I think that Lee Yo Won is very talented & a good actress. She did a good job especially in Surgeon Bong Dal Hee & Fashion 70.

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Oh I loved her in that role. First, it’s a novelty to see her in such a light role. Second, unlike Kim Sun Ah, her character really seemed THAT silly and oblivious.

“I was initially watching it for JJM (and just checking out CJM), he has never bored me till 70s. I”

I gotta say — the helicopter scene, with Jo Jin Moo in those copter glasses — meeting the grown up for the first time . . . oooohweeeee. Seriously one of Belleza’s all-time favorite scenes.

“it had CJM..naked…in a wetsuit…..”

Caked in mud . . . mmumumumud!! O_O

“I like LYW, she’s pleasing and her innocence/naivete in her screen presence is her superpower ..yet again I was bugged by her in 70s”

But, see, that’s what I like about Lee Yo Won. Because her frame is slight and her characters seem a touch daffy (when LYW does funny, it’s not unlike YEH), it really surprises you when the scenes get heavy. Because she is able to play it true to character. The same is also true with Bad Love.

But I really liked the script for Fashion 70s (though it slips a bit in the end.) The framework is, for the most part, straightforward SBS melodrama, but she did a good job setting up each main character as a distinct shard from the conscience coming out of the war. And I like the ongoing haute boutique vs. pret-a-porter discussion between the two character, since it also expressed the shift in social class, which paralleled the increasing marginalization of one character over the other. The ruthless flow of time, awakening of new bourgeoisie, the tremendous gap and psychic toll between the parents and their children. For what was a melo around an amnesia plot, it managed to hit all those themes.

Wow, major OT-ness this week LOL

GHJ is more than fine when she’s not doing comedy. I’m oddly not a fan of hers in What’s up Fox (though I love the first 11 eps of that drama)

Oh, I loved Fashion 70s (the undercard of Chun Jung Myung and Kim Min Jung really stole the show for me.) Still my favorite thing that PD Lee Jae Kyu has done.

“I don’t know why everyone hates it SO much it was a bit draggy and depressing ”

Oh I loved the first half of Bad Love, SO deliciously wacky. But I think they burned through 90% of the plot in the first 10 episodes, and so the back 10 was just them mostly just standing around and yelling at each other. “Slow” doesn’t adequately describe it.

But I liked the chemistry between LYW and KSW. When they were still up-and-comers, they and Gong Yoo did an elaborate music video together, and so I’ve always visualized them doing a show at some point. I think she’s a much better actress (again, her film work) than her reputation, but her chemistry with her leads (more often than not) in drama tends to be cold. Except when it’s hot. When she plays off a real hothead like Kwon San Woo or Lee Bum Soo, she gets really comfortable. Though I don’t think any of this will matter for Queen Seon Deok.