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I hope it goes well for her. She recently posted some pix to Insta labelled 'rehab therapy', so I wonder if she's still been dealing with the aftermath of the horrific injury she suffered on the set of that sageuk(?) a couple of years ago.

It might also be a useful reminder that actors literally lie for a living, and that thinking one KNOWS someone (whose career success is defined by how well they pretend to be someone they're not ) that one has never met based solely on carefully manipulated, crafted and staged public presentations is not a good idea.

That he went as far as he did in this vague generic-apology-template is a pretty clear concession that the accusations made were all true. It might also be an attempt to ward off the revelation of WHO the other party is, since that rather dubious YT vlogger is saying that her identity would complete destroy KSH's" good boy" image. This statement could have been part of her settlement package for not making more noise still.

That aside, I was amused to read that some of his his ultrafans have been insisting loudly on Twitter that he was SUCH a good boy he's actually a virgin. Apparently he didn't get that memo. 🤣

You mean the guy who ADMITTED breaking his pregnant partner's ribs in a "kickboxing accident"?

Aaand now there's another one crossed off my list. :( But thank you for illustrating what I mean. Can't unknow that.

That's why I don't want to know. If I no nothing about the actors in the Dramas I watch, then I can focus on their performance - as I was looking forward to doing with Cha Cha Cha. Once I DO know, there's no "unseeing" it. This particular scandal is low grade compared to many, I can think of maybe 6-7 of my all-time favourite Dramas that are now forever tainted by knowing that the actor playing the ML (or 2ML) was actually guilty of vile behaviour.

Or, they HAVE done their due diligence, know the accusations are true and have ended their association without any fear of legal reprisal by invoking exactly the sort of clause you describe.

Another way to look at the timing of the accusation is that the accuser waited until the Drama was finished so that ONLY the actor was affected.
Had the accusation being released earlier, while the Drama was airing, the other cast and all the crew would have been affected, probably losing work immediately. We know this because it's happened, often - Dramas shortened or even abandoned when a lead gets into a major scandal.
The accuser's timing spared a lot of people a lot of pain, but of course the people it spared are people the actor's fans don't care about.

It's not just Domino's that has erased him, several other brands have too, and a press conference that Shin Min Ah was due to hold after the Drama has been cancelled.

I have no problem at all with your opinions, cogently and civilly expressed, but I am interested in the maths. 🙂
You define "Hot Stove League" (which I absolutely LOVED, and share your view of) as "less hyped" than "Mysterious Love" (which I'd never even heard of) when it not only has a higher MDL rating but also nearly twice as many MDL viewers?

I really enjoyed your article A LOT - especially the mention of Well-Intentioned Love. I am literally unable to comprehend how anyone can watch that Drama and think it's cute or romantic after what he did to her, so seeing it called out like you did always makes me happy. 👍😀

A very well written article, thanks! I loved it because it highlights the challenges involved in being a devout fan of romance Dramas who also considers it essential that issues like thse are handled well. Thank you for taking the time to write so cogently about such important ptroblems

" He tricks the object of his obsession into thinking she has cancer and needs to marry him for treatment" This was why I dropped that Drama and scored it -5/10 . Utterly unforgivable and something from which there was no way back to anything resembling a healthy relationship.

I'm interested to note that overall you praise Moonlight for its handling of consent when the Drama often shows the ML imposing his will on the FL by physical coercion - AFTER the scene you mention,. He's shown dragging her the arm or wrist, restraining her from leaving/moving by using physical force to stop her. To me, those are also serious examples on non-consensual behaviour, and in the end the frequency and severity of them led me to drop that Drama too. - that and his repeated physical assaults on his friend, a different form of non-consensual interaction. :)

On a side note, the universality of this sort of behaviour across East Asian Dramas might be reflected in the fact that "pinned up against a wall" has a name derived from its prevalence in J doramas - kabedon.

A nice review! I had the pleasure of QCing the subs on the first 5 episodes of this Drama, and it's a favourite. As you say "forget the romance" - the title I think sows that the real object of his affection is Tokyo. I also agree that Takahata Mitsuki really shines in this - the Drama would be pale without here. As an aside, if the age data for Yoshida Kotaro is accurate, he was actually 54 when playing a 55 year old 🙂

Many of these were too makjang for my palate, but My Father Is Strange was sweet and fun. but if you want to try one that has zero makjang, I highly recommend Yeah, That's How It Is which aired at the same time as as Five Enough. And at the opposite end of the makjang scale, Eonni is Alive (Band of Sisters) has an opening 4 minutes that is approximately 10,999% pure makjang craziness 😁

A wise move.

WR has to rank as among the worst K Drama remakes of TW originals, along with the total butchery of the classic In Time With You by the ghastly Ha Ji Won flop The Time We Were Not in Love.
Sadly, because of the profile of K Dramas, most people think WR is all there is, and never check out the original

Kim Jae Wook has been a favourite of mine since Coffee Prince. Ms Jung was underwhelming in My Lovely Girl, but was for me one of the few bright spots in the Heirs, and also pleasantly surprised me in Player. So I'm going to hope her acting is on an upward growth trajectory, and she'll benefit from working with a seasoned veteran like KJW>

I would recommend it. I've only finished 36 C Dramas (dropped 33) versus 266 completed K Dramas (77 dropped), but in my experience, the only C Drama I've seen so far with truly memorable child actors was My Fated Boy, with the 2 young versions of the OTP. Korea has a long history of really impressive child actors. Also, since you mention that you're a sucker for angst, check out Bara No Nai Hanaya - amazing child actor whose character plays a big part in helping the OTP come together

An interesting article, thanks! I skipped the reference to Moonlight because I'm 1/3 into that now and don't want any possible spoilers 😁

I note very few K Dramas in this list, so if you want a K Drama where powerful child acting is key to binding the OTP do check out Marriage Contract

IDK if you did watch Witch's Romance, but it was a BIG letdown. The writers lost their nerve and had UJH's character behaving like a giggling virginal schoolgirl toward the end, after a promising start. The TW original of which WR is a remake, My Queen, is conservatively 10 million times better :)

Thank you SO MUCH for this warning review. I started this for Song Yiren, but just 6 minutes into episode 1, it was giving off vibes of yet another in the stream of endless CCP "celebration of chauvinism" uber-tsundere barf bag "romcoms" Your review has saved me time AND rage, thank you! The bit about bribing the hotel owner was the clincher. I would have dropped in disgust at that point, thanks to yo, I didn't have to get that far.