Have you ever watched something which you know is quite, quite terrible but can't stop watching?
Then you'll understand why I am still watching Stairway to Heaven. Sorry, if this the kdrama you love the most, but I just can't get over the evil stepsister's 'acting' with her mad eyes and the evil stepmother's teeth-barring. Why anyone in the drama hasn't worked out they are evil is beyond me! Clearly no normal person would have the mad eyes or the snarling to this degree!
I can only really get through it by ffing through it, but still I have to keep watching because the power of it compells me. I think I might hate them all. Except for the heroine. And possibly the hero who does a good 'passing out in the shower while you cry out the name of your lost first love' scene. Also his ability to do angsty driving is beyond compare.
For those of you who may be unaware of the plot I present it in all its splendour:
A girl (Jung Suh) is bestest friends with the rich Song Joo. SJ, alas, heads off to America while JS suffers woe and evils at the hands of her new stepmother and stepsister. Her stepbrother, however, decides that falling in love with her would be the bestest thing ever. Um. Not unnaturally JS is rather freaked out by this, but because she is a nice girl she doesn't want to wound the young boy who is cruelly treated by stepmother also. Clearly, nothing good is coming of this.
Then, finally, SJ returns from America but horrid, horrid stepsister is determined that the childhood friends will not reunite and runs over Jung Suh with her car. Amnesia follows for JS. Her stepbrother, crazed with love, takes her off and lives with her because she knows not who she is and that she was rather creeped out by his love as a kid. But because this is a Korean drama nothing actually happens, but still I think we can all agree this was not very nice. 5 years pass and everyone else comes back into contact by accident. But alas the rich boy and the evil stepsister have become engaged even though clearly he loves her not at all.
Cue:
1. Stepsister's evil eyes and teeth showing.
2. Stepmother also showing teeth and shrieking.
3. Stalking of Jung Suh by the rich boy because she looks like his lost love
4. Engagement betweeen the stepsiblings because, of course, Jung Suh doesn't know about the stepsibling bit.
5. ANGSTY DRIVING. And the obligatory Kdrama scene of the heroine running through the street shouting 'oppa' as loudly as she can.
6. Tasteful weeping. Very tasteful weeping.
7. Other things I have ffed through including the leads dressing up like Cinderella and her prince, but that was too painful to watch. THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH ONE CAN TAKE!!!
8. Excitement in the thrilling world of fashion designing.
9. No one believing Jung Suh when she gets her memories back. Why they just don't check dental records or fingerprints or anything like that is beyond me.
10. Mopey piano playing by the lead.
11. A boatload of angst.
I can only really get through it by ffing through it, but still I have to keep watching because the power of it compells me. I think I might hate them all. Except for the heroine. And possibly the hero who does a good 'passing out in the shower while you cry out the name of your lost first love' scene. Also his ability to do angsty driving is beyond compare.
For those of you who may be unaware of the plot I present it in all its splendour:
A girl (Jung Suh) is bestest friends with the rich Song Joo. SJ, alas, heads off to America while JS suffers woe and evils at the hands of her new stepmother and stepsister. Her stepbrother, however, decides that falling in love with her would be the bestest thing ever. Um. Not unnaturally JS is rather freaked out by this, but because she is a nice girl she doesn't want to wound the young boy who is cruelly treated by stepmother also. Clearly, nothing good is coming of this.
Then, finally, SJ returns from America but horrid, horrid stepsister is determined that the childhood friends will not reunite and runs over Jung Suh with her car. Amnesia follows for JS. Her stepbrother, crazed with love, takes her off and lives with her because she knows not who she is and that she was rather creeped out by his love as a kid. But because this is a Korean drama nothing actually happens, but still I think we can all agree this was not very nice. 5 years pass and everyone else comes back into contact by accident. But alas the rich boy and the evil stepsister have become engaged even though clearly he loves her not at all.
Cue:
1. Stepsister's evil eyes and teeth showing.
2. Stepmother also showing teeth and shrieking.
3. Stalking of Jung Suh by the rich boy because she looks like his lost love
4. Engagement betweeen the stepsiblings because, of course, Jung Suh doesn't know about the stepsibling bit.
5. ANGSTY DRIVING. And the obligatory Kdrama scene of the heroine running through the street shouting 'oppa' as loudly as she can.
6. Tasteful weeping. Very tasteful weeping.
7. Other things I have ffed through including the leads dressing up like Cinderella and her prince, but that was too painful to watch. THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH ONE CAN TAKE!!!
8. Excitement in the thrilling world of fashion designing.
9. No one believing Jung Suh when she gets her memories back. Why they just don't check dental records or fingerprints or anything like that is beyond me.
10. Mopey piano playing by the lead.
11. A boatload of angst.