✒✨️ Ji-had Redo: From Drab to Fab ☣OR☣ Protect yourself, don't project yourself. °VG°
The 1-sentence review: 〰This is a pre-packaged, off-the-shelf, watchable romance that has some nice seasoning & truly bright moments for romance fans〰Is it in the top 20 that I would show to a viewer new to Asian programming? Nope, but for a romfan it will pass the time very nicely. I'll stick some toes over the edge of the cliff & say it's worth watching for Song Ha Yoon's performance alone. She EATS her role up. PMY is always worth watching. NIW isn't bad to look at, either.
This drama is actually an advice column. There's plenty of useful truths to be gleaned, such as:
👠Shoes your friends wisely - eh, ‘Choose,’ I mean.
👠We accept the love we think we deserve (from The Perks Of Being A Wallflower).
👠Keep your friends close & your enemies closer (until the battle is over)
👠Statements don't grow up to be cliches b/c they're mostly false.
👠Some people just get used to losing. Some losers don't realize what (big picture) losers they are & will do anything to avoid (small picture) losing. Losing once in awhile is not a bad thing, as pride is always the biggest problem. Humility is good for the soul. Being a doormat, though, will rob your life's essence.
Ouch. Ep1 HURTS. Kang “Ji” Won has led a painful life & now she's close to death: Stage 4 cancer. “I never knew happiness,” she says. Horrible husband. Horrible family. Horrible friends. Her husband & bff cause her death & now they will enjoy the life insurance payout. The End.
But wait! There's more! After the end, Ji gets a reset. She wakes up back in time, year 2013… Meltdown! Is this a dream? If so, is 2023 the dream or 2013.2? Let the Chippies fall where they may… & Ji has a couple snagging Chippies in her life.
To go along w/ MMH one has to be accepting, as there's no acceptable reasoning for the time slip. It's connected to the FL's father, but that's all we know. Our FL learns that fated consequences are FATED and must occur. In her prior life she had a crescent-shaped scar on her arm from a coffee pot burn. She manages to avoid getting burned the 2nd time, but, instead, our ML gets burned w/ a scar /exactly/ like Ji's. Therefore, she proceeds slowly. Methodically. Carefully. She won't break up w/ her bf & future killer until she's certain she's transferred /that/ bad fate onto her frenemy, her killer's aider-and-abetter, her lifetime friend: Soo-Min. They lay down a satisfactory (enough) premise.
It's illogical at times. It's constructed in an almost lazy way, as everything is attributable to fate. Fates can be transferred to others, but not avoided. They use physical objects, like shoes & candy, to reset the scene in order to channel ill fates to bad actors. After a person opens a door s/he never would-or-should have & allows another party to barge in (ep15) - it just wouldn't happen - I then had to stop, reflect, & admit that the whole show is built on an arguably silly premise. But I'd been enjoying it w/o a care-to-logic until then, which is indicative of skill & good execution. Just take the ride & don't think too much. If you can do that, the show is good.
Otikay?
It's 2013. Again. What does Ji do?
🍬Break up w/ the jerk.
🍬Buy stocks.
🍬Stop being a doormat.
Being a doormat is not an easy habit to quit, though. Ji gets help. She's made new friends at work & she, unbeknownst to her, has an angel watching over her. 19 hours of programming gives the show ample time to methodically stroll through the plot. It takes our leads awhile to pair up as they have legitimate concerns: The prior timeline was brutal to Ji. After the break-up, the coffee pot/scar incident occurs, so she decides to soften her stance on her status w/ ex, Min Hwan - just until she leverages the potential outcome.
Park Min Young, a truly special talent, is the FL, Kang “Ji” Won. I've seen her in What's Wrong with Secretary Kim-6.8 (apologies, it's cute, but overrated IMHO) Forecasting Love & Weather-6.8, When the Weather Is Fine-9 (it's brilliant) & Her Private Life-8 (This one deserves the accolades that Sec-Kim gets. It's adorabs).
Na In Woo (Spark-6.4) plays Yoo Ji Hyuk. He's a tad geeky & wears ill fitting suits that look like tents. That's by design, as his character gets a needed upgrade after exposure to our FL. Purely observationally, this actor looks like a giant next to the ladies, & he also has the largest Adam's apple I've ever seen. He's an impressive looking man.
