For its tight script, wonderful characterisation, supreme lighting, consistent performance, and well, music, this is simply the best of all Korean dramas.
No more Cinderella's story, it is a refreshing drama every walking adults can relate to; on dreams and how we can either let it fade away to succumb to 'ordinariness' or overcome the biggest enemy - ourselves, to make it stay alive. For the first time ever, Korean drama steers clear away the conventions on how a woman is judged. Like many a great drama, the supporting cast are given solid and interesting roles, with each exploring a different social dimension in real life. It is a drama that focuses on one's ultimate concern: how to make a success of ourselves with what we are endowed with; be it innate talents or the circumstances we find ourselves in.
The pace of the first five episodes is so compelling it can work brilliantly as a standalone mini-drama.
What intrigues me as well is the lighting in the night scenes. For too long now, I was under the impression that Korean television dramas would always by default resort to flood lighting even when the characters are supposed to be fast asleep or cannot afford the utility bills. The lighting in the house where the two heroes share, especially the ground floor, can compare to the best of those seen in a British counterparts. Given their interest and profession, realistically so.
There should be more intelligent dramas like this.
PS: One Sunday and three nights afterwards, I finished watching the 18 episode drama last night. The unexpected ending, leaving loose ends on all accounts, makes this drama stand out even more from the rest. Now I wonder how come I was put off by You Are Beautiful even with Jang Geun Suk in it.
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