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My Fair Lady, ep. 01-04
Fri, Sep. 4th, 2009 08:24 pm(Original title 아가씨를 부탁해, also known as Take Care of My Lady)
Kang Hae Na is the extremely rich heir to the Kangsan Group; she lives in a giant, castle-like manor and has been going through butlers like Kleenex. Seo Dong Chan is an ex-host-club-host currently part-timing at the flower shop of his childhood friend and auntie. They meet! She tries to run him over! He makes her do community service! And after all that animosity, he decides to become....
HER BUTLER! As one does when one must pay off a massive debt.
(Or possibly valet, a la manga. It's hard to tell. The Korean is "집사" if I heard it correctly, but I have no idea if it's the same as a butler or if there is a Korean traditional role that is more a blend of butler and valet.)
The other sides of the romantic rectangle are Lee Tae Yoon, a human rights lawyer who has disavowed his rich family, and Yeo Eui Joo, Dong Chang's aforementioned childhood friend. Amazingly, I actually like all of them.
So far, the series isn't amazingly good or anything, but it amuses me to see Yoon Eun Hye trying to be snobby and mean while wearing fashions that make me raise an eyebrow (I'm not sure what's worse, gold lame leggings or largely patterned leggings). Dong Chan is also buffoonish-ly likable, probably because his attempts to seduce Kang Hae Na are terrible. And they butcher a ballroom routine.
Also, I'm interested in how it turns around the usual drama trope of the snobby rich guy and the poor hard-working and earnest girl. In most dramas, Tae Yoon would be the hero (although he would be meaner) and Eui Joo would be the heroine. It reminds me a great deal of Fantasy Couple, except here, the poor guy is transported into the world of the rich, as opposed to vice versa. (And Yoon Eun Hye is not as good as the hair-tossing and nose-in-the-air as Han Ye Seul.)
I was also wondering why it is that the rich heroines are always snobby and jerkish and abuse everyone, whereas rich heroes are more frequently played as desirable and mean to the heroine, but nice to others. At least here, Hae Na has Secret Angst that explains her meanness, much like most kdrama heroes.
And finally, Dong Chan constantly saying something like, "Of course you can depend on me. I am... your butler!" amuses me every single time.
Kang Hae Na is the extremely rich heir to the Kangsan Group; she lives in a giant, castle-like manor and has been going through butlers like Kleenex. Seo Dong Chan is an ex-host-club-host currently part-timing at the flower shop of his childhood friend and auntie. They meet! She tries to run him over! He makes her do community service! And after all that animosity, he decides to become....
HER BUTLER! As one does when one must pay off a massive debt.
(Or possibly valet, a la manga. It's hard to tell. The Korean is "집사" if I heard it correctly, but I have no idea if it's the same as a butler or if there is a Korean traditional role that is more a blend of butler and valet.)
The other sides of the romantic rectangle are Lee Tae Yoon, a human rights lawyer who has disavowed his rich family, and Yeo Eui Joo, Dong Chang's aforementioned childhood friend. Amazingly, I actually like all of them.
So far, the series isn't amazingly good or anything, but it amuses me to see Yoon Eun Hye trying to be snobby and mean while wearing fashions that make me raise an eyebrow (I'm not sure what's worse, gold lame leggings or largely patterned leggings). Dong Chan is also buffoonish-ly likable, probably because his attempts to seduce Kang Hae Na are terrible. And they butcher a ballroom routine.
Also, I'm interested in how it turns around the usual drama trope of the snobby rich guy and the poor hard-working and earnest girl. In most dramas, Tae Yoon would be the hero (although he would be meaner) and Eui Joo would be the heroine. It reminds me a great deal of Fantasy Couple, except here, the poor guy is transported into the world of the rich, as opposed to vice versa. (And Yoon Eun Hye is not as good as the hair-tossing and nose-in-the-air as Han Ye Seul.)
I was also wondering why it is that the rich heroines are always snobby and jerkish and abuse everyone, whereas rich heroes are more frequently played as desirable and mean to the heroine, but nice to others. At least here, Hae Na has Secret Angst that explains her meanness, much like most kdrama heroes.
And finally, Dong Chan constantly saying something like, "Of course you can depend on me. I am... your butler!" amuses me every single time.
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