Min Ja-Yeong

you would really want to think who is the real victim and a villain here .. is it the Queen dowager whom her child was killed and wanted only revenge or is it The Chief secretary who only wanted a good nation and a kingdom existing for its people ..
Maybe the Queen Dowager was the real victim but only have chosen the wrong way and alliance
or as what this drama shows that the good people here are the Chief Secretary .. just my thoughts

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yeo jin goo is one of the greatest actors I came across and not only in SK, I first watched Beyond evil and that is when I discovered him, it is the eyes for me, it is enough for you to look at his eyes and understand the feelings he is trying to portray. and he did it really really well in the crowned clown, there are many dramas where I watched actors play twins and sometimes it was confusing as to who is who (or maybe because they weren't well written in the 1st place) but omg?? it takes a look at his eyes and you know who is the king and who is the clown. the plot lacks in my openion but his performance was worth it

Reminds me of my childhood. This show was always airing and everyone loved it

i'm trying so hard to finish this drama for eunwoo but i can't...i just don't feel this drama

A big chunk of this drama was heavily fictionalized but believe it or not, the part of her rejecting him is historically accurate. In the historical records, he proposed to her twice and got rejected twice. When Yi San first proposed to her he was 15. Deok Im rejected him, reasoning that Queen Hyoui (whom Yi San had married when he was 9 years old) was still childless and it would create problems related to the queen's standing if Deok Im were to conceive a child first.

Also, a little shout out to OP cause this part under point 4 had me cackling: "If you're going to write that dark of a life for someone... they deserve some version of a happy ending"

Unfortunately this part is not fiction. This guy actually lived a pretty tragic life. Add to that that he only got to be 47. Didn't even get to see his own son's marriage. The cause of his death? Nobody knows.

Thank you so much for taking your time to read this long review. It took me 1 hour to write and I believe the drama is worth the amount of energy and emotions I've invested along. Even coming back to this page makes me cry and I can't forget how beautiful this entire thing was.

I fullheartedly agree with you. Your review is so on point. Thank you for such an eloquent writing and mentioning every important issue 💜

Thanks love ;)

I finished this drama today and I had a very complicated love/hate relationship with it. These ideas that you mentioned came to my mind as I watched it (especially the last few episodes which I was literally pushing myself to watch one every few days) but they were unorganized in my mind. I'm glad to see someone else had my opinion laid out for others to read.

That's really lovely. Thank you so much.💙

I'm genuinely so pleased you enjoyed it!! At the moment I'm exploring all kinds of new music and finding that my taste is simply not what any of my friends like, and they are all looking sideways at me. For me it's enhancing a lesson that I'm really seeing so clearly at the moment— that we are all different and that's not only OK, but how the world is meant to be. And that the reaction to difference should be laughter not negativity. Thanks for reading the review and taking the time to comment.

Everything written here was what I noticed and loved in the show. I love the appreciation of the small details you mentioned about it. Thank you for sharing your well-written review!

You really shouldn’t bash other peoples's religion in the comments section. That’s rude.

Eunwoo is the definition of cuteness and purity in this drama.