Can Kdramas exist without Love Triangles!?!?!?!?
I love this story, I really do. Which was why immediately after watching the Japanese movie of the same title, I went straight for the longer version kdrama. One thing the Japanese movie did not do was emphasize a love triangle. And I enjoyed it that way. I find it very ridiculous that Kdramas seem to be obsessed with love triangles. Most other foreign shows utilize the element in some way but never as pronounced as Kdramas. I mean why was So-rim attached to Cha So young in the first place? What did he do for her that she felt so grateful to make such deep promises to him just like that. I mean all he did was selfishly offer to produce for their band, which any other person in the label could have done. There was nothing special in his offer. He is not her teacher who went to bat for her so many times and created the opportunity of her life for her. Neither is he Choi sin juk the label manager who signed her. Can anyone then explain to me why So-rim was giving so many promises to Cha so young like he saved her life or something? That part of the writing really irked me till the end of the show.By now you should know that I really hate love triangles especially when the fl is displaying chummy chummy behavior with the second male lead like it means nothing. Behavior she wouldn't tolerate from the male lead with another woman. I try to wrap my head around shows like that but maybe that's just how relationships work in kdrama land?
I mean it's difficult to find shows with decent second female leads enjoying this kind of freedom and blurring of boundaries with the male lead. They always make her out to be evil or a witch so that you hate her from the start. But not so when it comes to second male leads. They're always good people and the female lead is all but two-timing the male lead.
Oh well. Good story, like I said. And obviously I enjoyed Han gyul. Loved him in a Good Day to be a Dog too. Oh yeah, I'm watching this drama a couple of years late.
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Sassy Go Go is everything Cheese in the Trap Should've Been
I have never been more annoyed by a drama than I was with CIT. It was frustrating to watch the director lead Park Hae Jin through a maze of no redemption. I started out watching this drama because of Kim Go-Eun but continued watching for Park Hae Jin. It's a shame the drama's director took the direction they did with his character. Kim Yeol's character from Sassy Go Go was spot on what Park Hae Jin's should've been, but adjusted for maturity and a deeper context. I'm just laughing at all the "Second Male lead Syndrome" cooers because the second male lead was practically the male lead in this drama. The director gave him everything the male lead should've had-lots of screentime with the female lead and a redemption arc. I wish they did better because the storyline had such potential and I was glued till the end but ended up annoyed and disappointed.Was this review helpful to you?
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Incredulous!
Six episodes in and Incredulity is what has been keeping me going. I imagine it will soon wear off any time now. I am definitely not making it to ep 61. The acting is nice and all, visuals are okay, characters are diverse and enjoyable (the FL's paternal aunty being my fave), but it is the story that's giving me a hard time.Between FL and ML's 20th breakup in three episodes (over the same unchanging issues no less) and their audacity to rebel and live together but apparently not to run off and get married, I am not sure which one rises my ire more. A relationship for 10 years? I am curious what has been holding that together. Surely not this dynamic we have been introduced to since episode 1 where the ML professes love for the FL but has no problem looking at and contacting other girls?
How do you also explain, that the ML and FL's families live in the same neighborhood and know of each other but somehow the FL's sister is now married to the ex-husband of the ML's sister and both families are oblivious to this fact in the drama.
More importantly, other drama's depict no shortage of part-time jobs but the ML and FL are "studying" all day instead? Almost 30 years both of them, not incapacitated in any way and they won't find a steady stream of temp jobs to support themselves now that they have a baby on the way?
I know Telenovelas hold the trophy for the most incredulous happenings in dramas but this drama, from what I've seen so far is seriously vying for a spot. My amazement at every new episode is what's kept me this far.
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