Tracing the social contradictions and ideological functions of the dramas, I establish the Korean medical drama as a morality play that negotiates the antinomies at the heart of South Korean modernity. I take a genre studies approach in an attempt to understand medical/hospital drama as distinct sub-genre of Korean TV drama. An autistic youth, a North Korea refugee, a vampire, a girl’s high school dropout who fights like a gangster, and a discredited professional: Why are South Korean hospital TV dramas so focused on the figure of the outsider and the Other? In addressing this question, I present an analysis of Good Doctor (KBS, 2013), Doctor Stranger (SBS, 2014), and Doctor Romantic (SBS, 2016), with additional references to Doctors (SBS, 2016), Blood (KBS, 2015), and Life (JTBC & Netflix, 2018).
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