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1 hour ago, timidjock0819 said:

 

With Pretty Noona, the fangirls are all over that show and their skinships are making headlines. The top second couple in kdramaland Lee Jieun and LSG is quite impressive - talking about a weird pairing:lol:. No skinship except for heart fluttering glances, running scene, and oh that smile. I guess Koreans like their romance after all. My boy KWS made the list - the guy has his own fanbase.

Hahaha... we have two pairs at the top of the chart that are polar opposites of each other.  Younger man - older woman vs. older man - younger woman.  Lots of skinship, lots of kisses, full-blash romance vs. very tentative interactions but very deep connection.  Hope MA continues to top charts till the very last week.

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@sanika @maddymappo About forgiveness, actually I was talking mostly on the basis of dramaland . Like I said consecutively on two of LSK's dramas adultery has been showcased and in both cases, the husband decides to let go of the grudge. I was saying that in kdramas, writers find it easy to make the men villain, when they cheat. But in case of women, they always have communication gap/ falling out of love/ issues [ like current drama 'live' also shows the senior police officer's wife wants to divorce him since she doesn't want to stay with him anymore]. Although in this story, I rather liked the different approach and I loved how the wife said I don't want the shackle of marriage right now. At least here we see someone is honest about how she feels. 

I just wished the writers made their women characters more realistic. From personal experience, in real life adultery happens mainly because of boredom, or the partners tend to fall out of love. 

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6 minutes ago, nearsea said:

@sanika @maddymappo About forgiveness, actually I was talking mostly on the basis of dramaland . Like I said consecutively on two of LSK's dramas adultery has been showcased and in both cases, the husband decides to let go of the grudge. I was saying that in kdramas, writers find it easy to make the men villain, when they cheat. But in case of women, they always have communication gap/ falling out of love/ issues [ like current drama 'live' also shows the senior police officer's wife wants to divorce him since she doesn't want to stay with him anymore]. Although in this story, I rather liked the different approach and I loved how the wife said I don't want the shackle of marriage right now. At least here we see someone is honest about how she feels. 

I just wished the writers made their women characters more realistic. From personal experience, in real life adultery happens mainly because of boredom, or the partners tend to fall out of love. 

Yep I really dislike this same with the other drama this guy was in.

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Two recent Dramafever articles.  Too bad some viewers are still staying away because of the age-gap.

10 Things you never knew about the My Mister cast

by whatakdrama on Mon, Apr 16, 2018

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           https://www.dramafever.com/news/10-things-you-never-knew-about-the-my-mister-cast/

 

IU talks My Mister’s age gap, Lolita controversy, her growth, and more

by whatakdrama on Fri, Apr 13, 2018

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https://www.dramafever.com/news/iu-talks-my-misters-age-gap-lolita-controversy--more/

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4 hours ago, liddi said:

Certainly none of them are out of the woods yet, with enemies regrouping for yet another embittered battle to destroy them. However, the PDH and LJA of today, are not quite the same people they were before, and I am eager to see how they would face the upcoming challenges, and extricate themselves from the schemes that are being hatched against them.

 

It is always a satisfaction reading your post.  Thank you for that.  Yes, I'm looking forward to the next episodes too how they will face all the challenges as the Director said this week's episodes will be more interesting.  

 

 

p.s I guess the word "comedy" he used is referring to the satirical tone in the drama and not comedy as in "funny ha ha" :ph34r:

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7 hours ago, timidjock0819 said:

 

I agree. The drama is being shown to tell the story of unconventional relationship that defy expectations. I mean if DH and Jian remains platonic where is the unconventional there? They might as well call MA a family drama. I know there are men that are thrash and preys on younger women. But @sadiesmith is right that we also don't need to make general judgements on decent ajusshis that have respectable lives. Ajummahs are also fantasizing about younger men in their 20's in fact some of it are being shown in public broadcast. So should we also call these women perverted? Same arguments are applicable on both sexes. 