Lee Yi Kyung (Eulachacha Waikiki) portrays the weasel bf, Park Min Hwan. Song Ha Yoon (Intimate Strangers) portrays Jung Soo Min, Ji"s frenemy, & she does It marvelously. The character is yicky-icky, but the actress has a tough job, acting as a near split-personality who does drama better than ElizabethTaylor, & she sticks the landing. In fact, by ep10, I was most impressed w/ her: She's amazing. Other than guest appearances, Choi Gyu-Ri's only other role is in Behind Every Star. In MMH she plays Ji’s new work friend, Yoo Hee-Yeon & she's darling. I hope to see more of her. Director, Park Won Gook also brought us Special Labor Inspector Jo, & Screenwriter Shin Yoo Dam wrote the high IQ show, Awaken-8.7. The worst criticism of MMH is that it's boilerplate stuff, but the execution is above average. It also has worthy themes.
Theme #1: Some people don't know when to stop. “Gosh, I can just never win against you!”, exclaims 1 conniving mean girl after losing at chess. “Well, I could predict your moves b/c you tried to take it all,” is the reply. “A good leader should know how to let go of what is not theirs,” is the follow-up pearl of wisdom.
#2: I am not my mother… Messed up parents leave a massive pile of refuse on top of their kids’ heads. I'm not trying to beat up on anyone. I doubt there is such a thing as parenting w/ zero regrets. The perfect parent has yet to be discovered. We need to try & keep the baggage to a minimum & the 💘 at a maximum. Many kids can't dig out from underneath the mess & go through life at a disadvantage. Ji's mother ran off with another man - in a town so small everyone knows how many ‘spoons are in each house’. The vicious gossip piled pressure on Ji to not be like her Oma. She must look perfect. Act perfect. Cast no shadows. That's why she accepted the love she could “get”. She accepted the scraps that Soo Min & Min Hwan threw at her. There was no real love there. They only used her to bolster their own egos. She was a disposable ladder for them.
#3: We have another theme that is 1 of the harshest & cruelest truths that I know: Weakness is not OK. Weakness invites aggression, & enables evil: In the end, it's not much different than evil. It's easy to have compassion for somebody who's in a weak state, & we're all liable to be weakened at 1 point or another. That's just part of being human. Perhaps people who are weak enjoy the compassion & the attention tossed their way. But, in the long run, it's only going to allow in a bunch of trash. Evil must be opposed. It's like weeds. If you don't stamp them out they'll take over. I know this is brutal, but it happens to be 100% true. Sometimes, running away is the best opposition, sometimes fighting back is. Lying around to be someone else's doormat is never the right course. Never, ever, ever, EVER. And: Wallowing in self-pity is not only pathetic, it's contemptible.
The writer dropped more pearls of wisdom for us. Min Hwan is jealous of the boss b/c of the way Ji's been looking at him & visa-versa. He pulls her aside & unwittingly lets his character show: MH: “ I told you that jerk likes you.” JW: “He has a girlfriend.” MH: “You are so naive. Do you really think that matters to a guy? Do you know what? Every single man is a cheater. So he has a girlfriend? A guy could be married & still like someone else. You know what a man's dream girl is? An unfamiliar lady that he doesn't know yet. That's just how men are…” By the time Ji has this following exchange with Soo-Min she's grown significantly: S: “Why do you hate me?” J: “You're self-centered. Some people have a way of eroding those around them, & you are exactly that type of person…You don't trust easily. And it's only b/c you can't be trusted. You think that everyone is like you, & so you can't trust them.” When people tell you who they are, please believe them & protect yourself accordingly. Protect yourself, don't /project/ yourself.
Acting ✔. Writing ✔. Directing ✔ - all are good. The artistry is also smashing. The wardrobe is outstanding. Both of our leads dress in DRAB, until they decide to do better - to BE better. Then they go from drab to fab. “People are already treating me differently b/c of my outfit.” Ji just gave herself a makeover. She's experiencing 1st-hand how important appearances are in public life. It may not be right, but it is so. Turns out, once Ji Hyuk's in a suit that fits right, all the ladies in the office are checking him out, too. By the beginning of ep6 they look like a matched Ken & Barbie in ⚫ & ⚪ chic. A gorgeous wedding dress adorns one episode. The music is quite good, too, such as The Journey, by Kelley McRae & Wounds of Time, by Kim So Yeon. Half of ep16 is a well executed wrap-up - what has been lacking from too many Kdramas in the past. As long as you enjoy Kromcoms, this one has its savory appeal.
