278 Reviewers The Glory. Dir. Ahn Gil-ho. Screenplay by Kim Eun-sook. Perf. Song Hye-Kyo, Lee Do-hyun, Lim Ji-yeon, and Park Sung-hoon. Hwa and Dam Pictures, 2022. The Netflix series The Glory is based on a true crime that happened in 2006 in the city of Cheong Ju, South Korea (Rath). Yet the show’s entire plot has been fictionalized by screenwriter Kim Eun-sook. In an interview, Kim states she drew from a conversation she had with her daughter about school bullying and violence, which are hot button issues in South Korea (Rath). Affected by the #MeToo movement that started in the United States, South Koreans started to openly discuss and fight back against social injustice such as sexual harassment, assault, school violence, and political corruption, all issues that Koreans had a cultural tendency to hide from the public. For this reason, The Glory garnered the attention of Korean viewers who are deeply concerned about the topic of school violence. International audiences who are sensitive to social injustice also paid keen attention to the show. According to a review in New York Times, “[As of May 7th, 2023,] The Glory…is now Netflix’s fifth most popular non-English television offering ever…it reached the top-10 non-English TV list in 91 countries for 13 weeks” (Jin et al.). Don Kang, Netflix’s vice president of content for Korea, explains why audiences are invested in this drama: “The Glory is a great example of a story that resonates authentically with local audiences, but also depicts themes of human psychology and social issues which audiences everywhere can relate to” (Jin et al.). The psychological and social issues that The Glory portrays are school violence, anger, and justice, themes that resonate with younger generations. This review contains spoilers for The Glory, so please proceed with caution if you are unfamiliar with the show, which depicts the abuse and sexual assault of 17- year-old high school student Moon Dong-eun without any filtration. Early in the show, five bullies – Park Yeon-jin, Jeon Jae-joon, Lee Sa-ra, Choi Hye-Jeong, and Son Myeong-oh – graphically burn Dong-eun with a curling iron in the school gym. When Dong-eun cries for help, Myeong-oh forcefully kisses her to muffle her screams. These acts will no doubt provoke shock and even disgust in some viewers, but the unfiltered depiction of school violence compels audiences to sympathize with Dong-eun because they come to fully understand the source of her trauma. More harrowing, perhaps, adults routinely fail to protect Dong-eun, making her an even more tragic and sympathetic character. At one point, Dong-eun visits a