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Flash Review: High Society
Let’s put it this way. High Society is pretty much The Drama Who Cried Wolf. Except instead of Wolf, Show was crying stuff like, “I’m interesting! And dramatic! My leads have sparky chemistry! And! I bring hawt kisses!”
Insistently and repeatedly, Show sang its siren song. BUT. Consistently and repeatedly, episode after episode, despite managing to coast by on the faint promise of things to come, ultimately, Show failed to deliver.
Can someone point me to the Time Refund counter in dramaland, please? Coz I’d really like to have my 16 hours back.
THE PROMISE
When High Society dropped this first teaser, I sat up quickly and Took Notice. I mean, just check this out:
There just seemed to be so much promise there, right? The sparks, the kisses, and the potential for an intense, heartfelt romance that would boldly defy the class divide between our leads – I looked forward to it unfolding on my screen in all of its romantic, sparky glory.
THE REALITY (AKA WHAT DIDN’T WORK)
The OTP
Given that the selling point – and really, also, the drama’s whole ENTIRE point – is the OTP, we really needed strong writing of the characters themselves and their relationship, strong performances from our leads individually, and also lots of chemistry when they shared the screen.
Sadly, in reality, none of those checkboxes got checked.
Both Sung Joon and UEE put in decent performances, but neither was actually good. From the get-go, neither is very nuanced in their delivery.
Worse, when they shared the screen with second leads Park Hyung Shik and Im Ji Yeon (both of whom seemed much more comfortable onscreen and with each other), our leads actually appeared stiff and quite flat in comparison.
Additionally, the writing around both leads didn’t feel well-thought-out or robust.
Yoon Ha (UEE) is written as incredibly naive, clueless and self-centered from start to finish. Her cluelessness wasn’t really a problem in the beginning of the show for me, since I put that down as Show setting her up to have room for growth.
Except that growth doesn’t actually happen, and she ends the show as pretty much the same self-centered, naive person.
Worse, Yoon Ha’s treatment as a character feels random, pretty much all the way through.
[SPOILER ALERT]
We start the show with her fighting tooth and nail to keep her part-time position at the supermarket, but in episode 6, she suddenly decides to quit her job, and work in her family’s company after all.
She says it’s to investigate her brother’s disappearance and supposed death, which feels random in itself, but even before she finds out that Oppa (Lee Sang Woo) is alive, she seems to forget that goal, and makes competing with unni Ye Won (Yoon Ji Hye) to take over the company her goal instead.
So. Freaking. Random.
And that’s not even counting how wildly her mind changes when it comes to Joon Ki either.
[END SPOILERS]
Joon Ki (Sung Joon) is presented as quite the cipher for much of the first half of the show, which I thought had its pros and cons.
On the upside, it made him feel mysterious and potentially interesting.
On the downside, I felt very disconnected from him as a character, and having that stretched out over so many episodes also got old. Because we aren’t shown what his motives, plans and feelings are for many episodes, I didn’t know how to feel about him either.
Unlike Yoon Ha’s character, we do see a change in Joon Ki’s behavior as we get deeper into the series. Unfortunately, the changes in his behavior are sudden and unexplained, and that made everything around his character feel unbelievable and unnatural.
All of this, combined with poor writing, made the OTP really hard to get behind.
Early in the series, I already felt that the OTP relationship felt hollow, with no real emotion from either side. I had hopes that this would be fixed with character and relationship growth as we got deeper into the show, but I was ultimately disappointed.
Instead of actual relationship growth, we routinely spent episodes circling around similar arcs, and the relationship movement between arcs felt artificial and contrived.
Yes, the kisses were actually pretty decent, but that just wasn’t enough, given that the OTP was designed to be the point of the story. Hot kisses notwithstanding, I was bored by the OTP, unfortunately.
The idea of “High Society”
Besides the spotlight on the romance, Show also serves up lots of machinations and politicking in the chaebol families in our main cast. We were routinely shown scenes of family feuding in Yoon Ha’s family as well as Chang Soo’s (Park Hyung Shik).
Not that the politicking was actually interesting, mind you. The family stuff is melodramatic in concept, but not quite so in execution.
[MODERATE HIGH-LEVEL SPOILERS]
In Yoon Ha’s family, we’re shown a brother trying to kick his sister out of the family business and the sister trying to do the same to her brother; a mother telling one daughter to just live with paternal discrimination, and telling another daughter that she shouldn’t have been born; a father openly using his children against one another and emotionally abusing his wife, all while wielding a metaphorical whip.
[END SPOILERS]
All of this dysfunction is meant show us just how the rich and privileged live, but really, none of it is terribly riveting, and the machinations all feel like mere set dressing for the main event, which is the relationships between our leads.
For a show that titles itself High Society, Show didn’t do a very convincing job of actually making any kind of meaningful statement about high society, really.
Characters who mostly don’t make sense
Aside from the OTP, Show had many other characters in it, that didn’t actually make sense.
From spouting odd, lofty-sounding lines that were pretty illogical, to their motives and decisions, Show had no lack of moments that caused me to raise my eyebrows and go, “Wha..? Really??”
With multiple characters that behaved in head-scratching ways, the uneven tone of the drama became even more pronounced. Show wasn’t doing itself any favors, that’s for sure.
[SPOILER ALERT]
Perhaps the most obvious example of this, is in the character of Yoon Ha’s brother Gyung Joon (Lee Sang Woo). From plotting his own disappearance and fake death (and devastating his entire family), to his unapologetic, underwhelming return, Gyung Joon makes little sense.
When he finally articulates some kind of explanation for his fake death in episode 16 in a conversation with Yoon Ha, he says cryptically, “Father loves me. He will never throw me away. That’s the knot between our relationship. That’s why I chose to disappear. Unless I’m reborn, Father and I can’t be separated.”
Uh. Say what?
And that’s on top of his oddly matter-of-fact reunion with his mother (Go Doo Shim), who’d been delirious with grief when she’d believed him dead. To her, he says,
“Mother, let’s be honest with ourselves. No matter how much parents love their children, there’s no way they love them more than themselves. I know about parents, too. That you bet your life on me… I know it was for yourself.”
No apology for making her worry, no empathy for the trauma he put her through, nada. I mean, really?
On top of all this, Gyung Joon is a character who has a daughter of his own. That he plotted his own fake death seems so selfish and cruel, especially given that his daughter would’ve grieved too, believing him dead.
I couldn’t understand nor get on board with Gyung Joon as a character, at all. To think that he’s presented as being one of the nicer, more reasonable chaebols in our story, too.
On a somewhat related tangent, and as another example of Show’s weak writing, the plot point in episode 7 is ridiculously laughable, where So Hyun (Yoo So Young) points out to a suspicious Ye Won the supposedly odd fact:
“Why would a man [Gyung Joon’s] age have already prepared a will?”
