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oritsu_luv) wrote2011-12-03 08:50 am
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Day 03 :: Your favourite television programme
Day 03 :: Your favourite television programme
Three words: Marry me, Mary!
Or, the more evocative (?) yet slightly unweildy literal title, 'Mary Stayed Out All Night'.
I started watched the show after reading![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
darkeyedwolf's hilarious write up, but I'd never been able to get into a Korean show before so I wasn't sure if I'd end up liking it. Was I in for a surprise! I fell totally in love with it, and now I'm totally obsessed with this show. It's been a while since I've watched a show that had me feverishly awaiting each new episode like this.
It's this weird mixture of endearing moments, amazing chemistry between the leads, exciting and scandalous interpersonal dynamics. (It's also very slashy, and I could legitimately (?) see it ending in a threesome. LOL
On the right is Kan Moo-Kyul, sometimes homeless rock star who never dates a girl for more than a month. On the left is Byun Jun-In, son of a wealthy business man desperate for Dad's affection and financial backing for the tv drama he's producing. And the girl stuck in the van?
That's our heroine, Wi Mae-Ri. All Mae-Ri wants to do is help her feckless Dad who's on the run from loansharks, and get the money to to pay tuition so she can return to her university where she's majoring in Korean lit.
And these three? They're married. Except Mae-Ri and Moo-Kyul's marriage is fake, and her marriage to Jun-In is fraudulent. Jun-In's dad used to be in love with Mae-Ri's dead mother, so he decided that his son should marry the daughter of the woman he loved. Mae-Ri had other ideas, so she enlisted Moo-Kyul's to pretend that they were married to get out of it. Which would have worked great, had her father, thrilled at the idea of marrying into a rich family, not forged her signature on the marriage contract!
Mae-Ri has 100 days to chose which guy she wants to be with, spending 9 - 5 with Jun-In and 5 -10 with Moo-Kyul. She plans to chose neither, and use the money Jun-In's dad has lent to sweeten the pot on her tuition so she can go back to school.
But Jun-In's dad tells him he'll only finance his drama production if Jun-In marries Mae-Ri! And Moo-Kyul, well, the arrangement that began as a complete annoyance to him seems to be changing into something more...
Add to the three selfish, immature and incompetent parents, Moo-Kyul's band, scheming managers, and Moo-Kyul's ex-girlfriend, Seo-Jun who also happens to be the lead actress in Jun-In's drama, and who knows where things will end by day 100!
Mae-Ri is an awesome heroine, because when an issue comes up (Seo-Jun thinks Mae-Ri talked shit about her, Jun-In's dad is putting pressure on her dad to get her and Jun-In together before the 100 days is up, etc) she immediately goes and confronts the person to get rid of any misconceptions or deal with any underhanded behavior. She's so proactive!
The chemistry and adorable domesticity of Mae-Ri and Moo-Kyul is one of the best things about the show. She knits him mittens, and cooks his favorite food, he conditions his hair in front of her and secretly wears her half-finished mittens around the house... And as another reviewer noted, they are one of the most touchy feely couples I've seen in a drama.
Three words: Marry me, Mary!
Or, the more evocative (?) yet slightly unweildy literal title, 'Mary Stayed Out All Night'.
I started watched the show after reading
darkeyedwolf's hilarious write up, but I'd never been able to get into a Korean show before so I wasn't sure if I'd end up liking it. Was I in for a surprise! I fell totally in love with it, and now I'm totally obsessed with this show. It's been a while since I've watched a show that had me feverishly awaiting each new episode like this. It's this weird mixture of endearing moments, amazing chemistry between the leads, exciting and scandalous interpersonal dynamics. (It's also very slashy, and I could legitimately (?) see it ending in a threesome. LOL
On the right is Kan Moo-Kyul, sometimes homeless rock star who never dates a girl for more than a month. On the left is Byun Jun-In, son of a wealthy business man desperate for Dad's affection and financial backing for the tv drama he's producing. And the girl stuck in the van?
That's our heroine, Wi Mae-Ri. All Mae-Ri wants to do is help her feckless Dad who's on the run from loansharks, and get the money to to pay tuition so she can return to her university where she's majoring in Korean lit.
And these three? They're married. Except Mae-Ri and Moo-Kyul's marriage is fake, and her marriage to Jun-In is fraudulent. Jun-In's dad used to be in love with Mae-Ri's dead mother, so he decided that his son should marry the daughter of the woman he loved. Mae-Ri had other ideas, so she enlisted Moo-Kyul's to pretend that they were married to get out of it. Which would have worked great, had her father, thrilled at the idea of marrying into a rich family, not forged her signature on the marriage contract!
Mae-Ri has 100 days to chose which guy she wants to be with, spending 9 - 5 with Jun-In and 5 -10 with Moo-Kyul. She plans to chose neither, and use the money Jun-In's dad has lent to sweeten the pot on her tuition so she can go back to school.
But Jun-In's dad tells him he'll only finance his drama production if Jun-In marries Mae-Ri! And Moo-Kyul, well, the arrangement that began as a complete annoyance to him seems to be changing into something more...
Add to the three selfish, immature and incompetent parents, Moo-Kyul's band, scheming managers, and Moo-Kyul's ex-girlfriend, Seo-Jun who also happens to be the lead actress in Jun-In's drama, and who knows where things will end by day 100!
Mae-Ri is an awesome heroine, because when an issue comes up (Seo-Jun thinks Mae-Ri talked shit about her, Jun-In's dad is putting pressure on her dad to get her and Jun-In together before the 100 days is up, etc) she immediately goes and confronts the person to get rid of any misconceptions or deal with any underhanded behavior. She's so proactive!
The chemistry and adorable domesticity of Mae-Ri and Moo-Kyul is one of the best things about the show. She knits him mittens, and cooks his favorite food, he conditions his hair in front of her and secretly wears her half-finished mittens around the house... And as another reviewer noted, they are one of the most touchy feely couples I've seen in a drama.