City Hall: A milkshake of romance, politics and meta.
City Hall
She's an idealistic small-town mayor. He's a scheming politician who only wants a stepping stone to greater glory. Together, more than one kind of tango!
City Hall is a fun romp with schizophrenia: sometimes it's a laugh-out-loud romcom, sometimes it's a look at corruption and betrayal in the world of politics, and sometimes it's just the story of two pretty people who come together and bicker a lot and make out between campaigns.
...
I, of course, was a fan of the politics.
Meet Mi Rae!
Mi Rae is a lowly secretary in the wide gleaming offices of City Hall. She makes coffee, takes messages... stages a one-woman protest outside the building when her bosses screw her over... you know, your typical office lady.
Meet Jo Guk!
Jo Guk is a rising politician coldly and ruthlessly perusing his dream of becoming president. Morals? What morals? Nahhhh.
He's rude and dismissive! She's determined and bold! Their chemistry is off the charts.
That is a tango. TANGO. *_______* YESSSSSSSS.
However, there is a problem...
THE FIANCEE.
She's beautiful and ambitious and ice-cold, and it's amazing. I just love these caps. "Do whatever you want." "That goes without saying." BAM! Put you in your place, pretty boy.
Harry Potter Secondary guy. He and Jo Guk have a secret history that lends itself to running jokes about their sexuality.
THE JOKES NEVER DIE.
THEY DO THIS THE WHOLE DRAMA.
The insanity is shared by secondary guy's crazy wife, who is HILARIOUS. Seriously, I haven't enjoyed a villain like her in a long time. Her face is like elastic she shapes in these crazy lizard-like dimensions as she runs around plotting evil takeovers, each more epic and batshit than the last.
Jo Guk's assistant, who endures his boss through everything. The bottom face? I make around my sister-in-law all the time.
For secret and questionable reasons, Jo Guk wants Mi Rae in the mayor's seat, which unleashes a beast of wacky hijinks:
Imagine Bridget Jones running for mayor with the help of supporters who make viral videos and dance to SNSD while her political advisers urge her to be more like Michelle, not Hillary.
Of course, if she's Michelle, he must be...
ROFLLLLL.
Mi Rae wins her bid for mayor, which I would consider a spoiler, except you'll read it in every synopsis you come across. So let me spoil something else: she's damn good at it.
She has this way of sweetly asserting her dominance while making her underlings tremble in fear of her power. HA HA HA!
Yes, that is proud, haughty Jo Guk demanding a hug. Check the dictionary under "whipped."
One day I'll get tired of grand romantic gestures and grumpy dorks falling in love and cutesy scenes of happy shippy adorableness. But today is not that day.
She clambers on his back and he makes snuffling horse noises. AHHHHHHHHHHHH. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Did I mention the kissing?
THERE IS EVEN TONGUE. Not just tongues used for talking. Tongues... tongues in each other's mouths. I KNOW!
Of course no kdrama is complete without angst and depression, and the second half gives us tears, rain, sad montages, and Jo Guk brooding in the shower, weighted by deep emotional pain and the burden of his own sculpted abs.
Just ask yourself one thing: have you ever seen government employees dancing to Super Junior? That should answer the question whether or not City Hall is for you.
I'll be here when you're done swooning.
She's an idealistic small-town mayor. He's a scheming politician who only wants a stepping stone to greater glory. Together, more than one kind of tango!
City Hall is a fun romp with schizophrenia: sometimes it's a laugh-out-loud romcom, sometimes it's a look at corruption and betrayal in the world of politics, and sometimes it's just the story of two pretty people who come together and bicker a lot and make out between campaigns.
...
I, of course, was a fan of the politics.
Meet Mi Rae!
Mi Rae is a lowly secretary in the wide gleaming offices of City Hall. She makes coffee, takes messages... stages a one-woman protest outside the building when her bosses screw her over... you know, your typical office lady.
Meet Jo Guk!
Jo Guk is a rising politician coldly and ruthlessly perusing his dream of becoming president. Morals? What morals? Nahhhh.
He's rude and dismissive! She's determined and bold! Their chemistry is off the charts.
That is a tango. TANGO. *_______* YESSSSSSSS.
However, there is a problem...
THE FIANCEE.
She's beautiful and ambitious and ice-cold, and it's amazing. I just love these caps. "Do whatever you want." "That goes without saying." BAM! Put you in your place, pretty boy.
Harry Potter Secondary guy. He and Jo Guk have a secret history that lends itself to running jokes about their sexuality.
THE JOKES NEVER DIE.
THEY DO THIS THE WHOLE DRAMA.
The insanity is shared by secondary guy's crazy wife, who is HILARIOUS. Seriously, I haven't enjoyed a villain like her in a long time. Her face is like elastic she shapes in these crazy lizard-like dimensions as she runs around plotting evil takeovers, each more epic and batshit than the last.
Jo Guk's assistant, who endures his boss through everything. The bottom face? I make around my sister-in-law all the time.
For secret and questionable reasons, Jo Guk wants Mi Rae in the mayor's seat, which unleashes a beast of wacky hijinks:
Imagine Bridget Jones running for mayor with the help of supporters who make viral videos and dance to SNSD while her political advisers urge her to be more like Michelle, not Hillary.
Of course, if she's Michelle, he must be...
ROFLLLLL.
Mi Rae wins her bid for mayor, which I would consider a spoiler, except you'll read it in every synopsis you come across. So let me spoil something else: she's damn good at it.
She has this way of sweetly asserting her dominance while making her underlings tremble in fear of her power. HA HA HA!
Yes, that is proud, haughty Jo Guk demanding a hug. Check the dictionary under "whipped."
One day I'll get tired of grand romantic gestures and grumpy dorks falling in love and cutesy scenes of happy shippy adorableness. But today is not that day.
She clambers on his back and he makes snuffling horse noises. AHHHHHHHHHHHH. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Did I mention the kissing?
THERE IS EVEN TONGUE. Not just tongues used for talking. Tongues... tongues in each other's mouths. I KNOW!
Of course no kdrama is complete without angst and depression, and the second half gives us tears, rain, sad montages, and Jo Guk brooding in the shower, weighted by deep emotional pain and the burden of his own sculpted abs.
Just ask yourself one thing: have you ever seen government employees dancing to Super Junior? That should answer the question whether or not City Hall is for you.
I'll be here when you're done swooning.