Will It Snow For Christmas: Episode 4
by javabeans
Yes, Will It Snow For Christmas is shaping up to be standard melodrama stuff, in terms of story. Still, I’d say it’s excellently drawn standard melodrama (which makes it not so standard after all?). Trust me, you won’t find anyone who’s more reluctant to dive into the melo genre, but for some reason this drama has dug its claws under my skin. Ew, problematic metaphor. You know what I mean.
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EPISODE 4 RECAP
The air is tense in Kang-jin’s apartment as he asks Tae-joon if he’s too busy to take his fiancee to the hospital. He asks pointedly, “If you’re busy, should I take her?” Tersely, Tae-joon says that he’s been an inconvenience and will buy him a drink later. He takes Ji-wan by the arm and leaves.
In Tae-joon’s apartment, Ji-wan affects a cheery tone, saying she’s not really sick — she’ll be fine after she eats. She grabs things from his fridge and starts to dig in, but because he’s upset (at himself), he yells at her not to eat food that’s expired.
Ji-wan questions his words: “I’ve been quite an inconvenience. I’ll buy you a drink later. Was that all you could say?” Wasn’t he supposed to get offended that Kang-jin overstepped his bounds, stand up for her, and maybe even hit him? He should have yelled at her for being spending the night with another guy and called her names. Then she could yell at him for not showing up at the engagement party and ignoring her calls.
I love this conversation because they’re both overcompensating; so much more is going on below the surface discussion. She’s feeling guilty for feeling drawn to Kang-jin (suspecting, but not knowing, that he’s “her” Kang-jin), while Tae-joon is feeling guilty for cheating.
Ji-wan starts to toss out the question, “Were you with some other woman?” but cuts herself off. She must suspect the truth but pulls back at the last minute, as though challenging him to confirm it but then not wanting to hear it. She tells him, “If you can’t take responsibility for me through the end, don’t hold on to me,” and leaves.
But as she steps out into the hallway, she says in disappointment, “I told him not to hold on — is he really not going to hold on?” She has also walked out wearing mismatched shoes — one slipper, one boot — but can’t go back to change now.
Kang-jin finds a hairpin Ji-wan left behind, and takes it. He runs into Ji-wan at the elevator and asks why she’s not going to the hospital; she answers that she’s all better. Noticing her shoes, he guesses that she left in a fight. Ji-wan finds his familiarity unsettling — probably because she suspects who he is and is trying to keep him at a distance, unsuccesfully.
Ji-wan: “How many women have you taken to your bed without their permission while they were asleep?”
Kang-jin: “I haven’t counted so I don’t know. Aren’t you curious what I did after I brought you to the bed?”
Ji-wan: “Are you a player?”
Kang-jin: “Do I look like a player?”
Ji-wan: “How long have you lived like this?”
Kang-jin: “I haven’t counted that either, so I don’t know.”
Ji-wan: “Do I look like a pushover to you?”
Kang-jin: “How do I look to you? Up close, I’m really handsome, aren’t I? Don’t I look high-class?”
Ji-wan: “You’re being rude. I’m your colleague’s fiancee.”
Kang-jin: “I thought the ceremony didn’t happen.”
Ji-wan: “What are you trying to do?”
The elevator doors open. He traps her, and says, “I’m thinking of seducing you, for real, like a player.” She stutters, “Don’t you know who I am? D-don’t you?”
She starts to repeat the part about being Tae-joon’s fiancee. He cuts her off with a resigned sigh: “Fine, insist that you’re Park Tae-joon’s fiancee. So what? Have you ever seen a player being picky?”
All this excitement is pretty overwhelming for Ji-wan and she walks out in a daze. She stumbles when Kang-jin honks her out of his way and zooms on past her.
But he doesn’t just leave with that rude gesture — he returns to find Ji-wan still sitting on the curb. Without a word, he gets out of the car and sets a new pair of boots down in front of her, then drives off again. Naturally, she recalls the last time Kang-jin gave her shoes.
(Are they going to subvert the whole “don’t give your lover shoes” adage? By the way, I would LOVE if they did. I’m so tired of that gesture representing such manufactured meaningfulness.)
At the office parking garage, Kang-jin pulls in to see Woo-jung venting her ire on the poor security guard for a tiny scratch on her car. Kang-jin tells her to take it easy — it’s barely noticeable and she’s overreacting.
Woo-jung can’t believe his nerve: “Don’t you know who I am?” Not intimidated, he answers that he does know, which is why he’s being so polite. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have bothered to try, since she’s such a selfish person who doesn’t care about hurting others.
She fumes, “Are you done talking?!” He answers calmly, “If I think of more, I will let you know.” He bows and takes his leave. Shocked to be treated with anything less than servility, Woo-jung screams after him to stop, but he ignores her.
In her office, she seethes, and tells her employee Jae-hyun (who’s Kang-jin’s co-worker friend) that she’ll have him fired him immediately, just as soon as Daddy gets back.
His words really got to her, so she asks Jae-hyun if she really is someone who disregards other people’s unhappiness for the sake of her own ambitions. Jae-hyun gets her permission to answer honestly (he’s her grade school classmate), and answers bluntly, “Yes, you are. Cha Kang-jin has an awful temper but he never says something that’s not true.”
Unable to let it go, she exclaims, “When did I do that?” Who has she hurt because of her greed? Jae-hyun points out one case — Ji-wan.
So, Woo-jung drops by the cafe. Without introducing herself, Woo-jung takes stock of Ji-wan’s appearance, sees that she looks pretty resilient, and says, “I can feel less sorry, then.” She offers to give her a much cushier job with better pay. Or money, if she needs. When asked by a puzzled Ji-wan who she is, Woo-jung answers, “Park Tae-joon’s girlfriend.”
Ji-wan realizes this must be director Lee Woo-jung. She asks why Woo-jung would pay her, and gets back the careless answer that she feels sorry “for this and that. I was with Tae-joon on your engagement day. I’m starting over with him. Maybe I should apologize for it, so in any case I’m sorry.”
Woo-jung says this all with her rich, privileged air, like she’s rather pleased with herself for actually apologizing and being so generous. Ji-wan counters, what if she kicks up a fuss? What if she says she can’t let him go? What if she clings?
Woo-jung asks, “Isn’t it better to preserve the last of your dignity?”
Tae-joon conducts his meeting with the Chinese developers, which has been rescheduled since he missed the original meeting. But the Chinese men stop him — his presentation differs from what they’d discussed yesterday. The lead Chinese businessman takes out a series of napkins with design plans on them, and asks for Cha Kang-jin. The only reason they agreed to this meeting is because they liked his ideas.
