Understanding Kdrama: Blind Dates Of Many Kinds

Kdramas are full of funny blind dates but maybe one of the funniest takes place in the comedy "I Do I Do," when Park Gun Hyung demonstrates his technique for discouraging the blind dates his parents arrange.

He convinces his dates he is a mama's boy by talking nonstop about his mom and then if that fails, he always takes out his mascara. That usually scares women away but in this case he has met his match in Kim Sun Ah, a woman who also has no interest in blind dates.

It's not the only incident of kdrama characters trying to get out of blind dates arranged by their parents. In "Coffee Prince," Gong Yoo uses Yoon Eun Hye, who he thinks is a boy, to make potential blind dates think he's gay.

Why go on blind dates if you are not interested in finding a mate? In Korea, it may be a matter of social pressure, your parents, your friends, even your boss, encouraging you to find that special person you are destined to marry. And there are several kinds of blind dates in Korea.

To read the article, visit kdramastars.com.

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