What a lovely trip down memory lane reading your newsletter. Watched them all and love them all too! My Liberation Notes and When the Camelia Blooms still stands in my top 10. Especially Camelia. As an adoptee who's story of her birthmother felt so akin to the one portrayed, I was gutted watching that episode of her reveal and backstory.…
What a lovely trip down memory lane reading your newsletter. Watched them all and love them all too! My Liberation Notes and When the Camelia Blooms still stands in my top 10. Especially Camelia. As an adoptee who's story of her birthmother felt so akin to the one portrayed, I was gutted watching that episode of her reveal and backstory. After watching the series a second time, I also found myself realizing how much Dong Baek repeated the narrative of her abandonment, it was the mantra she had in her head and that felt oddly close to many adoptees. The lens through which you see your life will focus in a way that all evidence will point there if that's the way you need to see it....until you don't. I also loved that the story of the birthfather was included, the dialogue between him and his son; his grief and his inner conflict were all really well acted. I don't know if Korea felt this was comic relief, it was a relief he was human to me even if he was a superstar athlete. At the end of the day it's still a drama and yet not impossible. The best way to feel when watching a drama.
Joy, thanks so much for your input, especially your analysis on how Dong-baek's abandonment was handled. Many of us can only extrapolate what it must be/feel like, but it's the voices of adoptees such as yourself that are truly valuable. Thank you for all that you do!
What a lovely trip down memory lane reading your newsletter. Watched them all and love them all too! My Liberation Notes and When the Camelia Blooms still stands in my top 10. Especially Camelia. As an adoptee who's story of her birthmother felt so akin to the one portrayed, I was gutted watching that episode of her reveal and backstory. After watching the series a second time, I also found myself realizing how much Dong Baek repeated the narrative of her abandonment, it was the mantra she had in her head and that felt oddly close to many adoptees. The lens through which you see your life will focus in a way that all evidence will point there if that's the way you need to see it....until you don't. I also loved that the story of the birthfather was included, the dialogue between him and his son; his grief and his inner conflict were all really well acted. I don't know if Korea felt this was comic relief, it was a relief he was human to me even if he was a superstar athlete. At the end of the day it's still a drama and yet not impossible. The best way to feel when watching a drama.
Joy, thanks so much for your input, especially your analysis on how Dong-baek's abandonment was handled. Many of us can only extrapolate what it must be/feel like, but it's the voices of adoptees such as yourself that are truly valuable. Thank you for all that you do!