historical, Korean, Joseon academy and the uncomfortable and not-too-bright boys who couldn't figure out that their intriguing friend was really a girl.
https://www.viki.com/celebrities/14866pr-song-joong-ki
Sungkyunkwan Scandal is a Korean women’s lib drama set in the Joseon era. Having eavesdropped on the lessons of her brother before her father’s death, Kim Yoon Hee takes on the task of earning money to buy her brother’s medicine. When she’s tricked into applying to the Sungkyunkwan school for future officials, it’s worth her life and that of her family’s lives if she’s discovered, the education of women being then prohibited. A traditional college drama of bullying and first loves set in an historical context. The mystery of who killed the previous king brings out the conflicts between the Sungkyunkwan (Sung kyun kwan) sons and their official fathers. 20 episodes.
https://www.viki.com/tv/1205c-sungkyunkwan-scandal
PING to Bonnie Tyler video
Thanks for the recommendation! I’ve got it up in another window. Looks fun. :)
I’ve watched it twice and will probably give it a while and watch it again. Also watched the Chinese remake. The Korean actors are better but I enjoyed the Chinese version, too.
https://www.viki.com/tv/36696c-in-a-class-of-her-own
In A Class of Her Own 9.3
The Asian versions of ‘Yentl’, LOL!
Interesting
I can’t remember Yentl at all, though I do remember hearing about it when it was out. Are the plots really close?
Poor girl copies books/writes novels to get money for medicine for her brother. Needing to repay a debt, she finally agrees to help a student taking the Sungkyunkwan test to cheat. Gets caught but her essay is so compelling that they insist that she (thought to be he) attend.
Then it’s the typical school bullying. As for romance, one roommate discovers she’s a girl and, shy and sweet, falls in love and protects her. The other is attracted to her without knowing why and is a long time uncomfortable about it.
As is typical of this type of drama, ignoring the geisha houses which seem to be socially acceptable, all the kids are quite pure with one another and with outside girls.
And fun!
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