My K-drama Obsession

If you’re a Gen-Xer, you might remember the “Kong Foo” movies of the past with extremely bad English voice-overs—like the actor’s mouths were still moving waaay after the words were said. I don’t know why, but while everyone else of that era watched Little House on the Prairie and The Waltons, I watched Asian men doing martial art moves that I could never imitate, no matter how hard I tried—and I did try.

Fast forward to the day Tiktok shut down for a day. Remember that? I’m not on Tiktok and I don’t know why that event would mess with Facebook algorithms, but my page suddenly got flooded with K-drama reels. Even though the fight scenes were missing, they reminded me of those movies from my childhood.

I knew Toni Shiloh watches K-dramas, so I asked for a recommendation. I figured watching one drama would be enough to satisfy this desire to reminisce. She suggested Crash Landing on You almost before I even finished making the request.

It was sixteen episodes of me laughing, crying, yelling at the TV, and saying out loud, “Toni, what did you do to me?” I’ve been hooked since and I’ve also reeled my sister into watching them. Tammy (my sister) likes to watch with English voice-over. Trust me, they’ve come a long way since those movies from the past. Maybe because I’m a reader, I prefer to listen in Korean and read the captions in English. Toni does the same thing. I always say God wastes nothing, and this falls into the same category. I’m not ready to reveal how He’s using it yet. Today is K-drama Day and that’s what prompted this post. If you haven’t tried one yet, I would definitely try Crash Landing on You, but it doesn’t offer voice-overs. Bon Appetit, Your Majesty does offer voice-overs and it’s pretty good too. Both are on Netflix.