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The Greatest Love: Episode One, Take Two
Jan. 14th, 2012 08:57 pmI am watching The Greatest Love's first episode for the second time.
I was going to skip to where I left off when I decided not to watch more of it the first time, but I'm glad I didn't--a lot of what seemed odd and weirdly paced of the first 15 minutes is making heaps of sense this time.
I'm not sure if it was my mood or if I really have absorbed more of how the seniority system works in Korean show-biz since last spring (it's...possible) but I'm glad I'm giving it another shot.
For example, in the Hero and Heroine's first encounter, I was too tuned out to realize that when Heroine aggressively tries to get the celebrity to show himself she's not just being nosy.
The odds are huge that he's her "underclassman", since she first entered show biz as a teen, and he's being rude to her. She's of an age where making sure people act appropriately is not just a concern of hers--it's her *duty*.
And he is INCREDIBLY rude, but even moreso in the context of an Asian culture.
Lots of shows about show-biz even in Korea are not grounded so much in the reality but the fantasy of what it's like to be a star. The ladies writing this show are purposefully incorporating the world around them and it's rules to make the story richer, though--so when I think it's kind of par the course for the hot star to be an arrogant sonova--well, the heroine thinks it's the auntie's job to make him respectful.
Sadly, I think I shouldn't knit and watch this at the same time, because that may have been my downfall before...
I was going to skip to where I left off when I decided not to watch more of it the first time, but I'm glad I didn't--a lot of what seemed odd and weirdly paced of the first 15 minutes is making heaps of sense this time.
I'm not sure if it was my mood or if I really have absorbed more of how the seniority system works in Korean show-biz since last spring (it's...possible) but I'm glad I'm giving it another shot.
For example, in the Hero and Heroine's first encounter, I was too tuned out to realize that when Heroine aggressively tries to get the celebrity to show himself she's not just being nosy.
The odds are huge that he's her "underclassman", since she first entered show biz as a teen, and he's being rude to her. She's of an age where making sure people act appropriately is not just a concern of hers--it's her *duty*.
And he is INCREDIBLY rude, but even moreso in the context of an Asian culture.
Lots of shows about show-biz even in Korea are not grounded so much in the reality but the fantasy of what it's like to be a star. The ladies writing this show are purposefully incorporating the world around them and it's rules to make the story richer, though--so when I think it's kind of par the course for the hot star to be an arrogant sonova--well, the heroine thinks it's the auntie's job to make him respectful.
Sadly, I think I shouldn't knit and watch this at the same time, because that may have been my downfall before...