 

In the case of MA, the situation is completely reversed. DH is the one with the good intentions. He is the one getting played here. It is Jian's intentions that are not pure even from the beginning which I disliked immensely. She is using him to get money off JYD. But as a viewer I am forgiving because of her past that explains this behavior. However, there many people out there who also have a rough life but does not resort to this type of shady behavior. 

 

Speaking of fantasy. As adults, what is really the general fantasy of both men and women aside from acquiring material things and career?  Isn't it to find that one person that we can connect with that perfectly compliments us? We are yearning for that connection everyday. Heck even the Alien and Goblin are wishing for that person too. It does not really matter what age as long as both are consenting adults. The lesson of MA is adults need to stop living according to other people's standards and societal expectations. At some point, we need to live life according to our own terms that's the only chance we can find inner peace and happiness in adulthood.

 

 

Yes about fantasy of course. But some fantasies are not about just meeting that certain one. The fantasy may involve socially awkward and discouraged behaviors.  My point, is that perhaps - just a possibility,  that the idea here is to sculpt out a situation that makes the big age gap acceptable.  This story is different than SLA, - the situation in that drama really starts off with great passion.   Apparently from the comments made at the press conference, they are carefully editing such passion indicators out. So it may be there yet it is not shown. 

 

I don't know for sure DH and Jian will end up together romantically, I am just thinking that this may be about a taboo fantasy, which remains safe and uncensored and does no harm in the recesses of a person's mind. But in this case there may be an effort to create the perfect storm of circumstances that make it okay to break the taboo and to transcend the situation into a greater love.   OR NOT.    Can't be sure as I have been warned about  how this writer has fooled viewers in the past. I don't know how this story  is going to unfold.  I am enjoying the journey.  Just putting out there different ideas and fun thinking about it.

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2 hours ago, nearsea said:

@sanika @maddymappo About forgiveness, actually I was talking mostly on the basis of dramaland . Like I said consecutively on two of LSK's dramas adultery has been showcased and in both cases, the husband decides to let go of the grudge. I was saying that in kdramas, writers find it easy to make the men villain, when they cheat. But in case of women, they always have communication gap/ falling out of love/ issues [ like current drama 'live' also shows the senior police officer's wife wants to divorce him since she doesn't want to stay with him anymore]. Although in this story, I rather liked the different approach and I loved how the wife said I don't want the shackle of marriage right now. At least here we see someone is honest about how she feels. 

I just wished the writers made their women characters more realistic. From personal experience, in real life adultery happens mainly because of boredom, or the partners tend to fall out of love. 

 

True! I think its mostly because of the target audience for most [k]dramas are women. The stereotypes in any form of entertainment are based on 2 things the perspective of the writer/creator and the target audience. Thus when men are shown to be the villains/cheats, women viewers would sympathize with the female victim due to the act of betrayal. On the other hand, when women cheat, they would justify her reasons. In both cases, they could/would think from a perspective that's most  convenient to them.

 

I too wish for more variety in terms of spectrum of human emotions and interactions. One of the weirdest plots for cheating that I read in a couple of books was the fact that the couple who were strangers happened to meet and were bored and had nothing better to do.  But unfortunately to produce a "hit" one has to cater to the majority and situations like these would be difficult to sway the public. Take this drama for example itself. The PD has explicitly said its a non-romance, but we can't help ourselves wanting to see one. Its very difficult to change crowd majority.

 

Eitherways, I am going to enjoy the fact that this drama is more realistic and relatable than most.

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5 hours ago, timidjock0819 said:

 

I agree with Misaeng but Signal had the best love stories in my opinion. The theme of a tragic first love (Lee Jihan) and waiting for love to return despite the odds the person might be dead (Cha Soo Hyun). Just that the love angles were not the focus of the story.

 

I agree. I meant that there was no "happy ever after" in a typical drama fashion. Just the possibility that something could happen in both dramas. They were open endings done right, imo.

