Greatest Love: final review
Today was the first time I skipped forward through parts of "Extravagant Challenge", Skip-Beat T-drama. They've done a bad thing in this latest episode of letting the stupidity certain types of heroines start off with slip into Kyoko's characterization to try and fill out the beats of her getting stuff wrong as Ren's manager.
RAAAARGH.
There is a script-writer who is not taking the liberties they should be, and taking a couple that are wasteful here...
***
Greatest Love
I have one more episode of this to watch, and I'm going to go ahead and do a review. I think I can say in advance that the ending lost some of the show's beautifully wrought momentum, but it's not going to hurt the drama overall.
The joy in this show was a premise well-suited to the style of the scriptwriters. (The Hong Sisters, responsible for You're Beautiful, My Girlfriend is a Gumiho, and other legends of K-drama.)
Our heroine is a woman down on her luck, coasting through variety shows as a has-been entertainer to support her family. She was in a girl-group that was at the peak when scandal hit, and this sweet, hard-working gal took the fall for everyone.
She's dogged with the type of scandal-mongering things that she can't deny because she can't reveal just what actually happened...
And then she meets a top-star jerk. :drink:
She doesn't fall for him, but he seems to find himself always antagonizing her...and the show-biz complications and small-world-ness make complete sense. I love the way this show reflects the reality of the Korean TV industry, rather than the usual fiction version. And that's part of the heart of the conflicts, too, because the complicated nature of fame (or infamy) and the way their particular society reacts to different kinds of news is complicating all their choices.
this show at least knew they had the world's cuddliest face, and used the fact
Gong Hyo-Jin got to shine in this role. I've watched a couple of her dramas, and one was earlier in her career, the other a character that was a lovable idiot that only her innate grace could save. I love to see an actress get a role that really showcases both her talent and her charm.
RAAAARGH.
There is a script-writer who is not taking the liberties they should be, and taking a couple that are wasteful here...
***
Greatest Love
I have one more episode of this to watch, and I'm going to go ahead and do a review. I think I can say in advance that the ending lost some of the show's beautifully wrought momentum, but it's not going to hurt the drama overall.
The joy in this show was a premise well-suited to the style of the scriptwriters. (The Hong Sisters, responsible for You're Beautiful, My Girlfriend is a Gumiho, and other legends of K-drama.)
Our heroine is a woman down on her luck, coasting through variety shows as a has-been entertainer to support her family. She was in a girl-group that was at the peak when scandal hit, and this sweet, hard-working gal took the fall for everyone.
She's dogged with the type of scandal-mongering things that she can't deny because she can't reveal just what actually happened...
And then she meets a top-star jerk. :drink:
She doesn't fall for him, but he seems to find himself always antagonizing her...and the show-biz complications and small-world-ness make complete sense. I love the way this show reflects the reality of the Korean TV industry, rather than the usual fiction version. And that's part of the heart of the conflicts, too, because the complicated nature of fame (or infamy) and the way their particular society reacts to different kinds of news is complicating all their choices.
this show at least knew they had the world's cuddliest face, and used the fact
Gong Hyo-Jin got to shine in this role. I've watched a couple of her dramas, and one was earlier in her career, the other a character that was a lovable idiot that only her innate grace could save. I love to see an actress get a role that really showcases both her talent and her charm.