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Friday Night Drama: All About My Romance

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As you can tell, I’m not Zombie Mamma (sorry). Like Karen did last week, I am filling in for her. Don’t worry, she’ll be back next week and all will be back to normal.

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For this week’s Friday Night Drama, I bring you one of the best romantic comedies with a great ending (a rare thing in the K-Drama world :p): All About My Romance starring Shin Ha Kyun and Lee Min Jung. Have you ever watched a drama and complained about too many useless side characters? Well then you’re in luck, there are zero useless characters here and everyone somehow contributes to the story. I know not everyone is into political dramas especially when they’re wrapped up as comedies, but this one really did good in the balancing department. The politics portion can be a bit overwhelming at times in the beginning, but that takes a backseat when Kim Soo Young (SHK) and Noh Min Young (LMJ) starts up.

Let’s give a little bit of a background on this one, Soo Young and Min Young are from two different political parties and end up having a secret relationship, why? Because how else would they be able to date without anyone interfering? Well sneaking around isn’t as good as one would like to think and our dear couple spent a lot of time hiding out from their colleagues in dressing rooms, under tables, and they just sometimes ran away.

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Of course with this being a rom com, or K-Drama in general, the couple can’t be happy all the way ’til the end. It’s just K-Drama Rule #501 that states we must have a second lead who never gets a hint that the main lead doesn’t like them. I mean, it has to happen in order for the OTP to be happy. So who’s the second lead who has to have Soo Young all to herself? Reporter Ahn Hee Sun who has followed Soo Young around for years in hopes that she can finally win his heart, but alas that isn’t possible. I mean, Min Young already kissed his chest before they got together so it was only a matter of time before it become official.

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Without giving too much away, each character was funny in their own way from Soo Young’s aides to Min Young’s colleagues and even her own family. The comedic timing was perfect and there wasn’t a dull moment in this 16 episode series. So if you want to watch a fun, light-hearted drama to give a balance to all those melos/revenge dramas you’re watching, try All About My Romance.

Fun Fact: This is actually based on a novel of the same title by Lee Eung Joon.

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Hallyu Zombie Drama Review: Bride of the Century Episodes 11-12 (1/2)

Welcome to another week of Bride of the Century! I spent 2 hours yelling at my screen over the stupidity and just ridiculousness I’ve seen with some of the characters and their actions. My mind is all over the place, but it’s mostly been anger so this will feel like a rant instead. I will extend my apologies ahead of time. Continue reading “Hallyu Zombie Drama Review: Bride of the Century Episodes 11-12 (1/2)”

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Hallyu Zombie Drama Review: Bride of the Century Episodes 5-6 (1/2)

 

Shai here! It’s a new week and that means 2 more episodes of Bride of the Century have aired! *Does happy dance*…too much? Okay then I’ll quietly spazz in my corner.
   Enough with the intro because I have way too much to talk about in this week’s review and I don’t even know where to start. Hmm…maybe where my mind keeps going back to and that’s both mothers having no problem with sacrificing an innocent life. Should I start here? Yeah, I should.

 Well I have always been suspicious of Kang Ju’s mother, Myung Hee, and we find out (not that anyone should be surprised) that she is indeed using Yi Kyung as the sacrificial lamb so she can bring in Roo Mi as Kang Ju’s wife. Even though we’ve been thinking this, it’s been confirmed this was her true intention from the start and now I can see why her husband is seems disinterested in her. At first I felt bad for her being in a loveless marriage, but now that we know she was the one her mother-in-law wanted Il Do to marry her actions mean so much more. It kinda sucks for him because he’s just now figuring all of this out and it’s vey obvious he doesn’t want the same for his son. Myung Hee, on the other hand, doesn’t mind if someone like Jang Yi Kyung dies as long as she has her protege in Roo Mi to become the “true” wife to her son ya’know since the first one doesn’t count.

 This brings me to Jae Ran, Yi Kyung’s mom, who we know has planned for Doo Rim to take Yi Kyung’s place as Kang Ju’s first wife. Since she knows all about the Choi family curse, she is aware of what Myung Hee is planning and is rightfully upset about it. Who would want their daughter to be the martyr in order for that son to marry the woman his mother really wants him to be with? My only gripe with her plan is that she’s doing the same thing with Doo Rim, sacrificing her to save her daughter. I was on board until she said she doesn’t care if this comes at the cost of a life i.e. Na Doo Rim. My poor Doo Rim is a sacrificial lamb for the rich *sobs* But wait! Don’t we have Sung Joo Shin aka Ghost Lady helping our leading lady?

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We discussed this last week, it’s hard to get a reading on her because it seems she has 2 personalities: Good and Evil, when she wears black and white. She appeared before the shaman and Yi Kyung wearing black, but shows up in front of Doo Rim wearing white. I realized something we may have missed while watching episode 6, Joo Shin always appears in front of Doo Rim in human form while anyone else she shows up as a ghost…no matter which persona she chooses to take on. It’s obvious her goal isn’t to scare her, but why? Why scare others, but not Doo Rim?
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As a matter of fact, she didn’t scare Kang Ju either since he seemed to be expecting her appearance soon. As she told Doo Rim on the beach, she doesn’t know why she’s doing anything for her. Was she simply saying that or was she serious? Does Joo Shin really not understand why she’s playing cupid to our OTP? All these questions will be answered in due time…by the drama.
Roo Mi really isn’t giving up on her dear Kang Ju oppa
Now that I got all that out of the way, can I just say how much I want to push Roo Mi off of a cliff? Too soon? Darn. But I do dislike her and cringe when she gets more screen time than I would like from her. She pretty much got a confirmation about the family curse from Mrs. Ahn after she bribed her and now she understands what Myung Hee meant with her fork analogy, honestly it took her long enough to get it. Her emotions get the best of her and she’ll start cracking.
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Can I rant about her for a minute? She’s been so close with Kang Ju for years and chose to stay by his side all this time, but never once thought about the idea that perhaps he didn’t feel the same way. Even if he didn’t care about “Yi Kyung” (Doo Rim), he still wouldn’t want her. Let’s say Kang Ju does marry Yi Kyung, she dies and Roo Mi becomes the second wife, does she really want that kind of life? Il Do doesn’t even care about Myung Hee in that way so is she prepared to be miserable for the rest of her life? From her actions, I guess she is. Roo Mi doesn’t deserve Kang Ju and she knows it especially now that he’s made a change for the better.

Isn’t Yi Kyung surprised to know that Kang Ju has possibly fallen for Doo Rim? She came back at that right moment to see how he’s changed and she’s not too happy to know that her double is responsible for it. Ooh, I just love this! She couldn’t pinpoint what was so different about him at dinner, but the moment he ran out when he thought she was hurt made light bulbs go off in her head: Kang Ju is in love with Doo Rim who he thinks is her. He’s just your average guy worried about his fiance, no biggie or is it a biggie now that the hearts of 2 people are at stake? Hmm…drama what do you have in store for us next?

I have a question for you dear readers, what do you think is Ghost Lady’s real angle? I had more to say, but I’ll leave that to our chat tomorrow!
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Miss a review? Bride of the Century:
Episodes 1-2: [Part 1] [Part 2]
Episodes 3-4: [Part 1] [Part 2]
Episodes 5-6 : [Part 1] [Part 2]