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burhaa aadmi

Hic Sunt Dracones

burhaa aadmi

Hic Sunt Dracones
IN-SEOUL korean drama review
Completed
IN-SEOUL
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by burhaa aadmi
Jan 5, 2020
15 of 15 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 5.5
Rewatch Value 1.0
I'm WAAAAY outside the target demo for this web Drama but as a longtime fan of Do Hee's acting, I was keen to watch her first real lead. The fact that it also has Jin Ye Ju (Kim Yeon Seo), whom I really like in My Only Love Song, was a delightful bonus.

The story is nothing earth-shaking, but I was impressed with Do Hee's performance as THOROUGHLY unlikeable character. Selfish and UTTERLY self-absorbed, her character also showed zero growth in terms of maturing and getting half a brain until basically the penultimate episode. She treated her mother despicably, consistently so, and even managed to provoke her somewhat implausibly tolerant boyfriend to rage by her thoughtless self-absorption. That's why I was impressed with Do Hee's performance. In the first 12-5-12 episodes, there's really not one thing about her character that evokes sympathetic approval. She's just a whiny, self-obsessed spoiled kid who truly has no idea about the real world or how incredibly easy she has it. And Do Hee nailed it, well done.

Happily, there WAS a character to like and root for, and that was Jin Ye Ju's Ha Rim, the BFF of Do Hee's character. Ha Rim was sharp, cynical, insightful, and clear-eyed, and a perfect foil to Do Hee's Da Mi. She made the show fun, even when Do Hee's great portrayal of a selfish slob was so good as to be vexing.
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