K-Drama School – Ep 96: My Roommate is a Gumiho and Adrenaline Rush with Cat Min

[Spoiler Alert] Grace takes a moment to reflect on the tragedy that took place in Itaewon leaving 153 people dead and many others wounded. Her thoughts are with them. Grace discusses the show My Roommate is a Gumiho (2021, tvN and iQIYI) starring Jang Ki-yong and Hyeri, and iQIYI's production on a K-drama since THAAD. She analyzes Shin Woo-yeo’s characteristics as metaphors for male struggles with restraint and just how much the show rips off of Goblin, just like all the other fantasy K-dramas that have been coming out the last few years. Grace also mourns the overuse of Hyeri’s iconic scream on the show. Grace’s guest is Cat Min (@thecatpark on Instagram)—a children’s book author of Shy Willow and her highly anticipated new book The Little Toymaker which hits shelves on November 1, 2022. Cat’s third book entitled The Shadow and the Ghost is already slated for spring 2024 release. The two discuss reframing fear as adrenaline and excited anticipation for what’s to come including uncertainty, how a single word cannot possibly reduce a person down to its meaning because of the wholeness and complexity of an individual, the clearer pathway that comes with a second book, the power of images, the importance of diversity in children’s books, becoming more boldly oneself, therapeutic catharsis that comes with one’s own creative choices, and unconscious creative guidance of the divine. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.