Dramaworld

Dramaworld (2016) profile

• Drama: Dramaworld
• Country: South Korea
• Episodes: 10
• Aired: Apr 17, 2016 - May 15, 2016
• Aired On: Sunday
• Original Network: Viki
• Duration: 20 min.
• Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older
• Related Content
• Dramaworld 2 (Korean sequel)
• Native Title: 드라마월드
• Also Known As: Deuramawoldeu
• Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama, Supernatural

Dramaworld (2016) plot

Claire Duncan is a 20-year old college student obsessed with Korean Drama. She's constantly glued to the screen watching her favorite actor, Joon Park, in 'Taste of Love.' Disappointed that her own life isn't nearly as exciting as those within the world of K-drama, Claire desperately wishes that she too could live in the world of 'Taste of Love.' Thanks to a touch of magic, Claire finds her world turned upside-down when she is sucked through her smartphone into the world of 'Taste of Love' and comes face to face with Joon Park himself.

Claire also meets Seth Ko, a waiter who was also magically transported into the world of dramas years ago. With his help, Claire learns to navigate this new place. But her presence begins to throw 'Taste of Love' off-balance, causing other dramas to splice into the series. As things spiral further out of control, Claire realizes she can no longer just watch the drama unfold. She's now part of it, and it's her job to set things right. Before everything falls apart completely.

comments on Dramaworld (2016)

Dramaworld is totally meta and makes fun of a lot of tropes. Tropes that you find in KDramas that is, ie, piggyback riding, karaoke scenes, getting drunk on soju, chaebol family, scheming female second lead - however the ending gave a twist, that you don't find typically in KDramas. If you've watched Dream High, you know what I mean^^

The acting in this was atrocious at parts. Wooden. But it gave me a meta feel still, because there are wooden characters galore typically in KDramas, and I thought it was a faithful representation, lol. The story is ambitious and follows Claire as she enters "Dramaworld" and tries to fix it before it ceases to exist forever. She meets another facilitator, Seth, who seems like a good guy, and he appears to be helping her on the surface. But is he really? At the risk of putting spoilers, I'm not saying anything more Towards the ending, the story broke the fourth wall, which requires a lot of explanation and set-up, but there was no time here. By fourth wall, I mean the characters in the drama (well Joon Park) became aware he was a character in a drama. Although good ending, one has to wonder - is Claire's life now a drama? The ending is so ambiguous and not explained properly, I don't even consider it a spoiler talking about it, because it's open to interpretation.

Also, I was cringing towards the end. SERIOUSLY cringing. However for a web-series and a collaboration between America and Korea - I see this as a stepping stone onto something more awesome. Watch this if you love meta references and you will be swept up in nostalgia :D The reason why my re-watch score is so high (practically unheard of), is because it's short, sweet and I can see myself revisiting the bits I liked, or just watch the Seth bits^^ (Justin Chon and Liv Hewson did a good job)

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