“It’s fire”: this new Korean series finally breaks through on Netflix and it’s deserved

After the success of The Glory on Netflix, it’s a new Korean series that is making its way into the coveted top 10 on the American platform. A K-Drama that follows the political maneuvers of an expert in public relations, ready to do anything to get her boss elected.

In recent years, Netflix has been able to split brilliant political series, with in particular House of Cards, his first original creation. If you miss Kevin Spacey’s diabolical shenanigans and endless betrayals, then you’ll probably rave about the new South Korean political drama Queenmaker, whose season 1 currently ranks ninth in the top 10 series in France. The story of Hwang Do-Hee, a litigation expert who will stop at nothing to get her boss elected as mayor of Seoul, seems to find favor in the eyes of the platform’s subscribers.

Queenmaker : what do Internet users think of this new Olivia Pope?

This powerful woman has many points in common with Olivia Pope, her American counterpart who leads a team of “gladiators” trained to solve all the problems in Scandal. Except that Hwang Do-Hee concentrates all her attention and her talent in the service of one person, the human rights lawyer Oh Kyung-Sook, whom she hopes to have elected mayor of Seoul. “Queenmaker on Netflix is ​​on fire“, Netflix has struck again with Queenmaker, a Korean Olivia Pope managing a billionaire family“, formulate two Internet users on Twitter.

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Besides its resemblance to the series mentioned above, another viewer finds similarities to another hit Netflix series which follows the political ambition of a woman in Denmark. “Queenmaker no complaints, a nugget. It reminds me of Borgen which is also available on Netflix“, she writes. On the distribution side, the “queen maker” of Queenmaker is played by Kim Hee-Ae, known for her role in the series The World Of The Married, korean remake of the british series Dr. Foster. The candidate, meanwhile, is played by Moon So-Ri, who can be found in particular in The School Nurse Filesalso on Netflix.

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