"Thank You"

I was watching a drama on the AZN channel entitled, “Thank You.” This drama is about a little girl who has AIDS and how she slowly breaks down stereotypes surrounding the disease. The little girl lives with her mother in a place called “Blue Island.” The only way to the mainland is by ferry. This island is a very agrarian area and, based on dialogue by the characters, if you need to do or buy anything, you have to go to Seoul. So, throughout the drama, there is a class tension between the characters and amenities in Seoul vs. the provincial, agrarian lifestyle of those who lived on Blue Island. Due to the lighthearted nature of the drama (the message of the drama is that if you are kind to people, they will eventually accept you), the class-ism is neither a main nor an overt theme in this drama. However, it was an interesting aspect to note in this entry.

This drama could also be labeled as a medical drama due to the fact that the main, male characters are doctors and there are several scenes that take place in the emergency room. What is interesting about “Thank You,” is that during these medical scenes, there would be subtitles that pop up, supplementing the dialogue with explanations of medical terms. Because of the seemingly educational effect of this drama in the definition of medical terms and the promotion of awareness about AIDS, “Thank You” goes against the postmodernist theory of popular culture.