Thus Kang-jin is called in to take over. He completes the napkin diagram and explains his concept of planning an eco-friendly development — a green city. All the while, Tae-joon eyes his colleague in a new light.
The Chinese developers are pleased and trade happy comments amongst themselves. As they converse in Chinese, Tae-joon addresses Kang-jin:
Tae-joon: “You’re a frightening man, Team Leader Cha. Backstabbing someone who asked for your help.”
Kang-jin: “It was not my intention. I’m sorry. I couldn’t hold onto them with your concept.”
Tae-joon: “Why are you doing this to me? Do you have a problem with me?”
Kang-jin: “Is that what it looks like?”
The Chinese developers are ready to agree to work together, and regardless of whose idea this was, it should be a victory for the Bumseo Group team, not a personal glory for Kang-jin — but Tae-joon’s jealousy gets the better of him. Rather than accepting graciously, he suggests that Kang-jin put on a presentation himself. This makes it a competitive situation, and just makes things more difficult for everyone; it’s sort of like cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Jae-hyun gripes about Tae-joon’s dick move on Kang-jin’s behalf — he only has one week for a presentation that would be difficult to do in a month! What was Tae-joon thinking?
Kang-jin accepts this as his challenge and figures he’ll have to give it a shot. Jae-hyun warns him that he’s going to get fired as soon as the president returns, but Kang-jin’s not terribly worried. He jokes that if Woo-jung sics her father on him, he’ll just sic his mother on her.
Speaking of mothers, Chun-hee drops by Jun-su’s office, saying that she’s unwell. Ever since she was beat up by that thug, she has been in pain, and asks Jun-su to take a look.
Jun-su refuses, keeping his tone brisk and telling her to go to another hospital. He tries to get her to leave and ignores her persistent pleas. This piques her temper, so she asks, does she have to break a leg to get him to treat her? Fine, she’ll do that.
Chun-hee heads up to the roof so she can fling herself off it and break something. But at the last minute, she wonders, “What if I die? I’m only trying to get hurt.” She vacillates, stepping off the ledge, and back on, and back off again.
Jun-su watches — he’d worried, but now that he sees her hesitation, he dryly says that he’s waiting to give her a hand if she can’t do it herself. So Chun-hee challenges him to give her a push: “Why, can’t you kill me a second time when you’ve already killed me once?” The Chun-hee he once knew died 30 years ago when he killed her.
He pulls her down from the ledge and drives her somewhere — and his wife Young-sook spots them leaving together. Jun-su pulls up to a hospital and tells her to get an X-ray, then calls in a favor with a doctor friend. Chun-hee’s eyes fill with tears at this unexpected kindness.
It’s a small but probably significant tidbit that Ji-wan still wears Kang-jin’s necklace. You’d think she would find it painful, but the whole matter is rather emotionally complicated, so I can see her attachment to it.
Meanwhile, Kang-jin still has Ji-wan’s hair pin, which he puts onto his necktie and wears as a tie clip.
After his morning fight with Ji-wan, Tae-joon has been feeling conflicted — I’m sure he does care for Ji-wan and hates to hurt her, even though his passion for Woo-jung seems to be much more fiery. He shows up at their new apartment, which is completely furnished with new appliances, clothes, everything.
In contrast with Woo-jung, his behavior is quiet, reserved, almost resigned. She is thrilled to be together again and tells him not to go anywhere. Tae-joon looks at her injured wrist and tells her not to hurt herself again. But her happy smile fades into confusion as he adds, “Even if you say you’re really dying, I won’t come again. I’ve done as much as I could. I think we’ve gone as far as we could.”
Now his attitude starts to make sense — why he didn’t break it off with Ji-wan, why he couldn’t fully embrace Woo-jung, why he seems angry with himself. Growing angry, Woo-jung asks what he’s saying. She doesn’t understand his beating around the bush, so just say it!
Tae-joon confesses that he received money from her father to break it off. He used it all so he can’t even return it. She demands to know how much. He answers, “Enough that a man like me wouldn’t be able to touch that much in my lifetime. Enough to make me regret not accepting it earlier.” Stunned to have the bomb dropped on her like this, Woo-jung wrestles with her hurt, bursting out that she’ll die if he goes like this. He tells her to go ahead — he warned her that he wouldn’t come again. Tearfully she asks whether this is all their love amounted to. Was it so little that he could give her up for money?
He genuinely seems pained, but with his face averted, he strives for a cavalier tone (though he has tears in his eyes): “I guess it is.” He walks out, then calls the president’s man to say that it’s all over.
That night at the office, Woo-jung is nowhere to be found and her phone goes unanswered. Normally this wouldn’t be a big deal, but Kang-jin’s team, who have been working incredibly hard to make their presentation deadline, needs her signature of approval on some documents. They only have two hours left before they have to send it over to the New York office. Kang-jin had thought her approval had already been given, and the team hadn’t anticipated this hiccup.
Kang-jin heads out of the office immediately and calls around to find out Woo-jung’s whereabouts. This is an emergency, and he scours nightclub after nightclub, even barging into private rooms and restrooms.
He finally spots her drinking alone in a corner at a particular club, and states his case in an urgent but businesslike manner. Woo-jung is in a foul mood and yells at his impertinence for barging in at this hour, at this location, to talk to her about business. Undeterred, Kang-jin presents the document — everyone has been working their asses off for this project and they just need her signature. They only have thirty minutes left to make their deadline.
Uncaring, Woo-jung pours herself more liquor, spilling alcohol all over his paper. He’s come this far and he’s not going to let her petulance interfere, so Kang-jin angrily grabs her arm and drags her out. She resists and complains, so he hoists her on his shoulder and carries her out. He calls the office to inform them he’s heading over, so get the paperwork ready.
As he charges out of the building, Kang-jin hears her shouting turning into sobs. This is the moment I felt most keenly for Woo-jung’s character, and it’s also possibly the first time Kang-jin does, too. She cries, “What did I do wrong? Why did you play with me?” Her pain doesn’t necessarily excuse her behavior, but it does explain it.
After dropping by the office, Kang-jin retrieves a fresh document and again asks for Woo-jung’s signature. She scribbles it, then proposes drunkenly, “Stay with me tonight.” She offers him a lot of benefits, such as money, in exchange.
