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Bus this doesn't mean that K-dramas are only romanticizing and celebraring alcohol, drinking and drunkeness. As it is shown in this scene:
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don't drink and the fact of alcoholims. People should never - in my point of view - be forced to drink to belong or show that they are good colleagues. Alcohol doesn't make a person more appealing!
And if you want to dance, just dance and have fun; you don't need alcohol for tha

I think it is really problematic to depict alcohol as a tool to gain relaxation, calmness and other positive impacts. Yes, it can be positive. But we should never forget the connection between alcohol and domestic or sexual violence, how non-drinkers are discriminated against, because they just

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This yearning for relaxation is - as I noticed - also in an advertisement about alcohol with G-Dragon. In this short video, alcohol is strongly linked to the nature and what nature can give to people, like calmness and peace.
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that they were "just drunk" and being very honest and therefore, wouldn't be judged in a harsher way.
Also, both of these scene can be seen, that the characters are drinking as a coping mechanism and to deal with their life, challenges and experienced discrimination against them.

And in the first episode of #loveinthebigcity, Go Yeoung is using his "drunk character" to initiate a kiss with Mr. Kim. In this way, one could say that he is using it intentionally to not be blamed afterwards, which is commonly used in Korea. In doing so, they can ensure
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He kisses him then runs away #semanticerror #koreanbl #blseries #parkseoham #parkjaechan YouTube video by Feral Aura

whether you need alcohol to open up. Because this depictions can lead to the assumption to open and shake the body as a person opens and shake the soju bottle (it is a real motto from an advertisment, shown in Harkness 2013 article)
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character kisses the person, they have feelings for or having a crush on. Chu Sangwoo in #semanticerror can overcome is shyness and his concerns by drinking and "finally" opening up to Jang Jaeyoung. While it is a very romantic scene and it gives the audience chills, people should critically engage

"I am not drunk" type. These types are used in different scenes to either show a humorous scene or show the start of a romantic relationship (because the character is more open and relaxed and shows their true intentions).
For example, in Semantic Error or in Love in the big City, one of the main

How is alcohol, drinking and drunkeness shown in K-dramas? #kdrama #alcohol And are they popularizing the "right" Korean thing?
It is quite often, that the audience sees one of the following drinking types in a K-drama: the crybaby, the escape artist, the snoozer, the smoocher, the dancer and the

Thank you so so much!! The song is insane (a new song for my playlist) and the lyrics got me thinking about the big questions (again), and now my mind just keeps spinning like a carousel that won't slow down

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Another song, I really love from Bewhy is:
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is driven by temptation (unfortunately, Sodom is predominantely used to condemn homosexualit, while in the text and within the historical context, Sodom is destroyed by G*d, because the people are using sexual violence to suppress other people) #sodom

And this philosophical question has a long history in Christianity. There are several answers to whether a person should desire something or someone, if it is in G*d's will or if a person should always suppress one's own desires. To this atmosphere, BewhY adds the term "Sodom", a biblical city which

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emphasizes different words or consonants). His unique pronunciation and how he chanhes in tone or vocal stress mid-verse (e.g.pause, emphasis, shift) is such an incredible work. In "Side by Side" he is debating, whether one's own desire is temptation and something negative
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His lyrics are mainly focusing on introspection, spirituality and personal conviction. As a devouted Protestant Christian, he is working with this part of his identity in his artistic career. In the song "Side by Side" (an amazing song, not only because of the content, but also how he raps and

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He started his career as an underground rapper (which is considered in some debates as a crucial point to be acknowledged as an "authentic hip hop artist, who keeps it real"). He debuted in 2021 and had his turning point in 2016, through the show "Show Me the Money 5"-he won
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Korean Hip Hop needed to redefine rhyme and created very diverse rhyme techniques (such as flexible word order, artifical stress/pitch accents, rhythic motives, multisyllabic internal rhymes, translingual rhymes).
An artist, who I really appreciate (in his style and content), is BewhY. #bewhy

#keepitreal was by rapping it English; in other words to keep it American. But Korea had a different idea. Hanguk Hip Hop is defined as hip hop made in Korea by Koreans and using the Korean language. And because Korean language is a S-O-V, the traditional Englisch rhyme techniques couldn't be used.

people could express their voices, identty anf community. So, hip hop is far more than music, it is a diverse and deep culture, which shouldn't be limited to a 1-dimensional understanding. #hiphop
While hip hop started in Japan in the 1980s (impact of the movie "Wild Style") and their approach to

It's time for hip hop. It originated in New York City in the 1970s and is strongly linked to African-American individuals. As Dr. Song Myoungsun pointed out, hip hop negotiated the experiences of marginalization, brutally truncated opportunity and oppression. With rap, b-boy, graffiti and dj, the

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And you are not bond to watch it on youtube. The agency that represents Yin and War (2 incredible actors), Argentis Official posted short videos. The "show" "Neon Flower Waiting for Love" presented the relationship between a factory worker and the manager.
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And another interesting trend, which is happening in the Thai BL industry. And this can reflects the audience (usually female individuals in their 20s and 30s). The stories are not only highschool or university stories. There are various themes and somehow reflect the diversity of the world.

The same goes with the BL "Semantic Error". Choo Sang-woo and Go Hyeong Tak are playing with these narratives which make the story more appealing, because it challenges the common understanding. #semanticerror

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But in recent BLs, this narrative is particularly challenged. For example in Bad Buddy (2021). Pat and Pran are the main couple and both of them have characteristics that are traditionally considered with either seme or uke.
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are driving the plot, dominate and are considered as the penetrator. Uke is a more passive character and is often labeled as the "bottom" (which is a very difficult term), although this character is the protagonist of the story. It perpetuate a specific gender understanding and a power relationship.

maintain heteronormativity and strenghtening the people in power. Furthermore, if it is just produced to be consumed, it is not much help for queer individuals and their living conditions.
Another thing that is problematic is the seme-uke narrative structure. Seme characters are often the one who

But we still have to acknowledge that the BL industry and the pink economy is still an industry. Queer content or products are not only produced for queer repesentation and challenge the status quo, but also for capitalism. And that is very problematic, because such an important issue is reduced to