Team Suho or Team Seojun: Exploring Second Male Lead Syndrome in K-Dramas

By: Sandra Vo, Staff Writer

Those familiar with the K-drama scene will know instantly what the phrase “Second Male Lead Syndrome” entails. But for those who aren’t K-drama connoisseurs, Second Male Lead Syndrome refers to when the female lead is stuck in a love triangle with two male leads, and the viewer ends up rooting for the second male lead (the guy does not get the girl).

It’s a painful and heartbreaking experience, for both the viewer and the second male lead. So why is it such a popular trope in so many K-dramas?

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Where Did Movies Go?

By: Jane O’Neil, Staff Writer

If you’re like me, then before pandemic took the world, you paid some attention to what films were supposed to have been released in 2020. However, for many of these major motion pictures and other films of excitement such as the new “Duneremake by Denis Villaneuve or “The French Dispatch by Wes Anderson, the release dates have been pushed far into 2021 for theatrical and digital release. But, even so, a number of films were released in 2020 that didn’t get quite as much spotlight as they deserve.

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