Gong Hyo-jin and social stigma attached to people with mental health issues and other minorities. Gong then made her stage debut in the Willy Russell play "Educating Rita", which depicts the relationship during the course of a year between a young working class hairdresser and a middle-aged university lecturer (played by Jeon Moo-song). In 2015, she starred in "The Producers", a variety drama series written by Park Ji-eun who also wrote the hugely successful "My Love From the Star". Gong plays a "Music Bank" variety show producer who has been working in broadcasting for 10 years. The drama drew solid viewership ratings
Educating Rita (film) relationship"; he said Russell's screen adaptation "added mistresses, colleagues, husbands, in-laws, students and a faculty committee, [that were] all unnecessary" and said the playwright/screenwriter "start[ed] with an idealistic, challenging idea, and then cynically tr[ied] to broaden its appeal". In 1999, the film was among the BFI Top 100 British films. In 2007, while promoting the remake of "Sleuth", Caine called "Educating Rita" "the last good picture [he] made before [he] mentally retired." The film was released on DVD in the UK and the US. ITV Studios released the film onto Blu Ray in the UK (Region B) in 2008 as