In parting, I'll quote one k!ck@$$, self-actualized woman from The Terminator movies, Sarah Connor: “There is no fate but what we make.” Ji-had enough. Enough to go full Jih@d on her enemies.
QUOTE📢
The mother of success is failure.
You're right. I'm a pushover. That's how I'm most comfortable.
Being considerate has its limits. Bad people don't recognize it when you're being considerate to them.
〰🖍 IMHO
📣7.6 📝7.4 🎭8.3 💓7 🦋5 🎨7 🎵/🔊7.3 🔚7.6 🤗4.5 ▪ 🌞4.5 ⚡5 😅2 😭6.5 😱4.3 😯4 🤢3 🤔4.9 💤0
Age 15+
Limited but present language: $h!+ F💣
Rated TV-15
Re-📺? neutral
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Park Min Young's comeback is strong and striking
A really good adaptation of a webtoon into a drama . From the start to end, the drama was engaging. The drama will make you feel for the characters be it hatred or sympathy, love or disgust. Each and every cast member played their part extremely well be it the main leads or side characters or the antagonist.PMY's comeback was phenomenal. After facing such a turbulent time in her life for past year where many expected her career to go down the hill, she bounced back with a stellar drama and took her spot back.
For me the star of the show is "Song Ha Yoon". She absolutely nailed her role and showed off her versatility. Hell I even forgot she is the same girl from the drama "Fighting For My Way". As much as I liked her character in that drama, I did end up hating her a lot in this one. She managed to do the same what Lim Ji Yeon did in "The Glory". So kudos to her.
Lee Yi Kyung's " Gwenchana Gwenchana" ain't working in this drama what his acting sure is. Dude played the role of a sleezy asshole extremely well.
The show is a worth spending time on if you are looking for some good and satisfying revenge drama.
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My new favorite Park Min Young drama!
I usually go into dramas made from other works I am familiar with expecting disappointment. In the first couple of episodes, I even complained a bit in my head because I felt the lead was too timid in comparison. However, this drama was very satisfying to watch and I do not feel like it lacks in comparison to the original work in any way.The show really hit positive marks for me all around, it is hard to find many flaws. The script was good the cast was amazing and Kang Ji Won's transformation was satisfying to watch. The ending made me smile and I do not know if I can ask for much more out of a drama. I understand all dramas are based on personal preferences and opinions but I do not see how, if you enjoy this style of drama, anyone would not at least enjoy their time with this drama.
If I had to nitpick I'd say the sound design did not have an impact on me whether the music or effects, be that either positive or negative. And I have to wonder if Kopiko is trying to become the 999 of Korean dramas. They seem to be paying for a lot of in-drama advertisements.
I would highly recommend the drama the acting and script were both top tier in my opinion and made up for whatever minor flaws the filming had. A show I believe I will rewatch multiple times in my lifetime. I give it an excellent rating.
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Needed a RomCom Kdrama and it barely helped
OST and Production were pretty good, loved her massive fashion upgrade from shabby to "has a hot-rich boyfriend that can spoil her"/"has her own money" switch up. I felt the main leads were too calculative and manipulative (I’m pretty used to MLs and FLs fighting evil with good but this drama felt way too different and not in the best way, I was partially siding with the evil guys till the end 😭). In all, the storyline was okay, justice was served on all fronts, and it had its place for cute romance too.Was this review helpful to you?
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Revenge is a dish best served cold...like the cooling plotline of Marry My Husband
If you want to watch Marry My Husband chances are that you either are a fan of one or more of the actors or you enjoy a good revenge plotline (or both!). The drama starts out very heavy with a terminal diagnosis followed by an ultimate betrayal of trust and love. Sprinkle in some time travel and the stage is set for what one hopes is a salty revenge tale full of thrown water glasses, screaming at each other in public places, and tears. Lots of tears.What you get is....some of that. And when you do get it, the drama is really good. For the first half of the drama I was very interested in Kang Ji Won's quest for revenge and her budding entaglement with Yoo Ji Hyuk. I appreciate the acting of Song Ha Yoon -- she really made me despise Jung Soo Min and her neverending craftiness. I also found the plot device of fate still having to play out (whether it plays out on Kang Ji Won or someone she knows) to be really well done and interesting as well. For the first half of the drama I found myself eagerly waiting for the next episodes to drop so I could find out what happened next in the quest for revenge.
