Dulcé Sloan Knows Every Trope, Archetype, and Inevitable Plot Point of K-Dramas

About this episode

Dulcé Sloan discusses her love for K-Dramas and their predictable patterns while also evaluating classic silent movie melodramas.

Dulcé Sloan has been in your American television many times, appearing as correspondent and guest host of The Daily Show, doing stand up on Conan, and voice acting on The Great North. But she doesn’t have much time to watch her own shows because she’s too busy getting chin deep in Korean dramas, studying their patterns, delighting in the long built-up kisses, and talking about them on her new podcast Chasing K-Dramas. She tells us a great deal about these television programs, why they’re inherently predictable, and why she loves them so much regardless. Plus, Dulcé plays a round of In The Cart Or On The Shelf and evaluates some classic silent movie melodramas of the Nineteen-Teens.

People in this episode

Host: John Moe

Guest: Dulcé Sloan

Topics covered

• K-Dramas
• television
• predictability
• comedy
• interviews

Keywords

• K-Dramas
• Dulcé Sloan
• television tropes
• silent movies
• comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Daily Show, Conan, The Great North

Books & works: Chasing K-Dramas

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