I finished up the kdrama My Lovely Sam Soon (alternately titled My Name is Kim Sam Soon) a week or so ago and was very content with the show as a whole. I loved the premise and I loved Kim Sun Ah as Sam Soon. I loved that she was a little overweight and older and temperamental. She was pretty damn awesome. Ponce though he was, I even liked Hyun Bin's Hyun Jin Heon. Sam Soon's sister and the Head Chef were a great secondary couple and I laughed quite a bit. There were some dropped threads that I wish had been better, or more clearly resolved, Sam Soon's attempts to change her name and the insistent pursuit of her ex, for example.
Watching kdramas is interesting because there are cultural cues that inform the story that I completely don't get. I kinda see that they are there, but it pretty much sails right over my head. Sam Soon's name and her insistence on changing it were the big red flag on this drama. I assume that it's like Julia Roberts naming her offspring Finn and Hazel. Much mock was made about the how outdated the names were. I loved the names for that, but apparently if you don't name your kid Bella or Taylor you're doing it wrong. Whatever. That Sam Soon's shiny younger boyfriend comes to love her name and thwart her every attempt to change it was a signal of his attachment to her, just as she is. I found that kinda endearing.
So, I've moved on to a new drama this week. I was up in the air about what to watch next.![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
oyceter had recommended Dal Ja's Spring. Pasta is a recently completed drama starring Lee Sun Gyun from Coffee Prince and Personal Taste is a currently airing kdrama featuring Lee Min Ho from Boys Over Flowers. So, I had a moment trying to choose. Randomly I started the first episode of Personal Taste, which may have been a mistake since its still on first run in Korea and therefore isn't complete at Drama Fever. So, I may start Pasta to go along with. Part of my reason for not starting Pasta first was that My Lovely Sam Soon revolves around a chef (Sam Soon is a patissier) and I had just finished that. Dal Ja's Spring features an older heroine, again reminiscent of My Lovely Sam Soon. I am beginning to recognize the tropes in kdramas. Thankfully, I haven't gotten tired of them yet otherwise I'd really have nothing to watch. My American TV schedule is terribly, terribly thin and doesn't show any signs of fleshing out any time soon.
So, yeah. Rambling.
Really, I just wanted to say that I love kdramas, I've finished Kim Sam Soon and started on Personal Taste, and if anyone wants to take me to Korea, I'd only be too happy to go.
Watching kdramas is interesting because there are cultural cues that inform the story that I completely don't get. I kinda see that they are there, but it pretty much sails right over my head. Sam Soon's name and her insistence on changing it were the big red flag on this drama. I assume that it's like Julia Roberts naming her offspring Finn and Hazel. Much mock was made about the how outdated the names were. I loved the names for that, but apparently if you don't name your kid Bella or Taylor you're doing it wrong. Whatever. That Sam Soon's shiny younger boyfriend comes to love her name and thwart her every attempt to change it was a signal of his attachment to her, just as she is. I found that kinda endearing.
So, I've moved on to a new drama this week. I was up in the air about what to watch next.
oyceter had recommended Dal Ja's Spring. Pasta is a recently completed drama starring Lee Sun Gyun from Coffee Prince and Personal Taste is a currently airing kdrama featuring Lee Min Ho from Boys Over Flowers. So, I had a moment trying to choose. Randomly I started the first episode of Personal Taste, which may have been a mistake since its still on first run in Korea and therefore isn't complete at Drama Fever. So, I may start Pasta to go along with. Part of my reason for not starting Pasta first was that My Lovely Sam Soon revolves around a chef (Sam Soon is a patissier) and I had just finished that. Dal Ja's Spring features an older heroine, again reminiscent of My Lovely Sam Soon. I am beginning to recognize the tropes in kdramas. Thankfully, I haven't gotten tired of them yet otherwise I'd really have nothing to watch. My American TV schedule is terribly, terribly thin and doesn't show any signs of fleshing out any time soon.So, yeah. Rambling.
Really, I just wanted to say that I love kdramas, I've finished Kim Sam Soon and started on Personal Taste, and if anyone wants to take me to Korea, I'd only be too happy to go.
