Beanie level: Eunuch in drag

Run On: Wait, did Mi Joo actually break up with Seon Kyum? She said, “I want to stop.” She didn’t say she wanted to break up though. Is something lost in translation?

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    I am also wondering this.

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    I think it’s ambiguous, especially when coupled with her earlier comment about “making a mistake”. If she viewed it as a mistake, clearly she thinks it’s something that she shouldn’t say or something that she’ll regret. Ergo, I think there’s some possibility that nothing is settled.

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Lovestruck: After today’s episode, I’m convinced the writer(s) just wants us to believe Eun Oh is crazy. If that’s the case I wish they’d say so and we’d all work from there.

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    What about this episode made you think that more than the others?

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      Not sure if you’re joking but if so that’s awesome. Spoiler: It’s the fact Eun Oh low-brow tried to assume someone else’s identity/personality.

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        I felt it was more what she perceived to be a “free spirit” than that chick’s actual personality. She did what a lot of people do, became someone else while on vacation. Meeting Jae Won and actually falling in love threw a monkey wrench in her plans. She used the vacation from herself to find who she really wanted to be.

        I think it’s ingenious. If only we all could shed hurt and trauma to emerge as a freer more expressive version of ourselves instead of carrying that emotional baggage
        into the next phase of our life.

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          I appreciate your perspective. I think where it went from appreciation to “appropriation”* was the extent of her conversion. She adopted the woman’s personality, hair, and even her exact tattoos. For me, that was more than a carefree attitude but I totally get where you are coming from and see it as valid.

          * (sincerely used for lack of a better word)

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            I can see how it could/did transition to Single White Female status. As @ndlessjoie brought up everything but the name use was ok. Once she started to use the name it went from appreciation to crazy…ish. She’s not unhinged, she was just spiraling.

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          It made sense to me too, except for borrowing the name.

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        It’s clear to me that she’s a very unstable person from episode one.

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    I didn’t see it that way at all. She saw someone who wasn’t anxious or trying to be like everyone else then tried that idea out when her life took several very unexpected turns. Borrowing the person’s name gave her the freedom to do it (and was wrong).

    I’m wondering how she was able to get a job using an alias, unless she actually used her own name and asked the business owner’s to use her alias?

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      I gathered she was familiar with the restaurant couple, like maybe she knew them before? There’s different levels of comfortability. I agree with @ndlessjoie and @thatstp that there’s nothing wrong with adopting a carefree attitude. We go on vacations to relax and let go of our normal inhibitions. For me, Eun Oh went too far and deeply hurt someone. These differences in opinions are great.

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        Yeah, when things started to get serious with Jae Won she should have told him the truth.

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Lovestruck: Eun-Oh’s reason for the vacation is now totally justified, her treatment of Jae-Won after said vacation, still definitely not so much.

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    Charitably I guess it’s kind of like people who get into debt and don’t know how to deal with it so they put their heads in the sand and do nothing while the problem gets worse.

    I think the last few episodes the show’s been improving – maybe because less flashbacks.

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    Totally agree. You would think that because she was treated the way she was she wouldn’t want anyone to hurt because of her. I guess the saying is true “Hurt people hurt people.”

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      Not watching the show but I think many people go the “hurt people hurt people” route. That happens to be the first instinct of people who are hurt and it takes conscious effort to choose to be better than those who mistreated you, hence difficult to follow through.

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      I still think there’s a distinct disconnect between the source of her hurt and the hurt she caused Jae Won. It’s not apples to apples (though I don’t know how much it matters when you’re hurting), Eun-Oh didn’t set out to hurt Jae Won because she was hurt. The writers would have us believe she hurt him inadvertently or in spite of herself.

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Lovestruck: I have the most unhealthy, dysfunctional relationship with this drama. Ep 8, I hated &poured bleach on its clothes. Ep 9, I’m going to run away with and have it’s babies.

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Anyone read the Crazy Rich Asians series? 2 books in, and half way through the 3rd, and I can’t figure out who I’m supposed to be rooting for?

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    I did!! A year back and I think I remember only 10% of the first book. I’m drawing blank for the other two books. I can’t remember anything.

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    Didn’t know it was from a book whoa.I love the film 😊 is the book much better?

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      It was different but not better. Generally I prefer books over movies but strangely the film stayed with me more than the book.

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      I watched the movie before the books and there’s a discrepancy. Constance Wu is amazing so she gives Rachel a totally different persona in the movie than the way she’s depicted in books.

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    I think I’ve read both (if not all 3) books in this series and really enjoyed them, but that was quite some time ago, so I’m sorry I don’t remember enough to help! If you don’t find the characters likeable, then maybe it’s not a good fit? (I sometimes need permission to drop things, so if you’re like me, then I give you permission! :o))

    I think I rooted for Rachel and Nick in the first one, and then Astrid in the second… They do live a life that is not at all relatable in socioeconomic terms (at least to me!), but I kind of viewed that through a fantasy lens and didn’t mind it too much. :oP

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      I really appreciate you “giving” me permission to drop the series, lol. If you only knew how many terrible dramas I’ve sat through just because I refuse to drop any series after 4 episodes. For me, none of the characters in CRA are all that likeable. I rooted for Rachel and Nick in the first book but in the second, I wanted to tear my hair out. In the third, Astrid baffles me with her shocked reactions to the things happening to her as a direct result of her enabling.