But then the plot just...cools. I don't know of any better way to put it than the plot just cools down. I think it happens in earnest shortly after Kang Ji Won and Yoo Ji Hyuk realize they both have time traveled. The way that this is revealed (through BTS songs) was interesting, but then the pacing gets all funky. I found this change of pace to be a bit jarring - almost like a car stopping and stalling. The change in pacing threw me out of the story so much that I was no longer invested in their budding romance at all...which became the main plot point over the revenge. Some episodes there were a million things happening and other episodes weemed to drag on. I accidentally fell asleep during two of the episodes....oops. By the time BoA entered the drama portraying Oh Yoo Ra I was pretty much done with the story and ready for it to end.
By the time the drama was over I was definitely ready for it to end. Did I enjoy it? Yes, I think I did despite what I would call its flaws. Would I rewatch it? Nope.
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Darker, Deeper
Marry My Husband is a show I began anticipating after learning about Park Min Young's dedication to the role. I have read the webtoon but not the novel on which this is based.Darker
Compared to webtoon the story is darker and intense. After 9th episode, whatever fluff and fun was left had been drained. The sudden genre change took time to adjust and the viewing became a chore. Upon acclimatising, the twists and turns are justified to nicely put a bow on it and give the perfect ending.
Deeper
The character development is deeper, making it easier to understand each character's actions like Yura and Sumin's. Although Yura's character comes off as unnecessary, the ending disproves it.
Not a 10
Sometimes a bit draggy to intensify the drama and the sudden genre change to melodrama makjangish vibe prevents this from making it into my favourites of 2024.
Top Notch acting
Song Ha Yoon and Lee Yi Kyung stole the show. On a side note, Park Min Young felt like a fashion goddess, " like you could wear that to work?!". Na In Woo was cute. He was different and better than his previous work Jinxed at first. Choi Gyu Ri was the best cast. Gong Min Jung was a bit stiff not sure if the character was meant to be like that. So good to see Ha Do Gwon in not a crazy-villain-role.
Music
Bad Liar and My All Dreams come true are easy on the ear. But the nod to BTS was a chef's kiss.
Marry My Husband nudges to not put up with regrets and fight on.
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Song Ha yoon and LeeYi kyung both do an incredible job playing their roles as Soomin and Min hwan. You know one is a great actor when you hate the character they play with passion. Never felt any pity for them ....like EVER.
I wanted them gone in a sense that I wanted Jiwon to succeed in her revenge plan but at the same time wanted them to stay cuz watching them was entertaining.
There are some interesting side characters and I wished we saw more of them as I think their stories were a bit rushed such as Yang Joo ran, Mr Lee, Eun ho and Yeon hee. all in all these are the strong points that made this watch enjoyable for me but now let me talk about small issues that kept me from giving it a 10. These might sound a bit childish but I couldn't ignore them while watching.
1. Yura . I understand the point of her characters existence and her roll in the "fate" aspect of the story but god she's hard to watch . I was not enjoying the chaotic evilness she brought to the story at all. we already had strong antagonists. competing with them cant be easy but Yura is in no way an interesting character at all. she's a cliche of all stuck up, rich brats from kdramas ever. the actress doesn't help the situation eighter. She is pretty awkward on screen. Also the addition of this character gave it a Makjang feeling ( search the term if you don't know the meaning) but everything became extreme all of sudden.
2. Music. OSTs are something I normally don't pay attention to. Here they use some bts songs to reveal a plot twist ( trying to not give out spoilers ) but the way they went about it was ..... something. Cuz why they decided to play spring day and dynamite SO LOUDLY?? them talking about it was enough. Im an Army so of course I was giggling and kicking my feet but that was just weird.
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A drama where revenge is personal, time travel is emotional, and justice is fashion-forward
I normally don’t like to watch revenge dramas, but after “The Glory”, I became less reluctant to watch this sub-genre. I don’t like time-travelling shows either, unless it is done well. So I went into this drama with not much expectation, except I haven’t seen Min Young since “Her Private Life”, so I thought I should give this a chance, and boy, I’m glad I did.This drama asks: what would you do with your life, if given a second chance to relive it? Ji Won travels back in time to do just that, after dying not from terminal cancer as she was pre-destined to do, but from an argument with her husband and her best friend about their infidelity. Ji Won uses this second chance to turn her life around, refusing to become the doormat she once was, and using the knowledge she gained from her future, to mitigate her losses and transfer them to somebody else.
