(Eng Sub) The 2010 Kdrama Starring a Married Gay Couple

[@youi3032]

I dont kow why I'm watching this english video😂, but as Koreans, I want to explain more! I'm not good at English, but I hope people recognize that this drama was amazing at that time in Korea!! I heard Jeju Island is more conservative than peninsula such as Seoul, Busan, Incheon... , especially for elder people from my Jeju friends. If I remember correctly(I was younger), the first mega hit queer movie is 왕의 남자(it's historical movie, The Royal Jester, literally translation is the man of the king). And 2008, I watched lesbian couple on drama (The Paint of the wind, also historical drama). And then 2010 Life is beautiful was aired. It was meaningful that the gay couple was mentioned on the main airwaves(KBS, MBC, SBS). In addition, Life is beautiful was a weekend drama, so the backlash was even more severe at that time. This is because weekend evening dramas are more conservative than weekday evening dramas.(I think Korea is still conservative country even though we're changing and accept?embrace? rapidly) Anyway, this drama is so good plz watching this!

[@Pastellyn]

Your english is great! I had no idea Jeju was a conservative area of Korea. Hopefully we’ll see more progressive dramas like Life is Beautiful in the future! And thank you for offering your perspective

[@PaDaloyalty24]

where can i watch full ep with eng sub?

[@roboticfeelings]

I was so happy to find this video

[@Pastellyn]

aaaaa I'm so glad you enjoyed this video!! Life is Beautiful is one of my all-time favorite dramas and it warms my heart that there are others who appreciate this drama as well.

[@hendrakurwanto2809]

Where to watch?

[@veeva99]

I watched life is beautiful for the first time when I was 18 and I joked around with my best friend that Tae-sub and Kyung-soo were my gay dads. I loved them as a couple and every few years I return to the series just to watch it all again. To this day it's one of my favorite K-dramas, which says a lot with the amount of them I've watched over the years. I'm 25 now, and I would like to think that this drama helped me become a better person in some way, maybe not anything big but it changed me regardless

[@Pastellyn]

@@veeva99 oh my god?? I feel like we’re the same person! I watched the show when I was younger, too, and Taesub and Kyungsoo immediately became comfort characters for me :’) it’s always awesome to hear that someone enjoyed this show as much as I did!

[@veeva99]

@@Pastellyn it really is great to find likeminded people when it comes to this show. It really is a underrated gem

[@uselessaccount7540]

thank you so much for this video!! I’m honestly shocked at how I’d never even heard if the series! This is SUCH a turn from even classic contemporary BLs, and to think it aired in KOREA and in 2010! Thank you so much for this review!!

[@admaker07]

I wish it could now be released worldwide. I am watching snippets of this series many years later. It would be heartwarming to see the whole run of the series.

[@antidave]

Honestly this show will always have a special place in my heart.

[@jrwxtx]

I still hopeful that someone at SBS will eventually come to their senses and see that there is a market for this drama.

[@mmmliciouslydelicious1457]

Life Is Beautiful was my last Kdrama that I watched in full length. After that, I'm not interested anymore in other conventional Kdrama up until now. That's just how powerful this drama is and become my number one Kdrama ultimately. Fortunately we have Korean BL nowadays so no more Kdrama for me except for Life Is Beautiful. Thanks for your informative and entertaining video.

[@stephanusarilaksono]

i first watched some clips of this drama back when i was still in the closet on youtube, probably in 2014. it helped me navigate through my journey of accepting my sexuality. i came out in 2015 to my friends and family. somehow it gave me courage, to tell them and the realistic depiction of the goods and the bads that might happen to me surely helped. thanks for talking about this. despite them being the main characters, the whole family is just warm and lovely.... despite the many episodes it has, it's definitely worth our time. "Life is Beautiful" is definitely beautiful❤

[@Pastellyn]

I’m so happy this show helped you navigate coming out! I had a similar experience- I watched this show before I came out to my (conservative) family, so this show will always have a special place in my heart. Thank you for watching!

[@Pastellyn]

You can watch Life is Beautiful on the SBS website (without subs) and dramacool/kissasian (with subs)! Note: I know many of you guys expected my next video to be about IPYTM. I watched the series a few weeks ago, and uh... I didn't really like it. I was originally planning to publish a review of the series, but to be completely honest, I really don't enjoy making negative videos/talking about series I don't like. It's mentally and emotionally exhausting, and to put it plainly, I'm really not up for it right now. Maybe sometime in the future I'll get around to talking about it--buttttt anyways, I'm super sorry if you were looking forward to my review. As always, thank you for watching!

[@Pastellyn]

Glad you enjoyed this! The struggle with 3rd party hentai ads is real 😭 I’m thinking about reviewing 1000 Stars next, and I’m also super hyped for Between Us the series! 💕

[@katjaloevendahl]

I saw part of Life is beautiful back in 2010, only those with Tae sub and Kyung Soo. I saw all of these episodes New Year's Eve. It took me three years, to see all of the episodes. This was my first kdrama. Love it, and still look it up sometimes.

