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Ⅴ Culture

How do you see the 'obviousness' of popular art?

Those who want to get serious about television
dramas are often tired of the terrible and obvi-
ous repetition. Looking back on popular dramas
from 1998 to the early 2000s, there are many
similar shows that with confusing plots and char-
acters, and many shows that are composed of
genuine comic stories. These shows can not get
good reviews. The plagiarism controversy con-
tinued, and self-replicating evil spilled. The
'Trendy Drama', which has maintained high rat-
ings for many years, has become a leading type
of drama of young senses. Not only the produc-
ers who are tied to the audience rating.

A typical element of the development of the ob-
vious drama is the 'ambivalence of the Korean
Cinderella '. Many types of dramas such as Mr.
Cue, Everything on Eve, Truth, and Secrets are
this types of drama. So, what kind of person is
'ambivalence of the Korean Cinderella'? First of
all, the female protagonist is a rival who has a competitive spirit since she was a young
woman with another same aged woman working in the same company. They have been
racing competitiveness since childhood, and usually the wicked character is set to have
stronger competition and inferiority than the good character. Second, one is good and the
other is bad. The vivid good and evil composition is a distinctive characteristic of the 'am-
bivalence of the Korean Cinderella' and it is a key requirement to attract the viewers. An evil
character aggressively attacks a good character and puts him in trouble, but he is ruined
because of such a bad influence. An evil character has a much higher level of desire for as-
cension and competition than a good character, but has a much stronger hierarchy of desire
and competition, and is superior to conspiracy and deceitfulness, so that he is attracted to
the surrounding people and puts the good person in trouble. Third, the male protagonist is
a high-ranking official or an employee of the workplace where the female protagonists go.
The accomplishment of the love with a male protagonist is a shortcut to accomplish success

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