It was also during this time travel that she learned about her unrequited boss’ feelings for her. It turns out that Ji Hyeok has been quietly supporting her all along despite her obliviousness.
This drama was filled with so much angst and intrigue that I relished every moment of it. I also liked the brooding Na In Woo when he shoots heart eyes at Park Min Young’s character. It is the first time I’ve seen In Woo as a main lead in a drama and he didn’t disappoint. I’ve loved Min Young since "Sungkyunkwan Scandal" so I already knew what I was expecting and she delivered.
Perhaps the only thing that prevented me from throwing a bottle at the TV is my hope that justice will be served in the end. It was frustrating to see Min Hwan and Soo Min acting so entitled and devious, as if the world owed them something and both blaming others for their misfortunes. Min Hwan’s mother is no better. I wanted to rip her hair out for treating her daughter-in-law so badly.
Despite these frustrations, “Marry My Husband” is a highly entertaining watch.
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Never missed an episodes since day 1 it was aired!
Finished watching an amazing show of the year! The entire cast was perfect for their roles. Initially, I felt it was strange to see Mr. Gwenchana in a serious role, but after a few episodes, both antagonists started making my blood boil. The acting was awesome, and I want to give a special shoutout to Park Min-Young, Na In-Woo, Lee Yi-Kyung, and Song Ha-Yoon for their exceptional performances.It was seriously amazing to watch this show, and I had been waiting for new episodes since January 1st. I was dying out of curiosity to know what would happen next. This show is a MUST WATCH! It has an amazing plot that keeps you curious from start to end.
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This is temporary and I will make a full review of the show after I finish it, but as of ep 12 I am so angry with this dip in writing that I think I need to rant to cool off before I permanently drop the show. What the fuck is this dumbass Yu-ra plot?!?!??!?!?! Can we please stop using this old trope of "ex lover comes to town and causes dumbass misunderstandings that are greatly exaggerated for the sake of senseless drama!" because it is reallylllylyly getting old. I never really understood the rage others had of this trope until now. I just saw it in all of its glory and I feel like my blood vessels are about to burst. Why the fuck is Ji-won suddenly treating Ji-hyuk like some scumbag??? He didn't even do anything wrong. WTF. This guy ended things with this girl he was put into an ARRANGED MARRIAGE WHEN THEY WERE LITERAL CHILDREN with. Dear god he ended the engagement before he started even officially dating Ji-won, so why is she treating him like he is a cheater? Like, do not compare him to Min-hwan lmao. Then she has the audacity to say she can't be with him because the annulment of the engagement wasn't mutual.........what.......? Does someone need mutual consent to end a relationship? This isn't the 1800s........stop acting like he is some monster for ending a relationship HE ADMITTED HE WAS NOT HAPPY WITH IN THE PAST LIFE!!!!! Does he need to be abused like you were by your husband for it to be justified????? So fucking stupid. Then this bitch Yu-ra is, surprise (!), a raging bitch! Because we can't write female villains without them being stereotypes and haters of other womens' happiness!!!!! (kill me) This plot is so fucking stupid I swear if they paint it like Ji-hyuk needs to apologize in the following episodes and that Yu-ra is somehow a victim I am going to front flip into a ravine. Also I'm pretty sure this wasn't even a plot in the webtoon, so like wtf is it even added in for? Could they not think of a replacement to fill time OTHER than this dogwater?!??!! And here I was praising the show for being leagues better than the webtoon too......they better redeem this story or this plotline will tank my entire perception of the rest of it by association........ Was this review helpful to you?
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When Life Gives You Second Change, GRAB IT!!
