Your host Minal is back with our guests Benny and Vipula. In this episode we cover Episodes 8 and 9 of Moving Kdrama. These two episodes narrate the story of the ‘parents’ and we are joined by a very special guest - Paroma. Paroma is well known in the KDrama podcast and online circles as she is the co-host of Kdrama podcast Drama Over Followers. You can also follow her on instagram and twitter where she posts about all things KDramas as TheDramanotes.

Episodes 8-9 takes us back to the 90s where we discover how BongSeok’s parents Lee MiHyun (Han Hyo Joo) and Kim Dusik (Jo InSung) meet and fall in love. Moving moves into the ‘Romance’ genre while keeping the spy thriller brewing in the background. Again, spoilers from the drama, so we suggest you watch it first and then listen to this Deep Dive.

Episode Outline:

• Kim DuSik’s entry and his superability - opening scene
• Director Min sets up MiHyun for a special mission
• Dusik - JungWon Bromance
• MiHyun - Dusik - A perfect slow burn romance
• Operation Seagull

Episode summaries in 5 mins

1. Episode 8 ‘Black’ main scenes
2. Episode 9 ‘Humanists’ main scenes

Beyond Moving [Key Themes Emerging]

• Underlying sexism in the agency
• The Genetics - BongSeok is totally his parents’ kid imbibing the dorkiness of his father and the kindness/empathy of his mom along with their super abilities.
• Love Confessions in Moving - The writer has consistently aced these.
• The Color Purple - The second date, the curtains, the roof of her restaurant.
• Weaving true events into fiction to build the NK angle - The opening scene is based on the Korean Air Flight Bombing (1987) and DuSik’s mission is aligned to Kim Il Sung’s death (1994)
• People with superpowers are more vulnerable and exploited by the state.
• Super Heroes choosing morality vs loyalty to NIS

Other dramas/movies discussed in episode: Paroma mentioned her early KDrama viewings - Shining Inheritance (Han Hyo Joo) and You are beautiful (Park Shin Hye)

Call out to Characters & Actors: Park Byung Eun - Plays MaSang Gu the rogue SK NIS Agent. Other notable performances - Kingdom S2 and Because This is My First Life.

Our favourite love stories (Series/Movies):

1. Paroma: Boman Irani/Shabana Azmi in Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd.
2. Vipula: Ethan Hawke/Julie Delpy in Before Trilogy
3. Minal: Colin Firth/Jennifer Ehle in Pride and Prejudice (BBC 1995 Series) , Swapnil Joshi/Mukta Barve in Eka Lagnachi Dusri Goshta
4. Benny : Irrfan Khan/Nimrat Kaur in The Lunchbox

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