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The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry, ep. 01-06
Mon, Apr. 19th, 2010 03:36 pm(original title: 아직도 결혼하고 싶은 여자)
This is about three friends—Lee Shin Young, Kim Bu Gi, and Jung Da Jung—and their successes and failures in love and work. I think this has been billed as Korea's Sex in the City several times, but a) I've only seen bits of the show, b) what I did see I wasn't a huge fan of, and c) and I hate the "[name], [country]'s [famous USian thing]" formula. The three friends are all 34-year-old career women who haven't had a lot of success in their love lives.
Shin Young is the Everywoman character who wants romance but also doesn't want to sacrifice her job; in her backstory, we discover that she's chosen career over a boyfriend before, and while she doesn't regret it, she also wishes it weren't an either-or. She's also currently being set up with young rising indie (for kdrama values of indie) star Min Jae, who is ten years younger than she is. Kim Bu Gi is the sophisticated and cool friend who has written off romance and goes for one-night stands. She's the most practical and put-together of the three. Jung Da Jung is an internationally successful interpreter, but she wants to get married to the right guy—older son, lots of money, taller than her, not balding, etc.—rightthissecond. She's the kind of character I would usually hate, except she is so hilariously funny that she is currently my favorite. Shin Young is extremely sympathetic and real, and Bu Gi is who I want as my personal advice giver, but Da Jung makes me fall off the sofa laughing.
The plot is fairly standard, and while this drama doesn't break any genre conventions, its characters are extremely likeable, it features quite a few women who talk to each other about a variety of things, and although it's not radical in its politics, it deals with issues that are very relevant to me. I have to say, although I love my high school shoujo manga, I am so happy that there are quite a few kdramas that cater specifically to young working women. I wish there were more catering to older working women too, though.
This reminds me a great deal of Dal Ja's Spring, which is a huge compliment. Min Jae is nowhere near as cute or as loveable as Tae Bong, but the show makes up for it by spending more time on Shin Young's friends. So far, there hasn't been quite as much intergenerational relationships, but I'm only six episodes in, and there's already a plot line that's promising.
( Spoilers )
Most of all, the show makes me laugh. The first six episodes have already had at least three separate scenes that nearly made me fall off the sofa (asphalt, noraebang, and home spa), and I really need that these days. Also, I love that the love interests don't seem to be in the alpha male category.
All in all, very promising. I just hope it ends as well as it begins!
This is about three friends—Lee Shin Young, Kim Bu Gi, and Jung Da Jung—and their successes and failures in love and work. I think this has been billed as Korea's Sex in the City several times, but a) I've only seen bits of the show, b) what I did see I wasn't a huge fan of, and c) and I hate the "[name], [country]'s [famous USian thing]" formula. The three friends are all 34-year-old career women who haven't had a lot of success in their love lives.
Shin Young is the Everywoman character who wants romance but also doesn't want to sacrifice her job; in her backstory, we discover that she's chosen career over a boyfriend before, and while she doesn't regret it, she also wishes it weren't an either-or. She's also currently being set up with young rising indie (for kdrama values of indie) star Min Jae, who is ten years younger than she is. Kim Bu Gi is the sophisticated and cool friend who has written off romance and goes for one-night stands. She's the most practical and put-together of the three. Jung Da Jung is an internationally successful interpreter, but she wants to get married to the right guy—older son, lots of money, taller than her, not balding, etc.—rightthissecond. She's the kind of character I would usually hate, except she is so hilariously funny that she is currently my favorite. Shin Young is extremely sympathetic and real, and Bu Gi is who I want as my personal advice giver, but Da Jung makes me fall off the sofa laughing.
The plot is fairly standard, and while this drama doesn't break any genre conventions, its characters are extremely likeable, it features quite a few women who talk to each other about a variety of things, and although it's not radical in its politics, it deals with issues that are very relevant to me. I have to say, although I love my high school shoujo manga, I am so happy that there are quite a few kdramas that cater specifically to young working women. I wish there were more catering to older working women too, though.
This reminds me a great deal of Dal Ja's Spring, which is a huge compliment. Min Jae is nowhere near as cute or as loveable as Tae Bong, but the show makes up for it by spending more time on Shin Young's friends. So far, there hasn't been quite as much intergenerational relationships, but I'm only six episodes in, and there's already a plot line that's promising.
( Spoilers )
Most of all, the show makes me laugh. The first six episodes have already had at least three separate scenes that nearly made me fall off the sofa (asphalt, noraebang, and home spa), and I really need that these days. Also, I love that the love interests don't seem to be in the alpha male category.
All in all, very promising. I just hope it ends as well as it begins!