I watched it mainly cuz of its REBIRTH/ TIME TRAVEL concept and cuz am a huge fan of it, Yes this can be a new thing to some people watching it, but to me, it wasn't, there are many..like over 40 short Cdramas (full version) are available on YT and other platforms, that are based on same REBIRTH concept (am calling it rebirth cuz FL dies and then travels back in time so you find these dramas labeled as rebirth Chinese dramas on YT). I LOVE THIS concept as it's very fascinating as life gives a second chance to dumb/innocent/naive FLs who ignore all red flags that their partners give in a relationship, in the name of love. They get a chance to correct their mistakes and to fight back. But some FLs still get bullied and go through shit as they are very soft-hearted..(they are hopeless). well in most of these dramas FL becomes badass and shows no mercy on people who wronged her, that's why I enjoy watching these dramas. They all have pretty much the same story, FL's boyfriend and best friend/stepsister have an affair behind her back, and later they kill FL, ML is someone who had a crush on FL but either got rejected or never expressed his feelings to her, he tries to save her but either ends up dying with her or after punishing people who killed her (su***de)cuz he cant live without her. mostly only FL travels back in time, sometimes even ML goes back in time but that's very rare. Even though the concept is the same I watched over 40 movie-length dramas cuz after traveling back in time FL has a UPPER HAND most of the time as she knows what whats gonna happen and who scheming against her, whom to trust and who not to trust. evil-doers keep worrying about FL's attitude change and they can't wrap their heads around how she knows everything and why she behaving the way she is. and that's SOO MUCH FUN!!This show had all these things that are expected but as it isn't a short story and had to make 16 long episodes they added a lot of extra but entertaining things like stories of side characters, FL's every emotion is shown clearly like how hurt she was cuz of her best friend's betrayal and they even showed how soo-min handled her family as a wife by continuing to manipulate her husband and mother-in-law. there were some WTF moments like how Min Hwan reacted when he thought Ji Won was pregnant with his child vs how he reacted when he thought Soo-Min was pregnant that difference is very bizarre. I did watch the webtoon but won't comment on it as we still dunno if they gonna show the same thing or not so I better refrain from mentioning my thoughts based on the webtoon. I hope they use better reasoning in the show though, in the last 3 episodes.
I also want to mention that they chose very talented cast members, I like the FL(actor)( watched all her shows), her foodie bestie, and her school crush. oh yeah, how can I forget the most entertaining character of all Park Min Hwan..haha he is a hilarious, Waikiki show guy right? All his roles are entertaining.
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What type of time travel drama is Marry My Husband? How good is this Korean drama?
Marry My Husband is a time slip (Time Travel) drama.This is a story about a woman in her forties. Her husband in Marry My Husband is a real loser, a real piece of work. Her best friend is having an affair with her husband and she is dying of cancer. The heroine of the story then is killed by her husband. Right before her death, she time slips into the past, back ten years. This information is not a spoiler, because all this action takes place in the first 15 minute. (Time Slip: Having no apparent means of traveling through time).
Quote: “The living should go on living. You are going to die anyway”. Best girlfriend explaining why she cheated with her with the husband of the heroine.
Marry My Husband is a great time slip Korean Drama, which is from a web novel and serialized Webtoon by the same name. In this drama, the Time Slip (Time Travel) is not just used as a cab ride to the past. Marry My Husband is trying to observe present assumptions about time slip (time travel). Our heroine is thrust back in time. While in the past, she attempts to change small details about her future miserable life that leads to an untimely death. However, she is not succeeding at making even very small changes. Her course for the future seems fixed and doomed to repeat itself. The heroine appears to have entered the crack of a parallel universe where changes to the future is not possible. The events keep readjusting itself to preserve the original outcome to preserve the past. This eliminates paradoxes. Changes to the future is assumed only possible when entering the open time loop section of the past or the open time loop of the wormhole. When changes are made, this sets up an alternative universe in the future which is different from before (A wormhole is a shortcut through time).
Even though the heroine may not be able to change her future, she reckons that she might be able to get someone else to substitute into her misfortune. Maybe she could get someone else to marry her no good husband, before it is time for her to do so. That way she will change her own time vector, because hers is now occupied by someone else. WOW! Whether the idea follows the science or not, this unique idea tries to address what to do if you don’t fall into the correct wormhole.
This substitution concept idea of Time Slip (Time Travel) is uniquely different from any time slip (time travel) ideas which I have explored thus far. As the Korean drama Marry My Husband progresses, we will see if she is successful with the time substitution idea. I am surely good for the ride though. It is a go for me for the Korean Drama Marry My Husband. Our heroine gets a second chance at second chances.
I think that Marry My Husband is going to be a major hit.
Cast
Multiple Baeksang Arts Award winner Park Min-young (Marriage in Contract), Na In Woo (River Where the Moon Rises), and Lee Yi-kyung (Welcome to Waikiki).
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