Journalist, Author & Syndicated Columnist
It’s no surprise that “We are All Trying Here” is one of the year’s best. Written by Park Hae-young, who also penned “My Mister” and “My Liberation Notes,” the K-drama captures the pathos of surviving every day when life doesn’t always seem to be worth living.
What both seasons of “D.P.” does so well is tell the important and uncomfortable stories that no one wants to believe are true. When soldiers are regularly humiliated, degraded and tortured, what right does anyone have to tell the victims that they must return to their abusers?
The superb “D.P.” is not an easy series to watch. While not as gory as “Squid Game,” it’s more disturbing in many ways, because it deals with South Korea’s real-life mandatory military duty — which requires every able-bodied Korean man to enlist for approximately two years.