Brain” has not received the launch that you might expect for a miniseries made by a significant South Korean filmmaker, one that’s an important building block in Apple TV+’s attempt to upgrade its international content. That seeming lack of planning could be a result of Apple focusing its attention on the show’s release in South Korea; “Dr. But it’s hard not to suspect another culprit: Netflix’s “Squid Game,” and the sudden avalanche of attention it has brought to South Korean television drama. Brain” to Dr. Frankenstein, at the high end, and the mid-1980s helmets-and-electrodes thrillers “Brainstorm” and “Dreamscape,” at the lower end. The real barrier to entry for some viewers may be the sentimentality of the season’s beginning and ending — the need for Korean TV dramas to assert themselves as soap operas to meet their domestic audience’s expectations.

Source: New York Times November 06, 2021 01:33 UTC