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    Lee Jong Suk 이종석 イ・ジョンソク ♥ Drama 2022: Big Mouth, 빅마우스 | Movie 2022: Decibel, 데시벨

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    [HanCinema's Drama Review] "While You Were Sleeping - 2017" Episodes 5-6

     

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    Now that the last major crisis has passed, Hong-joo comes off as kind of creepy. In the absence of genuine threats, she just harasses the guy at the chicken restaurant and pre-stalks Jae-chan at work. While this behavior can sometimes be cute, what we're left with is the impression that Hong-joo really needs a hobby. Or even better, a job that makes relevant use of her inherent nosiness. Cue backstory, where it's finally explained what Hong-joo's previous profession was, and why she quit.

     

    In short, the Hong-joo we see now is really her original form- confident and peppy. She just never came off like that before because until Jae-chan proved that sufficiently extreme behavior could alter her disastrous predictions, Hong-joo just lived in fear and tried to hold back. Aggressive Hong-joo is heroic, but frightening, mainly in the sense that we're left worrying about the danger she puts herself in, thinking only about how to save lives rather than actually explain herself.

     

    The unfortunate effect of this is that Hong-joo kind of comes off like a damsel in distress, even if she is by far the most proactive of the three precognitive characters. Problematic tropes notwithstanding, we do see more of a method to the madness. The predictions work in cycles- different characters receive different visions based on changes in behavior prompted by previous visions. It is only because Hong-joo takes initiative that there are conflicting visions at all.

     

    While that works well enough for solving the relatively mundane bad endings Hong-joo and Jae-chan receive, we're still left with an obvious weakness. What if three cycles of prophetic dreams are not enough to inspire an actual solution? Observe how the main "antagonists" here are brutish college aged youths who are incapable of reading feminine body language. But even they're physically dangerous. What happens when the three leads run afoul of a character with more complex characterization than that?

     

    Further amplifying the tension is how Hong-joo herself is well aware that, recent advances in dream interpretation not withstanding, she is all too mortal and quit her dayjob out of legitimate fear of self-preservation. Of course, it's that very quality which makes her a compelling protagonist. Hong-joo is charging into situations ignorant of the true danger, with only blind faith in Jae-chan and Woo-tak offering any form of succor. The woman's definitely got guts- i have to give her that much.

     

    Review by William Schwartz

     

     

    http://www.hancinema.net/hancinema-s-drama-review-while-you-were-sleeping--2017-episodes-5-6-110962.html

     

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    "While You Were Sleeping - 2017" Lee Jong-suk avoids Suzy after the cherry blossom kiss

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    On the latest episodes of the SBS drama "While You Were Sleeping - 2017", Jeong Jae-chan (Lee Jong-suk) avoided Nam Hong-joo (Suzy).

     

    Jae-chan dreamt of kissing Hong-joo in his dreams and became uneasy. He felt something for her, but didn't want to get involved. He tried to avoid her by arriving at work early, but Hong-joo was waiting for him.

    In the end, Jae-chan couldn't ignore Hong-joo who was searching for him in a café. Hong-joo talked to him about what was on her mind.

     

    http://www.hancinema.net/spoiler-while-you-were-sleeping--2017-lee-jong-suk-avoids-suzy-after-the-cherry-blossom-kiss-110959.html

     

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    [Drama 2017] While You Were Sleeping, 당신이 잠든 사이에

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    [HanCinema's Drama Review] "While You Were Sleeping - 2017" Episodes 5-6

    photo898072.jpg

     

    Now that the last major crisis has passed, Hong-joo comes off as kind of creepy. In the absence of genuine threats, she just harasses the guy at the chicken restaurant and pre-stalks Jae-chan at work. While this behavior can sometimes be cute, what we're left with is the impression that Hong-joo really needs a hobby. Or even better, a job that makes relevant use of her inherent nosiness. Cue backstory, where it's finally explained what Hong-joo's previous profession was, and why she quit.

     

    In short, the Hong-joo we see now is really her original form- confident and peppy. She just never came off like that before because until Jae-chan proved that sufficiently extreme behavior could alter her disastrous predictions, Hong-joo just lived in fear and tried to hold back. Aggressive Hong-joo is heroic, but frightening, mainly in the sense that we're left worrying about the danger she puts herself in, thinking only about how to save lives rather than actually explain herself.

     

    The unfortunate effect of this is that Hong-joo kind of comes off like a damsel in distress, even if she is by far the most proactive of the three precognitive characters. Problematic tropes notwithstanding, we do see more of a method to the madness. The predictions work in cycles- different characters receive different visions based on changes in behavior prompted by previous visions. It is only because Hong-joo takes initiative that there are conflicting visions at all.

