‘The Glory’ and the real experiences of abuse that inspired Netflix’s Korean drama

At the beginning of March, the second part of ‘La Gloria’ arrived on Netflix, a production made in South Korea that has become one of the most watched titles in the history of this streaming service, which it achieved thanks to its intense and captivating storyline, which is inspired by some events from real life.

THE Netflix series ‘The glory’ centers on a woman who is abused during her high school years and, after repeatedly seeking help from different authorities, fails to find the justice she seeks, which leads her to change the future she had for herself. the consequences of these events.

However, this Korean Netflix series presents how the protagonist of this story makes a plan for a few years to take revenge on those who were responsible for her abuse when she was a student, for this reason this title has a dramatic storyline that was born from the mind of the screenwriter Kim Eun-sook.

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This acclaimed screenwriter of ‘La Gloria’, was also behind major dramatic titles such as the productions of ‘Goblin’ and ‘Descendants Of The Sun’, so he is no writer who is no stranger to these kinds of stories, which in a recent interview revealed that his inspiration for the creation of this new Netflix production were several cases of abuse in real life.

He screenwriter of ‘The glory’ he noted that it was inspired by a conversation about school violence that he had with his daughter, he also indicated that he had several interactions with survivors of school bullying, an issue that has been discussed in South Korea for years, including some of the more violent scenes that appear in this series, even are inspired by documented cases happened in that country.

‘La Gloria’ breaks records

Naturally, “La Gloria” complements its storyline with a dose of fiction, a title that has set new audience records Netflixas it became one of the most watched non-English-language series in the history of this platform, it is also the fourth most watched South Korean series of all time.

For this reason, many Netflix subscribers expect the streaming giant to renew this production for a second season, however everything seems to indicate that ‘The glory’ was planned to have a single episode, so for the moment this South Korean title would not have more episodes on this service.