K-Drama School - Ep 114: Crash Course in Romance and Condom Wrapped Banana Talisman

[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show Crash Course in Romance (tvN, 2023) starring Jeon Do-yeon and Jung Kyung-ho. Grace goes into actress Jeon Do-yeon’s impressive entertainment career which she’s been in since the year 1990. Grace is speaks highly of Crash Course in Romance’s noble attempt at raising awareness around mental health, emotional well-being, childhood trauma, and overachievement despite physical incapacitation but is disappointed at the show's failure to address any of them sufficiently by leaving huge gaps on what proper protocol is when a young person has a psychological breakdown. Grace’s guest is LA-based actor and improv comedian Ron Song (@ronssong on Instagram) who recently transitioned into becoming a full-time actor. They discuss condom-wrapped bananas hanging in front of rural Korean houses to ward off pregnancy, 1990s South Korea, the significance of rice among Koreans, the spiritual embeddedness of Japanese colonial influence over the Korean peninsula, the self-induced shame among Korean children and parents, jumping head on into one’s dreams, and being part of a creative Asian American community in LA. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/to learn more.