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Okay, so I totally thought that my first real post would be a book review, but as it turns out, my reading of White Queen has declined to a snail's pace. I'm close to completing it, but not quite in the reading mood these days, hopefully that'll change soon enough.
But something that is working out for me this summer is my drama watching, well at least for this drama. Currently my drama watching/ reading recap schedule is working out like this:
Reading:
-Dr. Jin (and I don't plan to watch it any time soon considering how dramabeans continues to talk about how bad the directing is... maybe it'll happen once it's over and I have nothing better to do.)
-Big (Which I am also watching ... but kind of slowly, I don't sit on the edge of my seat waiting for the subs to be complete so that I can watch it.)
Watching:
-My Sweet City: My love for Ji Hyun Woo (QIHM I will re-watch you once you have been fully subbed on viki oh how you're so wonderfully cracktastic that I even lived through really horrible quality to watch you!) has made me want to look back on his older dramas. And considering this drama also has Choi Kang Hee and My darling Mr. Voice, well there was no way I wasn't going to watch it. It's amusing enough, but not really that special so far. (I'm currently on episode 8)
-I Do, I Do :
So this is what led me to post in the first place. I just finished episode 9 (and when I write just, I mean I literally just finished it like not even 10 minutes ago) when I decided that I just HAD to talk about the love I have for this drama somewhere. I had been happily enjoying the fluff and laughter until this episode 9 cemented for me that this is probably going to be my crack drama until the end of it's run.
I can't for the life of me understand why the ratings for this drama are so dismal, the nationwide ratings hovering at around 9% while the seoul ratings are only around 10%. I know that those aren't horrible, but considering Kim Sun Ah -who is usually able to hold at least a steady 15% average in her past two projects- is headlining the whole she-bang... these ratings are kind of sad.
Maybe it's the fame factor, Lee Jang Woo, no matter how cute he is, isn't a Cha Seung Won or Lee Dong Wook, but I would've thought that he would have brought in the younger crowd and the WGM viewers (though frankly WGM seems to be a sinking ship these days ratings wise). But I just can't seem to see why. It's the perfect, fluffy summer drama. Though a lot of people my disagree, I find this drama much more interesting than Big (which is what the internet seems to be completely fawning over these days).
But if I'm going to blame something for this wonderful drama failing, then I guess it has to be Gaksital, which is doing so well that they're thinking of extending it's already 24 episodes. If things continue the way they're going, I DID is sadly going to be overlooked for the entirety of it's run. I guess this summer just isn't going to go so great for MBC which I guess is fine for them since they were such a giant in the previous two dramas in I DID's timeslot, TMTETS and K2H which were both amazing. Seriously this timeslot on MBC has been magic for me so far, so I can't wait to see what's going to happen after I DID.
Well enough about why I DID isn't doing well... Now I'm going to show you why it SHOULD be doing well.
Lee Jang Woo in drag. Like seriously. I laughed out loud the moment he came out onto the screen like this. This is after I had already seen these pictures online but once I saw him in motion I just couldn't stop myself. I DID is wonderful with it's comedy, it's typically pretty slapstick, but it also has those quieter funny parts that aren't so in your face, but still work well with you're overall tone. Like the entire character of Eun Sung, he's shouldn't be so funny, but almost everything he does has me dying with laughter. (Oh Mascara man, I know that some people are annoyed with you. But I love you just the way you are. Please keep massaging your man boobs in public places!)
This in no way means that I DID isn't serious when it needs to be though. Kim Sun Ah is obviously killing it in her role as Hwang Ji An, the (not so) cold executive shoe designer whose life has been entirely changed by one stupid mistake. Ji An is so lovable because even though she seems like a cold city woman, she's actually someone who really cares about all the people around her, especially her estranged parents and her unborn baby. It would be so easy for her, with all her success and money to just let the relationship that she has with her parents drift away and have an abortion of a child that she hasn't even met, but she's choosing to work on both of those relationships and try to make them work. Ji An is someone that you can't not root for.
Lee Jang Woo is also doing quite well as Park Tae Kang, a young underdog trying to make it in the world of shoe design with nothing but a high school diploma and a lot of spunk. (And the added plus of being Ji An's baby daddy... though he doesn't actually know that the baby is his at the moment). His comedic timing is great and he's perfectly serviceable in his role. It helps that Tae Kang should naturally fall into the background in his scenes with Ji An due to the age gap and the manager/worker relationship they're in. But he's just so freaking earnest in his one sided love for Ji An that I can't stop rooting for his adorable puppy love. (Though is it still puppy love if he's willing to take care of her child?! But then again, he still needs still needs someone to take care of him >.>)
And did I mention how hilarious Park Gun Hyun is as Jo Eun Sung? Been there, done that? Well let me say it again. I LOVE THIS MAN. His character is just as adorable as Tae Kang is in his own love for Ji An, and he's currently mulling over taking responsibility for her life. His anger when he learned about her pregnancy was completely warranted and now that he's calmed down he's willing to do so much for her. Ethical medicine practices be damned, he can be her doctor if he wants to be! Just look at that face! How can you not love him?!?!
The script is superb and the directing is pretty, so I'm really hoping for ratings to go up soon. We're already well past the half-way point (only 7 more episodes *SOB*) but I'm hoping that the ratings get a little better (or at least stay this same! I will not be able to comprehend why there would be any reason for the ratings to drop lower than they already are). But then again, ratings aren't everything right? I'm still enjoying every moment of the show, I just wish there were more people who also love it as much is me! ^^ Anyone who's looking for a light and fluffy drama to watch should really try this drama out!
