The King's Affection | Official Trailer | Netflix [ENG SUB]
The Swoon
Korean historical drama set back in the day of the Joseon kingdom, whenever that was. This is kind of a weird show. It goes back and forth between idyllic scenes of children / young adults to the bloody slaughter of innocents and then back again. Of course, this all involves royalty and their entourages. If the king says you die, you die and nobody says squat. Kind of reminds me of this line:
Politics is and always has been a blood sport. If you're not prepared to take it on at that level you have no business getting involved in it. - Karl DenningerAll the murder and mayhem starts because the queen delivers twins, a boy and a girl. This evidently an outrage against all that is right and holy in Joseon, so the king orders the girl killed along with all the people who were attending the queen, all except for the queen. Because this is highest level of the empire there are like two dozen people there and the royal guards kill them all within a few seconds.
The queen, devious conniver that she is, has the baby girl spirited away to a monastery / temple up in the mountains. That's great until the head monk dies and now the girl is homeless. Now, of course, she finds her way back to the capital and becomes an apprentice court maid. Now things get really squirrely.
Do you remember when they said Yes, you have to pay a monthly fee to watch TV, but the picture is great, there's no reception problems with weather, and NO COMMERCIALS.
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The Joseon dynasty lasted about five centuries; it ended just before the turn of the last century.
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