What? I mean, it’s not uncommon for normal, non-chaebol people to make wills once they own property, so what’s the big deal about Gyung Joon having had a will?
In fact, given how much property these chaebols seem to own, and how they have professional legal teams at their disposal, I’m surprised that the other chaebol siblings didn’t have wills.
[END SPOILER]
THE (SORT-OF) SILVER LINING
The Second Leads
Through most of Show’s run, I found our second lead characters a nice spot of bright amid Show’s other, more bemusing, storylines. I don’t think that the writing around our second leads was better, necessarily. Rather, I think that the difference was mostly in the delivery.
Im Ji Yeon comes across as natural, endearing and disarmingly charming as Ji Yi, which was a very pleasant surprise for me, since I’d found her delivery quite insipid and flat in Obsessed.
Im Ji Yeon did very nicely, elevating somewhat stock Candy-type behavior (unsurprising and not terribly spoilery examples include: stepping aside to let her bestie pursue a relationship with her crush; grappling with money troubles; and stepping aside for the better future of the man she loves).
She injected Ji Yi with an earnest sincerity that not only made Ji Yi pop as a character, but made her feel relatable, believable and very real.
I also really enjoyed how refreshingly candid and forthright Ji Yi was as a character, often not hesitating to speak her mind, even in the most awkward situations. In Im Ji Yeon’s hands, Ji Yi was quite literally one of my favorite characters in the show.
As Chang Soo, Park Hyung Shik turns in a surprisingly note-perfect performance, making Chang Soo roguishly, infuriatingly charming, yet imbuing him with a very lovely layer of pathos in his quieter, more melancholic moments.
Essentially, I found it easy to believe their attraction and affection for each other. The writing around Chang Soo’s and Ji Yi’s relationship wasn’t much better than the writing around the OTP’s relationship.
What made the difference, for the most part, was how heartfelt their performances were. They made the longing, the attraction and the tenderness in their relationship feel organic and believable.
I especially love the recurring beats, where we see Ji Yi bringing out a very particular tenderness in Chang Soo. No matter how angry or upset he is, when he holds her in his arms, his gaze takes on a very appealing softness which I dig very much.
Whether this couple was being cute, or sexy, or sad, they felt believable. It felt like there was a depth of feeling that was feeding into whatever we saw on the surface, and I liked that very much.
Here’s a bit of evidence:
Exhibit A: Cute
Exhibit B: Sexy
Exhibits C & D: Sad
So much sparky chemistry, and so believable too, right?
Whatever this couple was selling, I bought quite happily – for the most part. I have a minor(ish) gripe about how their arc was resolved, which, unfortunately, made this couple’s arc less of an overall bright spot in the drama than I had hoped for. I’ll talk about that in a bit.
A touch of bromance
It’s not really played up very much, but we do get a small spot of bromance between Joon Ki and Chang Soo, which I thought was rather nice, in a show with relatively few bright spots.
We don’t get a whole lot of exposition, really, but by series’ end, the estrangement between Joon Ki and Chang Soo, which sets in fairly early in the series, gets smoothed over.
It all happens in a gruff, not-a-lot-of-words-needed sort of guy-fashion, which I found rather amusing and endearing. I guess I just liked seeing them on proper talking terms and on the way to being real bromantic besties, this time without the hidden baggage.
General Pretty
Show knows one of its strengths is in the Pretty, and it didn’t hesitate to trot out the goodies to whet our appetites.
Both Sung Joon and Park Hyung Shik look great in their sharp business suits and carefully coiffed hair. Very easy on the eyes, for sure. Plus, Show doesn’t stint on the shirtless scenes either, even managing to cram two shower scenes into episode 5.
Yes, the Pretty didn’t quite make up for Show’s flaws, but it did help to soothe a little bit of the pain.
So here’s a handful of Pretty, just coz:
[SPOILERS THROUGH THE END OF THE REVIEW]
WHAT I WOULD’VE PREFERRED
In the end, Show serves up happy endings for both lead couples, and since Show was always really about the romance anyway, I’ll limit my thoughts on the could’ve beens, to the 2 main couples.
If I had to distill it to just one thing, I think I’d have liked to see more fairness, in how our romances were resolved.
Yes, all four main characters take steps towards one another, in order to reach reconciliation and their happy endings. But the chaebol characters take pretty minor steps, while the non-chaebol, ordinary folk take much bigger ones.
Joon Ki quits his job and basically lets go of – or at least seriously downgrades – his career ambitions, which are changes that are huge for him, while Yoon Ha, quite simply, chooses to be with him.
She, on the other hand, gets to keep her chaebol environment, and stays in the family business, rising to director level by the time we arrive at the one-year time skip that marks the end of the series. We don’t see that she has to do anything other than decide to love him again, really.
On the other love boat, Chang Soo – after drunk-crying a lot – basically and quite simply, wheedles his mom (Jung Kyung Soon) into not only accepting Ji Yi, but getting his dad’s acceptance, Ji Yi’s agreement, and taking charge of grooming Ji Yi into acceptable daughter-in-law material too.
All that talk during the series, about “moving neighborhoods” never actually happens, since Chang Soo essentially gets to keep everything and marry Ji Yi. Ji Yi, on the other hand, has to then work hard on upgrading her specs post-marriage, even while heavily pregnant.
I get that love shouldn’t be calculated and all that, but as a drama, Show certainly seems to be (inadvertently?) sending an odd message about “high society” and the privileges and power that come with it.
Am I supposed to think Show is saying that if I’m from a chaebol family, I’ll eventually get everything I want, romance-wise, if I wait long enough and whine and wheedle artfully enough?
To fix this, I think the writers would’ve done well to create some kind of variance across the rich/poor divide, as far as our romantic outcomes went.
Having at least one chaebol making more of a sacrifice, would’ve gone a long way in making this all feel more balanced, I think. I don’t even care which way that slices, to be honest.
But I do think that one or more of these would’ve been nice:
Seeing Ji Yi continue to charm the socks off her mother-in-law even post-marriage, all while infecting (and changing for the better) her new chaebol family with her down-to-earth charm and ready compassion;
Seeing Chang Soo actually go independent from his chaebol family, and becoming a success in his own right;
Seeing Yoon Ha fulfilling her housewifely dreams and being the one that’s pregnant with her first child;
Seeing Joon Ki finding a way to balance ambition with love, instead of having to choose one over the other.
Perhaps this way, we could’ve worked towards seeing actual, meaningful growth in our characters. Which is something that I’d hoped for, from the beginning of the show, but which never really happened, in the end.
THOUGHTS ON THE ENDING
Ultimately, I feel like the writers never really had a good sense of what they wanted to do with our story, or where they wanted to go.
It felt like we spent a lot of time cycling in place, only to make several very stilted and unnatural moves in the last stretch, so that everything and everyone would be in position for the required happy finale.
In general, almost all our characters started changing their behavior in stark and sudden ways that felt far from organic.
