There are a lot of TV shows or movies which deal with female transvestites. How could a female transvestite, which was even a forbidden topic in the past days, be a popular topic of media? Well, I think that a strong and passionate love which overcame gender attracted many people. The main man character of the TV show or movie loves a woman who dressed up like man even when he knows her as a man. He hesitates to confess his mind because love between same genders is not very normal yet, and there are still underlying social prejudices about it. Also the hero worries about the partner he loves because his love can damage her. However, most of the dramas have happy endings. The hero comes to know that his lover is a woman and all the worries are removed out so that they love each other happily.
There are various kinds of TV show or dramas for example...
1. Scandal of Sungkyunkwan(Korea, 2010)
It is a very hot fusion historical drama that is telecasted at 10 pm every Monday and Tuesday in these days. Sungkyunkwan is a Korean traditional higher educational institution which can be compared to a university nowadays. At that time the distinguish between man and woman was more strict than now, but our heroin disguise as a man and go to Sungkyunkwan to earn money for living for her families. Also, she realizes her dream to study. At that time, studying was only for man so woman could not study. She came to know the pleasure of learning. Also, in Sungkyunkwan she made true friends and meet her lover. Recently her lover came to know that she is not a man but a woman. It is very interesting. The last round will be broadcasted tonight. I am eagerly looking forward watching it!
2. She’s the man(the United States, 2006)
It is a movie which was released 2006. Amanda Bynes, who is the queen of high-teen romance, took the role of the heroine and Channing Tatum who was a hero of Step-up took the role of the hero. The main woman character went to a high school disguised as a boy student. She plays soccer which was her favorite sports with man. She plays hard because she wanted to show that she is better than man soccer player. Anyway she fall in love her roommate, Channing Tatum, who looks very handsome but is a shy boy. Sometimes She and he missed each other but the movie ends with happiness.
3. Coffee prince(Korea, 2007)
It is the first woman transvestite trendy TV show in Korea. Actually I was embarrassed when I first watched this show because the main man character’s name was same with mine. Anyway, the background of this drama is a coffee shop. Our heroin became a waiter of the coffee shop pretending she is a man because the coffee ship employs only men. However, the hero, the owner of the coffee shop, falls in love with her. As his mind growing, he was both happy and sad because he didn’t want to do homosexual love. However, as his mind grew continually, he confessed to her that he loves her even though she was a man. After a while the misunderstanding solved and they come to love each other fervently.
Wow! I didn't realize there were so many of these types of movies and shows. Did you know that "She's the Man" is actually based on a Shakespeare play when a woman dressed up as a man? It is called "Twelfth Night."
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ReplyDeleteI read 'Twelfth Night' but I didn't recognize that the movie was based on the work. Now, I found that the characters' name are same. It is surprising!