I recently attended a performance of Marriage of Figaro, by Mozart, and was struck by the plot similarities of this opera to Kdramas. This wasn't the first time that I've seen this opera, but the first time I've noticed the similarities. That got me to comparing other opera plots to classic kdrama plots, and what do you know, they were exactly the same too!
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| Source: butleroperacenter.music.utexas.edu |
I guess this is just proof that these plot devices have been around for hundreds of years and the reason they are still being used it that, as silly as they are, we love/hate them and it makes for a more dramatic story. I mean, what is a kdrama without amnesia, love triangles, birth secrets, cross dressing, and rich chaebols? Similarly, what is an opera without love triangles, rich peers, birth secrets, and girls playing boys (which is pretty much cross dressing, even if the plot of the opera says that is really just a boy who can sing really high... right...)
