BTS Made Us Do It: Oldboy Deep Dive

About this episode

The episode discusses the film Oldboy, inspired by BTS's music video, exploring its themes and controversial elements.

Inspired by BTS's music video for 2.0, we finally scratched a task off our Kdrama bucket list: Watch Oldboy. Did we enjoy it? Debatable. Do we have a lot to talk about? Of course we do! Listen as we get into all the octopus-eating and taboo plotlines of Oldboy, a 2003 Korean movie directed by Park Chan-Wook. Ready to download your first audiobook? Don't forget to click HERE for your free Audible trial. *Audible is a sponsor of Afternoona Delight Podcast* Are your family and friends sick of you talking about K-drama? We get it...and have an answer. Join our AfterNoona Delight Patreon and find community among folks who get your obsession. And check out www.afternoonadelight.com for more episodes, book recs and social media goodness. And don't forget about the newest member of our network: Afternoona Asks where diaspora Asians living in the West find ways to reconnect to Asian culture via Asian/KDramas. Last but CERTAINLY not least....love BTS? Or curious what all the fuss is about? Check out our sister pod Afternoona Army for takes on Bangtan life. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Topics covered

• Kdrama
• Oldboy
• BTS
• film analysis
• Korean cinema
• taboo themes

Keywords

• Oldboy
• BTS
• Kdrama
• Park Chan-Wook
• Korean film
• octopus-eating
• taboo plotlines

Sponsors

Audible

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Afternoona Delight, Afternoona Asks, Afternoona Army

Books & works: Oldboy

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