[@ahhlizzuhbeth]

thank you!!!!! i've watched about 4 family weekend kdramas (50-55 hour episodes) now from online recommendations and they were nice and they made me feel good in parts for sure, but by the time i got to the 3rd and 4th drama, it was 'fatiguing' to have all the characters get paired up like clockwork. in all 4 dramas, families with 3-5 children and even the side character relatives all go through a mini standard kdrama arc of boy meets girl --> they get married or it's only a matter of time until they do. i was starting to wonder if there was no other life path, or no other version of a happily ever after they wanted the audience to see...enter: your video on my sub feed! :) it makes me a bit annoyed that this drama isn't recommended more often (literally the first time i've heard of it) and i'm annoyed at myself too for not looking around hard enough. but thank you for doing the lord's work! I'll start this one asap!

[@Pastellyn]

I totally get what you mean! It’s fatiguing seeing the same story told over and over again. I guarantee that Life is Beautiful is “a breath of fresh air” when it comes to family kdramas. So glad I could shed some light on this series- thank you for watching!

[@jrwxtx]

I watched this series years ago via clips on KZbin in the US. I was hooked immediately and went looking for comments by the actors during various interviews. I remember there was one panel where both the actors were discussing the reason for no kiss between the characters. The clip I saw was subtitled in English, but when I tried to find the interview later, I could only find the Korean version. Anyway, they both implied it was because SBS put the pressure on the writer and producers to delete kissing scenes that the writer had originally in the script. Both actors felt that there should have been a serious kiss between the characters. There was also a great photo shop of Lee Sang Woo kissing Song Chang-eui that a fan made. It was photo shopped from a different K-drama with Lee Sang Woo and an actress--who I can't remember.

[@Pastellyn]

Omg I know exactly which videos you’re talking about. Small world, isn’t it? It’s unfortunate that the show is so hard to access in the states, though. Maybe one day a streaming service will pick it up.

[@jrwxtx]

@@Pastellyn: I found the video with the photo shop of KyungSoo & TaeSub. It is a video on YT titled KyungSoo & Tae Sub Love Story. The channel is: kyungsoo&taesub. Yesung sings the song on the video. The photo shop is the very end of the video. Perhaps you will recognize the Lee Sang Woo photo. It also has Vietnamese subs.

[@jrwxtx]

@@Pastellyn: I found the interview on YT with Song Chang Eui & Lee Sang Woo. The search title is: 100605 Song Chang Eui & Lee Sangwoo Interview. I am not sure if this is the same video that I originally saw with English subtitles that might have been removed, or a different one without subtitles. If you find one with subtitles, please advise. Thanks so much.

[@gb9492]

Thank you so much! Through this video I discovered this amazing drama and absolutely adorable couple

[@alext1054]

I watched this whole series years ago on KZbin and it was EXTREMELY well written and well acted! Absolutely beautiful story 🤎🤎

[@breewatchesyoutube]

Thank you for your video on this drama, I have not heard of it before, and this is so interesting to me to learn about!

[@angelicaalvarado215]

I was just thinking about re-watching this for the 3rd time. I'm glad I found this video. Thank you! 😊

[@hendrakurwanto2809]

Where to watch?

[@gosiame1]

Did I see it says 63 episodes?? Yikes!! That requires REAL commitment.

[@Pastellyn]

Yeah, it’s pretty long 😂 definitely not something you can finish in one sitting, but I’d still recommend it (if you have the time, of course!)

[@embreis2257]

14:17 'why have so few people heard of this drama?' in case you are interested: I am an older West European who discovered _Life is Beautiful_ around 2018 and watched excerpts of it on YT. if it didn't elude me (and noone would claim I'm anywhere near the intended target audience) then maybe it is more widely known than you expect. regardless, it's a shame it didn't receive more love from the network.

[@Pastellyn]

Life is Beautiful definitely has a cult following on KZbin and other platforms, but yeah I guess what I meant is that the network doesn’t really recognize its success unfortunately. Hopefully they will treat newer series differently :(

[@moonchild3261]

Thank you for your videos. I appreciate that you want to share what you enjoy and find comforting with us. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.

[@Pastellyn]

This comment made my night! Thank you so much!

[@randrews25]

Your vid makes me want to write some more fanfiction about these two! I just love them (and the show) to bits!

[@fairydoll9266]

i remember watching the cut scenes featuring this couple and had no idea

[@merdas2556]

What i get is a road to nostalgia and the feelings I have for this Drama What you get from this video alone is a sub and a like For this video *and* the jokes in it, you get a sub, a like and my eternal gratitude :')

[@Pastellyn]

What a sweet comment! Thank you so much! ❤️

[@embreis2257]

3:32 just to be clear: did Korea pass an _Equal Opportunities Act_ by now?

