Aha drunk podcast. Thats a first :L

Oh, great. Another installment. Thanks.

were you gals drinking soju?

Oh you girls are so much fun, I always enjoy these. Looking forward to part 2 & 3. Much love. <3

ahh I remembered watching both of those "eye" videos lol

YAY!!!! MOAR PLEASE!

Yay!!!! A new podcast!! I've so been waiting for one of those!! :DD Thanks you two!!

Hot dog! I will drink as I listen - in solidarity!

thanks for the podcast!! <3

i always enjoy your podcasts!! =)

This "Because I'm a girl" MV was even famous in Turkey (but as a "Chinese video" heh) That was a time I didn't know anything about kdramas xDD

I'm exited for this drunk podcast ;D hope you post the rest soon ^^

July Jollies?

Hahahahaha! Sounds like the next one is where the fun really starts, hm?

This one was great too, I actually really enjoyed your rant on melodramatic music videos, haha. So funny. I actually had a similar conversation with a guy from work, and we were talking about how we went to this asian noraebang (the only one in the city, ha). When I went there I was with my friends and they had a selection of popular Western music, and though I could do the Korean stuff they couldn't, so we just went with the Rihanna, Queen, etc. What was hilarious was that no matter how white trash the song was the music video playing was really melodramatic, teary and taken straight from another Asian music video. And my coworker and I were talking about how we amused ourselves by trying to guess what was happening in the video (he's a hardass gangster, she's the sheltered girl dying of cancer who softens him up, etc.) Haha, it was great.

I look forward to your next installment!

Sanghee or whatever was great in "White Christmas".
Best dramas in life?:
1. Comrades
2. White Christmas

I agree about the "jokes not translating" because I understand but when I discuss dramas with my friends they don't think it is funny.

LOLLLLLLL <3 you guys crack.me.up.

Yay! I love your podcasts.

I can't wait to listen to it.

I think the language barrier is tough. If the subtitles are good enough, you can get a good sense of the undertones, but I think the broader language humor is easier to communicate than some of the slyer jokes. The star symbolism in You're Beautiful worked well; I think the potato/flower stuff didn't quite have the same power, and I am sure I missed a lot of jokes. The scat humor . . . not quite so funny in English, I don't think.

But it's interesting that I experience these things as being funny once I've read the recaps - it's like retroactive humor. But there's never the surprise of some totally awesome joke from nowhere. (But it's not like there's not plenty of humor that comes across well - that jajangmyun on a roller coaster still gets me.)

Aww, it was just getting good - I want more! ;)

As for the language-based jokes... I personally find them funny if someone takes the time to explain them. Though of course not being privy to the language is a guarantee that certain things *are* going to fly over our heads no matter how hard we try to comprehend them.

On the plus-side, there are other cues within that sort of joke which I'm able to respond to just as strongly - 1N2D is a perfect example, since a lot of the humor is language-based, particularly within their games. So, even when I don't get the joke in its entirety, just the reactions from the members is enough to get me laughing (some of their expressions when they're being particularly clever are hilarious). And like they say - laughter is contagious - so sometimes that's all it really takes. So I don't really think it's always necessary to understand a joke completely; though, of course, it doesn't hurt.

If given the choice, I'd still prefer to have an extensive understanding of the language though, lol.

hahaha really enjoyed this podcast. i think the drunkenness really helped, it was hilarious.

You can have a recap about which Hong sister's dramas you like the best (top 3).

I think that some of the humor does indeed fall a little flat when you don't understand the language. Which is why I always appreciate you explaining them for me! However, as you said, jokes are never quite as funny if you have to have it explained. However, the whole butt hole thing... that was pretty funny even when I didn't get the linguistics behind it.
There were a lot of things in Best Love, however, that confused the hell out of me until I read your recaps. The camellia flowers, the potatoes... I always got on basic level what the stuff was supposed to represent, but not how it was integrated into the conversation. And sometimes, if the subtitles weren't really really good, I'd completely lose what they were really talking about in the first place.

Loved this recap - listening to you two slowly getting "gooned" was cracking me up!

Interesting question you posed of does the "meta" come through for non-speaking (Korean) viewers for GL/BL?

Speaking for myself, I'd have to say a resounding "NO". The best I can describe it is going to a party where everyone is in on the joke except me. And that was apparent pretty much from ep. 1, on.

Reading your recaps helped somewhat, but it was still frustrating because I KNEW that the scene content was "meatier" than what I was getting, and I just couldn't feel/react properly.

I love the Hong sisters, not only for their fresh approach to story-telling, but particularly when I see them using pop-culture USA references (Like the use of having Dokko-Jin watching John Stewart on TV (or was it S. Colbert? Can't recall) to learn English. That kind of thing tickles me, but I really hate it when dialogue content goes flying over my head cause I can't understand WHY something appears to be humorous (or sad). I really wanted to love Best Love, but just didn't.

Thanks for the podcast. ladies - just tell me that the next part is going to be all about City Hunter, Miss Ripley and Lee Min Ho. I really need to hear you two talking about him while drunk! Please?!
:)

Cool! This is the first podcast in which I know all the dramas you discuss!!! :D

drunk women lmao

Yay! Podcast! I needed this after a short holiday and coming back to food poisoning yesterday! eek!!!!
Anyway, Drubnken Podcast!!! Love it! SOLD! hehe.. cant wait for next installment...kekeke...

