In this blog post, I’ll examine Director Jang Jin’s “A Woman I Know” from the perspective of a film that breaks free from the familiar myths and conventions that dominate the romantic comedy genre, and discuss how the film subverts established genre formulas through its star’s image, plot, and cinematography. The Myth of the Romantic Comedy, Built on Familiarity A loving couple, holding...
Why does the humor in Korean romantic comedies function as a device reinforcing the ideology of purity?
This blog post examines how the humor in Korean romantic comedies has combined with the ideology of purity to operate as a device that reinforces patriarchal order rather than satirizing it, using film examples. Introduction Frank Capra’s “It Happened One Night” is a film that depicts the journey from adversaries to marriage between the only daughter of a wealthy family and a...