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“응답하라 1994”는 작년 엄청난 반향을 불러일으켰던 “응답하라 1997”의 후속 작이다. 전작의 후광을 받은데다 농구라는 시대적 상징을 내세우며 90년대 중반 문화적으로 다소 풍요로웠던 한 때의 기억을 소환하고 있는 드라마다. 이렇게 큰 열광을 얻게 된 것은 결국 이젠 3-40대가 된 그 시대의 청춘들에게 공감할 수 있는 정서를 잘 담아내서 라는 평을 받고 있다. 90년대의 향수 어린 디테일들이 드라마 속에서 어떻게 표현이 되는지 기사로 살펴보자.


‘90s culture revival enters full swing 

*full swing 대활약 하다, 본격적으로 ~하다(be in full swing.)
i.e. Winter season is in full swing

[1] In 1994, there were no smartphones linking people 24 hours a day, no flashy Starbucks with fashionable lounge music and no “League of Legends” to blow gamers’ minds away.

*flashy 호화스러운, 현란한
*fashionable 유행하는 (=trendy)
*blow someone’s mind away ~를 흥분시키다, 압도시키다

[2] Instead, people queued in front of public pay phones to page their friends, make confessions of love or mumble after binge drinking. Trendy boys and girls in baggy jeans would flock to Kentucky Fried Chicken for biscuits and move to “rock cafes” to hook up; listen to Seo Tai-ji, the so-called president of teenagers, for fresh and rebellious music and lyrics; and kill time by playing “Pacman.”

*queue 줄 서다 (=line up, wait in line)
*page (삐삐에) 호출하다
*flock to (떼로) 모여들다
*rebellious 반항적인
*kill time 시간을 때우다

[3] That 1990s nostalgia is reemerging, detailing the smallest moments to reminisce on the heyday of Korea’s mass pop culture that is rarely seen less than 20 years later.

*nostalgia 향수
*reemerge 다시 떠오르다, 다시 드러나다
*reminisce 추억하다, 회상하다
*heyday 전성기

[4] Starting the trend was the phenomenal success of TV drama series “Eungdaphara (Answer me),” which portrays the love, friendship and touching stories of people living in 1994 and 1997. The former was the year after Kim Young-sam was sworn in as the first civilian president. In 1997, at the height of Korea’s economic boom, the country saw armies of fans in pop culture, before a financial meltdown hit.

*phenomenal 굉장한, 경탄스러운
*at the height of ~가 절정일 때에/ 한창일 때에
*see/saw 어떤 사건이 일어난 것을 우회적으로 표현
*financial meltdown 금융붕괴
*hit 강타하다

[5] The dramas feature things that tug at the heartstrings of now 30- or 40-somethings ― the recording of music on a pager, drinking OB beer, playing “Assa” self-presentation games, and other things. There are less than 18,000 pager users left, people drink Max or Cass and university freshmen make YouTube videos and others for their school orientations now.

*tug at the heartstrings 심금을 울리다

[6] The drama “Answer Me 1994,” which began airing on Oct. 18 following its successful predecessor “Answer Me 1997,” which aired early this year, gained a 6.9 percent viewership, and it is expected to soar in the next 14 episodes. According to tvN, the producer of the drama, “Answer Me” became the most-viewed weekend TV drama among those 20-49 years old. “Neo-ae-ge (to you),” originally sung by Seo Tai-ji and Boys in 1993 and remade by Sung Si-kyung as the drama’s soundtrack, topped local charts for seven days.

*predecessor 전작
*top 1위를 하다
*viewership 시청률

기사 전문: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20131103000311

팟캐스트: https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2