Its final episode recorded an 18.68% nationwide audience share, making it the sixth highest-rated drama in Korean cable television history.[7] It received critical acclaim and became a cultural phenomenon in South Korea.[8] The series won numerous awards, including the Grand Prize (Daesang) for writer Kim Eun-sook and Best Actor for Gong Yoo at the 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards.
The series was written by Kim Eun-sook, who also wrote the popular series Secret Garden (2010), The Heirs (2013), and Descendants of the Sun (2016). The drama marked her second collaboration with director Lee Eun-bok after both worked on Descendants.[16][17]
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The drama has also sparked various fashion trends.[52] Items and accessories worn by the cast members, such as the Lanvin coat worn by Gong Yoo, Lancme lipstick used by Kim Go-eun[53] and Fedora worn by Lee Dong-wook[54] saw an increase in sales. Kim In-yook's poetry book, The Physics of Love, gained renewed attention after one of its verses was featured in the drama.[55] There was also an increase in visitors at the various filming sites of Guardian, which contributed to a positive economic effect on the country.[56] Additionally, original soundtracks featured in the series also topped local digital music charts.[57] Since 2017, it has surpassed Descendants of the Sun (2016) in video-on-demand sales.[58]
Despite its success, Guardian was criticized for its several consumer product placements which drew an estimated 2-4 billion KRW from revenue.[61][62][63] TV and cultural critics also criticized some aspects of the drama; such as the Cinderella complex feature in the series, where female lead is able to summon the male lead, who has supernatural powers. Furthermore, the female lead portrayed a poor high school student attracted to the male lead's rich 30-something man, which the show poked fun of when a classmate described him as a "sugar daddy".[61][64] The drama was also criticized for its over-dramatic plot.[62]
The drama consistently topped cable television viewership ratings in its time slot. Its final episode recorded an 18.680% nationwide audience share according to Nielsen paid platform, making the episode the second highest rated in Korean cable television history at that time.[7] It became the first cable drama to surpass 20% ratings.[65]
While the drama Goblin (Guardian) left a lot of atmospheric filming locations, many of them were not ideal to visit in winter. I managed to pick one though, which I would claim is the most representative of the drama. ?
So I just finished watching Goblins. I had it on my list as I had heard it was one of the best dramas. It was probably the drama that took me the longest to get through as well and I found myself confused at the end and not understanding how certain things came to happen lol. Maybe with some help I can understand things and at least be able to look back on the drama with better feelings.
And finally product placement was really bad. That watch one at the end was so bad I almost died LOL. Speaking of which, what's that water looking beverage they seem to drink in every drama? I think it has a green cap, and white label on the bottle.
Based on the Korean folklore of dokkaebi, a higher spiritual being roughly translated as goblin, the drama series features actor Gong Yoo as Kim Shin, a warrior born centuries ago who, after being impaled with a sword, is transformed into an immortal dokkaebi with endless wealth.
I do tons of research on South Korea and yet I cannot find anything on what a guardian is or what they're called in Korean. I hear it mentioned all the time in kdrama and the mom in My ID is Gangam Beauty just told her son he sounded like a guardian. I've seen kdrama where even a younger brother was required to sign for his older sister. I recently watched a tiny documentary on single women in the mid to late thirties and beyond having issues getting medical care because they dont have a guardian to sign for them. Can anybody enlighten me on this situation with a guardian? Please? I am going nuts not being able to find even the tiniest shred of information on it online. I only stumbled on the documentary researching something else. I am researching sexism and sexual discrimination in South Korea and I think this is an important issue but I just cant find anything on it. Thanks!!!
My guess is that the term "guardian" probably means different things in different scenarios. Patients who are minors in many countries require a legal guardian (usually their parent) to make medical decisions and provide consent before medical procedures like surgeries. A legal guardian can also be appointed to make medical decisions for adult patients when they are not able to make those decisions themselves (e.g. if they're in a coma or are mentally disabled). Children are often appointed as legal guardians for their elderly parents once they begin to show signs of dementia.
