“The Glory” is a Korean drama sequence with 2 seasons. Season 1 was launched in 2022, with 8 episodes, and Season 2 was launched in 2023, with 8 episodes. Each are streaming on Netflix.
“The Glory” has a standard sufficient plot. Moon Dong-Eun was viciously bullied in highschool. Her physique exhibits the entire outward scars. One can solely think about what her interior scars are like. When she grows up she takes revenge on those that bullied her and is much more vicious.
♦ Even Although You Get Bullied, You Can Nonetheless Dream
“The Glory” begins by introducing Moon Dong-Eun, a mean unusual poor scholar who simply needed to make it by highschool. Sadly, she turned the sufferer of a number of college bullies.
The ring chief of the bullies was one other highschool lady named Park Yeon-Jin. She was as fairly and petty as they arrive, and he or she had a dream. All she needed to do when she grew up was marry a wealthy man, have a baby, and dwell an opulent life fortunately ever after. Moon Dong-Eun had a dream too. Her dream was to destroy Park Yeon-Jin’s dream.
Ever play Go? Go is a strategic board sport that originated in historical China. It’s a really compelling sport. You battle in opposition to your opponent silently and also you tear their home down. Should you’re good on the sport, you’ll be able to play for cash. That’s what Moon Dong-Eun did. She wanted cash for her revenge dream, and a faculty trainer’s wage wouldn’t be sufficient.
♦ Revenge is Scary and Lethal
In “The Glory”, there have been 5 (5) bullies, plus a nasty college trainer who had retired. Getting revenge on the varsity trainer was a chunk of cake! Subsequent, Moon Dong-Eun met up with one of many guys who used to bully her in highschool. He was nonetheless the identical.
In different phrases, he was nonetheless dumb and lacked ambition. The one distinction between then and now was that he couldn’t scare Moon Dong-Eun anymore. Now when she appeared him within the face, her eyes spit daggers.
Since he had not achieved something in his life nor had he garnered any wealth, what may Moon Dong-Eun do to get her revenge on him? Straightforward! Trick him!
Moon Dong-Eun was extra lucky than one other bully sufferer. She lived. The opposite lady died and it was written off as a suicide. However Moon Dong-Eun knew she was murdered and he or she knew who the killer was. She advised the man who bullied her to confront the killer. Certainly the killer would need to conceal the reality and would gladly pay him to maintain his mouth shut.
The man’s bought all excited. This was an excellent plan!! Shortly after their encounter, the man went lacking. DUM-DUH-DUM-DUMB!!
His fellow bullies appeared for him however didn’t report back to the police as lacking. Why? As a result of if the police began investigating a lacking particular person the police may uncover their evil deeds. Bullying was not the one rotten felony factor they did.
The revenge scheme goes in line with plan. The trainer and one fool bully had been eradicated. Solely 4 (4) extra bullies left.
For Moon Dong-Eun, finishing up revenge won’t be straightforward, however some issues assist to make it simpler for her.
- For one factor, once you confront bullies about their previous deeds, they keep in mind after which react by making an attempt to cowl it up. Their response usually makes issues worse for them.
- One other factor is that bullies are solely loyal to themselves. In the event that they should betray the opposite bullies to avoid wasting themselves, they’ll do it.
Why do bullies by no means notice that victims can come again? “You reap what you sow.”
Primary Characters:
- Moon Dong-Eun (performed by Track Hye-Kyo)
- Park Yeon-Jin (performed by Lim Ji-Yeon, “Spiritwalker“)
- Joo Yeo-Jeong (performed by Lee Do-Hyun)
- Ha Do-Yeong (performed by Jung Sung-Il)
- Jeon Jae-Jun (performed by Park Sung-Hoon, “The Kidnapping Day“)
Viewership and Ranking:
- IMDb: 8.1 out of 10 stars
- MyDramaList: 9 out of 10 stars
- Dramabeans: 9.3 out of 10 stars
My private score is 9 out of 10 stars. “The Glory” deserved and acquired superb recognition. “The Glory” gained a number of awards at varied 2023 award ceremonies:
- Finest Drama Sequence, Asian Academy Artistic Awards (AACA) Gala Ultimate.
- Three Awards on the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards: Finest Drama Award; Finest Actress Award; and Finest Supporting Actress Award.
- Two awards on the Blue Dragon Sequence Awards: Grand Prize (Daesang); and Finest Supporting Actress.
The dialogue on this Ok-drama sequence that struck me was when one of many bullies tried to threaten her if she did something to his younger daughter. She mentioned harming his daughter was not her intention. Then she added: “However you understand … I used to be additionally somebody’s daughter.”
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♦ Netflix Ok-Content material. “The Glory | Official Trailer | Netflix [ENG SUB].” YouTube Video. YouTube, December 15, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqVVrTvrI8U.
♦ Netflix. “The Glory Half 2 | Official Teaser | Netflix.” YouTube Video. YouTube, February 9, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haF6q1N5vJo&t=1s.