Joon Ki suddenly being so forthcoming, and even understanding of Yoon Ha. Yoon Ha suddenly realizing that her revenge had been childish. Yoon Ha, suddenly speaking more freely with Joon Ki. Yoon Ha, suddenly opening up to Mom in a very sudden emotional breakdown.
Mom suddenly being like a mother instead of the distant figure who used to despise Yoon Ha’s existence. Also, Mom suddenly being a proper lady of the house, caring for her husband and being reasonable yet firm. Chang Soo’s mom suddenly being sympathetic to his heartbreak.
I found it hard to get on board with anything, and actually cringed at points, when Show’s efforts landed our story in unnecessarily cheesy territory.
I think with heavy rationalizing, it might be possible to sorta-maybe figure out reasons for why these characters behaved in these bemusing ways.
But honestly, when Show makes it that obtuse and hard to figure out, and if viewers at large experience mostly confusion instead of understanding, something’s Pretty Darn Wrong. Right?
In the end, our story reaches its conclusion in such a narratively convenient fashion that it’s far from engaging and worse, almost laughable. Looking on the bright side, though, at least everyone lives happily ever after?
THE FINAL VERDICT:
A show that seems as confused as its characters, about its goals. Feels like empty (& pointless) drama calories.
FINAL GRADE: C
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K-Drama Review: ‘High Society’ an Empty and Pointless Drama?
Do You Enjoy Chaebol Dramas?
Some chaebol dramas give cliché romances where the rich man falls in love with a poor woman and the rich man’s mother tries to sabotage the relationship. In the end, the rich man will always marry the poor woman after overcoming all the obstacles.
Honestly, who’s never dreamed of finding an awesome young CEO who we meet unintentionally and ends up falling in love with us, like it often happens in dramas? Most female Korean drama fans must have dreamed of it at least once.
The drama series High Society aired every Monday and Tuesday for 16 episodes from June 8 to July 28, 2015 on SBS. The actors who starred in the series were Uee, Sung Joon, Park Hyung-shik and Lim Ji-yeon.
Melodrama Couple and Carefree Pair with Different Love Stories
The story revolves around Jang Yoon-ha (Uee) who is the youngest child of the Taejin Pacific Group’s CEO. She has a bad relationship with her family, especially her mother. She dreams of finding happiness outside of her monied world. She even has a part-time job at one of the sampling corners in a supermarket, where she hides her true background. She has a best friend who is one of her co-workers, named Lee Ji-yi (Lim Ji-yeon). Ji-yi has a bright personality and works to make ends meet. Ji-yi doesn’t know that Yoon-ha is a chaebol.
As for the male leads, Choi Joon-ki (Sung Joon) works in the Yumin department store where Yoon-ha’s part-time job is. He is the subordinate and friend of Yoo Chang-soo (Park Hyung-shik), the executive director of the store. Joon-ki’s goal is to become a rich person. He doesn’t want to live the way his family lived, despite growing up in a loving environment.
Through some encounters, Yoon-ha develops a negative impression of Joon-ki. But soon, the negative impressions begin to change into romantic interest. Ji-yi, who already had a crush on Joon-ki, realizes that Yoon-ha and Joon-ki like each other. She initiates conversation with Yoon-ha and declares that her crush on Joon-ki is over. Yoon-ha is perplexed, and she doesn’t want to be the reason why Ji-yi gives up on her feelings for Joon-ki. However, Ji-yi treasures Yoon-ha like a sister and just wants her friend to be happy.
Meanwhile, Chang-soo starts to take interest in Ji-yi and makes some moves on her. However, Ji-yi is being realistic. She said that Chang-soo is just a chaebol she sees in dramas, and she doesn’t have time to shoot one as she is too busy living her life. In her mind, a successful relationship leads to marriage. Chang-soo finds marriage talk is too serious in their youth and he refuses to connect dating with marriage. However, Ji-yi says that Chang-soo is free to like her, but he won’t admit it because if he does, he thinks that her heart may waver.
Yoon-ha decides that she wants to confess her feeling to Joon-ki. Once they’re alone, Yoon-ha asks Joon-ki if he would date her, and Joon-ki rejects her. As Yoon-ha tries to act cool and turns to leave, Joo-ki stops her. He says that it should be the guy who asks the girl out. Joon-ki then asks Yoon-ha to date him. Yoon-ha can’t help but smile as she says yes. However, their happiness doesn’t last long. While on vacation, Yoon-ha’s older brother’s boat sinks off the coast of Mexico. Even though no body has been found, he’s presumed dead. Yoon-ha’s mother is shocked and blames Yoon-ha for her older brother’s accident.
Yoon-ha really does start to blame herself for her brother’s death, thinking that everyone she loves eventually leaves her. She’s convinced she can’t ever love anyone and starts to ignore Joon-ki. When they meet, Joon-ki pulls Yoon-ha aside for a private chat. Yoon-ha asks to break up. However Joon-ki doesn’t believe her words. Yoon-ha then speaks up about her chaebol identity. She explains how she has been preparing to live without her family, and suddenly her brother died. She tells him that everyone she loves get hurt and leaves her. She misses Joon-ki, but worries that he could be hurt because of her. Joon-ki reassures her that her fears are baseless and kisses her.
On the other hand, Chang-soo starts to tease Ji-yi that she likes him too. Chang-soo points out that they could date and she could realize that she doesn’t want to marry him. There’s no reason why they shouldn’t try dating, and they end up agreeing to see each other for now.
Chang-soo takes Ji-yi out shopping before their dinner date and does the typical storybook-romance move, where the rich guy and poor girl are dating. Ji-yi admits to have enjoyed her fairytale-like evening but couldn’t help but constantly count pennies in her head. She suggests that they break up. Chang-soo is annoyed and feels like Ji-yi used him so she could feel like a princess for a night. Ji-yi then asks him to bow his head a little and then kisses him. Ji-yi confesses that she started to like Chang-soo. Chang-soo adores her and swoops for a proper kiss.
Conflicts arise when Yoon-ha finds her childhood photo and hairclip in Joon-ki’s drawer. She asks him if he already knew her identity before it was known to the public, but kept it a secret for her. Joon-ki nods. He says that he saw her a couple of times in the elevator on the arranged date day between Yoon-ha and Chang-soo. He tells her that the background check was on Chang-soo’s request.
Joon-ki says that he didn’t plan all of that, but gave it a shot anyway. He put up an act because she seemed more likely let her defenses down if someone who approached her acted as if he knew nothing about her background. Yoon-ha asks why he wanted to get close to her, and Joon-ki replies it was so she’d like him and marry him. Yoon-ha calls him cruel for toying with her all this time, but Joon-ki retorts that he didn’t do all that much, as she was the one who suggested that they go out and misinterpreted his kindness as something more. Yoon-ha bursts to tears and says that she loves him and it was him and her love for Joon-ki giving her the power to overcome her grief over her brother’s death.
