ugh LJ, your photo thing is now COMPLETELY BROKEN THANKS FOR THAT
hisashiburiiiiiii Drama Filter!
So. I haven't been watching much of anything...at my normal pace. And have been posting random thoughts on a Tumblr account. But that Tumblr account is not giving me the gratification of actual interaction. SO HERE I AAAAAM.
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And here is Oguri Shun, oh mama
I would like to note that if I'd seen THIS poster for the show instead of whatever dramafever was using, I probably would have picked it up before half the dramanet was crying love for it, but this is aside the point.
"Rich Man, Poor Woman" like many English word-play titles for speakers of another language, not really all that accurate.
More like "genius boy, study girl" tho she has her own little corner on the genius market, which is a plot point that does not get overused OR underused, props to the writers!
Oguri Shun's latest character is an autism-spectrum tech innovator whose company launched through unique cellphone games. He has a secretary-type vice-president who cleans up after him, since you can dress him up but you can't take him out.
(Oguri's work on the physicality of this character who is a little bit awkward when behaving, and spastic when relaxed, was kind of jaw-dropping: uncool, very real, and almost unself-conscious.)
The girl is one of those poor sots graduating over-educated in an over-staffed field--a brain but without that spark. She's pounding the pavement for jobs when she comes to his company. She gets picked out to be looked down on by President Hyuga--she's about had it up to here with her failure to find jobs and stammers back, confrontational but not making a dent in the swagger of this guy.
Who has come a long way from his origins, too, okay:
Aaaaanyway, no need to say fate throws them together.
Things to love about this show:
1) There is no romanticizing of Hyuga's social ineptitude.
He's not a swaggering Alpha, typical in his suaveness when insulting girls, and yet oozing so much sexiness the girl has to take it as a compliment. (as much as I've enjoyed some of those.)
He's honestly in trouble because of his brusqueness with his board, for example, and it's more his vision and brilliance with problem-solving that appeals.
2) The deep emotional connection with where the characters are.
Ugh, one of the things some J-dramas get right is pulling you into the heart of the character without physicalizing it at all. The girl looks up and smiles after seeing him go off with the other girl and you *ache*. Same for the guy character.
who
3) is realistically obtuse sometimes. Hah.
4) the end I was rolling my eyes at the teaser. "Not the AIRPORT. Drama, no!" But. In fact, they do a cool thing of letting the girl, off doing her own work apart from her guy interest, and that is accepted by him. Is this a spoiler? Kind of... But it's a character moment that's great, too.
Um, and, Ishihara Satomi is CRAZY CUTE.
It's only 11, tightly written episodes.
The Dramanets was right to be going crazy.
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