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2 hours ago, maddymappo said:

Yes about fantasy of course. But some fantasies are not about just meeting that certain one. The fantasy may involve socially awkward and discouraged behaviors.  My point, is that perhaps - just a possibility,  that the idea here is to sculpt out a situation that makes the big age gap acceptable.  This story is different than SLA, - the situation in that drama really starts off with great passion.   Apparently from the comments made at the press conference, they are carefully editing such passion indicators out. So it may be there yet it is not shown. 

 

I don't know for sure DH and Jian will end up together romantically, I am just thinking that this may be about a taboo fantasy, which remains safe and uncensored and does no harm in the recesses of a person's mind. But in this case there may be an effort to create the perfect storm of circumstances that make it okay to break the taboo and to transcend the situation into a greater love.   OR NOT.    Can't be sure as I have been warned about  how this writer has fooled viewers in the past. I don't know how this story  is going to unfold.  I am enjoying the journey.  Just putting out there different ideas and fun thinking about it.

 

Definitely, fantasy is subject to individual 's preferences and priorities. I think this drama is meant to push the envelope of social conventions and make us uncomfortable. The show is after all in cable channel. Judging by the press conference, he wants the relationship to be precious and definitely will be something different. There is a reason why KWS took this project so I would not expect vanilla and predictable. There are already so many ajusshi-agassi usual friendships in k-dramas that we enjoyed. So in the case of MA, I won't expect the same safe plot line. I usually don't go for age-gap dramas but I am giving a chance for MA to sell their unconventional story and make me swoon if the plot will go in that direction.  

 

I have been following KWS for a while now and it is rare that he would heavily focused on the connection of both his leads. Usually he loved to do majority crime procedures/nitpicking office politics and interject some human aspect into the mix but usually he does only 1- 2 episodes of it then he moves on.. This time around he used up to half the episodes of the entire series establishing the connection which is very odd. I agree that some form of love aspect between Jian and DH is a green light for MA and not only because of KWS. Also, TVN is preparing for promotion of another age gap romance with their big summer series Mr Sunshine. Since it is written by Kim Eun Sook this will be a 100% love story. I think Lee Byung Hyun and Kim Taeri even have a bigger age gap than our leads in MA.  

 

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1 hour ago, timidjock0819 said:

 

Definitely, fantasy is subject to individual 's preferences and priorities. I think this drama is meant to push the envelope of social conventions and make us uncomfortable. The show is after all in cable channel. Judging by the press conference, he wants the relationship to be precious and definitely will be something different. There is a reason why KWS took this project so I would not expect vanilla and predictable. There are already so many ajusshi-agassi usual friendships in k-dramas that we enjoyed. So in the case of MA, I won't expect the same safe plot line. I usually don't go for age-gap dramas but I am giving a chance for MA to sell their unconventional story and make me swoon if the plot will go in that direction.  

 

I have been following KWS for a while now and it is rare that he would heavily focused on the connection of both his leads. Usually he loved to do majority crime procedures/nitpicking office politics and interject some human aspect into the mix but usually he does only 1- 2 episodes of it then he moves on.. This time around he used up to half the episodes of the entire series establishing the connection which is very odd. I agree that some form of love aspect between Jian and DH is a green light for MA and not only because of KWS. Also, TVN is preparing for promotion of another age gap romance with their big summer series Mr Sunshine. Since it is written by Kim Eun Sook this will be a 100% love story. I think Lee Byung Hyun and Kim Taeri even have a bigger age gap than our leads in MA.  

 

Really enjoying your exchanges, @timidjock0819and @maddymappo.  At the hand of a different director this story might not be nearly as compelling. I am so so so happy that KWS for once decided to tackle a love story, whatever shape it might take in the end, and that it is airing on cable where he can be a little more creative.  And you are right that there is an epic romance coming up the pipe with an even bigger age gap between the leads, and a male actor who is widely known to be a sleaze and a womanizer.  Contrast that to LSK who has been married for a long time and is known in the industry as Mr. Nice Guy.  If you take all that into account, it makes me scratch my head even more at the supposed controversies following this project. 