For a moment it seems like Kang-jin looks at her with sympathy, but when he answers, it’s with a brusque tone. Jae-hyun is on his way here, so if she’s going to buy a man’s company, she should buy his. He leaves her in the car and walks off.
Ji-wan arrives at the cafe that night to find Tae-joon staggering, drunk, in front of the door. He asks for a late-night drink, like he used to do. Ji-wan answers coolly that she’ll charge him exorbitantly for the privilege.
For a while, Tae-joon drinks by himself; it’s like old times, only the emotions are all a-jumble this time around. She’s fighting her hurt, while he gazes her with regret and sadness. Tae-joon breaks the silence — he has something to tell her. He waits for a sign from her before continuing, and there’s a long moment of silence as she works out how best to respond.
Finally, she bursts out, “Go then! I’ll let you go, so go! You don’t have to pretend to be so miserable, I won’t hold you back! So go to her!” She’ll meet a better man and live happily, so he can leave without worrying.
Ah, the irony. Just as he’s broken things off with Woo-jung… He doesn’t argue; he just drops his credit card to pay his bill, and leaves silently.
Working late, Kang-jin asks someone to pop out to buy some snacks, but all the others are passed out in exhaustion. So he goes instead, pausing to look at the (seemingly closed) cafe before continuing on his way.
On Kang-jin’s way back from the store, he sees a drunk Tae-joon stumbling out and heading for the street. Ji-wan runs after him to return the credit card, only to see that Tae-joon has staggered into the busy intersection against the light signal. Cars zoom past him and he collapses in the middle of the road.
Alarmed, Ji-wan rushes into the intersection after him and urges him to get up, but he’s unconscious and doesn’t budge. Cars honk and brakes screech, but one oncoming car is headed straight for them. She can’t move Tae-joon, so she makes a split-second decision: she stands up in front of him, arms outstretched, as though to take the brunt of the impact instead of him…
…which is when Kang-jin races into the street and grabs her tightly, positioning himself between her and the car.
(Agh! The emotion on his face — it kills me! It makes this cliche of a moment worth it.)
The oncoming car swerves to avoid them, and after registering that they’re safe, they break apart in stunned silence, looking intently at each other… which is why it’s got to hurt for Kang-jin when Ji-wan races to Tae-joon’s side and worriedly calls out to him.
Kang-jin carries Tae-joon home and deposits him on the bed, then faces Ji-wan with a frustration that manifests as anger. His fear over her actions causes him to lash out with harsh words, especially when he sees her scraped, bleeding hand:
Kang-jin: “Do you often hear that you’re foolish? That you’re stupid, and pathetic? You must get that a lot. If you act like this, will he come to you? If you give up your life or beg, do you think you could hold onto him?”
Ji-wan: “I’m going to try. I’ll do whatever I have to. If I can hold onto him by risking my life or begging, I’ll try. I’m thankful for today, but if you’re done, could you leave? I want to be alone with Tae-joon.”
He turns to go, then pauses, looking at her face searchingly.
Kang-jin: “Can I ask one question? What is his mother like? What kind of person is Park Tae-joon’s mother?”
After he walks out, her stricken face starts to crumple in tears.
I’m editing this part, because I prefer an alternate interpretation proffered, which is that this cuts through Ji-wan’s denial and proves that it’s really Kang-jin. The statement speaks to her rejection of him as kids, when she invoked his tawdry mother as one of the reasons she didn’t like him. Even if she didn’t mean the words then, Kang-jin’s question is quietly condemning.
As if to underscore the point, his mother calls. He’s not in the mood to sing tonight, so she offers herself for lullaby duty. After today’s encounter with Jun-su and his kindness at the hospital, she’s in a great mood. She sings Shim Su-bong’s “그때 그 사람” (That man of the past) [ Download ]
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When it rains, I think of that man from the past
He never had much to say
He hid love’s pain and cried
because he couldn’t forget a lost loveHe asked one day in the car
what the saddest thing in the world is
Sadder than love is emotion,
he said, shaking his headHe played guitar for me in the lonely sickroom
consoling me tenderly, that beloved man
He didn’t even say goodbye
Is he happy somewhere now?
Shall I think of him just once?
I still miss him, that man of the past
The one I have to forget now, that man of the past
While Chun-hee sings to her son, we see Jun-su staring off into the darkness alone, as he so often does. His wife Young-sook watches him, no doubt wondering what is between her husband and Chun-hee.
Ji-wan tends to Tae-joon throughout the night, and a heartbroken Woo-jung drinks herself to sleep.
In the morning, Ji-wan cooks breakfast and checks in on Tae-joon, but leaves without talking to him. As she walks past Kang-jin’s door, his words ring in her head, about how foolish she was.
Personally, I think Ji-wan isn’t 100% sure that this Kang-jin is her childhood love, and is trying to deny with her head what she guesses in her heart. She stops at his door and recalls his teenage confession, and also her harsh words rejecting his feelings.
There’s a milk delivery at his doorstep, which catches her eye. Just then, he comes up from behind her, arriving home from an early-morning workout.
Kang-jin offers the milk to her in a casual, friendly tone, but Ji-wan is nervous to be caught here. He forces a cheerful tone as she makes the excuse, “I came here because I don’t think I thanked you properly.”
Kang-jin replies, “But I didn’t ask why you came to my place at dawn, or why you were lurking here for a long while.”
Uncertain how to respond to such a direct assault, Ji-wan turns quickly to walk away. Kang-jin grabs her arm and whirls her back around.
This time, he looks at her intently. He’s not going to let her evade the issue any more, and demands, “Do you not know me? Han Ji-wan, do you really not know me?”
COMMENTS
The drama has a nice way with little moments that add meaning to scenes — like how the streetlight turns green after the danger is gone. Or how Ji-wan braces herself for the car’s impact by squeezing her eyes shut, as does Kang-jin when he grabs her to suffer the blow instead.
Another thing that elevates this drama is (as I previously mentioned) how well these characters have been drawn. And by now, we’re far enough from the childhood portions to apply this to adult Kang-jin and Ji-wan as well.
I often find myself hating second leads in melodramas — so clingy, so demanding, so crazy, so unrealistic — but here, I actually like them. Take Tae-joon, for instance. He’s sorta tragic, isn’t he? Because he’s so weak. I was all set to write him off as a two-timing, indecisive, selfish jerk, but this episode adds layers to his character that we didn’t see in the previous episode. I appreciate that. Episode 3 suggested that Tae-joon was purely using Ji-wan, at least at first. Episode 4 gives us more complex mixed feelings, and it helps that actor Song Jong-ho has a great talent for incorporating subtleties to his expressions, so that even when he’s saying the heartless words of a cad, his face is showing more behind the words.