     

    read full article >> http://www.hancinema.net/hancinema-s-drama-review-while-you-were-sleeping--2017-episodes-5-6-110962.html

     

     

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    "While You Were Sleeping - 2017" Lee Jong-suk avoids Suzy after the cherry blossom kiss

    photo898064.jpg

     

    On the latest episodes of the SBS drama "While You Were Sleeping - 2017", Jeong Jae-chan (Lee Jong-suk) avoided Nam Hong-joo (Suzy).

     

    Jae-chan dreamt of kissing Hong-joo in his dreams and became uneasy. He felt something for her, but didn't want to get involved. He tried to avoid her by arriving at work early, but Hong-joo was waiting for him.

     

    In the end, Jae-chan couldn't ignore Hong-joo who was searching for him in a café. Hong-joo talked to him about what was on her mind.

     

    http://www.hancinema.net/spoiler-while-you-were-sleeping--2017-lee-jong-suk-avoids-suzy-after-the-cherry-blossom-kiss-110959.html

     

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    [Drama 2017] While You Were Sleeping, 당신이 잠든 사이에

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    Lee Jong-suk sings soundtrack for ‘While You Were Sleeping’

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    Actor Lee Jong-suk is set to feature on the soundtrack for SBS’ drama “While You Were Sleeping.”

    “Lee Jong-suk participated on the soundtrack for ‘While You Were Sleeping.‘ The release date has not been settled yet,” Lee’s agency YG Entertainment said Tuesday. 

    It is the first time the actor is releasing a drama soundtrack. He sang a song for his KBS’ drama “School 2013” but it was not released as a soundtrack. 

    His co-star Suzy also released a soundtrack for the drama which was favorably received by the fans. 

    “While You Were Sleeping” is about a young woman Nam Hong-ju, played by Suzy, who is able to foresee tragic events of the future in her dreams, and prosecutor Jung Jae-chan, played by Lee, who does everything in his power to prevent such events from taking place.

    By Kim So-yeon (syk19372@heraldcorp.com)

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    Lee Jong Suk 이종석 イ・ジョンソク ♥ Drama 2022: Big Mouth, 빅마우스 | Movie 2022: Decibel, 데시벨

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    Lee Jong-suk sings soundtrack for ‘While You Were Sleeping’

    restmb_jhidxmake.php?idx=5&simg=20171011

     

    Actor Lee Jong-suk is set to feature on the soundtrack for SBS’ drama “While You Were Sleeping.”

    “Lee Jong-suk participated on the soundtrack for ‘While You Were Sleeping.‘ The release date has not been settled yet,” Lee’s agency YG Entertainment said Tuesday. 

    It is the first time the actor is releasing a drama soundtrack. He sang a song for his KBS’ drama “School 2013” but it was not released as a soundtrack. 

    His co-star Suzy also released a soundtrack for the drama which was favorably received by the fans. 

    “While You Were Sleeping” is about a young woman Nam Hong-ju, played by Suzy, who is able to foresee tragic events of the future in her dreams, and prosecutor Jung Jae-chan, played by Lee, who does everything in his power to prevent such events from taking place.

    By Kim So-yeon (syk19372@heraldcorp.com)

     

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    Lee Jong Suk 이종석 イ・ジョンソク ♥ Drama 2022: Big Mouth, 빅마우스 | Movie 2022: Decibel, 데시벨

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    Lee Jong Suk And Suzy Share A Cute Moment During A Tense Scene In “While You Were Sleeping” Stills

    The SBS drama “While You Were Sleeping” recently dropped stills of Lee Jong Suk and Suzy sharing a sweet moment together despite a tense situation.

    “While You Were Sleeping” tells the story of a woman who can see the future in her dreams (Suzy) and a prosecutor who works to prevent the incidents in her dreams from happening (Lee Jong Suk).

     

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    In one still, Suzy looks determined, fire extinguisher in hand. However, she also appears to be trying to calm something or someone down. In another still, Lee Jong Suk’s character crouches beside Suzy, who is hiding in the bushes, and giving her a worried look.

     

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    According to the production staff, Suzy’s behavior with the fire extinguisher is related to her leave of absence from her former reporting job. In the preview for Episodes 9 and 10, it was revealed that she took her leave of absence after dreaming she would die while working as a reporter. Now she wants to return to her job, but it remains to be seen how the incident with the fire extinguisher relates to her leave of absence and whether she can return as planned.

     

    A source from the drama stated that Episodes 9 and 10 will fully explain why and how Hong Joo (Suzy) took a leave of absence from her job.

     

    https://www.soompi.com/2017/10/11/lee-jong-suk-suzy-share-cute-moment-tense-scene-sleeping-stills/

     

     

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