As for Best Love!! I definitely need to read your recaps to not miss a thing as a non-korean. So I want to say BIG THANK YOU and give it a shot what you 2 are wondering about non-koreans take and understandability about Best Love. On the whole, Best Love has humor & comedy that universally understandable but I appreciate their writing, meta-references, script, the scenes & even the acting more because of your recaps. It is true that I missed alot of this as one those relying on subtitles but with Best Love you can miss really deepers meanings. When we DokkoGirls created this blog I learned new things all the time eg, flowers, kuekbok & potato. The only thing that I was left wanting from your recaps is your BEST LOVE for it because I wish both of you loved it the best just like I do! :P I guess it would mean so much more if you do. (Does this make sense? lol If you both were drunk I must be high on meds!!! lol)

BFB, will definitely be on my to watch list as I think the workplace-fashion premise sounds interesting actually. LTM I didnt last first few episodes as there is just too many better dramas I have yet to watch.

Missing Beanies...unable to gain any internet access while away at the Lakes for Friday thread..hope everyone had a good weekend!!! *waves* to MJP, Samgetang, ahjummabunny, Viola, Izzie, Jomo, Sethe, zgznoona, ricky the royal highness~~~~~ Hope this finds you well.

are these podcasts in english? j/w cux i havent actually heard any of them' but i want to !

WAH...too short =/ Can't wait for the other parts!! Yay! Please post them soon!!

Thank you both!

Love your podcast cast. I don't care if you guys(girls) are in drunken state or sober state as long as there are postcast. Keep them coming!

Thanks for this podcast. Love hearing your voices as always.
The meta and cultural references, and a lot of the funny, would most definitely have been lost without your recaps on someone like me, even with the help of great subs. Best Love, for example, would still have been amusing, no doubt, but it became doubly entertaining with your recaps. I appreciate all your hard work. And you girls totally crack me up. I can't wait for the next installment :D

Your podcasts are always entertaining! Love that you both are happy drunks. heheheh

Thanks, javabeans and girlfriday! Looking forward to parts 2 and 3.

Thanks for the podcast. actually the funny that was on best love did translate to me. if you watch Korean dramas enough, eventually you catch on to some of the words. So I understood alot of the puns. Also I felt their metaphors were helpful in being visual enough for English speaking viewers. Like how dokgo's mustache looked like cow, if you watch the show with subs, you understand that the character for cow is on his face. I personally don't find it hard.

I can't be the only one who now wants to see some of those MVs. Just for the whole train wreck aspects. :)

hmmmm...I've been a Hong sisters fan for years and I've watched all of their dramas so maybe I'm not the best person to say that their writing style is difficult for non-Koreans to understand. The thing is, because their brand of humor is so layered, every time i rewatch any of their dramas, I always find something new to laugh about. If it's an HS drama, I know to concentrate on the dialogue because it's chockful of double-speak and metaphor. I don't get some of the language-centric jokes, though, but the metaphor and the parodies always come across for some reason.

On a side note, I understood why the name Go Mi Nam is funny (because of kkot minami shineyo ) but I still don't understand why Sam Soon is a funny name.

I think you should get a dj, the music is kind of out of place...but i loved your postcast...

it's real that we don't get to appreciate all of Hong sisters's jokes. when they are funny situations like in yab, they crack me /us up, but when they are in words we are more oblivious , at least I am. For instance in Yab, if you read the name in English it's like ...nice....but then in Korean it relates to the name of the minam and all, so it's wittier. The same happens with butthole Dokko jin XD

i must add that you're heartless...how could you say that about the video of Kiss???...it made me cried a lot...with your comments i thought How did i fall for that crap?!!! U.U...the vid of Lee Sung Gi sounded funny ( i don't know if that was the name you mentioned)
Most of the time i'm a fan of your recaps, but now i'm certainly a fan of your postcasts!!!

been waiting for this!!

thanks!!
off to listen..

You gals are so cute. Funny as always :D

Thanks for the podcast! Looking forward to part 2 and 3!

Drunk podcast! Was great.
Just a few things:
1. One of the things why I love Dramabeans is because if i dont know how to put an idea, I always find someone who says the things that I want in a better way. What Javabeans said about baby faced beauty is absolutely my feeling. Just, I feel like So Young grows a spine towards the end. Every challenge it was a new obstavle to jump. The only time where I feel she didn't deserved to win it was in the Romantic look. For me, that dress was...not pretty. Almost awful. And the designs of Yoon Seo were good too (any girl who is going to have her Quince Años party would kill for the second dress she design for Seul Ah).
Aw, Daniel Choi. And the president! My heart ached for him.
2. Lie to me. I already said what I think.
3.Best Love. I lost some of the jokes, mostly when they were word plays, like the example. But the recaps were of much help (thank you!) and there were other funny parts, so no complains.

Waiting for the next part!

dude.. excited for the next few podcasts. hope they come at us quickly. i totally would've tuned into the entire thing. haha.

Are Javabeans and Girl Friday Korean?

next time can you guys do another drunk podcast, but drink VODKA???