The revenge genre is perhaps the single greatest, most unique expression of South Korea's storytelling flexibility across television and film. It's produced timeless hits like Park Chan-wook's Vengeance Trilogy, and inspired ill-fated Western attempts to capture its greatness. But a big aspect of what makes South Korean revenge storytelling work, particularly in K-dramas, is the sliding scale to which it applies its moral ambiguity, with often spectacularly compelling results.


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