Conflicts also arise on Chang-soo and Ji-yi’s side. Chang-soo’s mother doesn’t approve of their relationship, and asks Ji-yi to break up with Chang-soo. Ji-yi says that she wouldn’t want to marry into a household who is against their union, either. In Chang-soo’s mother’s next meeting with Ji-yi, she makes Ji-yi feeling guilty for what has been and will be taken away from Chang-soo if he continues to date her.
When Ji-yi meets Chang-soo, she asks to break up. She tried to resist, but when she found out that she was affecting his future, she couldn’t bear it. Chang-soo agrees to stop seeing her, but it starts raining and they cancel their break up since they can’t break up on a rainy day.
After the breakup, Yoon-ha changes her style and starts acting all tough. At the same time, Joon-ki quits his job with Yumin department store and joins Taejin Group, since the conditions offered by Yoon-ha’s sister are better than those at his olds job. Chang-soo doesn’t like the idea of his longtime buddy leaving him, but Joon-ki believes that the separation will end up being beneficial to their relationship. At the very least, Chang-soo may come to understand where he’s coming from. Their relationship had deteriorated some time before, due to miscommunication and misunderstandings, but it was starting to iprove again.
Review: High Society Gives A Sneak Peek Into The Romance Between The Rich And Poor
High Society ( 상류사회) is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Uee, Sung Joon, Park Hyung Sik and Lim Ji Yeon. It aired on SBS for 16 episodes from June 8 to July 28, 2015, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST). Its genre is romantic and melodrama.
Synopsis
Jang Yoon Ha (Uee) is the youngest daughter of a chaebol family, who are a complete disaster. She is hated by her mother and wishes to live a regular life. Yoo Chang Soo (Park Hyung Sik), a young chaebol, is arranged to marry her. She conceals her identity and works as a part-time saleswoman in a supermarket, where she meets Lee Ji Yi (Lim Ji Yeon), who dreams of marrying a wealthy guy. Lee Ji Yi, a poor girl, develops a crush on Choi Joon Ki (Sung Joon), a clever and hardworking friend of Yoo Chang Soo, who comes from a poor family and dreams of becoming wealthy by marrying a rich woman.
Yoon Ha’s attention is drawn to Joon Ki, and he proposes to her. Yoo Chang Soo starts dating Lee Ji Yi after flirting with her. Yoon Ha begins a relationship with Joon Ki, which is successful. He wants to be wealthy, so he dates Yoon Ha in order to get power, but his love for her grows stronger as time passes. Yoon Ha and her brother get along pretty smoothly but he dies suddenly. Yoon Ha’s mother holds Yoon Ha responsible for her son’s death and begins crying and drinking nonstop.
Will Yoon Ha learn the truth about her brother’s death? Will she ever be able to forgive Joon Ki? Is Yoon Ha’s mother ever going to adore her?
Cast
Uee as Jang Yoon Ha
A chaebol family’s youngest daughter. She is careful so that no one knows about her past. To cope with her family’s stress, she works part-time jobs. She is afraid of allowing others to get close to her because they frequently hurt or abandon her, yet she falls in love with Joon Ki.
Sung Joon as Choi Joon Ki
He was raised in poverty and has worked hard since a young age to attain his high-ranking position. He wants to be wealthy, so he dates Yoon Ha to obtain power, but his feelings for her become deeper over time.
Park Hyung Sik as Yoo Chang Soo
He is a chaebol and Joon Ki’s boss and bestfriend. He falls for Ji Yi who is Yoon Ha’s best friend since she overlooked his wealth and status. He doesn’t appreciate it when people he thinks his friends use him.
Lim Ji Yeon as Lee Ji Yi
Yoon Ha’s bestfriend and Chang Soo’s girlfriend. She didn’t know Yoon Ha’s identity at first and had a crush on Joon Ki. She had always believed chaebols to be individuals who had it easy and got whatever they wanted, which is why she refused to date Chang Soo. But his genuine love for her persuaded her to reconsider.
Why you should watch this?
Go for it if you enjoy the plot of rich people falling in love with poor ones.
Yoon Ha and Joon Ki, the primary couple, are fantastic. Since as viewers, we know that he has a hidden agenda it is fascinating to observe how he gradually develops feelings for Yoon Ha. This part is difficult for Sung Joon to act since he has a lot of hidden expressions in his eyes and face. The plot of the second lead is so cliched that you may find it in a lot of other shows. As a result, it is not quite exciting. It’s no different than watching any other drama. Yes, it’s adorable and charming, but it’s all the same… A wealthy man falls for a poor woman with a ‘sweet’ personality.
This drama teaches us about feelings that we may not be aware of but even then we may experience it. Life isn’t easy, but you may make it a little easier by making wise decisions.
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High Society: Thoughts & Review
HELLO DRAMA LOVERSSS
I hope you are all having a lovely day today :relaxed: :sparkling_heart:
I am here writing about the drama
~ High Society~
So let’s just jump right into it with some descriptions of the characters 🤔 :couple: :couple:
First up we have Jang Yoon-ha (played by Uee). She is the youngest daughter of a chaebol family. The story begins with her working a part-time job despite her being extremely wealthy. Yoon-ha wants to be free of her family, as they treat her poorly, and live on her own and find true love.
Secondly is Choi Joon-ki (played by Sung Joon). A guy who was born in an extremely poor family so all he wants to do in life is succeed and become something more. He is willing to move up the social/economic ladder at all costs.
Next up we have Lee Ji-yi (played by Lim Ji-yeon). She is Yoon-ha’s best friend. They meet at the store Yoon-ha works at. Both girls hold part time jobs there with the difference being that Ji-yi is actually poor.
And finally we have Yoo Chang-soo (played by Park Hyung-sik). He is an old high school friend of Joon-ki as well as his boss. Yoo Chang-soo, like Yoon-ha, is also a chaebol so he is also extremely wealthy.
The drama explores the lives of each of these characters as they all grow and mature through the events that occur to them.
For this next part I will be talking about things that occur in the drama aka SPOILERS AHEAD SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
So skip ahead for a non-spoiler review of this drama :relaxed: :relaxed:
ALRIGHT LETS JUST JUMP RIGHT INTO IT :clap: 🏼 :clap: 🏼 :clap: 🏼
Holy cow this drama was something else. Like dang.
My first thoughts were its okay. I honestly kept going the first two episodes because of Chang-soo :heart_eyes: but I found myself really enjoying the story. I loveeeeed Ji-yi. She was probably my favorite character because her heart was always so pure.
A lot of these character were very complex and had lots of layers and I really enjoyed discovering more and more. Especially when it came to the main 4.
Can we take a moment to appreciate the relationship of Yoon-ha & Ji-yi :heart_eyes: :two_women_holding_hands:
These two were golden. Like honestly one of my favorite friendships. I hardly ever see two girls so close in dramas (they are usually rivals) so it was nice to see these two so close. For a second I really thought Yoon-ha would betray Ji-yi with Chang-soo. But that’s because I’m crazy and I never trust these dramas LOL
Remember when Ji-yi stepped aside so that Yoon-ha could date Joon-ki, aw.
