A fox turned human loving a human is not a common plot that is handled in every K-Dramas.Writers Hong MiRan and Hong JungEun have a clever way of wiggling and twirling a seemingly simple story into something completely unexpected and untrodden.
I don't know how many actors can portray being a wild animal so perfectly while still being absolutely loveable at the same time. I never once forgot that Shin Min Ah's character Mi Ho was a fox-in-human-form, and yet I was always rooting for her.
I was fascinated by an interpretation of a fox not as a sly, cunning, thieving and wicked beast, but as a curious, naive and playful creature who wanted to be loved as much as she wanted to be human. She can also be menacing at times, but it's judiciously used, and almost always for comedic effect. Also, I love Mi Ho's delight in eating beef and that her favorite color is brown because it's the color of cow.
Another thing I loved about this series was the secondary couple of Cha Dae Woong's spinster aunt Cha Min Sook and his boss Ban Doo Hong, who have so many awkward encounters, and are extremely dorky at times. They own it. Another great moment involves Ban Doo Hong thinking he knocks down a brick wall just by peeing on it, and how the owner of the wall has him arrested for being a pervert.
When Shin MinAh’s window of time with Lee Seunggi begins to close, she tells herself, “I don’t need five hundred years or fifty years. Fifty beautiful days is good enough.” She is an old creature, but she has never truly lived, only existed. This gumiho had lived 500 years but she had never truly felt alive until meeting Lee Seunggi. He, likewise, found real meaning and selfless love while at her side. Just thinking about it makes me weepy. The length of time, centuries or days, is less important than the way one spends it.
I bet you will like Shin MinAh after watching this great rom com drama.
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