Crew Dramabeans: What we’re watching (June 8, 2024)
by DB Workers
So, what are all of us watching this week?
What stored you reaching for extra (or agonizing when there was no extra), and what made you wish to throw your distant by way of the display? Time to weigh in…
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Summer season Strike: I’d by no means heard of this present earlier than it popped up on my display whereas idly searching, and I hit play purely primarily based on the (Korean) title: “I Don’t Need to Do Something.” It spoke to me. There’s one thing very soothing and therapeutic about this light slice-of-life drama, though I needed to be in the appropriate temper for it, which is why I’ve been watching this for about six months and simply now completed. Which could sound like I didn’t get pleasure from it after I did, quite a bit — I discovered the story engrossing and the characters refreshingly abnormal, and appreciated the depiction of straightforward residing and discovering happiness within the little issues. It’s a stunning story of development for a number of characters, just like the lonely metropolis lady (Seolhyun) burned out from horrible work tradition and backstabbing coworkers, and the candy and good nation boy (Im Siwan) who’s held again by previous trauma, and the solid of small-town characters who all have some work to do determining who they’re and what they need from life. I didn’t notice till I’d completed that this was directed by Lee Yoon-jung (Espresso Prince, Cheese within the Lure), after which all of it made sense. A nice interlude and palate cleanser of a drama.
Rooster Nugget: What the nugget? This present was a wierd expertise, and never simply because the plot itself is unusual (although it’s that — a woman will get became a rooster nugget by a mysterious machine and gentle comedy ensues). Largely, this present confused me as a result of I didn’t get it, and I felt like I couldn’t transfer on till I did. Was it aiming for slapstick, or dumb, or satirical, or…? The tone was clearly intentional, however to what finish? The extra perplexed I used to be, the extra I felt a perverse must hold going, feeling hostage to my confusion. My conclusion: This present didn’t work for me and I don’t suppose it totally achieved what it got down to do, both. The pedigree of the creatives doubtless had a detrimental impact on expectations — director Lee Byung-hun’s writing and directing credit are actually spectacular, from Excessive Job (legitimately one of many funniest films I’ve ever seen) to Twenty, Dream, Scandal Makers, and Be Melodramatic (all a skillful mixture of humor and poignancy). But it surely began to really feel extra just like the emperor’s new garments the place I stored ready for the brilliance to hit me, solely it by no means did. I used to be really in disbelief that that they had spent a lot cash and locked so many well-known actors when the content material was so flimsy. I can get pleasure from absurdist comedy, and there have been (fleeting) moments the place I puzzled if perhaps this was going for the affected mannerisms of a Wes Anderson piece or an I’m a Cyborg However It’s Okay, or the stilted awkwardness of a Napoleon Dynamite, or the lowbrow hur-hur laughs of a Beavis and Butthead. In the end, I feel Rooster Nugget suffers from being each an excessive amount of and never sufficient. Too deliberately weird for a traditional Kdrama-style manufacturing, but not distinct or stylized sufficient to hold the quirk. There have been glimpses of potential, but it surely felt extra like a mainstream present placing on contrived eccentricity moderately than a genuinely bizarre gem. I didn’t actually get pleasure from the watch, however I’m not mad about it — principally, I’m glad I’ve made sense of it and might transfer on from that nagging query.
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Dare to Love Me: I’m torn. I’m 75% fatigued by the paint-by-numbers Okay-drama we have now on our fingers right here (and sorry that L’s character has gotten far much less fascinating than he was in the beginning), however 25% of me needs to pat the again of this drama that’s completely happy to do its little factor and never thoughts the world round it. There are sufficient enjoyable/cute moments to maintain me watching, however actually, I’m simply ready for the kiss. Hey, that’s one factor they’re doing initially: the Episode 8 ending was fairly kissless.
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The Atypical Household: I began watching The Atypical Household as a result of I really like tales about folks with superpowers. It had a sluggish starting, but it surely turned a drama I appeared ahead to every week. Possibly not with the identical depth as Pretty Runner (that’s a excessive bar to surpass), however the time journey factor actually piqued my curiosity. I’m desirous to see the way it performs out this weekend even when I feel it’s pretty apparent that Gwi-ju received’t die prior to now. Is it an excessive amount of to hope one thing dangerous occurs to Sauna Mother, although?
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