Now this friendship was very complicated. Because on one hand I felt bad for Chang-soo when he discovered that Joon-ki was using him to make connections but Chang-soo did make himself seem higher than Joon-ki, multiple times. I loved when they would play around but when Chang-soo would switch into boss mode I was always taken back. I’m very glad that these two stayed close and that Joon-ki ended up being completely honest with Chang-soo (like he was with Yoon-ha after everything was revealed). I really think these two always loved each other and their bromance was great to watch. Especially when Joon-ki stopped letting Chang-soo win and they would play around more LOL
I also really enjoyed Yoon-ha with her brother. I wanted her to succeed so bad because her brother believed in her and loved her when everyone else in her family hated her. He trusted her and even though he faked his own death ( LOL ), he still genuinely loved her.
CAN I JUST SAY THAT HER SISTERS HER AWFUL AND I HATED BOTH OF THEM. I never felt bad for the older sister. She was such a snake.
Anyways Yoon-ha’s relationships with her parents were so tragic. Her and her father were pretty good though. I like how he admired her determination and let her make choices. I really liked that about her character. It was in those instances that I kinda liked the dad.
BUT HER MOTHER. Gosh that woman was something else. I felt bad for her when her son died but she was so cruel to Yoon-ha. It was so unfair and I hated her most of the time. I was glad to see those heartfelt moments between these two towards the end though (these scenes made me cry :sob: ).
But you know who had great parents? Joon-ki. His parents were such kind souls and I enjoyed watching them whenever they were on. They always pulled at my heartstrings :sob: :heart:
Chang-soo’s mother was great too. She was so funny and clearly not as cruel as Yoon-ha’s mom. Although her methods of thinking were very outdated and she was SO cruel to Ji-yi, she really loved Chang-soo and it showed when she finally gave up and let him marry her. I always laughed when he interacted with his mom, “I chose you” LOL :joy: :joy:
But now let’s get to the good stuff like the couples!!!
These two were so strange LOL
Honestly I didn’t care about them until they broke up :joy: this was because Joon-ki was so mysterious. Like I didn’t know if he was good or bad or what his deal was. It wasn’t until he finally spoke the truth that I was able to understand him. As he was changing and understanding that what he did was cruel and honestly fucked up, I was able to feel for him and this relationship. Yoon-ha is was such determined character. She was so bright and outspoken. I loved that she spoke her mind and how she was the one who asked Joon-ki out. I also really enjoyed her interacting with his mother, so cute.
I honestly thought these two could have gotten together a lot sooner. Like I could get why she was mad bc I mean he did use her but in the end he did love her. And I would have been hurt and betrayed if I was her but it’s not like he cheated or harmed her. I would have forgiven him, like Ji-yi would tell her, because at this point I understood where he was coming from. Like he told Chang-soo, why was it unethical when he did it but okay when rich people do it all the time?!? (Maybe because he was lying LOL)
I WATCHED THIS DRAMA BECAUSE OF THEMMMMM :heart: :heart: :heart:
At the beginning these two were my main reason for watching (I later fell in love with the whole story). THEY WERE THE CUTEST :couple: :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes: My heart hurt for these two so much. I loved how funny they were and how cute he was with her.
Their early interactions gave me chest pains. Like when she asked for another kiss or when she wanted to touch his ears :joy: :joy: swoon ~~
I loved watching her control him with her face, like she would get all sad and he would sigh and then agree to whatever she wanted (that one time with the amusement park). Watching these two was such a highlight for me. Their story was more moving than the other (although the other couple won me over in the end too :heart: ). Every time Ji-yi would cry when she was drunk was so amusing because Chang-soo never knew what to do LOL
They were so light and fun and cute.
When they broke up I understood why. Ji-yi didn’t want to be a bother to him and Chang-soo didn’t want his mom to keep making Ji-yi’s life miserable.
Remember when he came home crying because he loved Ji-yi so much :sob: :heart:
Or when they broke up and it started to rain and neither of them wanted to leave :sob: :broken_heart: :heart: THE CAR KISS :sob:
Honestly he should have stood up to his mom a lot sooner so they could’ve been happy. But I’m honestly glad that this worked out the way it did.
NOW WE CAN PLEASE DISCUSS THIS!
Holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit
I was holding my breath this whole time. I was like ahhhhhh :scream: :scream: :scream:
I knew Yoon-ha & Chang-soo wouldn’t kiss but I didn’t want Ji-yi to see :sob:
I was also very annoyed that Yoon-ha was inviting Ji-yi out even though Yoon-ha was with Chang-soo. That’s rude especially because she knew that they were no longer together (a friend doesn’t do that.)
THIS HAD ME SO SHOOK!
I was like omggggg :scream: :scream: :scream:
Yoon-ha was being a bitch (sorry). If it was me I would be thankful that my ex (who in this case isn’t a bad guy) was taking my best friend home if she was drunk because it’s a scary world out there. Joon-ki was being a good guy but Chang-soo & Yoon-ha were being so dumb and extra. Honestly Yoon-ha was just being spiteful and mean to Ji-yi. Joon-ki’s relationship with Ji-yi was really nice because they understood each other. I saw no wrong with Ji-yi being his friend because they weren’t rubbing it in Yoon-ha’s face.
This scene was just so great lol
Side note: At this point I wanted to Ji-yi and Joon-ki to date, just a little :joy: :joy:
END OF SPOILERS LOL
Overall this drama was pretty good. The relationships between the characters were interesting and great to watch. The character development was also really good.
I would rate it an 8.5/10 & would highly recommend it!! :relaxed: :relaxed:
I did start watching this because of Park Hyung-sik because I love him in Hwarang :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes:
(ANYONE ELSE GOT A BAD CASE OF SECOND LEAD SYNDROME LOL) :joy:
BUT I ended up watching for the story as a whole and loving it!
It’s only 16 episodes so it’s not too long and the story really moves forward in each episode. The side stories are great too so that’s a bonus!
Thanks for reading this long post and I hope you enjoyed it :relaxed: :heart:
IF YOUVE SEEN THIS DRAMA PLEASE TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS BECAUSE I LOVE DISCUSSING LOL :joy: :joy:
Thank you and have a nice day! :relaxed: :heart: :heart:
Oppa Noona: K Drama Review: High Society (2015) 3.5
This K drama was not on my to-watch list. Next in line for me was another Park Hyung Sik drama. But I saw this listed on the PHS Philippines Facebook page so I bumped it up on my list.