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        I totally get that, and fully support cutting ties when no characters are likeable!

        I find it hard to drop shows myself, so I have to ‘trick’ myself – I just stop watching/reading and consider them ‘on hold’ rather than dropped. :oP I did something similar when I was still writing papers – I’d cut and paste passages that I couldn’t let go of, but that didn’t really fit or belong, into a separate document. Those random passages continue to be orphaned in digital limbo!! (There must be some subtle difference between shelving and discarding to me, that allows me to do one but not the other…)

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    I have read all three books and thoroughly enjoyed them, but the third book was not quite as good as the first two.

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Lovestruck in the City ep. 5: It’s like I understand but don’t get it. I can’t keep watching all the “happy” without some answers.

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Does anyone know why there wasn’t new episodes of True Beauty this week?

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After the 2ND episode of Lovestruck in the City (LITC), I’m convinced this drama will be okay. There’s a entrancing sort of hum there that makes you think, LITC has potential to be something special.

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Rewatch: What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim? My mixed feelings on this one remain. ML seemed just as controlling at the end as he was in the beginning. Was it really a happy ending?

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    Eh.

    I can safely say she knew who she was marrying. Nothing was surprising.

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    I enjoyed the drama but i was sad she remained as his secretary instead of quitting and doing something new

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      Agreed @parkchuna, I wanted her to find her own way. But since the drama ended with a wedding, the idea of her being a SAH wife while figuring herself out makes me uncomfortable. If she wanted that for herself before that’s one thing; being relegated to the role is another.

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Trivia: Does anyone know who is the artist(s) of the art work displayed in Ji Pyeong’s apartment in Start-Up?

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Now that I know Run-On is going to be on Netflix, I’m extremely nervous. Dramas on Netflix tend to have terrible endings: Vagabond, DDLLS, and Private Lifes.

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    Netflix only buys the licensing rights. The production of the shows is not on them.

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      Agreed @larelle79, I understand Netflix is not involved in the writing or production. I just don’t like the trend I’m noticing. It might be something about the platform that makes a perfectly fine drama make a hard left turn and end up in a forbidden pit.

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        The episodes are no different than when they are on stations on Korea and other nations soooo…….

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    I am pleased with the availability of kdramas/films on Netflix.
    Netflix subtitling ‘style’ annoys me sometimes especially in the area of profanity. Not being a Korean speaker I wonder sometimes if the dialogue being subtitled is as crude as Netflix subtitles it or if it the subtitler’s creation. I much prefer Viki’s style where profanity is indicated with asterisks. Call me old fashioned.

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    Think better of Hospital Playlist, Forest of Secrets, It’s Okay not to be Okay, for instance.

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      It might be I’m watching the wrong dramas. The last four I’ve watched on Netflix has left a bitter taste in my mouth. i.e., Record of Youth.

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        these dramas even got low ratings on tv channels so it explains..it’s definitely not because of netflix but the drama itself

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    To be fair dramas everywhere tend to have terrible endings 😂 I’m more concerned about the dramas with seasons, I want my whole story in one season

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We’re all in agreement then? Everyone’s just going to act like Private Lives didn’t happen and we’re striking it from our memories? Great!

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Did episode 8 of ‘The Spies Who loved Me’ air?

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Private Lives: It’s like watching 5 different dramas at once and not one is all that interesting…

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    It had so much potential just based off of first two episode. Then the creators got confused as to what they wanted the drama to be. Now I sit here and scratch my head every episode. I don’t even know why I’m still watching

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      “I don’t even know why I’m still watching”
      Honestly!

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      I’ve never watched a drama where the writer actively tried to keep the OTP apart for as long as tolerable. It’s been 10 episodes now and if they’ve spent 30 minutes together the entire series I’d be surprised.

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Chocolate: I’m not convinced someone won’t die, if that’s the case, then I’m flipping a kid’s table or something…

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To date, If you can only watch one drama for 2019, you should watch ______ (fill in the blank, please!)

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For all my gripes about Her Private Life, I must say I truly appreciated how Deok Mi made money moves Cardi B would be proud of, especially with HIM following her. Came back like a BOSS.

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Dear Her Private Life, um…huh? Why did we take this sudden left onto Crazy Contrived Drama Blvd.?

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Currently watching Le Coup de Foudre, this drama has taken up secure residence in my heart. Totally caught me off-guard.

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    It’s so good! Of all of the C-dramas I watched (an admittedly meager number), I think it’s the only one which I have genuinely enjoyed.

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      Candidly, I tend to shy away from C-dramas so I can’t even remember what drew my attention to this. LCF has this slow draw that leaves you captivated before you even realize it.

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      Me too!

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    Yeah! One more Beanie watching this drama 😀

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    Might join ya after I binge “Pretty Noona…”

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      It’s totally binge-worthy so you might make out better finishing Pretty Noona first. LCF finishes next week anyway so perfect timing.

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PD to Park Min Young when pitching Her Private Life: We saw how non-existent Mi-Soo was by the end of WWKS so we’re just going to re-do it. Except this time it’ll be at an art museum.

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