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Netflix K-drama The Glory: Song Hye-kyo plays bullying victim in deliciously overblown revenge saga
- Netflix series The Glory tells the story of a woman who, 16 years after being mercilessly bullied at school, exacts revenge on her aggressors
- The Korean drama, starring Song Hye-kyo, is gloriously overblown entertainment that will have you screaming bloody murder at the characters on the screen
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“I’ll be your killer.” Who knew those words could be so romantic? Kim Eun-sook, apparently, who penned the line for her new show and first Netflix original series The Glory.
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After a relatively quiet year, Netflix looks set to end 2022 with a bang by launching this revenge drama starring Song Hye-kyo, which reunites her with writer Kim six years after Descendants of the Sun. In between, Kim scripted the 2018 hit drama Mr. Sunshine.
In the director’s chair for the eight-episode series is Stranger and Happiness director Ahn Gil-ho.
Glossy genre shows like Squid Game have been generating plenty of column inches around the world, but the real innovation brewing in the K-drama industry these days seems to be the production of high-class soap operas.
Korean soaps, known as makjang dramas, have long been a major draw. A few years ago a new breed of prime time soap emerged, spearheaded by Sky Castle.
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