Woo-jung is another oddly relatable character, and I say “oddly” because she’s rich, spoiled, and bratty. But to her, this really doesn’t make sense because she has done nothing wrong, and she’s being jerked around by the two men in her life who are, presumably, most important — her father and her lover. I love the moment when Kang-jin pauses to really hear her sobs, because she sounds like such a lost little girl.
It actually struck me that in an alternate universe, Kang-jin and Woo-jung’s relationship is like the melodrama version of the pairing we saw in My Fair Lady with Yoon Eun-hye and Yoon Sang-hyun.
I will apologize in advance for going off on a tangent, and I really don’t want to turn this into a big issue, so please don’t assume that I’m directly comparing the two dramas or making statements about which is better, etc. It just strikes me as a funny coincidence. Here you have the same spoiled brat who has a director’s title with the company but didn’t earn the spot; who abuses those around her, including (and especially) the one she loves; who was forced apart from her love by familial interference; who acts out and is self-destructive because of grief; who is challenged by a new man who, unlike everyone else, refuses to kowtow to her position.
I’ve heard that Pretty Woman was almost cast with Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino — and what a different movie that would have been, yeah? Darker, less fluffy, less romantic but almost definitely more intense. It’s the same difference here. Just thought I’d mention it.
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51 OzChick
December 17, 2009 at 1:42 AM
Yay! I do hope you continue on with the recaps for this drama - it's getting so addictive and I haven't even watched it yet! Ah, the power of javabean's recaps.Go Soo kills me everytime, it's those eyes... so wonderfully expressive! Can't wait for ep 5!
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52 Anh Nguyen
December 17, 2009 at 1:45 AM
serendipity , *LOL* the hair clip has not been referenced again in current episodes. I think they are playing hard on the necklace instead :D.
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53 anne20
December 17, 2009 at 2:11 AM
JW seemed to have lost all her spunk because the moment her brother died, all her rightful claim to the world has been shaken. For her mom, she didn't "deserve" to live and she wasn't "good" enough (as a student, & in love, she was foolish). Her brother was the only person who truly believed in her. It's understandable that with his loss, she no longer feels worthy enough to fight for herself anymore.
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54 xing
December 17, 2009 at 2:57 AM
"Kang Jin did believe in those words. Even if she said it out of grief, even if she didn’t really “mean” it, part of her did and that’s just an honest reflection of how we all hurt each other when our hearts are burning"
=>when she said those words , it came from her whom he assumed was different but he now see before him , she wasnt . the more you want to believed , the more the hurt is when it is crashed
as for her , it was out of certain hurting within herself for being such a fool , indirectly her brother died for her foolish "first love" hence she is throwing all these words at this boy who was the cause of that
"have this icky feeling that KJ is the son of JW’s dad"
Ji young is born 3 years older than kang jin but mdm cha left hometown before Mr Han married. so unless .there was an affair going on between mr han and mdm cha after the marriage . Kang jin cant really be Mr han's son. but i suspect his father is someone who is in the same profession as he is ? . which probably WJ's family (either her uncle or father) is the likely suspect if the writer lee meant to reveal Kang jin's parentage . but that is just my own speculation
as for Ji wan , there should be revealing plot regarding her and her mother. she need to return to her home to face whatever she had run away from .
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55 Madita
December 17, 2009 at 3:21 AM
45 @ serendipity
>>"What is it about hair clips? You’re Beautiful, City Hall, now WiSFC. Forget the Holy Grail. Forget the philosopher’s stone. It’s all about the hair clip."
Would it turn fluffy and cute like YAB? Would it be tragic like WiSFC? Will I be swept up in a storm, a la City Hall? Oh, it is dangerous, the hair clip. Mess not with the hair clip!<<
I am going to buy me hairclips today - I want it ilke CH LOL...hope it works.
Will let you all know asap.
Thanks serendipitiy - You make me laugh out loud in the office :)
I am getting addicted to this drama more and more. Normally I hate melodramas, but in this drama are so many subtle moments, words spoken out bluntly we normally just think of, so it makes it worth watching.
Yesterday night I wachted Ep.5 without subs, and I loved it, even I couldnt understand a word besides Kre, Yopseyo and ajhussi.
Their mimics do it. At the beginng there is a kind of review when they meet in fornt of KangJins appartment. Wont tell much, but watching a hesitating, hiding Go Soo with crazy heartbeats, it made my heart beating faster too.
I did not know him before, but know I have to say he is a really really good actor.
He plays so naturally when showing his emotions, you have to like him.
He is definetly in love with JiWan, otherwise he would not have this big protection-instinct for her. But I think he is also angry that she rejected him as a teenager. I have sometimes the feeling he wants a kind of revenge, no better said to punish her for what she did to him, and after he did get this revenge he will declare her his love....
I like how GoSoo interpretes KangJins character. He is definetly a man who does know what he wants. And he wants JiWan for him. The scene in the elevator where he states like a brazen player "I want to seduce you" says all to me. He does not say "I love you" even though he does.
He just says "I want to seduce you" just to punish her a little bit.
I also like Han YeSeuls acting. Yes she is whiny, insecure...a totally vulnerable girl at the moment. Full of guilt about what happened to her beloved borther (she even studies hard omed. for him), feels unworthy to be loved (because of her mothers words, and because her love to young KJ caused her brothers death).
Her loneliness and vulnerabity makes me sad. I am like KJ, I just want to protect her. So no wonder to me, she i so depressed and vulnerable. It would be odd if she was still like the little JiWan at the first episodes. But I hope through being more and more involved with KangJin, the young JiWan will come back. And HYS who showed a funny great performance at Fantasy Couple will play this very well, too.
The casting of this drama is very good. Woo-Joo and Tae-Jun have a tormented love realtionship, too. Both have weak characters, bu I hope they will manage to come together again, after sorting things out.
After so many romantic comedies like CH, Tamna, Smile You and YAB, I was looking, searching the net for a melodrama. But nothing caught my interest.
Finally WISFC started to air, and just because I like HYS, I deceided to watch it.
Lucky me...I found what I was looking for.
While whatching SMILE as romantic comedy, WISFC is a nice variety to romcom.
Thanks for the recap - comments :)
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56 la meera
December 17, 2009 at 4:34 AM
ah god. this man is fine.
