Ep 137: Anna (Director’s Cut) and Fearless Women with Intention

[Spoiler Alert] Grace discusses the director’s cut version of Anna (Coupang Play, 2022) based on the novel Intimate Stranger by Chung Han-ah, adapted for the screen by female writer/director Lee Zoo-young. The show stars Bae Suzy, Jung Eun-chae, Kim Jung-han and Park Ye-young. Anna was marred in controversy because the executives of Coupang Play recut the show without the director’s consent or approval down to 6 episodes from the original 8 episodes. Grace recommends everyone to watch the director’s cut which is available on Amazon Prime in the US. Anna is both a fetishization and critique of wealth, power, and South Korean elite society. The show explores fearlessness, feminism, wealth critique, education critique, and how a person’s shame can imprison one. Follow @KDramaSchool on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Visit https://www.kdramaschool.com/ to learn more.