K Drama Chat

1.19 - Conversation with Professor Ernabel Demillo

Episode Summary

We’re still on break after wrapping up with Hotel Del Luna. In this episode, Joanna and Jen have a conversation with Professor Professor Ernabel Demillo, Department Chair of the Communication and Media Culture Department at Saint Peter's University and host of the Emmy-award winning "Asian American Life" show on CUNY-TV. Ernabel talks about her K Drama journey, why she thinks K Dramas are so addicting, whether and how the popularity of K Dramas and KPop are affecting American perceptions Asian Americans and Asian culture, how Asian culture is not monolithic, how the colorful outfits in K Dramas make her think of bouquets of flowers, the recurring theme of identity in her show Asian American Life, and so much more. We laughed nearly the entire episode; come laugh with us!

Episode Notes

We’re still on break after wrapping up with Hotel Del Luna. In this episode, Joanna and Jen have a conversation with Professor Professor Ernabel Demillo, Department Chair of the Communication and Media Culture Department at Saint Peter's University and host of the Emmy-award winning "Asian American Life" show on CUNY-TV. Ernabel talks about:

We laughed nearly the entire episode; come laugh with us! After this episode with Professor Demillo, we will begin Season 2 of K Drama Chat by recapping and analyzing Episode 1 of It’s Okay to Not Be Okay. If you haven’t started watching, please start now!

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