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57 dramalover
December 17, 2009 at 5:12 AM
I like Shim Su Bong's songs. I also like Lee Soo Young's cover of this song 4 years ago.
Ballad songs these days are so generic you cannot tell them apart. Actually the Korean music industry in general is deteriorating.
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58 Mona
December 17, 2009 at 6:10 AM
I'm in love with this drama...it has so much feeling and Go Soo is amazing...his expressions are killing me!
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59 Penn
December 17, 2009 at 6:24 AM
I love the expression on the facess of the two guys. Great acting. After watching ep 5, I want Go Soo under my christmas tree. His eyes can really melt a girl's heart. A man with action and a mighty fine body to go with it. Again, love you recap JB!!!
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60 Norma
December 17, 2009 at 6:27 AM
@34 langdon813
Thank you for joggin the noggin on who's recapping WISFC!!!! Yep...we are lucky to have JB and Samsooki on the same team!
I agree about Go Soo's eyes....they "penetrate" into the soul!
And comments about the "hairclip"....I've also noticed crossing the busy street without paying attention....and everybody loves to eat "ramen".....also porridge. It can be addicting with the ramen and porridge! :-)
By the way....what DID happen with the hairclip? Which takes me back to YAB....and what did Go Mi Nam do with the hairclip after TK put it in her hand?
hehehehe....oh well...
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61 Anh Nguyen
December 17, 2009 at 6:39 AM
Norma: haha. I have exact thought as you! Funny eh?
I like the necklace design of this show though. I want one! :P
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62 Norma
December 17, 2009 at 6:51 AM
@61 butterball
You know what they say about "great minds"?!!!! :-)
It's no wonder I love checking into the comments on all the recaps! Faceless friends galore!!!!
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63 CrimemasterGogo
December 17, 2009 at 6:57 AM
Seriously is this man good looking or what. Just look at thos expressions, he's so manly..
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64 Ariel
December 17, 2009 at 6:58 AM
Like the song of the day for both recaps, thanks JB. Can anyone tell me who did the vocals for the Clazziquai song Rapunzel because I don't think its Alex.
I'm waiting for Ji-wan to get her act together, come on leaving your home at 16, working and studying. I get that her grades are not great but in order to survive without parental support one must be resolute, has a will of steel and don't let anyone push them around. Just a thought.
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65 Sonam
December 17, 2009 at 7:39 AM
Go Soo.
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66 belleza
December 17, 2009 at 7:42 AM
"I also like Han YeSeuls acting. Yes she is whiny, insecure…a totally vulnerable girl at the moment."
After viewing Episode 5, I decided that this was a GREAT match.
Han Ye Seul's acting is really, really nervous throughout the whole show, and the effect works great. It's like whenever Ji Wan talks at length to either Tae Jun or Kang Jing, she's throwing out the words out there so she can be reassured that what she's feeling and what she's suspecting is true or not.
She's looking for confirmation for her feelings. And the way she acts, that anxiety, that "ohh you can't be seriously . . . uhh, right?" That's actually SPOT ON. It's not soap acting; it's actually how we really are when we don't have faith in ourselves or others about relationships.
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67
December 17, 2009 at 7:54 AM
I love the song sung by Lyn! Thanks for posting it, jb!
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68 emtee
December 17, 2009 at 8:05 AM
Am I the only one that doesn't want a happy ending for Kang Jin and Ji Wan? I don't mind the idea of The Childhood Connection, but Adult Ji Wan isn't nearly interesting enough to me. Seriously, as soon as she threw herself in front of that car I was done with her. Perhaps it was a setup to the awesomeness that is Tortured Go Soo, but still, feh.
I'm team Woo Jung, I think. Can she and Kang Jin find love? That would be excellent.
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69 lidge_fan
December 17, 2009 at 8:16 AM
For me, the most memorable scene in this episode is the traffic hug scene. KJ is the sullen, noncommunicative type who expresses himself through his actions, not words (ideal hero onscreen but this type is hecka annoying in real life). For example, KJ didn't like JW when she first started her ridiculous plan to get him to like her when they were little so he threw away the milk and eggs she gave him. But when he began to soften towards her, he gave her back her shoes and walked home barefoot. This is why I loved the scene of him running into traffic to shield JW from the cars so much because it's his way (the only way he knows how) to express his love for her.
The last time a scene in a K-drama had such an strong impact on me was in Last Scandal of My Life when Jung Jun-Ho pulled Choi Jin-shil into his embrace to spare her the pain of knowing that her husband had betrayed her. This was redone in You're Beautiful, but the effect wasn't as strong since I had already seen it.
There's a debate about whether KJ and JW have recognized each other. I think KJ defintely knows, or at least 99.9999% sure, that it's JW from his childhood, right from the first moment she says her name at the engagement party. Otherwise, why would he do so much for her, such as silently following her in the rain, bringing her back to his apartment to nurse her or run into traffic to shield her from the oncoming cars? The difficult thing is he wants JW to acknowledge him, but she's refusing to (and with good reasons because she doesn't want to face her past). So the only thing he can do is be there for her in his silent but caring way, such as buying her the boots and I'll avoid posting spoilers for ep. 5 so I'll just say *cough*redecorating*cough*.
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70 nopem
December 17, 2009 at 8:25 AM
omg thx so much for posting a download link for the song that Chunhee sang!!!
I absolutely loved that scene, showing all of the characters one by one while she sang with her husky voice! It was a really beautiful scene~
thx again ^______^
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71 belleza
December 17, 2009 at 8:32 AM
"Am I the only one that doesn’t want a happy ending for Kang Jin and Ji Wan? "
Being that this is Lee Kyung Hee, a happy ending will probably kill itself. :(
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72 deeta
December 17, 2009 at 8:49 AM
^^Aww, but Thank You was quite a happy ending. Hopefully she continues that trend.
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73 Tammy
December 17, 2009 at 9:11 AM
JB, so glad to hear that you are enjoying this one! I've been wondering which series you were going to start recapping and am so excited that (it looks like) you are are going to keep with this one! I started watching WISFC after reading your recaps for episodes 1 and 2, and have now started anxiously waiting each week for the new episodes.
@lidge_fan
I completely agree with you about the memorability of the scene in which KJ saves JW in the intersection. Even though we've seen that scene played out many times before in K-dramas, I instantly got tears in my eyes because of Go Soo's incredible acting. The emotions flitting across his face were just so breathtaking; in that instant, you could really feel the concern he was feeling for JW.
