Last year I devoted several posts to praising Mr, Sunshine, a brilliant series about Korea around 1900, wwhen the fate of the very traditional society was up in the air, The series focused on two unusual characters: one a young woman who is training herself to being a terrorist, the other a young man who having been orphaned at an early age was raised in the USA. Now he's a US Marine and is not sure whether he's American or Korean. It occurred to me that many Koreans today suffer from the same inner conflict.
Anyway The two fall in love and...a bunch of things happen.
The acting, the cinematography, the beautiful use of language, the costumes, all are better than fine
I thought Mr Sunshine was the top of the shows I had streamed, but I've just seen another of equal quality anther series of equal quality-My Brilliant Career.s Australian, set in 1900, and concerns a young woman trapped as a servant in the outback because her father has carelessly piled up unpayable debts. She is talented and wild and her famnily and friends don't understand, why she won't settle down and a marry some rich guy-- a real possibility because even though she's not a great beauty she is a unique, lively personality. She wants to be a writer and even more, not to be owned by any man.
My Brilliant Career has many virtues but I really noticed its cinematography.
I highly recommend it.that both stories take place around 1900. Korea is exotic and is still influenced by China. Australians are in the process of getting a Constitution, and wondering whether the former Empire Day (Jan 1) will now be called Federation Day..
I reflected on the picture of Australia c. 1901 and found myself thinking that most Australians seem to be little better than slaves to the banks and a small number of landowners -- who have acquired vast holdings some way or other.
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