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Post by TheBo on Apr 24, 2011 15:27:25 GMT -5
I hope you're having a happy Easter, if you celebrate. I'll post tomorrow. (4/24)
Okay, so I'm late (4/26). Surprise! ;D These ministers are pretty childish. Even if they hate Danwon, their venom toward Yun is pretty inexcusable.
And that was THE most gruesome ending to the episode, although I think they telegraphed it. I saw it coming.
Bo
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Post by bird11 on May 30, 2011 21:04:33 GMT -5
Hi-- I know am behind schedule on this drama, but I had a general history question to ask......In so many historical dramas that I have watched there seems to always be a queen or some other lady in a high posistion that is against the King. Is this true to life? or is it just added to add drama to the drama? In this story the lady (queen?) is the King's mother (I think that is what I remember) and I cant understand how a close relative could be so against the King just because he wants to do things his way-- after all he is the KING! Any information, comments  ? thanks! ;D |
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Post by chuck on May 30, 2011 21:25:02 GMT -5
It's my understanding the Queen Mother was the King's mother-in-law, not his natural mother. That would make their enmity a lot more natural, so to speak.
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Post by TheBo on May 31, 2011 13:45:58 GMT -5
Chuck, this drama's "villain" queen was the king's step-grandmother, not his mother in law. He calls her Grandmother in the earlier episodes and refers to when his grandfather married her.
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Post by TheBo on May 31, 2011 13:48:53 GMT -5
Bird, I think what is true to life is that there were factions vying over power in the court, and one of the ways they won this power was to marry their daughters into the royal family. So, the dowager queen was from a family that wanted power over what the king did, and they got it first by having her marry the much-older King Yeongjo, then she became the powerful dowager queen during the reign of Yeongjo's grandson, King Jeongjo.
Bo
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Post by bird11 on May 31, 2011 22:07:56 GMT -5
Thanks Bo, Chuck-- that makes a lot of sense, especially when you think about how much arranged marriages seems to be a fabric of this culture. It just seems strange when the King has HIS protrait painted, he relies on a group of people to tell him if they like the painting-- he is the king, he should be the one that says he likes it-- but I guess traditions are what they are and they need to be followed. Almost afraid to watch to see what happens next.......
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Post by TheBo on Jun 1, 2011 12:29:34 GMT -5
I agree, bird. However, I don't think it was a matter of whether the king likes his portrait. Since the portrait is a physical representation of the king, it actually IS the king, in proxy, so it has the same rights and protections. Under this heavy burden, the portrait must be prosecuted and successfully defended as worthy. That is what all the fuss is about.
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Post by TheBo on Jun 6, 2011 11:47:52 GMT -5
Moved 2 posts to Ep.13 thread--see my notes there.
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? thanks! ;D