Major movie and TV series script writers - if you're looking for the ultimate family drama, look no further than that of Kim Jong Il. I take that back. You can't write a more epic family drama - all you have to do is pull some headlines straight from the news.
First, the setting. A family living in a highly charged political climate, the head of a nation ever-teetering on the brink of war and destruction. Set amongst a bleak backdrop of poverty is the relatively lavish "Residence No. 55," the official abode of the Kim family (Residence No. 55! I told you you couldn't write it better...).
Next, the characters. I won't even get into the massive amounts of character development that the Dear Leader would require (two words: that hair). His three sons - Kim Jong Nam, Kim Jong Chul and Kim Jong Un. And lastly, the rotating cast of wives, semi-wives and mistresses.
Finally the drama itself. Kim Jong Il has named his youngest son, Kim Jong Un (pictured at age 11 above on the right) as his successor. His hotly debated decision to pass over his two elder sons is rife with family conflict. Eldest (possibly illegitimate) son Kim Jong Nam (pictured ridin' dirty above on left) is the gambling, Louis Vuitton toting party animal, who infamously tried to enter Japan with a forged Dominican Republic passport, supposedly to visit Disneyland. And poor Kim Jong Chul (pictured above in middle) is considered "too effeminate" by his father to run the country.
Oh the jealousy! The baby of the family, Daddy's favorite, getting handed all the power. Imagine the approval middle child Kim Jong Chul must have sought, only to be called a little girl by his father. And of course, the threat of nuclear war and complete family destruction lurking in the background. In short, all the makings of the next hit family drama.
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