Even if the director seems a beginner as he has directed only two other dramas including "Do you like Brahms? "which I liked very much and I'm watching it completely for the 2nd time. From these three dramas, we notice that the director underlines the pressure that the society puts on everyone. Each individual is conditioned and is at the mercy of the society and seems trapped. He must be very conscious of this societal phenomenon and by exaggerating the acts of the characters, he would like, perhaps, to alert people on the danger of such a phenomenon and the segregation which results from it. We are all equal and we all have the same rights and duties. A person cannot be inferior because he/she is poor. Everyone is rich in him/herself and is a part of society and has the right to live, to love and to be loved. The director looks young (if the photo is recent) but looks promising. Regarding the drama, like everyone, I had my moments of frustration especially when the characters do not express themselves freely. I find that the actors did a very good job. If there is really a second season, I will not miss it :)
I think we are in the presence of a story that presents a phenomenon specific to Korean society... The rich people…
SS can understand her because he experienced the same thing as he came from a poor family. He just decided "not to be poor anymore" and started to study seriously. SY could go back to school and get a degree and get rid of all her complexes.
I feel sorry for Su Yeong bc it's obvious that she hates herself / her life. She can't fathom why anyone would…
I think we are in the presence of a story that presents a phenomenon specific to Korean society... The rich people among themselves and the poor ones among themselves where the latter must not cross a certain societal boundary. Marriages are arranged for profit, just remember what the colleagues said when SS "was chosen" by MY... The reluctance of the parents, especially the mother, when they learned that his mother was a widow and had a small business... SY suffers because of this social segregation. From her actions, we see that she is trying to change things and her actions seem extravagant : the words she was saying to the superiors during the transfer interview. The managers looked at her strangely not understanding her questions and called them "complaints"... She is an intelligent woman but she does not belong to the "right group" and therefore cannot break through... With her actions, she tries to shock and make the others think...
Along the discussion, we forgot one very important point: the one that Su Yoong faces daily.... Since she could not continue her studies and despite her good qualifications, she cannot get promoted in her work. Her colleagues give her the hardest tasks and then take credit for them, including the latest recruit: Mi Kyung. Throughout the episodes, we could see that everyone relegated her to the background because of her origins and the fact that she couldn't finish her studies even though she seems to be more competent than all of them including the director! The friendship Mi Kyung seems to have for her is false. She just wants to use her to get her way and manipulate everyone better. Just look at how she rushed to buy the painting Su Yung admired and to hang it in her bathroom! Personally, I don't think she's a nice person. She's a spoiled brat who always gets what she wants and manipulates people to get her way (as her schoolmates pointed out). Coming back to Su Yoong, despite her feelings for Sang Soo, she could never reveal them for fear of other people's reaction. Su Yoog and Sang Soo both come from modest families but the fact that SY has no degree, she is considered inferior to him by the others. She is harassed by her colleagues all the time and even mocked her when they suspected her odating Jong Hyun. Jong Hyun doesn't seem to be very faithful and seems to be an opportunist and hides his relationship with the other girl pretending that she was a boy... What intrigues me is the first scene in the twelfth episode where Su Yoong was seen entering a hotel room with a man. The man looked smaller than Sang Soo and the camera insisted on his shoes (I found myself looking at all the men's shoes in the episode). Was it really Kyung Pil? We had seen her with Sang Soo, but knowing Korean dramas, it's seldom what you think it is... Do you have any idea?
I think FL still loves and believes in ML. She believes that he is able to save her family (except his father and Zhao), even if she doesn't show it, I think she acts coldly because of Meng who always tries to test her. With Meng, she tries to destroy the bad business of ML's father and Zhao: opium and weapons trafficking. Of course Meng doesn't have the same scruples and doesn't want to spare ML who is the most innocent of all (and his sisters). As for ML's sisters, she has always liked them. She is a reasonable person and has a sense of discernment. She even told ML that no one chooses their family... I agree with shadowdreamer that the drama does not accurately portray the story of the novel. In the drama, we don't see that even her brother is in love with her when it is well specified in the novel. When the parents took her in, she was supposed to become his fiancée...
Below the link of first episode :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8hJ6pPM1fE&ab_channel=%E8%BF%BD%E5%89%A7%E5%B0%8F%E8%83%BD%E6%89%8B
We will know next monday...
The director looks young (if the photo is recent) but looks promising.
Regarding the drama, like everyone, I had my moments of frustration especially when the characters do not express themselves freely. I find that the actors did a very good job. If there is really a second season, I will not miss it :)
SY could go back to school and get a degree and get rid of all her complexes.
The reluctance of the parents, especially the mother, when they learned that his mother was a widow and had a small business...
SY suffers because of this social segregation. From her actions, we see that she is trying to change things and her actions seem extravagant : the words she was saying to the superiors during the transfer interview. The managers looked at her strangely not understanding her questions and called them "complaints"...
She is an intelligent woman but she does not belong to the "right group" and therefore cannot break through... With her actions, she tries to shock and make the others think...
Throughout the episodes, we could see that everyone relegated her to the background because of her origins and the fact that she couldn't finish her studies even though she seems to be more competent than all of them including the director!
The friendship Mi Kyung seems to have for her is false. She just wants to use her to get her way and manipulate everyone better. Just look at how she rushed to buy the painting Su Yung admired and to hang it in her bathroom!
Personally, I don't think she's a nice person. She's a spoiled brat who always gets what she wants and manipulates people to get her way (as her schoolmates pointed out).
Coming back to Su Yoong, despite her feelings for Sang Soo, she could never reveal them for fear of other people's reaction. Su Yoog and Sang Soo both come from modest families but the fact that SY has no degree, she is considered inferior to him by the others.
She is harassed by her colleagues all the time and even mocked her when they suspected her odating Jong Hyun.
Jong Hyun doesn't seem to be very faithful and seems to be an opportunist and hides his relationship with the other girl pretending that she was a boy...
What intrigues me is the first scene in the twelfth episode where Su Yoong was seen entering a hotel room with a man. The man looked smaller than Sang Soo and the camera insisted on his shoes (I found myself looking at all the men's shoes in the episode). Was it really Kyung Pil?
We had seen her with Sang Soo, but knowing Korean dramas, it's seldom what you think it is...
Do you have any idea?
As for ML's sisters, she has always liked them. She is a reasonable person and has a sense of discernment. She even told ML that no one chooses their family...
I agree with shadowdreamer that the drama does not accurately portray the story of the novel.
In the drama, we don't see that even her brother is in love with her when it is well specified in the novel. When the parents took her in, she was supposed to become his fiancée...