Thursday, November 30, 2017

Time travel and premonition in 2 Korean dramas (Deserving the Name and While You Were Sleeping)

Fantasy and mystery are lately becoming the choices of many Korean drama makers for the themes in their stories. These 2 drama are the main prime examples of it.

Deserving the Name (DtN) was about a famous acupuncture master/ doctor from Joseon era named Heo Im who accidentally traveled into the future because of a strange bag of acupuncture needles he found within
his belongings. He then met a modern cardiac female doctor with tragic
past. As the story goes, they began to have certain relationship which turn
them into a better person personally and professionally even fell in love
with each other. On a scale from 1-10, I gave 8.8 for all aspects especially the chemistry. It is recommended to watch but it will be more suitable for adult viewers rather than teenagers based on the heavy topic.
The clothes they wore mostly casual styles, matching and quite colorful.

Meanwhile, While you were sleeping (WYWS) is a story with the fantasy and thriller mystery themes from a premonition dreams of a girl reporter played by Suzy.

She unconsciously transferred her ability when her life was saved before the bad fate may occur. Her savior was someone she met when she was teenager and shared the same tragic moments together after losing their fathers. The boy turned into a prosecutor )played by Lee Jong Suk) and there is also a young policeman who also in the end
became part of their team to change the nightmares. On a scale from 1-10, I
gave 8.8 for all aspects. It is highly recommended.
As any other Korean drama, the wardrobe worn by the girl was also matched with semi formal 80s hand flair style's shirt and midi skirt, straight long pants and subtle colors such as cream and blue to the guy's mostly formal suits and ties.

Moral value: dream bigger, be kind and believe that things will change for the better as long as we really try.

Korean Drama: School 2013

I just finished watching this drama for 2days in a row yesterday. As any
other type of school drama I've watched before, it nearly has all the same typical elements. Started from problematic students, school regulations, teacher vs parents to competition and friendship and still many more. On a scale of 1-10 I give 8.5 for it's unpredictable plot. 

However, there were also some flaws that I can't overlook during the show. Let's say the inspiring educational side was less compared to personal problems, some unfinished conflicts, unpunished mistakes and an open ending. Unlike Japanese school dramas which mostly stressed on the changes in behavior and habit of the students and teachers towards the end, this Korean drama did not put a lot of effort other than mostly friendship and understanding.  It is quite entertaining and recommended.
As any other drama I previously reviewed, the most important part which caught my attention was the wardrobes worn by the 2 main teachers Ms. Jung (Jang Nara )and Mr.Kang (Daniel Choi).
They dressed as if they were a 'couple' in term of warm and subtle color choices style for cold weather with all the coats and wool sweaters. I also noticed the boots. If only I can wear something like it here but that's probably impossible due to less formal look for a teacher. It was simple but nice to match each other's clothes.
Here are some examples that I screenshot from the drama.
Moral value: don't judge a book by its cover, but put yourself in their shoes first to learn better.