A transformation story, and the live debate about cosmetic surgery it walks straight into
3 May 2027
Before the screening#
Watch the assigned episodes. Note one reaction to the main character — kind or cruel — and what standard it’s enforcing.
In the screening#
We use the show’s premise to trace where beauty standards actually come from — media, peers, family — and how social comparison keeps them in place, holding off the stereotype this topic invites at every turn.
Afterwards#
Compare this week’s construction of a standard to week 2’s K-pop production system — both ask who builds an ideal, and for whom.
The spec
What you bring to the session. Written so a reader can tell whether it has been met without asking you.
- you have watched the assigned episodes before arriving
- you can name one social pressure the show depicts beyond the surgery itself
- you can restate this week's caution --- variation and debate, not a single national fact
Teaching team
- May Rhee — convenor