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Post by sara79 on May 17, 2014 5:40:55 GMT -5
A crummy ending to a crummy show. By making Cha a lunatic, he never had to be punished for his crimes--manslaughter, murder of the witness, attempted murder, fraud , embezzlement, theft, smuggling. With everyone visiting him, the writers tried to make him sympathetic. Even Sa in the last TV Novel went to trial and spent a few years in jail. YUch!!!I am going to try out Emergency couple on dramafever. Dodgerman, you are watching too many Korean dramas. Before Mr.Sa was caught and convicted, he took an easy way out.. consumed poison and died.
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Post by sara79 on May 18, 2014 11:04:52 GMT -5
Some parting thoughts on Eunhui
1.The tendency of KDramas to encourage forgiveness and reconciliation among family members could be a by-product of the Korean war with so many families being torn apart and that they seem to place more emphasis on keeping the family together no matter what...Isn't this a metaphor and a desire for the reconciliation between North and South Koreas? I wonder if KDramas have a subversive function of educating the viewers' minds to this possibility of unconditional forgiveness.
2. Eunhui in ajumma hair style was really awful..the 'new look' appears to have made her a clone of her birth mother Lora Kim.
3. Regarding the tendency of KDrama evil characters to go crazy, is it the fondness of KDrama writers to just write it off literally as the consequence of "hubris" thereby endowing the drama with the mantel of Greek tragedy. From wikipedia : "Hubris (/ˈhjuːbrɪs/, also hybris, from ancient Greek ὕβρις), means extreme pride or arrogance. Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one's own competence, accomplishments or capabilities, especially when the person exhibiting it is in a position of power. The description of "hubris" 'fits Cha to a T'.
So long Eunhui. !!!!!
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Post by tomw on May 18, 2014 20:41:46 GMT -5
Ok. It is done. Since I seemed to like Eunhui (the character) more than most of you I am pleased to see her liberated at the end. Financially secure, thanks to her mother, she could get an education, travel, have a life of possibilities. Her relationship with the VP was left ambiguous, and that’s fine. Whether she and SJ had more romantic possibilities was left open. SJ was her first love. Jeongtae was her buddy from the hometown. The VP is a good looking fellow and had a crush on her, but she seemed to just 'like' him. So we can each imagine what we wish.
By the way, the VP framed Cha as a counter to Cha trying to frame him. Remember the switch of documents. When it came to connections Cha was a minor leaguer, the VP was in the major leagues.
Cha went mad and that’s the end for him. The VP returns the factory to Granny and the family. So Gilrye, and YJ and SJ and the rest have something and are not out in the street.
We all agreed about 50 episodes ago that the show was misnamed. Cha was the driving force on the show. The central character. I suppose if the show had been called by another name much of the hostility toward Eunhui would be gone. Imagine if the drama had been named Sundoak. I can just hear the potshots. I thought Eunhui was credible given her circumstances. She was low key and easy going. I know many people like that. Yet when she had a position in the factory she stood up for the workers. Otherwise, she stepped back. The role was coherent.
I have only watched 2 of these dramas so my frame of reference is limited, but I thought the acting was fine and the storyline with a few exceptions worked. Mr. Sa and Mr. Cha were bad guys but they each had a back story. Sa loved his daughter and watched over her, even from a distance. But his devotion to his daughter did not soften his heart toward another young girl struggling in poverty through no fault of her own. Sa’s punishment came long before he took his own life. It was in being despised by a daughter he was devoted to. Cha began by trying to save his baby and accidentally killing a man. That event hung over him. Every day he knew he had caused the death of Granny’s son and SJ’s father. Still he built a life . . . . . but it all unraveled. He was naturally polite, but kept getting in situations and could do bad things to get out of them.
Sara, you are on to something with you observation about the Korean need for reconciliation. It pushes the writers in a certain direction. Too bad we couldn’t watch one of these dramas in real time, for example watching episode 25 while the actors shot episode 50, and the writers were writing episode 75. And there was a blog for dialogue where all parties (writers and actors and viewers) can chat about the storyline.
Nevertheless, we move on. There is always new drama.
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Post by poodlepal on May 19, 2014 16:54:42 GMT -5
I think my problem with Eunhui is that she defied the law of supposedly good fiction writing. I'm not an expert, but I've studied writing a little bit, and they always say that the protagonist must have a goal, and she must be proactive--everything that happens to her must because of some decision she's made in order to reach her goal. She also has to be someone people can relate to.
Eunhui had no goal. Was it to be a seamstress? A bookkeeper? Find her mother? It was never clear and changed as the writers manipulated the plot. Also, most women like to see a more flawed character--think of the popularity of characters like Bridget Jones, Scarlett O'Hara or even sitcom characters like Lucy Ricardo or anyone on Friends or Golden Girls. We can relate to that.
Eunhui, on the other hand, was the perfect bookkeeper/seamstress/secretary/union organizer who was also the perfect daughter and had (according to Tom, and I believe him) the perfect personality for her time and place. She had three men madly in love with her and didn't even have to do her hair or flirt with them. Really! I can't relate to that, but it might not bother male viewers who may see her more as a daughter figure. I'd love a daughter like that. Who wouldn't? She's perfect!
If I were asked to fix the show, I'd have her goal to clear her father's name and meet that aunt she's always wanted to see. She'd come to Incheon just for that purpose, and she would actively be working with Inspector Jo to find witnesses, etc. When Cha realized how close she was getting, that's when he'd snap. The other subplots about the boyfriends and finding her aunt only to find it's her mother could be woven in somehow, but we'd never forget that it's really about Eunhui the sleuth.
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Post by sara79 on May 19, 2014 18:45:49 GMT -5
Poodlepal, as usual you nailed it.. Eunhui had no clear goal. yes, both the character and the drama itself !!!
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