145 stories from Mildly Bitter's Musings
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A mixed bag of female performances in the dramas I watched this month.Â
I hate when the balance is off between leads in K-dramas. Even when female …
Truth!
Happy New Year! Secured my BTS tour tickets so I am set for 2026. Let's talk dramas.*************
Idol I
Idol I is a surprisingly sensitive portrayal of a K-pop fangirl living h…
Happy Holidays and welcome winter!Â
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Moon River
Kang Tae-oh and Kim Se-jeong really elevate this material which walks a fine line between comedic body-swapping and serious …
Happy Holidays
I only saw about 25 K-dramas this year that I wrote about. And I'm not really sure 10 were worth mentioning. So many shows failed in their second half of the season includin…
I took a little pause in drama watching in November for a big trip to Spain for my birthday.Â
It had been a WHILE since I had traveled to Europe. I started off in Barcelona with a focus …
Jungkook
The same spot, Me (not pictured)
Had a fun month with a quick Are You Sure-themed trip to Connecticut. Glamping a la Jimin and Jungkook with less diarrhea but a spider bite. Stl…
I was on a retro Son Ye-jin kick this month. Enjoy these wacky Hallyu wave throwbacks.
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Summer Scent
The famout 1970s weepie Love Story made popular the phrase, "Love means nev…
First Night With the Duke briefly embracing the silly novel aesthetic
I was so fidgety and unhappy with dramas this summer that I hardly have notes on any of them. So bear with me this mont…
Reunited.
All seven members of BTS returned from the military this month. We finally got to peep Min Yoongi at J-Hope's concert and then see his full FACE upon the first OT7 live announcing…
Saw Stray Kids in concert in LA. Had so much fun.Â
Yet another busy couple of months so I am combining what I saw over two months. And I don't have time to write about The Haunted Palace…
All these princes need therapy.Â
Life got away from me with concerts, surgery, and a busy work project. Saw J-Hope's solo show, Hwasa's world tour, and got very buried in my job.Â
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Happy New Year!
A belated New Year's greeting as my December-January shows took a while to wrap-up. Praying the terrible drama drought of 2024 comes to an end soon! *************
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Closing out a weak year of dramas...with dramas that started out promising or offer some good performances in less than stellar material. Â
Praying 2025 breaks the drama drought!*****…
Happy Holidays
I decided to do a Top 10 list based on what I saw this year (though they may have been released in another year).Â
I really found it a rough year for dramas. A lot of …
Happy to report on one new series that is a real big step forward and will make you cry.Â
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Love in the Big City
Love in the Big City really changes the landscape for gay re…
Classic
I feel like my drama slump kind of continues. SIGH. There have a been a slew of recent romance dramas but they all started to blur together.Â
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Love Next Door
I could…
Yeonjun saw the Pandas
Had a fun vacation in August with my BTS pals. We went to see Epik High, went to the San Diego Zoo to see the new pandas (Yeonjun photocard in tow, ifykyk) and go…
Enjoy this very rainy pic from the delayed Ateez concert
What the hell have I been watching all summer? I cannot think of any other time since I started my K-drama journey that I have floun…
Even the cats are K-drama devotees
Summer is here...and I've been struggling to find good dramas. One show I can highly recommend this month but otherwise it's been frustrating. ******…
My fave K-drama restaurant in 2011!
I was a little off my game this month. With all the Broadway openings in April, I was mentally spent so I didn't keep great notes on the shows I was watc…
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Grace Jung's educational and frequently breezy book K-Drama School: A Pop Culture Inquiry Into Why We Love Korean Television is a great starting place if you don't have any Korean cult…
Classic K-drama lyric.Â
Maybe I was just on a road to be disappointed by all my shows this month. It's not unusual for a K-drama to start strong and then completely collapse. But some r…
I've had a bit too much time on my hands and have been watching too much TV. Some shows were not even worth finishing. I'm listing them for completeness. But 12 shows in one month is too…
In January, New York City broke it's 700-day no-snow streak and I encountered some real stellar dramas.
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Gyeongsang Creature
Gyeongseong Creature sets a…
I spent three weeks in Korea this December. While it was cold and we got snow (a white Christmas!), I was glad to see the country at this time of year. Winter light festivals brightened the …
