Caterpillar to Butterfly: Transformation in Strangers From Hell (2019)

a comparative rambling taking Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis and using it to decipher the societal critiques presented in the South Korean drama Strangers From Hell (2019)

Finally Finished: 愿我如星君如月| Oops! The King is in Love (2020)

While allowing itself to remain humorous and light at heart, this gender-bent tale efficiently, yet shallowly, explores imperial politics and the societal value of love.