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On 4/14/2018 at 6:17 AM, zenya22 said:

@maddymappo

 

1) JY covered for himself by telling the old man that YH using the phone booth called him to discuss the 50 mill bribery but the old man will be asking himself why YH needed to use the phone booth when she can use her office phone if only to keep the calls secret from DH knowing that YH knows about the bribe. Also, DH had told the office security when he was being escorted out that time, that he needed to call his wife who is his lawyer and since everything is being reported to the old man, then it would be easy for the old man to surmise that DH wife knows about the bribery attempt. JY's cover is quite flimsy. I am not sure he fooled the old man, seeing that the old man gave permission to promote DH. That prompted JY to break up with YH. 

 

2) I would also like to see a background story of the marriage of DH and YH. JY said that in school all the girls liked DH. He is nice, responsible, helpful, smart, probably had good grades etc... and that may have attracted YH.  She is a beautiful woman. However, their expectations of each other may have changed and the love got stale. From what I heard in one convo of Mama Park and his brothers that YH was already a daughter in law when she graduated law school? DK chided mom that a big graduation party should have been celebrated in honor of her DIL. Mama Park has this resentment of the DIL surpassing her son. I wonder if DH helped with YH lawyer schooling. YH may feel indebted and that is why she is staying? I need to go back to the first episodes to see that conversation. 

 

 

1) It might be wishful thinking on my part, but I think the chairman is a good judge of character.  I think (more truthfully, sincerely hope) that he did not believe DY attempt to cover his tracks.

 

2)I don't have a JY hate that so many in the forum have.  

-because I don't know the state of the marriage before the affair began (not that a bad marriage justifies the affair)

-because as much as I love DongHoon it is clear to me he is a difficult person to be married to . I almost died laughing when DongHoon told DY that he would know how he broke up with JY because He has been married to her for 15 years.  I wanted to say, dude, really, "she has been having an affair for a year and you only found out by accident.

-I might be missing a lot, but I don't get why people attribute JY affair to her wanting to be with someone more successful.  I haven't seem anything about JY that says she is obsessed with class and power. She's a lawyer, but I haven't seen her demonstrate great ambition.  She doesn't denigrate him for his "lack of success."  She only started to push DongHoon about his job as a way of separating him from DY.

 

The drama is finding its audience and the forum is moving fast.

 

Soon I won't be able to keep up.

 

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Well, after all the discussions we've had here, I'm officially sinking my JA-DH ship for the show. Because the director is allergic to romance in his dramas.... and well, they've stressed it AD NAUSEUM.... It's finally sunk in.... I think we'll only get a taste of what could have been when we see JA get closer to DH but knowing that she's playing him....:huh:... But Isokey, Isorait! Gwenchanha!!

 

I'm kinda bored with the director projecting himself onto the Ajussi role. I do some screenwriting, and it's annoying to think that you spend all this time writing, researching, rewriting, only for someone to superimpose himself onto your ideas. Horrible. Almost an insult to your effort and your investment. Writing is something that consumes a writer totally and completely. A writer pours their heart and  soul into their ideas and words and scenes. Every waking moment is spent writing or thinking about writing, even when they're functioning in life. I can't think of anything more personal to a writer than writing. :(Anyway, we're told that writing a screenplay is like making a car, what the driver decides to do with it is their problem, soooo......

 

That being said, I hope DH-YH get back together.....(have I not learnt anything?)

 

Wednesday? Is that you? I see you boo boo!!

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15 minutes ago, africandramalover said:

Well, after all the discussions we've had here, I'm officially sinking my JA-DH ship for the show. Because the director is allergic to romance in his dramas.... and well, they've stressed it AD NAUSEUM.... It's finally sunk in.... I think we'll only get a taste of what could have been when we see JA get closer to DH but knowing that she's playing him....:huh:... But Isokey, Isorait! Gwenchanha!!