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74 R
December 17, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Isn't it weird that Kang Jin has not heard of Ji Wan's brother's death? Or how he died for that matter?
I mean, when the brother was accepted into Seoul Uni, there was like a big hoo-hah and banners were hung in that hometown. So when he's dead, word would no doubt spread that he died because he drown in that river while looking for something. And that something would be the necklace.
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75 nell123
December 17, 2009 at 9:44 AM
@ 68 emtee
"Am I the only one that doesn’t want a happy ending for Kang Jin and Ji Wan? I don’t mind the idea of The Childhood Connection, but Adult Ji Wan isn’t nearly interesting enough to me. Seriously, as soon as she threw herself in front of that car I was done with her. Perhaps it was a setup to the awesomeness that is Tortured Go Soo, but still, feh."
Bingo. That's what's bothering me too. Young Ji Wan might have been silly and awkward girl but she had spunk and energy and was not afraid to act according to her views of wrong and right. Adult Ji Wan is exactly the opposite - lifeless, week, without any courage. Add to this my dislike to Han Ye Sul and things are not looking great. I suspect that unless they come up with an amazing story and even more gorgeous Kang Jin (if that's even possible :D) I'll probably drop that drama after couple of episodes.
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76
December 17, 2009 at 10:06 AM
I often like to look for symbolism in dramas.The scene where Ji-won rushes into traffic to protect Tae-joon is a particularly interesting and poignant one..It's like she opens her arms to face the cars (danger) head on which is sort of how she chooses to face her problems.The person she wants to protect behind her and the source of danger in front of her.
Kang-jin is almost like her diametric opposite.The one he wants to protect being in front of him and the source of danger behind him which pretty much defines his attitude towards life.He turns his back on danger/hurt while she faces it headlong.
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77 diane
December 17, 2009 at 10:16 AM
Javabean
thanks for the recap, I start to love this drama.
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78 Sonam
December 17, 2009 at 10:20 AM
@68
Me too. I like Woo Jung. I like her honesty. The actor who's playing her is making her very attractive.
@75 I have actually stopped watching HYS when she doesn't have scenes with GS. I don't know why but she annoys me and it's not because she plays this fragile damaged character. I don't like it when actors are self conscious and contrived. I don't know HYS ...this is my first drama with her.
I don't think I will be able to drop the drama. I am so besotted with Go Soo. So I will suffer thru the horrible cheesy soundtrack (except for soulful Goo Soo song) , a female lead I don't feel a connection to and the lurid parents love triangle.
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79 serendipity
December 17, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Hmm. Jumping into the Adult JW / HYS fray...
I think I'm with Belleza. I think HYS is actually well cast and is doing a good job, wringing our poor little hearts. (Well, mine is wrung.)
You see, I don't buy that young JW was spunky, brave and strong. Sure, she was loud and outrageous. But actually she was deeply insecure (who wouldn't be, if unloved by her mother), so she was ever over-compensating. Shouting just a little too loud, trying just a little too hard. Because deep down she felt that she had to shout louder and try harder than anyone else in order to be worthy.
And her reaction upon her brother's death corroborates this. Why would she throw her young love for KJ away, if she had any confidence? if she had any inner strength she could have at least begun to try to sort through the tangle of fate. Why would she run away, if she were strong? Why would she flee her home, if home were a safe place? If she had anything like a normal family life and a centred inner life, when tragedy struck she would have clung to the security of family. As it was, her life had always been fragile, so when her brother died (and her crush on KJ was indirectly responsible) her life completely fell apart, and she had no way to cope with living with herself or with her mother, so she ran away to start afresh. And in a sense, when KJ turned up years later, she had no choice but to run away again, being completely unable to cope, as ever. So I actually think that it is appropriate that the Adult JW shows no "spunk", has a perpetual scared rabbit look, and is somewhat whiney.
I know young JW was brave enough when facing physical danger. But I don't think she ever had much inner strength (which is a different thing). And in a sense her physical bravery was bravado precisely because she was fragile inside.
When her brother died, I thought "Argh! What on earth?! Another random melo death". (I hadn't known it was coming, and didn't see it coming either - to its credit it was more subtle than usual; sometimes the "tragic plot device" can be spotted a mile away.) But now I understand why the death was necessary. It was what caused JW's barely-cobbled-together life to completely unravel, and forms a logical, even, realistic, basis for the Tragedy of her love.
Just my opinion! I can understand anyone who finds Adult JW Too Wet to Bear. I'm normally not patient with whiney females, myself. But somehow, this time, once I got my head round to realising that this is a Tragedy of Operatic proportions (thanks, Belleza), it works for me.
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80 belleza
December 17, 2009 at 11:07 AM
@serendipity,
"You see, I don’t buy that young JW was spunky, brave and strong. Sure, she was loud and outrageous. But actually she was deeply insecure (who wouldn’t be, if unloved by her mother), so she was ever over-compensating."
Yup, that's how I see it. I've seen Nam Ji Hyun in some other dramas, and she tends to play the characters "up", as do the majority of child/preteen actors.
Before JW really got to know KJ, she had already been used by a guy. And in fact, it may have been really obvious to people around them, but she couldn't see it for what it is, and it actually disturbed her a lot that she wasn't smarter. See a pattern? That's exactly her current situation.
"It was what caused JW’s barely-cobbled-together life to completely unravel, and forms a logical, even, realistic, basis for the Tragedy of her love."
Yup, pretty much. You need some plot device to set off the angst, and there ya go. :D
It sounds cruel to say this, but given the rules of melodrama, the death of the bro isn't really that important. It initiates her running away, but her reasons for being a cold fish to Kang Jin was consistent with her behaviour when they were young. And that is why adult Kang Jin, as much in love with her as he is, has so many questions about why the hell JW did and does the things she does.
We're not supposed to admire Ji Wan.
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81 amg01
December 17, 2009 at 11:16 AM
http://www.dramastyle.com/view_theme-g-Will_It_Snow_On_Christmas_KoreaDrama_2009_-t-3344.html
Epi 6 raw enjoy.
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82 serendipity
December 17, 2009 at 11:29 AM
@ belleza
Yeah, I've realised that the way to cope with melodrama (and I usually don't cope very well), is to Embrace the Tragedy. It isn't even so much about the Epic Love, as the Tragedy.
