The most makjang makjang that ever makjanged
Is that enough makjangs in there? Nope, not nearly enough.
Behold best lit suicide attempt ever:
I have watched the first ten minutes of Flames of Desire and oh my...it was a cross between a really emo kpop music video, a kdrama parody from MadTV, and a new drama from the writer of Temptation of Wife if she was on crack.
I am afraid I giggled throughout, whether at Evil Stepmom going all Jocasta on her Winsome Stepson or the confrontation between Evil Stepmom and Messed-Up Actress who wants to marry Winsome Stepson not for love but to piss off Evil Stepmom complete with overdramatic music, exclamations of "I want you to die" and "he is an angel" plus color-coordinated candles.
Within the first ten minutes we already had birth secrets - Messed-Up Actress is Evil Stepmom's biological daughter (yes, that makes the OTP stepsiblings) but that doesn't seem to stop Evil Stepmom for rooting for Winsome Stepson instead of her own kid. Yes, there is a dramatic suicide. No, make it DRAMATIC SUICIDE - with Messed-Up Actress swallowing a whole bunch of pills, wearing a bright red dress, color-coordinating and lighting about a million candles, and having a conversation with Evil Stepmom only to keel over in the middle.
This drama already begs numerous questions - if Messed-Up Actress thinks Winsome Stepson is such an angel, why is she potentially leaving her body for him to find? Why is Evil Stepmom clutching her and crying instead of trying to call the ambulance? Would I ever be able to believe that Yoo Seung Ho, who looks all of 12, is man enough to set these two ladies fighting this way? (Seriously, every time I saw YSH I just wanted to groan - couldn't they cast someone more age-appropriate? He looks like he needs a pb&j sandwich and crayons, instead of sex goddess Seo Woo). Does anyone really dramatically smash violins on the floor? Why is everyone overacting in a way that puts pantomime to shame and why should I care about the bizarre sturm and drang when I am yet to know who any of these people are? And why am I still watching this horrific trainwreck?
But, as with a true trainwreck, I cannot look away and will keep up at least for a bit. This one is full-throttle insane and so how could I ever resist?
This HAS to be the writer's parody on makjang. It has to be. Because the alternative - that someone wrote this with a straight face - is too terrifying to contemplate.
Behold best lit suicide attempt ever:
I have watched the first ten minutes of Flames of Desire and oh my...it was a cross between a really emo kpop music video, a kdrama parody from MadTV, and a new drama from the writer of Temptation of Wife if she was on crack.
I am afraid I giggled throughout, whether at Evil Stepmom going all Jocasta on her Winsome Stepson or the confrontation between Evil Stepmom and Messed-Up Actress who wants to marry Winsome Stepson not for love but to piss off Evil Stepmom complete with overdramatic music, exclamations of "I want you to die" and "he is an angel" plus color-coordinated candles.
Within the first ten minutes we already had birth secrets - Messed-Up Actress is Evil Stepmom's biological daughter (yes, that makes the OTP stepsiblings) but that doesn't seem to stop Evil Stepmom for rooting for Winsome Stepson instead of her own kid. Yes, there is a dramatic suicide. No, make it DRAMATIC SUICIDE - with Messed-Up Actress swallowing a whole bunch of pills, wearing a bright red dress, color-coordinating and lighting about a million candles, and having a conversation with Evil Stepmom only to keel over in the middle.
This drama already begs numerous questions - if Messed-Up Actress thinks Winsome Stepson is such an angel, why is she potentially leaving her body for him to find? Why is Evil Stepmom clutching her and crying instead of trying to call the ambulance? Would I ever be able to believe that Yoo Seung Ho, who looks all of 12, is man enough to set these two ladies fighting this way? (Seriously, every time I saw YSH I just wanted to groan - couldn't they cast someone more age-appropriate? He looks like he needs a pb&j sandwich and crayons, instead of sex goddess Seo Woo). Does anyone really dramatically smash violins on the floor? Why is everyone overacting in a way that puts pantomime to shame and why should I care about the bizarre sturm and drang when I am yet to know who any of these people are? And why am I still watching this horrific trainwreck?
But, as with a true trainwreck, I cannot look away and will keep up at least for a bit. This one is full-throttle insane and so how could I ever resist?
This HAS to be the writer's parody on makjang. It has to be. Because the alternative - that someone wrote this with a straight face - is too terrifying to contemplate.