I watched Juror 8 prior to this one. However, I don’t think I can write a review about the film because I lack materials about the real story on the first jury trial in South Korea. I would have wanted to read more on the real thing so I can compare it to the movie. I suspect that the film greatly veered away from the real story because I can’t seem to find comparisons or reviews. In any case, it was okay. Two hours worth of Park Hyung Sik is still better than nothing. 🙂
Going back to High Society. It was challenging to watch this drama because it was neither on YouTube nor Netflix. It was not on Viu either. Fortunately, there are some K drama/Asian drama websites out there. You just have to deal with the usual spotty connection problems. And it’s not downloadable so you can’t watch it offline.
High Society is about two chaebols, a girl (Uee as Jang Yoon-ha) and a boy (Yoo Chang-soo played by Park Hyung Sik), who were initially set up to meet for an arranged marriage. But of course, rich kids marrying each other would be boring. So they really can’t end up together.
Chang-soo falls in love with Yoon Ha’s poor best friend, Lee Ji-yi (Lim Ji Yeon), who happens to be a part-timer in the grocery owned by Chang-soo’s family. Ji-yi only finished high school.
Yoon-ha, on the other hand, falls in love with Chang-soo’s friend and colleague, Choi Joon-ki (Sung Joon). Joon-ki comes from a poor family too but he’s well-educated. He works as a deputy manager in the family corporation of Chang-soo. He’s a very ambitious guy who wants to marry for money. Yoon-ha, although a rich kid, was neglected by her family. She was also a part-timer in the grocery of Chang-soo’s family.
Complications arise when Chang-soo’s mom opposes her son’s relationship with Ji-yi. She went as far as having Ji-yi kicked out of her apartment. Yoon-ha also finds out that Joon-ki had an ulterior motive when he first approached her so the two break up as well.
There are other side stories but that’s the main plot. Joon-ki and Yoon-ha are supposed to be the main characters with Chang-soo and Ji-yi being the supporting love team.
I’ve not watched enough K dramas but I would often read reviews of some dramas being your typical K drama. I get them now. High Society had quite a number of those formulaic stuff. There was the bromance between Chang-soo and Joon-ki. Then the typical jerk chaebol who would fall in love with a poor person. Then the shower scenes, which could honestly be done away with.
I guess I’m supposed to enjoy this drama because it’s a love story. However, after watching heavy and socially-relevant shows like Angry Mom, Strong Girl Bong-soon, and Suits, I have to admit that this show just really paled in comparison and felt so empty and superficial. But it has Park Hyung Sik, so I endured the 16 episodes.
I didn’t really like the main characters – Joon-ki and Yoon-ha. Joon-ki seemed so boring and heartless. There was just something off about him. Or should that be a good thing because it means that he really portrayed his ambitious character well? I’m not so sure. The only time I warmed up to his character was when he finally showed some affection towards his parents.
Yoon-ha looked average compared to Ji-yi. It didn’t help that she had this weird smile/lips. I didn’t like her both in the heavy drama and the supposedly funny scenes. She did look the chaebol part with her nice clothes and make up but over-all, her acting was probably the weakest link here.
Ji-yi was a natural. She was funny, charming, and lovable. She was pretty and cute at the same time. I loved her skin. She acted well too. I felt her happiness and I felt her sadness as well. I was really rooting for her and Chang-soo. I loved how she held her ground against Chang-soo’s mother. I just didn’t quite understand how a nice girl like her could fall in love with a jerk like Chang-soo who was overly arrogant at the start. But I guess that’s how love is, sometimes it defies logic.
Park Hyung Sik as Chang-soo was superb as usual. I already know that he can play the chaebol part well through Strong Girl. And that he has this to-die for stare that you just can’t help but fall in love with him. He just looked better in Strong Girl because (I know I’m being shallow here) of the way his hair was parted. Haha. He really looks better with long hair/hair with bangs such as here and in Strong Girl unlike the clean cut look he had on Suits and Juror 8. 😀
Chang-soo played the jerk part really well. But he was also convincing as a guy who was madly in love with Ji-yi. I felt his pain when his mom was trying to separate him and Ji-yi. And I loved how his character bounced back and managed to convince his mom that Ji-yi was the one for him. I would say that Chang-soo and Ji-yi’s love story was the brightest spot for this drama.
Other things I liked include the family angle especially on how parents would do everything for their children. Although not clearly evident, I still felt the love of Yoon-ha’s parents for her. Sometimes, some people just really express their love differently. It was amazing how Chang-soo’s mother had a change of heart after seeing how her choices deeply hurt her son. And my favorite parent-child story line was Joon-ki’s. His parents were just the epitome of true love – weathering storms together and choosing happiness no matter how difficult life may be. Their love for their son was just wonderful. Even if their son was clearly embarrassed of them, they still loved him unconditionally.
I also learned some nuggets of wisdom from the show. I could not agree more with Yoon-ha’s mother when she said that it’s sad how youth is such a short time and we spend much longer time as adults/grown-ups. Indeed. Wouldn’t it be much lovelier if we had a longer time as teenagers with not a care in the world and just a little bit of time as adults? Adulting is tough and although we’re supposed to be wiser at this point, we all know that that does not mean life will be much easier.
I also loved how one of the rich characters (not sure if it was Yoon-ha’s mom again) said that we all have to live the lives we’ve been dealt with. True, it’s difficult to be poor, not knowing where you’re getting money for your needs. And the rich seem to have it easier than most of us because they have lots of money. However, it does not necessarily mean that they are always happier. Their lives can be just as complicated and lonely as those of regular people. So, yes, let’s live the lives we’ve been dealt with and trust that God would only give us what we can bear.
Chang-soo also did a Hello Love Goodbye like pronouncement. He said he’d marry Ji-yi even if it meant getting divorced the following day. He’d take one day, 10 days, etc. Just like Alden’s character in Hello Love Goodbye, Chang-soo was willing to take whatever love was given to him, no matter how small, short, and limited. Because that’s love. Chang-soo was willing to take the risk because you need to try things so you won’t have what ifs and regrets later on.
Music here was quite nostalgic because their main song was the same one used in Wonderful Days. I couldn’t help but remember Dong-seok and Hae-won while watching the show.