The Epic Love is there, as is Cruel Fate. The love is epic because it has survived the years and will prove stronger than any other affection or any good sense, as we shall no doubt see. But as you say, Epic Love and Cruel Fate are both there to lead up to The Tragedy. Embrace the Tragedy, folks! Wallow in it! Finger it, stroke it, smell it... So long as there is no complete logic fail (so far so good), and so long as there is an underlying reason for people's bad behaviour and indecisiveness (however melodramatic the reason), we should be cool.
Young JW - And I think it is ok that Nam Ji Hyun dialled it up. Because it is perfectly true that young people and adults deal with the suckiness of life differently. We often over-react clumsily in youth, then become defeated and more nuanced later in life. Quite normal.
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83 Eva
December 17, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Woooow I must say I really love ur posts. They totaly save my day, and I seem to never get enough! Keep up the good work)
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84 Anh Nguyen
December 17, 2009 at 11:54 AM
@belleza and serendipity:
After viewing ep5 and the epic ep6, I agree with you guys. HYS has done a good job with JW. I suspect I disliked her voice a bit in the beginning, but now I am used to and can look pass it.
And yes I can smell the tragedy in the air. There is the Cha "Curse" that the writer is famous for (soompie fans point this out to me. I have not watched any other melodrama from her).
Yet I appreciate the pace of the story so far. It is not draggy. By that I mean once conflict does not take more than 2 episodes to solve. How many romantic Kdrama can we find that it are not draggy?
@belleza:
"It sounds cruel to say this, but given the rules of melodrama, the death of the bro isn’t really that important. It initiates her running away, but her reasons for being a cold fish to Kang Jin was consistent with her behaviour when they were young. And that is why adult Kang Jin, as much in love with her as he is, has so many questions about why the hell JW did and does the things she does."
Kudos to you for such sharp eyes. I can totally see and feel it after viewing episode 6.
The epic love will work and grow once KJ lets go of the question of "Who the hell are you?".
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85 emeldy
December 17, 2009 at 12:13 PM
I really don't understand the whole debate about Ji Wan character. If she had carried forward her spunk attitude where will the ' Melodrama theme' fits in. We need Ji Wan to be a lost and scared, where are hero needs to come in to protect her and show her the way. I guess i am among the minority who feel that Han Ye Seul is perfect in playing the lost puppy and Go Soo obviously is The ultimate hero.
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86 kirst3n
December 17, 2009 at 12:14 PM
I am so enamored with Go Soo right now. Thanks again for the episode recap Dramabeans .^_^
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87 Marmalade
December 17, 2009 at 12:24 PM
In a way I could understand why she's acting clingy and unsure. She's been alone for so many years, it's been so many years, we all have to grow old.
She can't be that girl that she was ten years ago, circumstances changes a
person and her defining moment was when her brother died and she ran away.
I think the actress has done a good job in relating her uncertainty and pain.
One of the sweetest moments were when mother and son sang to eachother
which I think gives this drama more than just a melodrama it gives this drama
substance. In addition, I think this drama started out differently. The lead actor wasn't the guy she fell in love with first as an adult he seemed more like the
typical second lead who likes the girl who's with another man and will do anything (sweetness and all) for the girl. He's not the subtle emotion bottled up
typically guy who can't seemed to express himself. He's expressive and say what's on his mind, something that is different and I hope he maintain that characteristic to his character throughout the drama.
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88 emtee
December 17, 2009 at 12:35 PM
@ belleza -- Yes, there's always the death at the end of the rainbow option. :)
@ nell123 -- I think I'll persist because I need the character to turn around. HYS is doing a fine job, but I think it's my general wariness with melodramas. The female lead always loses me in translation. Exception: Lee Da Hae in the last melo I watched (Go Soo ftw!). She cried the hell out of that role, and I stuck with her torture just fine. Anyhow, I have to believe that I'll be able to see a glimmer of Yong Ji Wan soon. I know she's probably broken from having ostensibly killing her brother, but something's gotten be good for her...at least for an episode or half of one before something else horrible happens.
@sonam -- Sunwoo Sun is the awesome. I hope Woo Jung continues to amuse.
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89 popcorn
December 17, 2009 at 12:42 PM
Since I didn't watch the first two episodes I didn't have trouble conflicting between adult and child actors. hihii :D
I actually like all characters played so far. I think HYS actually fit in the character according to my perspective - a character that is weak, clumsy, whiny, avoiding-the-situation, and has a low self-esteem. As for Go Soo, besides for the fact that he is too masculine he is really good at showing his emotions with his eyes.
I actually like melodrama as long as I don't grow an attachment to it. It's alright as long as I can watch logically. When I get illogical with the drama such as growing emotional with the character, I tend to avoid the whole drama as whole. It's aggravating to have lingering sadness to a character or a tragedy after the drama is already finished. For example, like MISA it makes me sad...
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90 nell123
December 17, 2009 at 12:50 PM
@ serendipity and belleza # 79 & 80:
ok... here is how I see it:
Young JW is spunky and brave and as strong as a child can be. I perceive her that way because she is proactive. She faces whatever happens in her life and reacts according to her principles. Her first love uses her to get to another girl - she comes up with a revenge plan, another boy she likes doesn't pay attention to her - she tries to attract his attention, someone tears the poster(?) with her brother's name - she attacks that person, someone is in trouble - she comes to the rescue and so on.Even running away is her being proactive because it's the only way for her not to be broken by her mother. Can you imagine what it would be like for her to live with her parents? She would feel guilty because if it wasn't for her crush her brother would still be alive, at the same time knowing that her own mother would rather see her dead than her brother. I'd run too. As fast as I can. I respect her for that because she does everything she can to get herself out of the tragic life she leads. It might not lead her to a better point in her life. But she gets my admiration for trying as hard as she can.At that moment in her life running away makes sense.What could hold her back? KJ's love? Not really. They are both very young and don't even know what love is.JW doesn't actually know that KJ loves her, she doesn't value his feelings that much because for her romantic love has no value yet.
As for the yelling. Apparently, that's the proper way to portray brave and spunky character in kdramas. Exept that when you just yell and don't do anything else you are just a whinny brat (Jan Di in BOF) but if you yell but also act according to your words and believes (young JW) it's much more believable.Adult JW yells a lot too but doesn't do much else. She lets other people push her around and doesn't even try to react.That's way the adult version of the character is inconsistent with the younger one. I guess it's much easier to just turn her into a damsel in distress and let KJ be her hero. But it's also very annoying.
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91 giddygirl108
December 17, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Wow...like I said, I definitely have to start watching this after winter break starts. ONE MORE DAY...Wooo!!!
