How It All Started
Growing up my mom had a dvd collection; that I would sneak and watch when she wasn’t there; cause some of them dvds were "too grown" for me, and the ones that weren’t, she just didn’t want me scratching them up. I’d be watching movies from Baby Boy, Brown Sugar, Waiting to Exhale, to catch me if you can, Shrek, Robot... the list goes on. This planted a seed for my appreciation of a wide range of film/series. But it wasn’t until my brother gave me his old Macbook that I really fell in love with it.
Getting that laptop was the best thing ever; It was my awakening to media. I'd be scouring up and down the internet for something to watch, finding one good movie after another. One day I came across Hulu (this was during their free era) and started roaming their catalog, especially the international ones. Which led me to finding out about British comedies and their crude humor (they're the best at it), the world of indie films, and eventually, my love for Korean storytelling. It started with the film Silenced/The crucible. A powerful yet heartbreaking Korean film that tugged at my heart for days, causing me to google the story and then main lead actor Gong Yoo and … BOOM I was obsessed.
Watching these dramas wasn’t just a hobby for me; it was also something I bonded over with my little sister. As an older sister, I introduced her to Kdramas. Every week, or every other week, after finishing a new series or movie I tell her about it, then we watched it together. We'd laugh, cry, get angry (especially with the school dramas) and share thoughts about the characters and plot twists. I loved recapping and recommending dramas for her to watch. Dramas that she would never watch on her own lol. Those moments are the inspiration that lead me to start Unnie and Her Dramas. The word ‘Unnie’ is Korean for an older sister or an older female friend, and it felt like the perfect representation of the connection I have with my sister. But now she's older (not older than me, like she grew up) and too busy for my drama rants. So I bringing my rants here! Think of me as the (big) sis that lives for dramas… not actual drama. The ones you watch.
Expect to see a variety of dramas: Korean (a lot of this); Black cinema (from all over the world); Japanese; Chinese; and Thai; plus a mix of other international films and shows.