Over-all, High Society was just okay. I now understand what a typical formulaic K drama is. Don’t expect something deep and serious. But it’s still worth watching because of Park Hyung Sik. 😀
High Society (2015 TV series)
High Society Promotional poster Also known as The Privileged Genre Romance
Melodrama Written by Ha Myung-hee Directed by Choi Young-hoon Starring Uee
Sung Joon
Park Hyung-sik
Lim Ji-yeon Composer Ha Geun-young Country of origin South Korea Original language Korean No. of episodes 16 Production Executive producer Moon Bo-mi Producers Han Jung-hwan
Yoo Hyun-ki
Kim Dong-ho
Kim Si-hwan Cinematography Seo Deuk-won
Moon Gi-seop Editors Park In-cheol
Shin Sook Running time 60 minutes Production company HB Entertainment Release Original network Seoul Broadcasting System Picture format 1080i Audio format Dolby Digital 2.0 Original release June 8 ( ) –
July 28, 2015 ( 2015-07-28 )
High Society (Korean: 상류사회; RR: Sangryusahoe) is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Uee, Sung Joon, Park Hyung-sik and Lim Ji-yeon.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] It aired on SBS from June 8 to July 28, 2015 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST) time slot for 16 episodes.[9][10]
Synopsis [ edit ]
Jang Yoon-ha (Uee) is the youngest daughter of a chaebol family. Her family is a mess. Hated by her mother, she wants to live a normal life like a normal person. She is arranged to marry a young chaebol Yoo Chang-soo (Park Hyung-sik). She hides her identity and works as a part-time sales woman in a supermarket and befriends with Lee Ji-yi (Lim Ji-yeon) who wants to marry a rich man and starts dreaming about it. Lee Ji-yi has a crush on Choi Joon-gi (Sung Joon), a brilliant and hard-working friend of Yoo Chang-soo, who comes from a poor family and wants to become rich by marrying a rich girl. Joon-gi catches Yoon-ha’s attention and he proposes to her. Yoo Chang-soo flirts with Lee Ji-yi and they become a couple. Yoon-ha starts a relationship with Joon-gi and it goes well. Yoon-ha and her brother who is the only hope of the top management of the company, goes to Mexico in flight and she departed early. Before reaching Mexico, the flight crashes and her brother also dies. Yoon-ha’s mother blames Yoon-ha for her son’s death and starts crying and drinking continuously. Joon-gi secretly released Yoon-ha’s photo in public without her knowledge and revealed she is an heiress. Yoon-ha becomes a celebrity. Yoon-ha’s brother transferred all of his shares to Yoon-ha. One day, Yoon-ha visits Joon-gi’s house. She meets his mother and unknowingly she shows Yoon-ha’s childhood photo in Joon-gi’s drawer. Heartbroken Yoon-ha leaves his house angrily, she decides to join in the company for cosmetics department. Yoon-ha’s sister who would do anything to have control over the company. On the other hand, Yoo Chang-soo and Lee Ji-yi relationship is shaken by Chang-soo’s mother.
She wants to break their relationship and to marry Yoon-ha. Choi Joon-gi realises his love for Yoon-ha and wants to reconcile with her. Yoon-ha uses her popularity to make a huge profit in the cosmetics department and becomes a higher authority in the company. Later, Yoon-ha unites with Joon-gi. Yoon-ha discovers her brother’s secret documents filed against her sister about cosmetics ingredients trades in the company.
At last it is revealed that Yoon-ha’s brother is alive and he comes back to the company. Choi Joon-gi quits his job. Yoo Chang-soo becomes stressed and drinks continuously which makes his mother unite him with Lee Ji-yi. Finally, Yoon-ha’s sister is thrown out of the company. Joon-ki proposes to Yoon-ha. Lee Ji-yi becomes pregnant with Yoo Chang-soo’s child.
Cast [ edit ]
Main [ edit ]
Uee as Jang Yoon-ha
The youngest daughter of a chaebol family. She took part-time jobs in order to handle her family-induced stress. She does not let people get close to her because those people often hurt or always leave her, but she falls in love with Joon-ki.
Sung Joon as Choi Joon-ki
He grew up in poverty and since a young age, has worked hard to earn his high-ranking position. He initially dates Yoon-ha to gain powers, but eventually his feelings become real.
Park Hyung-sik as Yoo Chang-soo
He is also a chaebol, and Joon-ki’s boss. He falls for Yoon-ha’s best friend Ji-yi, due to the fact that she overlooked his wealth and status. He doesn’t like being used by people he considers allies.
Lim Ji-yeon as Lee Ji-yi
She is Yoon-ha’s best friend and Chang-soo’s girlfriend. At first she didn’t know about Yoon-ha’s real identity and had a crush on Joon-ki. She had imagined chaebols to be people who led an easy life and got whatever they want; those are the reasons why she refused to date Chang-soo at first. But his earnest affection for her made her change her mind.
Supporting [ edit ]
Yoon Joo-sang as Jang Won-sik
Yoon-ha’s father.
Go Doo-shim as Min Hye-soo
Yoon-ha’s mother.
Lee Sang-woo as Jang Kyung-joon
Yoon-ha’s older brother. He was very caring and protective of Yoon-ha, her only ally in the family. Kyung-joon’s boat sank off the coast of Mexico, and he is presumed dead.
Yoon Ji-hye as Jang Ye-won
Yoon-ha’s eldest sister. She will do anything to succeed.
Yoo So-young as Jang So-hyun
Yoon-ha’s second oldest sister. She is jealous of Yoon-ha because their parents let her do whatever she wants; however, Yoon-ha only wants to be loved by her parents. So-hyun is vain and very high maintenance.
Bang Eun-hee as Kim Seo-ra
Won-sik’s mistress.
Nam Myung-ryul as Choi Young-ho
Joon-ki’s father.
Yang Hee-kyung as Lee Min-sook
Joon-ki’s mother, who works as Seo-ra’s housekeeper.
Choi Yong-min as Butler Hong
A longtime employee of the Jang family.
Production [ edit ]
Ratings [ edit ]
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share AGB Nielsen[15] TNmS Ratings Nationwide Seoul Nationwide Seoul 1 June 8, 2015 7.3% (20th) 7.7% (19th) 6.7% 8.6% 2 June 9, 2015 7.0% (20th) 7.6% (18th) 6.9% 8.4% 3 June 15, 2015 7.7% (19th) 9.1% (15th) 6.7% 8.8% 4 June 16, 2015 8.2% (16th) 9.9% (10th) 6.9% 8.8% 5 June 22, 2015 9.1% (12th) 10.4% (7th) 7.6% 9.5% 6 June 23, 2015 9.8% (9th) 11.3% (6th) 7.8% 10.2% 7 June 29, 2015 9.1% (14th) 10.9% (5th) 7.1% 8.2% 8 June 30, 2015 8.9% (17th) 9.8% (12th) 7.6% 9.4% 9 July 6, 2015 9.4% (12th) 10.9% (5th) 7.3% 9.3% 10 July 7, 2015 9.2% (12th) 10.2% (6th) 7.0% 9.3% 11 July 13, 2015 9.4% (13th) 10.5% (8th) 8.3% 9.6% 12 July 14, 2015 9.6% (10th) 10.4% (5th) 7.8% 10.5% 13 July 20, 2015 9.5% (13th) 10.7% (9th) 7.4% 9.1% 14 July 21, 2015 9.8% (12th) 10.7% (7th) 8.3% 10.3% 15 July 27, 2015 9.7% (12th) 10.7% (9th) 8.4% 10.2% 16 July 28, 2015 10.1% (10th) 11.1% (5th) 8.7% 11.2% Average 9.0% 10.1% 7.5% 9.4%
Awards and nominations [ edit ]
Adaptation [ edit ]
A Turkish adaptation titled Yüksek Sosyete was produced by Burak Sağyaşar and aired by Star TV for 26 episodes from June 16 to December 24, 2016. It starred Engin Öztürk as working-class man Kerem Özkan and Hazar Ergüçlü as rich woman Cansu Koran.
