This chain of discussion reminds me of "A poem a day". About how viewers were literally fighting over who should get the girl since the writers chose to create suspense over who the best man would be until very late into the drama and wanted the audience to squabble over the two male leads. Good marketing strategy to say the least. ?
Its an ordinary tale simply told and simply delivered. Such a sweet refreshing watch. Both KSW and HJW were in their late 20's and acted their parts convincingly. However the subject matter is really deep and conflicting.
Priests who are not allowed to get married, I wonder how much they have to give up in order to serve god. Gosh! I cant even imagine living without indulging in all those temptations. How on earth do young priests deal with these issues?
I guess the crux of the story is that we all must delve through a sea of temptations and lust on our way to finding meaningful love. Be it the love for God or the love for a person. Besides being in love with someone doesn't necessarily have to be at the cost of forgetting the love of God. Theres a saying in Hinduism that there are various ways of reaching the ultimate divine love and there shouldn't be any conflict between the various paths because they all lead to the same destination. They are all ways of fulfilling your dharma. I guess chosing to live the normal domestic life or leading the life of a priest/priestess are both different ways of reaching out to the divine.
Dont be discouraged by the political bent of the plot line of this drama. Even the political angle had me seriously hooked. This is how politics is done in my country too. At the cost of and with absolutely no regard for the suffering of the citizens. But the fact that ajhumma tried to break through that vicious net by depending on her own convictions and without stooping low, was refreshing to watch and totally believable, considering she faced unsurmountable road blocks and political lobbying. I in her place would have already given up.
Though she had behind the scene help. But the help was given purely for selfish reasons and not for her own good and later on that selfish help went back to the help giver in a boomerang fashion. They dug their own political graves by helping her to rise for their selfish reasons. Lolz. Thats the problem with king makers. They think they are raising puppets who will follow their will but the truth is they know they dont have what it takes to be king themselves. It was also refreshing to watch that ajhummas motivation to enter politics had nothing to do with power or greed. She lost something precious to political lobbying and did not want anyone else to go through the same predicament. All the characters had their own reasons and convictions and through numerous highs and lows they remained true to it. This drama deserves higher ratings and more views.
I recently discovered Joo Ji Hoon in Goong. I already liked Chang Wook. I held off watching this drama before because JCW was the mean second lead. But now that I have seen Ji Hoon act, I am looking forward to watching it.
Priests who are not allowed to get married, I wonder how much they have to give up in order to serve god. Gosh! I cant even imagine living without indulging in all those temptations. How on earth do young priests deal with these issues?
I guess the crux of the story is that we all must delve through a sea of temptations and lust on our way to finding meaningful love. Be it the love for God or the love for a person. Besides being in love with someone doesn't necessarily have to be at the cost of forgetting the love of God. Theres a saying in Hinduism that there are various ways of reaching the ultimate divine love and there shouldn't be any conflict between the various paths because they all lead to the same destination. They are all ways of fulfilling your dharma. I guess chosing to live the normal domestic life or leading the life of a priest/priestess are both different ways of reaching out to the divine.
Though she had behind the scene help. But the help was given purely for selfish reasons and not for her own good and later on that selfish help went back to the help giver in a boomerang fashion. They dug their own political graves by helping her to rise for their selfish reasons. Lolz. Thats the problem with king makers. They think they are raising puppets who will follow their will but the truth is they know they dont have what it takes to be king themselves. It was also refreshing to watch that ajhummas motivation to enter politics had nothing to do with power or greed. She lost something precious to political lobbying and did not want anyone else to go through the same predicament. All the characters had their own reasons and convictions and through numerous highs and lows they remained true to it. This drama deserves higher ratings and more views.