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During recent years, many cock-and-bull soaps were big success in Korea. The writers seem to focus on the most absurd and extreme stories ever and the ratings are better as the stories are more extreme and more absurd. Many people say that they watch even though they dislike the stories. Anyway, this is another cock-and-bull soap, people say. The husband's being gay may only serve one of many obstacles the heroine(wife) has to deal with. But it is what matters that the show is gay-themed anyway. I have never had the chance to watch the show. Maybe I will catch up with the previous episodes soon. Or not?

Based on the novel of same title, Crystal Boys portrays gay boys who became outsiders because their home and society couldn't embrace them. Most of the music used in the soap was conducted by Tan Zong-pei, a famous Taiwanese cello player. I bought the OST recently. This is the dvd cover of the soap. Thanks to one of my friends, I could buy the dvd set. All I need to do is to learn Chinese...???

Personal Taste is an MBC show based on the novel of same title. It deals with a romance between a woman who gets tired of lover's lies and thinks that she needs a gay roommate and a man who is searching for a room and mistaken as gay. In this show, there are many gay characters. Even though most of them are so stereo-typed, But I think it's better than invisible. The real problem is that the script is not so good. No wonder because the novel is not that impressive. But I welcome this show, even though some people think that it's not good enough for those excellent actors and actresses in the show. Well, anyway better than nothing.

Currently, two gay-themed soaps are on Korean public TV networks. One is Beautiful Life and the other is Personal Taste . Beautiful Life shows the lives of big family members' in Che-ju Island. They encounter many burdens in their daily lives. But they overcome helping each other. That's the main theme of this show. One of the family members is gay and under lots of pressure of marriage. Not like in Western culture, in Asia it is expected to get married when he/she reaches certain age. Family members and even co-workers keep asking about personal life without boundaries. So it's not easy to live a closeted life in this situation. This character faces the same trouble. He's a doctor and in his 30's. No one doubts that he has to settle down with a good girl. But he's gay and starts to see a good guy (who suffered from forced marriage and now is a divorce'). Family members, not knowing anything about his being gay, expect him to get marr...