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Originally I was skeptical about the whole "Americans trying to make kdrama" idea, but after finding out my (new) favorite actor Woo Do Hwan played a semi-important character in it I decided to give this a try! Worst case scenario I get to watch 2 hours of Woo Do Hwan acting cute in glasses, amirite?
This turned out to be THE BEST THING EVER omg.
So it's a Korean drama making fun of Korean dramas.
You've seen dramas like this before -- "Extraordinary You" as a very similar example.
But the fact that this is a short web series with a complete (and reasonable) plot, with bad guys the main characters have to fight, appropriate comedic relief that pokes fun at the old kdrama tropes, AND a glamorous cameo cast list (while being written by non-Koreans) made this 100x more exciting. The writers really did their homework with this one.
Let's talk about those tropes.
In the in-drama drama series, "Taste of Love," you got the typical rich chaebol (with a terrible mother and a bitchy fiancee) falling in love with a poor hardworking girl. And then Dramaworld starts to make fun of these setups -- like male characters always save the female character from falling, or the random hit-and-runs and drunken piggybacks, weirdly positioned product placement, kimchi slaps... Yes, they somehow worked a friggin' kimchi slap in there and it was pure comedic gold.
And then the cameos. I love the cameos. Just counting the famous ones I recognize, we already got Han Jimin ("Familiar Wife"/"Rooftop Prince"/"One Spring Night"), Choi Siwon ("She Was Pretty"/"Skip Beat"), Park Jinjoo ("Her Private Life"), Kim Byungchul (the bad guy in "Goblin")... They each popped up in a way that makes sense with the story and they were hilarious.
This is a drama that will keep you excited until the ending credits start rolling. Plus, a short drama means it's easy to fit into your busy schedule.
Also, Woo Do Hwan <3
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Score breakdown
Story - 10/10 because of above-mentioned
Acting/Cast - 9/10 goes to the glamorous casting. Some major characters are relatively new in acting but it's bearable (and if anything -- is just yet another nod to the mainstream kdrama culture where some of the acting in rom coms is really........
Music - 8/10 not much "OST" per se to go on, but music is used in very interesting ways in Dramaworld (as comedic relief at times, see for yourself
Rewatch value - 9.5/10 because all those cameos!!! and Woo Do Hwan!
This turned out to be THE BEST THING EVER omg.
So it's a Korean drama making fun of Korean dramas.
You've seen dramas like this before -- "Extraordinary You" as a very similar example.
But the fact that this is a short web series with a complete (and reasonable) plot, with bad guys the main characters have to fight, appropriate comedic relief that pokes fun at the old kdrama tropes, AND a glamorous cameo cast list (while being written by non-Koreans) made this 100x more exciting. The writers really did their homework with this one.
Let's talk about those tropes.
In the in-drama drama series, "Taste of Love," you got the typical rich chaebol (with a terrible mother and a bitchy fiancee) falling in love with a poor hardworking girl. And then Dramaworld starts to make fun of these setups -- like male characters always save the female character from falling, or the random hit-and-runs and drunken piggybacks, weirdly positioned product placement, kimchi slaps... Yes, they somehow worked a friggin' kimchi slap in there and it was pure comedic gold.
And then the cameos. I love the cameos. Just counting the famous ones I recognize, we already got Han Jimin ("Familiar Wife"/"Rooftop Prince"/"One Spring Night"), Choi Siwon ("She Was Pretty"/"Skip Beat"), Park Jinjoo ("Her Private Life"), Kim Byungchul (the bad guy in "Goblin")... They each popped up in a way that makes sense with the story and they were hilarious.
This is a drama that will keep you excited until the ending credits start rolling. Plus, a short drama means it's easy to fit into your busy schedule.
Also, Woo Do Hwan <3
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Score breakdown
Story - 10/10 because of above-mentioned
Acting/Cast - 9/10 goes to the glamorous casting. Some major characters are relatively new in acting but it's bearable (and if anything -- is just yet another nod to the mainstream kdrama culture where some of the acting in rom coms is really........
Music - 8/10 not much "OST" per se to go on, but music is used in very interesting ways in Dramaworld (as comedic relief at times, see for yourself
Rewatch value - 9.5/10 because all those cameos!!! and Woo Do Hwan!
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