On another note: I do like your analogy of Pretty Woman with Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino. Man...that would have DEFINITELY been a totally different movie! I like the analogy because I'm actually familiar with the movie, hehe.
I like that Kang-jin finally confronted Ji-wan about their true identities. Like I said in a previous comment on the previous episode, I just really really like how they've been playing up their familiarity with each other. Natural and logical. I'm a sucker for Western rationality, sorry.
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92 serendipity
December 17, 2009 at 2:38 PM
@90 nell123
Y'know, I'm glad that you're sticking to your interpretation. (Hope I don't sound patronising - I don't mean to). Because I do think that there's more than one way to interpret this. And I think yours is quite sustainable. That there's too much of a difference between Young JW and Adult JW. I do kind of see that. The two actresses are very different. And the line between bravado and bravery can be very thin.
I still prefer my own interpretation - that's there an underlying consistency in JW, of deep insecurity. Which manifested itself in ostensible boldness in the Young JW, but when twisted by tragedy and constrained by adulthood (and, presumably, more reflection in adulthood; and reflection of a dark kind) manifests itself in confusion and neediness. Maybe I'm leaning towards this because I've been reflecting lately on the effect our early experiences have on our later lives - Often not in obvious or linear ways, but nonetheless profound.
I think your interpretation is very tenable. I just prefer mine for the moment. Perhaps because I'm in a reflective mood. Perhaps because it just enables me to enjoy watching the drama in all its emo glory!
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93 striliod
December 17, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Thank you for recap that just move me so much.
GoSoo is definetely a heartthrob, he is good looking intelligent talent and a very good guy.
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94 nell123
December 17, 2009 at 3:08 PM
@ serendipity
To tell you the truth I might not be 100% objective in my interpretation. It's mainly because I don't really like it when melodramas turn their leading ladies into rag dolls that can't stand up for themselves and constantly need help.That happens in almost all melodramas that I've seen.
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95 Norma
December 17, 2009 at 5:38 PM
@Amg1.....thank you for posting the raw video to episode 6. I don't know the language but I watched it because it gave me a chance to pay attention to the acting.
I'm critical about JW.....acting is very ineffective....and I find myself wanting to push her!
@ 92 Serendipity....I agree with you about JW. Her personality as a teenager and as an adult really changed....to the point where she has major emotional issues. Good example is her attention span in class. The loss of her brother sure affected her psychologically. Something is going to snap.....
No matter what the storyline is in the dramas....it's always interesting to try and understand the characters. Needless to say....there are some good writers out there!
Now to wait for episode 6 and with sub-titles! :-)
Go Soo is an excellent actor and I believe, at this point, is carrying the lead all on his own! He's the reason I want to follow this one....
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96 belleza
December 17, 2009 at 6:01 PM
“She faces whatever happens in her life and reacts according to her principles”
Nah, I don’t buy that because she was originally going to use Kang Jin to get back at her ex-BF. She’s just like any other girl in her grade.
“.Even running away is her being proactive because it’s the only way for her not to be broken by her mother. “
Again, don’t buy that. Running away because her mother said cruel things about her reflects that she was well . . . running away. It was her way of acting out, given that she didn’t think of herself as particularly smart or specifically smart enough to have avoided her brother’s freak accident death. In other words, she blamed herself.
“KJ’s love? Not really. “
Hard to say that KJ even loved JW at that point. They barely started to know each other before JW split. And that is partially why KJ didn’t let her memory go. That is also a trope of the Korean melodrama, the notion that a traumatic event during childhood in a way freezes that childhood memory, amplifying its nostalgic and romantic connotations.
The casuations between KJ and JW aren’t as linear as usually done in K-melos. Kang Jin stayed behind in that same village, and continued on his fairly normal life. He thought of her, thought of her family, but frankly he was doing fine. It just happened that -- one fine day .-- she showed up again, engaged, and lo and behold they are in the same social circle.
Lee Kyung Hee and Go Soo do a good job together to portray Kang Jin’s acclimation in regards to their reunion. It’s a unusual spin in that we see Kang Jing not really jumping for joy or going full emo that she’s back. Instead, he is trying to comparmentalize his emotions in regards to the larger picture, which is that he’s in a high pressure job where he doesn’t get along with his female boss, and that one of his coworkers may become a professional rival. And besides, he knows she’s taken.
And yet, he finds himself drawn back, because there are so many questions and unresolved feelings. Moreover -- again Lee Kyung Hee really nailing this down -- there is a stinging familiarity between KJ and JW, not because they once had a thwarted relationship, but because they grew up in the same hood. If you noticed, KJ doesn’t really talk all that much, and he’s indirect and careful with his coworkers, even Tae Jun and Woo Jung. But he’s bracingly honest with JW and his mom because they knew him before he became an adult. She, on the other hand, is different with him, because frankly he was the only guy in her life whom she had successfully humiliated. Other men treated her badly, but she treated HIM badly.
There’s a little bit of Bali here. It doesn’t share the nihilism, irony, or the meta-commentary. But it has some of that show’s mind games, the naive girl not being so naive, Ji Wan may not be somebody most viewers want to identify with. She’s insecure, indecisive, foolish, and manipulative. She is just like me and most of my friends, on some level. It’s not fun seeing a mirror.
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97 anna
December 17, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Oh my, I really like the comparison to My Fair Lady. It's amazing what a melodrama and romantic comedy can do. The pairings can make such a big difference.
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98 CrimemasterGogo
December 17, 2009 at 6:46 PM
My only issue with HYS is the chemsitry she's currently lacking with Go Soo. I have no qualms character wise, I don't get why she should be spunky? She realised the world wasn't so simple, her naivety and fighting spirit was diminished when she caused her own brothers death.
She left her family, she's been suffering alone for 8 years. All alone and then her only friend that she made in these years proposed to marry her and then broke her, so its not surprising to me that she's willing to do anything for him. But she still told him like it was, she stood up for herself. So yeah the old girl is still there.
And for Go Soo, I loved his acting. But I see this drama taking a Que Sera Sera esque route.
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99 Norma
December 17, 2009 at 6:50 PM
@96 belleza you're a thinker! really enjoy reading your thoughts! this is the fun of having a place to rant and/or rave.....wouldn't it be fun to sit looking at one another and going over these thoughts?
By the way, who is that actor who seems to be close to the boss lady? he's pretty neat himself! I'm wondering about her and waiting for her to play her cards!
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100 Sora
December 17, 2009 at 7:20 PM
nice... thanks dramabeans!
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