Vampires with Day Jobs －The K-Vampire and the Law－
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Vampires have come a long way. From literary and filmic depictions as black-caped, coffin-dwelling creatures of the night, in recent years vampires have come to live among us. Rather than being seen as threatening predators, contemporary vampires have found ways to live among humans, and are now students, have jobs, have families, and contribute to society. And yet their difference from mortals and their special capabilities give this “new vampire,” often stronger and immortal, the option to do good or evil within human society. The “K-vampire,” the new vampire with a Korean twist, has largely taken shape in the last decade, borrowing primarily from Western examples but also taking a uniquely Korean phenotype. Some of the recent K-vampires are professionals, indeed doctors, priests, prosecutors, and private detectives. In this essay, I focus on the OCN television series Vampire Prosecutor (Season 1, 2011) to explore the meaning of a vampire in the role of a law-enforcer, of a professional tasked with maintaining law and order in human society. The series operates as an explicit critique of corruption in Korean society, and the character in the title role is an impeccable prosecutor who believes in the absolute rule of law despite the prevailing surroundings. What are the options for rule by law in a society where most legal officials may be corrupt, and what does it mean that a vampire is placed in the title role to fight such corruption?
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Vampires have come a long way. From literary and filmic depictions as black-caped, coffin-dwelling creatures of the night, in recent years vampires have come to live among us. Rather than being seen as threatening predators, contemporary vampires have found ways to live among humans, and are now students, have jobs, have families, and contribute to society. And yet their difference from mortals and their special capabilities give this “new vampire,” often stronger and immortal, the option to do good or evil within human society. The “K-vampire,” the new vampire with a Korean twist, has largely taken shape in the last decade, borrowing primarily from Western examples but also taking a uniquely Korean phenotype. Some of the recent K-vampires are professionals, indeed doctors, priests, prosecutors, and private detectives. In this essay, I focus on the OCN television series Vampire Prosecutor (Season 1, 2011) to explore the meaning of a vampire in the role of a law-enforcer, of a professional tasked with maintaining law and order in human society. The series operates as an explicit critique of corruption in Korean society, and the character in the title role is an impeccable prosecutor who believes in the absolute rule of law despite the prevailing surroundings. What are the options for rule by law in a society where most legal officials may be corrupt, and what does it mean that a vampire is placed in the title role to fight such corruption?
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