There is only one show I’m following right now, and that is Unfamiliar Family, and my goodness, what a show it is. It’s time I gave it some fanwall love.
The focus of the drama, of course, is the moral dilemmas that are faced by each of the characters. This is depicted so well, that I find myself not wanting to make a certain decision (that, in my world-view, is morally appropriate), but instead, wanting to understand how and why they are choosing to act in a particular way. I find – personally – this is a very unusual drama-viewing experience, because usually, it’s about aligning yourself with a character in the show, and empathising or sympathising with them through the course of the 16 eps.
But the moral dilemmas that cloud the judgement of all the characters has not really been the highlight of the show for me. I find that the golden nugget of a motif in this show is how memories shape us, and define our relationships with our present. It’s been shown in many ways – Eun-joo’s wedding photographs, Eun-hui’s college photos, the parallel stories of the suicide/abortion attempt, and of course, the overarching memory-rebuilding exercise for Sang-shik – what and why does he want to remember certain things, and forget certain others, and how does all this affect this deliciously complex relationships we have been served.
I’ve watched only 5 episodes so far, but the intensity and depth of the character development in each episode is all kinds of ridiculous, it’s crazy. If this is what it’s like just a third in, how much more of this can we handle in the rest of the show? I’m earnestly hoping it doesn’t deteriorate into a disappointment, for that would be a shame for something that’s so fine right now.
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pickleddragon
June 16, 2020 at 9:45 PM
Unfamiliar Family SPOILERS ALERT
There is only one show I’m following right now, and that is Unfamiliar Family, and my goodness, what a show it is. It’s time I gave it some fanwall love.
The focus of the drama, of course, is the moral dilemmas that are faced by each of the characters. This is depicted so well, that I find myself not wanting to make a certain decision (that, in my world-view, is morally appropriate), but instead, wanting to understand how and why they are choosing to act in a particular way. I find – personally – this is a very unusual drama-viewing experience, because usually, it’s about aligning yourself with a character in the show, and empathising or sympathising with them through the course of the 16 eps.
But the moral dilemmas that cloud the judgement of all the characters has not really been the highlight of the show for me. I find that the golden nugget of a motif in this show is how memories shape us, and define our relationships with our present. It’s been shown in many ways – Eun-joo’s wedding photographs, Eun-hui’s college photos, the parallel stories of the suicide/abortion attempt, and of course, the overarching memory-rebuilding exercise for Sang-shik – what and why does he want to remember certain things, and forget certain others, and how does all this affect this deliciously complex relationships we have been served.
I’ve watched only 5 episodes so far, but the intensity and depth of the character development in each episode is all kinds of ridiculous, it’s crazy. If this is what it’s like just a third in, how much more of this can we handle in the rest of the show? I’m earnestly hoping it doesn’t deteriorate into a disappointment, for that would be a shame for something that’s so fine right now.