Kingdom - Korean Zombies and Politics during Pandemic

<p>The arrival of global hits such as the<a href="https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80180171"> Netflix Drama Kingdom</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Train-Busan-Gong-Yoo/dp/B0861KTPPS">Train to Busan</a> led to the popularity of Zombie based shows amongst viewers especially those who had not watched any zombie shows.</p> <p><strong>The Kingdom</strong> drama is a brilliant plot set in the Joseon era where a kingdom is plagued by the zombie pandemic. The Crown Prince has to not only battle the zombies to safeguard his subjects; but also battle political conspirators who want to eliminate him as the rightful heir to the throne. The taut storyline, unexpected plot twists in every episode and a powerful cast keeps the viewer on the edge of the seat throughout, causing the dilemma of whether to classify the show as a zombie horror or political thriller.</p> <p>We are joined by 2 special guests:</p> <ol> <li><strong>Tina</strong> tweets <a href="https://twitter.com/acapitalchick"><u>@acapitalchick</u></a> - is a “recovering” trial lawyer and a general fangirl geek. She recently finished hosting the “<a href="https://soundcloud.com/athan-cole"><u>Word of the Witnesses</u></a>” podcast about the time travel drama 12 Monkeys on Syfy/Hulu</li> <li><strong>Benny</strong> : A repeat guest on our podcast. You can listen to him on our <a href="https://anchor.fm/crashlandedonkdramas/episodes/The-Men-Have-Their-Say-etvtim"><u>S1 - Episode 7</u></a>. He tweets on all things cricket and kdramas <a href="https://twitter.com/realbennyman">@realbennyman</a> and also hosts the cricket podcast: <a href="https://www.thelastwicket.com/">The Last Wicket</a></li> </ol> <p>In today’s episode with our guests we try to explore the factors that led to the success of Kingdom:</p> <ul> <li>Parallels with Real (current pandemic, society hierarchy) and Reel (Walking Dead, Chernobyl, Game of Thrones)</li> <li>Political Thriller or Zombie Horror?</li> <li>Favourite characters and anti-heroes/antagonists</li> <li>Focus on storytell