Unrealistic representation of students in dramas

Article: The weird representation of students on TV

Source: Kyunghyang News via Naver

Article talks about the changing ways students are represented in dramas. In 1996, dramas had realistic characters that depicted the worries and problems of their generation, whereas now, high school students are seen driving around luxury cars and getting into marriage schemes.

1. [+1,295, -29] Yeah, I've been wanting to see some fresh, youthful characters but there's none of that lately... All of the female leads are so weird.. seeing ghosts in the library, telemarketing, scriptwriting at 30, delivering pizza, dish washing, even going to jail....... meanwhile, all of the male leads are chaebols.

2. [+882, -12] Students on TV lately are too extreme

3. [+820, -12] Maybe because I'm in my late twenties now but I really can't stand these embarrassing dramas anymore...

4. [+639, -51] Because people live vicariously through them... there will always be people who want to live these type of lives. These dramas are meant for those people to live out what they can't in reality anyway.

5. [+202, -3] You honestly can't call the students in Boys Over Flowers real students

6. [+116, -3] I want to watch a realistic drama for once... All of them are always about falling in love with chaebols... tsk tsk, scriptwriters with no imaginations.

7. [+113, -4] Not only that, but the students wear excessive make up, hair styles, and short skirt lengths. At least dress them appropriately so that kids don't watch and copy.

8. [+93, -4] Korean dramas have one formula and it's handsome rich man plus a pretty but poor girl. Mix in some makjang and you've got yourself a standard plot.

9. [+91, -14] I want a zombie drama... zombies are the trend lately.

10. [+82, -6] I think 'Goong' messed up the school concept in dramas because every school drama since then has been unrealistic aside from 'Banollim 2' and 'School 2013'.

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