"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars". -Oscar Wilde

This is the story of one woman who came from an underprivileged background and learned that the only way to get ahead in life was to invent a fictional background for herself.

She comes across "counterfeit" upper class people on her way up, which inspires her to remarket herself.

The synopsis for this drama is way off base. Please don't let it deter you from watching this drama.

The FL is the perfect perpetual victim of nearly everyone she encounters in life. People give themselves permission to victimize her because of her poor background, so she decides to take control of her fate by rebranding herself.

It's unfortunate that in K dramas, only the lower classes can be protagonists, and the upper classes are the antagonists and are morally corrupt. This ignores the fact that the upper classes are more often than not, providing the lower classes with jobs which they need.

Of course it is frustrating to watch the protagonist wallow in her, admittedly well deserved self-pity. At first she suffers misfortune not of her making, but gradually, her misfortune comes by way of choices she made. Still, it's hard to watch a character that has the misfortune of everyone taking advantage of her. Any other K drama would have a protagonist who endures much, but at least finds someone that supports her and brings her good luck by the end of the drama.

I feel like the scriptwriters wanted to make a statement against the upper classes of society, and also that "absolute power corrupts absolutely". But that's not what I got out of it. Maybe they wanted to say that if you are both born poor, as well as unlucky, then you shouldn't attempt to dream outside of your relm of possibility. Whatever the message was, it wasn't logical, is what I am getting at.

By all means, give this drama a try. The cinematography is exceptionally beautiful, film quality, really. Suzy Bae, unlike the FL she plays, is lucky that in South Korea, they cast based on marketability, popularity, and looks, rather than who the best person for the job might be regardless of identity. It's an interesting contrast in this drama to have that element to it by way of casting. Because of her good fortune, she has been cast over and over (above much better actresses), until she finally became a good actress herself. Now THAT is the utimate luck in identity.