 

I'm kinda bored with the director projecting himself onto the Ajussi role. I do some screenwriting, and it's annoying to think that you spend all this time writing, researching, rewriting, only for someone to superimpose himself onto your ideas. Horrible. Almost an insult to your effort and your investment. Writing is something that consumes a writer totally and completely. A writer pours their heart and  soul into their ideas and words and scenes. Every waking moment is spent writing or thinking about writing, even when they're functioning in life. I can't think of anything more personal to a writer than writing. :(Anyway, we're told that writing a screenplay is like making a car, what the driver decides to do with it is their problem, soooo......

 

That being said, I hope DH-YH get back together.....(have I not learnt anything?)

 

Wednesday? Is that you? I see you boo boo!!

Thank you for saying the bolded.  I agree with you.  I found what he said to be a little off-putting myself, but I hope he did not mean much by it.  I hope he really does stick to the writer's vision as much as possible and the two continue to work harmoniously to the end of the drama.  

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7 hours ago, timidjock0819 said:

Mr Sunshine. Since it is written by Kim Eun Sook this will be a 100% love story. I think Lee Byung Hyun and Kim Taeri

 

Off topic but thanks did not know! I fell in love with Kim Tae-Ri after Little Forest and I just watched 1987 and she’s fantastic! Can’t wait.

 

I’m much more into an LSG/IU romance than LBH/KTR tho, but I’ll hold my judgement. IU’s character in this show is beyond her years - and it makes me wonder if her cutesy image was just for the fans all these years, I did read that she had a tough upbringing.

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7 hours ago, sadiesmith said:

Really enjoying your exchanges, @timidjock0819and @maddymappo.  At the hand of a different director this story might not be nearly as compelling. I am so so so happy that KWS for once decided to tackle a love story, whatever shape it might take in the end, and that it is airing on cable where he can be a little more creative.  And you are right that there is an epic romance coming up the pipe with an even bigger age gap between the leads, and a male actor who is widely known to be a sleaze and a womanizer.  If you take that into account, it makes me scratch my head even more at the supposed controversies following this project. 

So where is all the fuss come from?

Since episode 1 i don't see a thing could we seen as "flirt" "seducing" or anything related to be "sexsualism" in this drama. I more aware Jian-DH relathionship is by accident after the kiling of lady bug case :) and the circumstance pressure Jian to stalk him. They linked in unusual bond at first, but with the day came and by evesdrop  she get naturaly adictive to his voice and his life.i think no evidence Jian harm DH except the stolen kiss, unconditionly they save and defend each other countless time. Said true their relationship not romantic yet so romantic, mind talk and intelect soul talk is always etchanting atleast for me:)

And seem their distance getting close now:wub:

 

Wednesday please came faster:lol:

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3 hours ago, hushhh said:

 

 

 

1) It might be wishful thinking on my part, but I think the chairman is a good judge of character.  I think (more truthfully, sincerely hope) that he did not believe DY attempt to cover his tracks.

 

2)I don't have a JY hate that so many in the forum have.  

-because I don't know the state of the marriage before the affair began (not that a bad marriage justifies the affair)

-because as much as I love DongHoon it is clear to me he is a difficult person to be married to . I almost died laughing when DongHoon told DY that he would know how he broke up with JY because He has been married to her for 15 years.  I wanted to say, dude, really, "she has been having an affair for a year and you only found out by accident.

-I might be missing a lot, but I don't get why people attribute JY affair to her wanting to be with someone more successful.  I haven't seem anything about JY that says she is obsessed with class and power. She's a lawyer, but I haven't seen her demonstrate great ambition.  She doesn't denigrate him for his "lack of success."  She only started to push DongHoon about his job as a way of separating him from DY.

 

The drama is finding its audience and the forum is moving fast.

 

Soon I won't be able to keep up.

 

@hushhh

1. I agree about the Chairman after-all he went to the firm himself to invite DH twice for a date, once for a meal and 2nd for a soccer game. After that conversation with JY, he went ahead and recommended DH be promoted. When Director Yoon went to Director Wang to protest the promotion, Wang told Yoon that it was the Chairman's idea. 