Musings of a Chunkeemonkeeato
WITH AGE COMES MATURITY…
Jang Yoon Ha (Uee) is the chaebol daughter but despite her wealth, she works part-time at a food market and hides her true identity from her employers and her friends. She dreams of one day leaving her family and finding a man who loves her for who she is. While Choi Joon Ki (Sung Joon) grew up in a loving family, he grew up poor and saw the demeaning treatment his parents faced because of it. Joon Ki is smart but jaded and is looking for a rich woman to raise his class status.
Yoo Chang Soo (Park Hyung Shik) is the typical chaebol playboy whose only aim to beat his brother. He falls for the poor Lee Ji Yi (Im Ji Yeon) only because she dismisses his wealth and status. Lee Ji Yi imagines that all chaebols have things easy while she’s had to struggle alone in order to support herself. She’s Yoon Ha’s best friend but doesn’t know that Yoon Ha is secretly a chaebol.
After watching Heard It Through the Grapevine, I’ll admit that I wasn’t in the market for another chaebol drama. Leave it to Sung Joon to draw me to this drama. I blame it on his eyes. However, the interesting thing about High Society is that the drama plays out a logical debate about family, love and class. Now that could be a good or bad thing depending on what each person looks for in a drama as it’s not the most exciting thing to watch people discuss their thought process. And still, I found the points that the drama touches on engrossing.
Jung Yeop – 눈부신 하루 (Dazzling Day)
정엽 – 눈부신 하루
The thing about Uee is that I find her getting better and better with each drama that she takes on. I found her quite stale in Jeon Woo Chi but think that it was more the way her character was written rather than her talent as an actress. As Yoon Ha, she’s also a bit dry but it’s because Yoon Ha was raised to hold back her emotion that she downplays Yoon Ha’s warm side around her family. Despite not being totally forthcoming with Ji Yi, Yoon Ha seems the most comfortable in her own skin around her and so Uee is able to show the dichotomy of her character.
As banal as it is to see Sung Joon play another smart, conflicted character, I don’t mind because he plays that type so well. Despite the fact that Joon Ki starts off in the drama manipulating the emotions of the people around him, Sung Joon makes us feel sympathetic for his character because of his parents.
While he doesn’t want the life that he’s parents had, he loves his family very much. There’s also the matter of the fact that his mom (Yang Hee Kyung) and dad (Nam Myung Ryul) are so loving that you can’t hate Joon Ki because of them as well. As much as he deserves Yoon Ha’s anger when she finds out about his motives, the drama lays such thick foundation about his backstory that we can help but pity Joon Ki when he realizes that he’s in love with her.
Almost the exact opposite of Joon Ki’s parents, I found a hard time watching Yoon Ha deal with her family, especially her mom played by the venerable Go Doo Shim. It made me wonder why Go Doo Shim would want to take on the role of the boozy, sharp-tongued, irascible Min Hye Young.
As awful as Min Hye Young is to Yoon Ha, Go Doo Shim is great pulling out all the stops in playing the character. I was quite surprised to see that as much as Yoon Ha doesn’t see eye-to-eye with her mother, she doesn’t hate her and therefore their heart-to-heart at the end of the drama is highly satisfying.
As for Yoo Chang Soo and Lee Ji Yi, I loved watching this couple grow from indifference to intrigued to love. As a chaebol playboy, I’m sure Chang Soo had his pick of women he could have played around with but the mama boy that he is, he knew that his only choice for a marriage partner is to find a rich woman that will help him maintain his status and appearance. Chang Soo and Ji Yi knew fully well that eventually would need to end at some point and approach each other cautiously but didn’t realize how deep their feelings would go.
They also balanced the Yoon Ha and Joon Ki couple well as if you see Yoon Ha and Joon Ki as the melodrama couple, then Chang Soo and Ji Yi were the carefree pair.
Towards the end of the drama though, the two couples almost change places as Yoon Ha kept Joon Ki at a distance while Chang Soo tried to suppress the pain of being separated from Ji Yi.
Acoustic Collabo – 그러지마요 (Don’t Do That)
어쿠스틱 콜라보(Acoustic Collabo) – 그러지마요
My favorite scene featuring Chang Soo and Ji Yi is when they meet and resolve that they need to break up before their feelings grow any deeper. Chang Soo manages to keep it all in as Ji Yi bursts into tears. As Chang Soo is unable to hold back and sheds a tear, the raindrops begin to fall which masks the fact that he is also in pain. This moment showcases Park Hyung Shik’s acting and how far he’s come. And then they decide that they shouldn’t break up on a rainy day and go off and have sex. Ha, as amusing as the scene is, their love is so palpable that I can see why they’re not able to let each other go.
The drama isn’t without its problems though. For example, what causes Yoon Ha to enter the family business is the fact that her brother, Jang Kyung Joon (Lee Sang Woo), who is the only family member that seems to love her and who she loves in return, disappears and is presumed dead. That’s what drives most of the drama in the story and when the truth is revealed, I kept hoping that the drama would provide some resolution between Kyung Joon and Yoon Ha’s eldest sister, Jang Ye Won (Yoon Ji Hye).
On the one hand, I understand where Ye Won’s greed for ambition comes from as her father seems to dismiss her because she’s a woman. There is something familiar about seeing siblings squabble for keys to the kingdom as there is a legacy of that in the royal history of Korea. And yet, we never seemed to get a conclusion about the beef between these Kyung Joon and Ye Won; and I can’t quite understand why the drama focused so much about the business and the legacy issue in the first place.
The other matter is the fact that because the characters in the drama discuss the issues of love, class and money in such a logical manner, the drama is mostly expository rather than driven by action. While I would usually criticize the drama for talking things out when they could show it, I actually didn’t mind it as much in this drama but I know that many viewers would have differing opinions about this.
I loved that Chang Soo was able to reason with his mother (Jung Kyung Soon) about his feelings for Ji Yi. We’ve seen all too often dramas where the hero staging a big romantic stance for the one he loves but it’s not entirely realistic. Who knew the words, “I chose you, mom,” could drive the chaebol mother-in-law to cave? Ha. Ji Yi, for her own part, she breaks down Chang Soo’s mother simply by being who she is, charming her with her positivity.
The drama ends a bit earlier than I would have expected it to end only because I thought there would be more of a conclusion resolution in the drama with the family members. However, the main four leads alone are enthralling to watch. Since the actors are so good at pulling you along for the emotional ride, I wasn’t so concerned by all the loose ends of the plot. The drama seems to be saying that not all of their problems were solved but they’ve each found their happiness by making their love work despite their class status. And that’s pretty darn sweet.
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