I have watched Son Ye-jin in April Snow and My Wife Got Married, in both of which, she plays a morally 'dubious' role, one by fate, the latter by free spirit. She seems to be an actress who is prepared to do just anything for her roles, and yet somehow her face fails to register and I fail to understand the hype on her. But even so, I can tell what a sheer waste of her talents in casting her as a naive young woman in the limp Personal Preference. Though teemed with a very likeable Lee Min-ho and she doesn't seem to give a damn on how she looks in ugly clothing, her acting is not over the top and one even got the impression that she is constantly peering at the the camera to check whether she is silly enough. It is a fiasco.
It is a myth that an actress of her standing would pick such a half-baked script, let alone so badly directed.
Her role, a budding furniture designer, reminds me of the heroine of Prosecutor Princess. Despite her supreme education background and, presumably, exceptionally high IQ, has zero EQ when it comes to social interactions.
I have abandoned Prosecutor Princess after episode 4, and Personal Preference after episode 10. Part of the reason I put up with the latter one so much longer was due to my utter disbelief that the producer would allow Son's role to stay so dim for so long and I kept hoping that there would be turning point at mid-series. It is a painful experience to see how such women are ridiculed and portrayed in popular culture.
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