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Virgins empowered in tvN comedy The Superman Age

When I first heard about The Superman Age, I wasn’t sure what to expect from the comedy about characters developing superpowers if they hit the age of 25 with their virginity intact — it sounded fun, but would it be slapstick? Lowbrow? Gag comedy?

What I didn’t expect was for it to be utterly deadpan and slick — something you’d expect of Heroes, or X-Men, maybe. The teaser’s tone is grave without being the least bit campy, and if you weren’t paying attention to the dialogue, you’d think it were a high-budget action movie. Flashy, stylish, cool.

And then you listen to the dialogue and realize they’re saying things like “You two are virgins, right?” and “Men who have protected their virginity for 25 years… one day, suddenly… gain superpowers.” The comedy completely depends on the contrast between what the show does and what it says, and that makes it totally hilarious.

The Superman Age comes from the brain of Yoo Byung-jae, the drama’s writer and main lead who is mostly known for his work on SNL Korea. The director is PD Kim Min-kyung, whose only prior credits are SNL Korea, which is surprising since the teaser videos belie his lack of experience. I’ll definitely file that name away to remember in the future. And I really, really hope that the grand scope and style of the teasers will be reflected in the show (and not that the show just spent a lot of money on teasers).

The Superman Age will be a late-night series (11:30 pm) airing on Fridays on tvN beginning April 10.

Via Osen

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This sounds like it has great potential! I hope it's around with English subs.

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TVN dramas always get eng subs. You just have to know where to look. ;)

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where do you usually watch?

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drama.net..you can find pretty much any drama there as long as it's on tv and not a web drama

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Nana, do you know where I should look to watch web dramas with English subs?

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so you are telling me if i wait five more years, i will get telekinesis hmmm seems fair.. where do i sign up ?

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I wouldn't count on it...I turned 25 last year and still nothing...or maybe it's just for guys...

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Even this stuff is misogynistic. tsk tsk tsk lol

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Wait approx. 55 more yrs, you'll be able to see your soul floating.. :-)

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LOL!

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This looks hilarious, can't wait :) I will definitely be checking it out to see if it's as good as the teasers. The superman age, Fighting!!

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Oh my god!!! this looks so great. trailers are made so well, I got goosebumps :O wth now I wish it was a real superhero action-movie :D :D

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I swear tvN gives the best teasers.
Though that hardly translates to the actual dramas.

Nevertheless, tvN drama teasers are unique and awesome.

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*giggle fit* *readies snacks*

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When I read this i remembered how my oldest kids told the youngest (3 year old) that when you turn 14 you can fly. He was so disappointed when he learned that wasn't true.

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At first I thought the premise was interesting, but then I saw that only guys get superpowers, and it would pretty much have to be the best drama of all time for me to ignore that degree of misogyny. Or they could do something interesting and make the drama all about feminism and how women reclaim their power in a world where men have superpowers (possibly by sleeping with them? lol), but this is Korea so I doubt it.

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since it's a tvn drama, the writing and the cinematography will probably be very good, but the premise is kinda grossly misogynistic no matter how you go about it. only the men get superpowers, so being a male virgin is like a positive in this fictional world. but the premise is built on how being a virgin in the real world is a shameful thing for men, emasculating, etc. while the virginity of women is highly prized- not only in korea, but america, all over the world, really, it's just less visible on the surface in some countries.

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Yeah I agree with both of you - was thinking the same thing. It's a shame because the teasers are awesome.

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yep. the only thing I can think about during these teasers is "what about the women?"

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I can't get over the premise. It's just so brilliant.

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OMG that human-trafficking halmeoni from Bad Guys is CREEPY.

And that part where they're screaming and running away... could a girl be chasing them and they're scared to lose their powers? XD

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Ha that would be so funny, they look like they're running from complete Armageddon.

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ooh, decisions, decisions! Do they want to lose their virginity aap, or keep their superpowers?!

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The human trafficking halmeoni from bad guys is also the ghost-bride trafficking halmeoni from Masters Sun. *shudders*

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I'm sooooooooooooooooooo watching this !!!!

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Looks interesting. Thus may be a must watch (insert read...please someone on here recap).

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Wow! Nice production value! The effects and everything else look real good. I hope it stays the same throughout the drama instead of just doing it for the sake of the teaser.

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This looks awesome. I wonder if they lose their powers if they lose their virginity?

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Haha, wow. The teasers look epic! I would have thought it was some major action movie if I hadn't known it was really for this tvN comedy.

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um, am I a bit crazy but if you look at that ending title and read it as english, it kinda reads Tolkien.

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why didn't i have this? im over 25 duh, unfair lol

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