 

2. (from an earlier post) I agree that DH is also to blame for the failing of his marriage. I re-watched the earlier episodes and the way I see it, the background of the story is also an important consideration. This is Kdrama and a culture steeped for thousands of years on Confucian ideology. Family being the center and filial piety are core beliefs. The oldest son has specific obligations to the family including care of the parents. Even though DH is the 2nd oldest son, he seemed to have taken the role of the oldest. In the modern world and the younger generation, these tenets may be eroding and culture beliefs changing causing confusion and problems. In the flashbacks, we see YH asking DH what is important to him and define family as DH, YH and son Jiseok. Then we see a flashback of YH making a sarcastic remark of Joseon Era being a good thing as the DIL is taken to live with the MIL family. No response from DH. There is no resonance between the two, as the wife is a more modernized thinker and the husband a traditional one. In another flashback, KH, DH, and baby Ji Seok at mom’s home. KH was remarking how great it must be to have a DIL graduating law school and that if it was the son in law who graduated then the family of the son in law will give a big graduation party, why not a party for the DIL. MIL did not respond, but DH thank grandma for raising Ji Seok. Nowhere do we see the newly graduated lawyer. There was another scene where SH, the oldest brother, was telling DH to stay in his job so he can take care of mom who is getting older. KH the youngest remarked that he feels sorry for DH, his second oldest brother because he was bogged down with family responsibilities. There is also the resentment of MIL of YH surpassing her son after all she raised the grandson while DIL went to law school. Then the morally upright DH thought of receiving a bribe of 50 mill because mom asked that he should get a loan of same amount to jump start a business venture of the unemployed oldest brother and YH learns about it. So, the way I see it, this is the source of the problem. There is disharmony in how YH and DH perceive and define  “family” and priorities. YH seems to be more of an outsider than family. But why did she stay for 15 years and not divorce and why choose to have an affair? She has built a successful law career and her young son seems to be inline with her more modern mindset.  Would not an affair be more damaging to her reputation than divorce? As for JY,  it is what he said about his reasoning for having and continuing the affair and his actions and decisions to ruin the husband of the woman he is having an affair with. He said to DH that he will not stop seeing YH but the moment his career was threatened by DH pending promotion, he pays someone to ruin DH and breaks up with YH. I think though that he was also thinking of YH in that breakup, that she will be ruined when the affair gets to be known. His actions to ruin anyone who gets in the way of his career is selfish and uncaring. That is what makes him "hateful" more than the affair. 

 

3. Ambition in most K dramas is portrayed with a negative connotation as greed and selfishness. But ambition can also be defined as goals and dreams which I think all humans have. It is the way we define or do to achieve those goals that make the difference. So, YH having an ambition and achieving it is a good thing. As a lawyer, she helps many people including her family. From what KH remarks, she contributes to the monthly stipend of MIL. It seems KH understands YH more than anybody in that family. Also, some think that DH has no ambition. I disagree. Sometimes, people, myself included, trap or box themselves (by their own thinking), to stay in a place of no movement, of ennui like in purgatory because they really have no idea of what they want until the force of conditions and circumstances merge to knock them into action. It is as if the universe is saying, move already. Here, the affair, the bribery attempt, the appearance of JH in his life, the confrontation with JY who succinctly described what DH really wanted but did not have the guts to take, the unfair demotion of his mentor and friend, all these have come together to get DH face himself and move him to action. His words, "we shall see what kind of person I really am". It is those circumstances that we see what DH is really made of. Knowing what he wants and going for it does not make him immoral, it is how he does it. He asked his supervisor if he is suitable for office managerial position, but it was more of a question to himself. From my standpoint as a viewer, he is more than suitable, but it his perspective that matters. We shall see. 

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4 hours ago, justamom said:

 

Off topic but thanks did not know! I fell in love with Kim Tae-Ri after Little Forest and I just watched 1987 and she’s fantastic! Can’t wait.

 

I’m much more into an LSG/IU romance than LBH/KTR tho, but I’ll hold my judgement. IU’s character in this show is beyond her years - and it makes me wonder if her cutesy image was just for the fans all these years, I did read that she had a tough upbringing.

