Beanie level: Noble idiot

Actor Cha Eun-woo recently released his new song titled “Stay”. It definitely made me emotional. Give it a listen my fellow beanies.

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Which Kdrama gave off the worse type of Noble Idiocy that you just wanted to slap the Main leads through the tv so they could get their act together.

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    Fated To Love You – the ML’s noble idiocy was so extreme it resembled brain damage, and went on so long it dominated nearly half the show.

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      I haven’t watched that one yet, it’s on my watch lost though. Do you recommend not watching it? Lol

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        Hmmm. I’m not sorry I watched it, but I feel like it was more part of my kdrama education as a newbie than a ‘classic.’ There’s a lot that’s good about it – Jang Hyuk and Jang Nara are both great, especially together, Choi Jin-hyuk is a heartbreakingly appealing second lead, there’s a good mix of comedy and tragedy, and the FL is awesome and her character development is lovely. BUT. The Noble Idiocy is infuriating, it goes on for many episodes, and the OTP’s eventual reconciliation takes an absurdly long time. There are also a few maddeningly stupid scenes with the stock comic villager characters that made me want to throw things. And it’s just too long. On balance, it might be worth watching with a heavy hand on the FF button, particularly in episodes 13-19. (But don’t miss the proposal scene in episode 14, which is fabulous).

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    Haha, the most slap-a-character-through-the-screen mad I’ve ever been at a drama is for Lucky Romance – pretty much the entire character of the FL is built around this trope 🙄

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      Oh wow, that’s a good one, I must say! She was beyond hope 🤦🏼‍♀️

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      I usually tend to get a bit more irritated when the Fl is the noble idiot. Women usually (not all the time) are more mature then men and tend to be assertive. Men can be clueless at times so I give them a pass when watching shows but if it’s the female, ugh. I just roll my eyes and sometimes ff through scenes. So i’ll probably steer clear from this kdrama.

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        I like when fl are confident, especially if they are playing a more mature role (I.e. Doctor, teacher, lawer, cop) but if it’s high school/college I give them a pass.

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    Maybe not quite what you have in min but I hope you don’t mind but I will just copy a comment of mine from the JOSEON ATTORNEY episodes 13-14 recap:

    “O/T. Early last year I watched and enjoyed A PIECE OF YOUR MIND (2020). After, I thought APOYM could have also been entitled NOBLE IDIOCY: THE DRAMA (everyone knew what was best for Jung Hae-in’s character but him.)
    Well, at this point in JOSEON ATTORNEY I think it could be entitled NOBLE IDIOCY: THE SEQUEL (both the Princess and sis Eun-soo and the Mayor decided keeping Han-soo in the dark was best.). NOBLE IDIOCY is by far the trope I detest the most.”

    Some the worst examples of noble idiocy in a kdrama were in Lee Jae-wook’s KBS drama DO DO (2020) (Netflix US).

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      Do do was such a mess, I thought I was losing brain cells while watching it. I dropped it about half way through. I’m not really to fond of Lee Jae-wook, he’s been apart of some great shows but he doesn’t stand out for me. Hence why I avoided Alchemy of souls. He’s played the noble idiot in quite some shows and I’ve just can’t stand it lol.

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        One of the most egregious examples of NI in DO DO was the use of child noble idiocy (the cute piano prodigy). Absurd! The writer must have limited exposure to children.

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    Beauty Inside. The FL leaving the ML because she thought she caused his disability, despite him assuring her that it was all okay. But she left and hurt him more in the process. Then eventually she got back with him when he was all cured. How convenient, right?

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      Yes, I never understood why in Kdramas they make one person leave over a misunderstanding or wrong assumptions. That was pretty much the only thing that bothered me about the show. Oh and the 2L couple with all there back and forth, ugh it got me so mad lol.

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    Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol

    Not sure if it would be called noble idiocy, but this was idiocy at its worst.

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One of my favorite Ost’s from the Kdrama Spy (2015)

Mamamoo – My Everything

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So I’ve recently watched the K movie titled Dream starring Park Seo-joon and Lee Ji-eun (IU) and I gotta say, IU was a total scene stealer for me. I could see why she was picked for this role. I’m not sure what was up with PSJ but he seemed to have forgotten how great of an actor he is or something because I felt he was overacting in lots of parts. Or could it be that over the top comedy isn’t for him, he was cringe all the way through. Overall it was a decent movie, could have been better, especially the cuts between each scene seemed very choppy. Some of the side characters’ story-lines were bland as well. If it was a kdrama, then they could have written a better story line for each character.
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    I was looking forward to this one so will do some expectation management and hopefully will then be able to enjoy it as the trailers look great.

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    I watched it yesterday and loved it. I love IU in fun roles and I think the story was great especially knowing there is a real homeless World Cup. I don’t get how there were so many fit and well built homeless players in the other countries teams even with government sponsorship. I hope they provide a full care package alongside the football as it would be a great programme to have alongside a comprehensive approach that covered the individuals and dealing with the systemic issues that lead to homelessness.

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Unpopular opinion: I preferred Tale of the nine-tailed S1 over S2. 🤷🏽 S2 was definitely good but S1 is more my vibe. Despite lots of people not liking Jo Bo-ah, I missed her character.

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    I felt S2 was missing something. I loved the addition of the new FL but the story-line definitely lacked in substance. It left me more confused than anything. Hopefully S3 can clear up some of my confusion.

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    I couldn’t watch S2 after the first few episodes because I felt it undermined the first season in everything it was doing, and I loved the first season. I also love Jo Boah so 🤝

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