[@Pastellyn]

to the best of my knowledge, no :(

[@embreis2257]

@@Pastellyn that's regrettable. unfortunately, even advanced western countries are in no position to gloat. for example, the US may have passed some equality laws but a constitutional amendment to secure all that has been in the works since 1972 and never passed the necessary threshold, all deadlines expired by now. in Italy, lobbying by the Catholic church has repeatedly prevented the passing of laws aimed at improving the case for victims of hate crimes (gay bashing etc); also not encouraging was a recent poll conducted in Denmark, the first country which provided a legal framework for same-sex civil partnerships back in 1989. more than 30yrs later around 30% of Danish men still consider laws like this (and subsequent updates to same-sex marriages) as unnecessary or even wrong.

[@Pastellyn]

@@embreis2257 Yikes! I had no idea that was happening in Denmark. Although the US isn’t doing better by any means, especially with Texas’ recent anti trans legislation

[@crackle6875]

Someone should discover the perfect song to use in a fanvid that strings together the running gag of people falling when an episode ends. There’s only a few episodes that don’t end with someone falling down or getting tripped. 😂

[@Pastellyn]

omg you're so right!! I think "Hard Knock Life" would fit pretty well lol

[@crackle6875]

@@Pastellyn LOL. Someone post a link if they ever make or find this fanvid.

[@visitingting743]

this is a BRILLIANT DRAMA ... i meant it seriously ... every casts, every acts was amazing ... if u like a drama that is not only about love story, the rich love the poor, and aything like that, then u have to watch this drama... this is about family with any porblems that might be happen in a family... to show how brilliant this drama is, for example, you dont like one of the main character, even if u skip his/her scene, u can still get the storyline ... for me, i skipped Ho Sub and Yoen Ju scenes when they started to date yet i still can get the whole storyline, you guys have to watch this drama ...

[@kalissiaamarelo204]

This was the second kdrama I second and it’s still my favorite I love it. So ahead of its time!

[@DarkElfofVulcan]

What happened? Christianity. Christianity happened. Just as it always happens. -_- Still, I saw the Tae Sub and Kyung-Soo cut on KZbin back when. It's still one of the best portrayals of a queer couple I've ever seen. They're just, people. And get to be people. And I wish there was more of that.

[@crackle6875]

I’ve rewatched parts of this series several times. (^.^) Some other family dramas to check out are Go! Mrs.Go! & Working Mom Parenting Dad.

[@hendrakurwanto2809]

Where to watch?

[@crackle6875]

@@hendrakurwanto2809 If you want to watch any of these with English subtitles*, you likely won't find them on anywhere's but fan translation sites; you might also be able to see if you can buy a dvd of them on a site like Yesasia. If you're searching for them on websites & aren't picking up any results, make sure to check for them under the other titles they are sometimes translated as (mydramalist is a good source for this). *Was there a language other than English that you would want the subtitles to be in?

[@gummynoodles9036]

I just watched and it absolutely fantastic

[@gummynoodles9036]

The gay couple is normal and not comedic like in other kdramas

[@jka1165]

I was able to search it up 2 years ago but I am sceptical watching it considering the number of episodes and it length on each 😅

[@Pastellyn]

Lmao totally understandable! It is super long, but if you just watch the parts with Tae-Sub and Kyung-Soo it’s more manageable

[@ijustmakeplaylists905]

Haha it's definitely a long one but it gives me the feels and I've actually even rewatched it a few times so it's worth at least trying

[@user-xj4vm4fh8b]

Tell me why I watched so many Korean independent queer movies and series and I still haven’t watched it I need to watch it

[@evardmcintosh8722]

I remember watching this in uni in canada.

[@phililen3]

I wonder what would happen if i uploaded it for download.

[@loneshewolf6015]

I only get to see it partially... But I fell in love... If I get to watch the full series I. Promise I will sub it... I can translate from Hangeul...

[@klararosengren5314]

I SO WANT TO SEE THIS😍😱

[@zoeythedoubletrouble-4254]

❤❤❤

[@fallenkitty1235]

Are you going to talk about I promised you the moon?

[@ektapanot1760]

Where can I watch this show free

[@Pastellyn]

It’s available on SBS’ website for free (without English subtitles) and dramacool (with subtitles)!

[@chiarapanozzo6800]

u have pokimane voice, just a thought

[@civivva4501]

Do the couple kiss?

[@irememberla6460]

No they never did. Just affectionate hugs

[@thesuperboy]

@pastellyn hey where can one watch this show

[@Pastellyn]

Heya! Unfortunately there’s no int’l streaming service that has Life is Beautiful, but you can find it unsubbed on the official SBS website or on sites like Dramacool/Kissasian/etc