K-Drama School - Ep 24: Stairway to Heaven and a Good Dad with Christoph Schmid

Published: June 14, 2021, 7 a.m.

[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses Stairway to Heaven (2003, SBS) and the show\u2019s director Lee Jang-soo\u2019s directorial imprint on the \u201cheaven trilogy\u201d shows he helms. Grace breaks down the meaning of \u201cmakjang\u201d drama in the context of televisuality and political economy which affected Y2K socio-cultural habits such as spending and consumption in South Korea. Grace then has a chat with her dear friend and hilarious Berlin-based comedian Christoph Schmid (@topf52 on Instagram) about fatherhood to a toddler, how much they hate online comedy, Christoph\u2019s pilot, why Grace turned down a Fox TV offer, addiction to disrespectful men, questions we wished we could\u2019ve asked our angry yet mysterious fathers before they died very suddenly, and how to process grief. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit kdramachool.com to learn more. Next week, we discuss Thank You (2007, MBC).