Joseon Psychiatrist Yoo Se Poong (2022)

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ho abbassato a 9 la mia valutazione.
Durante la dinastia Joseon (1392-1910), Yoo Se Poong (Kim Min Jae) è un giovane medico di talento che esercita presso il palazzo reale. Ma quando viene coinvolto in una cospirazione che minaccia la vita dei membri della famiglia reale, viene cacciato da corte. Alla fine si ritrova in mezzo alla comunità di un villaggio remoto: un'enorme caduta in disgrazia per un uomo che una volta aveva ricoperto un ruolo così prestigioso.
Da qui parte la sua avventura di giovane che, colpito da sventure e cospirazioni esterne a lui, dubita di sé e, per capire chi è e che valore ha, aiutato da una strana comunità, cappeggiata da un ex-medico di corte, riuscirà a riprendere in mano la sua vita ed essere utile al piccolo borgo nel quale è finito e poi al Re, suo debole amico.
La storia è interessante e ci sono bei personaggi, ma nel rivederlo, mi sono resa conto che i dialoghi e le scene sono un po' "sbrodolati", abbastanza scontati e che la figura di questo giovane medico è un pochino statica ... dubita nell'azione anche quando i segnali della realtà sono abbastanza chiari.
Comunque è una bella serie, merita di essere vista ... non finisce al 12esimo episodio, ma va collegata agli altri 10 episodi della seconda stagione.

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Healing drama they said, Healing drama it was.

If the objective of the drama was to make every shot look like a painting from that time period, that was successfully satisfied. The soft cool color grading and the sweeping shots of the fields and single trees: a dream! The chemistry of the whole cast especially the clinic family was so tightknit and so much fun to watch. Many of the previews were describing it as a healing drama and due to the sincerity of the script and the casts’ skills in thoroughly portraying their character’s traumas and how they got them, I actually did feel like it was a healing drama because we went through that process with them. However, I wish they included more “psychiatrist counseling therapy” cause that’s in the title, leading to my main complaint that there was too much screen time for the antagonists planning their evil plans only to be basically re-explained later. It was nice to see the different patient cases that Poong and the Gye Soo clinic family would help, just like in other modern medical dramas. However, I think the build up to the climax at Hanyang would have accelerated (and not dragged a little like some reviews had said about the middle half) if all of the cases had either developed Poong and Eunwoo as medical practitioners (skill and counseling wise) or if each case had given us clues about the "final battle" at Hanyang discovering who killed the king and how they got away with it. Some of the patient cases felt a little rushed being resolved and were just there to grow the sweet relationship between Eun woo and Poong (those moments I won't complain about because they were all highly anticipated for me personally:). There should be a trigger warning in the first episode (at least) because the make up team did an incredible job of making all the “soft gore” stuff look really real. The OST (especially Solji’s and Sohyang’s) really illustrates the mood of the drama and the background instrumentals were sometimes really funny during appropriately comedic scenes esp with the off tune flutes whenever Manbok said/did anything (he is truly comedy central haha).

To me, it looks like the directors and the screenwriters had the overall goal of making a healing drama and went in that direction while successfully balancing mystery, romance, and family comedy on their plate. It wasn’t too much for each genre, contributing to an overall very soft healing drama…except for the last ep.
So here I am rewatching each episode AGAIN for the nth time while I wait for season 2 after almost losing IT to that cliffhanger.
Final note: the two main leads Hyang Gi and Min jae are obviously seasoned actors because all their emotional scenes tore my heart out. Deep sincerity in their eyes and body language every time.

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