What Not to Wear - Kdrama Style

[dangermousie]

Our two examples of horror today are brought to you courtesy of upcoming kdrama.

First off, we have Son Ye Jin in the upcoming Personal Taste. Personal taste of any sort is clearly absent in the below:

Comments

[mishane]

That last cap of A Man Called God is what convinced me to watch it. I know he's paired up with HCY but COME ON, falling in love with the daughter of the man who killed your parents?? TOTAL ANGST POTENTIAL!

LOL and I only wear my hair like that when I'm washing my face. Silly SYJ. Also, overalls? REALLY? I get the feeling they are trying to make her a really silly character and I'm so tired of clueless women in my dramas!! I don't think any of the upcoming dramas I'm interested in are going to have a very strong female lead, not even CU. :(

[dangermousie]

I think A Man Called God should have a strong female lead - she is an investigative reporter and a good one at that. She can't be too wimpy.

No idea on Cinderella/Oh My Lady/Personal Taste.

Dong Yi should have a strong female lead because I have yet to see a proper period drama that didn't. And Birth of the Rich heroine is awesome.

[mishane]

Oh yeah, I forgot about Birth of the Rich!

I didn't think Dong Yi would be a strong female; the way they made HHJ's character sound was pure and sweet. Oh My Lady seems like she'd be typical ahjumma (I'm still excited for it though!) and Personal Taste, well I thought she'd be tough but those promo shots say otherwise. I initially thought MGY would be a badass in CU, since she was supposed to be conniving bad stepsister, but the description is making her sound a little victim-y now.

I just miss my strong females. I want another Sujini or Song Joo from Capital Scandal; basically a female character who doesn't give a shit or goes against the norm. K-dramas have a lot of strong heroines but they're usually strong in a subdued way, I don't know if that makes any sense. Like, they're strong, but they don't make waves and usually bend to the male character at some point.

[dangermousie]

I like ladylike but strong combination (Chuno is awesome for that - Un Nyun turned out to be crazy smart and awesome and if their rebellion succeeds it would only be because of her, but she is very quiet in her behavior) but I adore strong rulebreakers too. Hmmm, Birth of Rich may go that way. And you'll love IRIS - I think you'll like Kim Tae Hee's character (she is smarter than the hero! she pwns him in class and drinks him under the table and is scretly profiling him for her evil organization!) but you'll love Sun Hwa, the N.K. spy.

[mishane]

Yeah, if I had a choice, I'd definitely go for a rulebreaker. It's the 'anti-establishment punk' in me. Like, when I first heard about Damo, I was excited because everyone said she was one of the strongest females in a drama and I'll agree that she was strong (in a way) but it KILLED me that she followed everything to the rule and was kind of subservient. It's strange, I'll usually go for the crazy bitch holding the knife and threatening people more than I would for the good girl saint.

YEP, I think when I watch IRIS, I'll definitely be ALL FOR Sun Hwa. From all the caps and scenes I've seen, she's definitely bad ass. I know I'll be shipping her with LBH. :(

[dangermousie]

Well, both Sun Hwa and Seung Hee go rogue and rule-breaker in a big way, so you'll be happy :P

Like, when I first heard about Damo, I was excited because everyone said she was one of the strongest females in a drama and I'll agree that she was strong (in a way) but it KILLED me that she followed everything to the rule and was kind of subservient

I think most characters in period dramas (male or female) are this way. Sujini is a pretty rare exception (as is everyone in Hong Gil Dong but that drama was deliberately anachronistic).

[mishane]

Sujini is pretty awesome. She's not even the biggest badass I've seen onscreen, but what made her my favorite drama heroine is that she commanded respect from her male companions. Like, she fought side by side with them and they didn't treat her like a princess, they treated her like an equal. GOD, I miss drama females like her. I really do.

[dangermousie]

I know this is a really different genre, but have you ever tried Worlds Within (aka The World the live in). The heroine of that one is also someone who takes no nonsense from anyone - she is a female director in a field that is exclusively male and she has to cope with that and she is awesome and fierce.

First 2 eps are kinda odd but then it really picks up.

Or how about Lobbyist? It's a very flawed drama (the Engrish!) but the heroine is incredible - she is an arms lobbyist who is willing to sleep with clients to get her deal across, tough, emotionally not accessible, shoots like a pro, digs out bullets even better, has a vengeance quest etc etc. And the hero loves her for all of these, not despite it.

[mishane]

I want you to do another Dramawatch thing and make it Worlds Within! That's probably the only way I'd watch it. :( I'm not a big SHK fan at all; Full House made me really dislike her.

Lobbyist is definitely a drama I'll watch someday, although I keep confusing it with Powerful Opponents (which I started a few months ago but forgot to watch).

[dangermousie]

It's a very different character than Full House, I promise :)