 

Yes don't let that small frame fool you.  IU is a tough little peanut and was raised by her grandmother in poverty so that's why she has similarities to Jian

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57 minutes ago, zenya22 said:

 There is disharmony in how YH and DH perceive and define  “family” and priorities. YH seems to be more of an outsider than family. But why did she stay for 15 years and not divorce and why choose to have an affair? She has built a successful law career and her young son seems to be inline with her more modern mindset.  Would not an affair be more damaging to her reputation than divorce?

 

It it interesting to see a Korean lawyer engaging in adultery. Interesting in the sense that adultery has only been "legal" (in South Korea) since about 3 years ago. See, for example, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31635747

 

As to Scheming Boss's latest scheme of getting Ji An to seduce Do Hoon, he does not necessarily believe that DH (already) likes JA. Remember this is a manipulative person. He believes Ji An will find the task easier to accept if a big part of it has already been accomplished – so, why not give her a hint to that effect?

 

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7 hours ago, africandramalover said:

Well, after all the discussions we've had here, I'm officially sinking my JA-DH ship for the show. Because the director is allergic to romance in his dramas.... and well, they've stressed it AD NAUSEUM.... It's finally sunk in.... I think we'll only get a taste of what could have been when we see JA get closer to DH but knowing that she's playing him....:huh:... But Isokey, Isorait! Gwenchanha!!

 

I'm kinda bored with the director projecting himself onto the Ajussi role. I do some screenwriting, and it's annoying to think that you spend all this time writing, researching, rewriting, only for someone to superimpose himself onto your ideas. Horrible. Almost an insult to your effort and your investment. Writing is something that consumes a writer totally and completely. A writer pours their heart and  soul into their ideas and words and scenes. Every waking moment is spent writing or thinking about writing, even when they're functioning in life. I can't think of anything more personal to a writer than writing. :(Anyway, we're told that writing a screenplay is like making a car, what the driver decides to do with it is their problem, soooo......

 

That being said, I hope DH-YH get back together.....(have I not learnt anything?)

 

Wednesday? Is that you? I see you boo boo!!

 

Is it Wednesday already<_<?? @africandramalover I couldn't blame you for getting bored. I also wish the ship to sink by this week because if the PD will keep on stringing the possibility of a JA and DH angle then I know it is just him projecting and doing it for the ratings. By the end of episode 10, it should be clear whether their feelings are reciprocated or this is just friendship because we are already at 70% of the story:huh:. If their relationship remains ambiguous, then I would rather drop watching this show as soon as I picked it up. I don't have patience watching a drama with bipolar tendencies. If there is no romance then it must be clear by this point and don't focus on the kindred connection between two leads. But instead pay attention on the healing part of the show like DH's marriage and other issues of supporting characters. There should already be a clear distinction by this week whether DH sees Jian as a woman or just a young friend that he is helping. Otherwise the continuous ambiguity of their relationship is so off putting after episode 10 and not my cup of tea in k-dramas.

 

And I agree, KWS is a little allergic to love stories that is why all these unnecessary heart fluttering dramatics were so surprising and confusing everyone.  

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K-DRAMA REACTION: MY AHJUSSI| EPISODE 6

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The 6th episode of My Ahjussi was a chapter of confirmation. First, with Park Dong-hoon having enough evidence to verify his wife’s affair with CEO Do Joon-young, and second, with Lee Ji-an witnessing how much the Earnest Ahjussi is just like her, a broken soul.

Unfaithful

Dong-hoon has finally put the puzzle pieces together and found out how his wife is cheating on him with CEO Joon-young. In the past episode, he discovered that the payphone frequently calling his boss’ number is located outside Yoon-hee’s office. Now, he was able to confirm it. After having lunch with his wife, he saw her using the phone. Right after, Dong-hoon then called CEO Joon-young’s number and the latter answers like he’s already aware and used to receiving calls from the payphone.

 

FULL: https://ahjummamshies.com/2018/04/17/k-drama-reaction-my-ahjussi-episode-6/

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