Up until shockingly recently, many countries still required women to have a male guardian (a father, brother, or husband) sign for them or at least give their permission in order to do basic things like open a bank account (in the US and UK women obtained that right in the 60s and 70s, in Saudi Arabia they still don't have that right). It sounds like there was a similar practice in place when it came to obtaining medical care for women in Korea in the 1930s, but I would be very surprised if such practices were still legal today.
But a guardian can also be a non-legal term for someone who looks after another person. Depending on the situation, that could be a parent, another family member, a god parent or adoptive parent, or anyone else who ends up looking after another person. My guess is that the mum in My ID is Gangnam Beauty just meant that he sounded like someone who is responsible for looking after another person, whether as a parent or some other capacity.
The term "guardian comes" up often in drama, but that is of course the English version. I have yet to actually catch the term in Korean, which is part of what is driving me crazy about it. Though if I had it, I am still not sure I'd be able to find out what it actually means. The term was used as recently as this year in the drama My ID is Gangnam Beauty. The mother tells her son that he is developing into a proper guardian in relation to how he was treating his love interest.
There is a guardian system in Korea for children and disabled people just like there is in most other countries but not for women in particular. Legally, women have the exact same rights as men (including voting/healthcare/property).
@ devitto, thank you for your reply. Unfortunately I dont have access to that drama since DF shut down so I cant go check. I just know it happened after she beat the snot out of her ex and it's pretty early in the series. You might be right about the bail situation, but it still seems odd to me that a grown woman cant sign herself out. What if she had no family or friends to sign her out, what would she do? Same goes for the hospital situation mentioned in the video, what do you do if you are a single person with no family and you are unconscious and you need emergency medical care? Do they just let you die? And does it work the same for men in those situations as it does for women? I'm sure my incredulity comes from the fact that such things dont happen in the states, but I am still very curious how that all works. The video hints at the gov. there hoping to make a change at least in regards to how an unconscious person receives medical treatment, but I am very curious how it works as whole and if there is any discrimination between men and women, whether it be by law or by custom.
I checked it on Netflix. It's two minutes and ten seconds into episode 7. The ML and the FL's brother show up for the FL and the mother of the FL's ex boyfriend shows up for him. The FL and her ex are both around 30 years old.
According to the English subs, the police officer says "First I need to talk to your guardians." And he asks the mum and brother (who both take a seat) for their IDs. We don't see what happens after that. The next scene is all of them walking out of the police station.
This page, which loosely and briefly summarizes points from some of the episodes, agrees with your hypothesis that the guardians are there to provide bail.
There might be slight differences between countries, but the general rule for medical treatment is that doctors must always obtain consent before providing treatment. The one exception is for emergency treatment. If a patient is not capable of giving consent (e.g. if they are unconscious) and a legal guardian is not available to provide consent, but the patient requires emergency treatment, doctors can do what is immediately medically necessary.
If you face criminal charges and have no friends or family who can provide your bail, you can probably call on a lawyer. If no one provides bail, then the person facing charges would probably have to stay in a holding cell at the police station. I think I've seen dramas where that happens. That would be pretty similar to what happens in the US. If you're charged and can't post bail then you either have to plead guilty or you're held until your trial date. It's a really serious issue. The first segment of this podcast gives a really good overview of the problems with the current bail requirements in the US justice system.
@ AH, thank you so much for your very thorough reply! While I do think the situation with Pretty Noona is a normal bail type situation, I feel like when it comes to medical treatment, if you dont have a guardian, you dont get helped. At least based on that documentary that I posted. One woman is careful to mention that she wouldnt receive treatment even if her life depended on it. From watching so much drama, I get the feeling that being a guardian in SK is a bit different than what it is here in the states and is generally the job of a man/male, which is why the single women in that documentary find it so hard to be single at their ages. They want to be single but worry that they wont receive care without a guardian. It will most likely change pretty soon though, would be my guess. I think SK is really changing a lot in recent years. At least it seems to be based on all the blog post comments I've been reading from expats living in SK. ff782bc1db
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