Ep 124: Queenmaker and Korean Air’s Nut Rage with Connor Hangsleben

[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the show Queenmaker (2023, Netflix) written by Moon Ji-young. Queenmaker takes inspiration from Korean Air’s Cho family scandals related to staff abuse. Kim Hee-ae’s role as Do-hee is an exploration of how a person who tolerated and participated in corruption turns her life around through vengeance. Kim Hee-ae’s K-drama queendom also plays a meta role in crowning veteran indie and art house film actress Moon So-ri as a K-drama queen through this show. Grace’s guest is comedian Connor Hangsleben. They discuss restaurant work, white girl problems versus Black men problems, the validity of “twin cities,” Grace’s relationship to Minnesota, incest in Iceland and North Dakota, and farm life. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.