Romantics are comedy films that had never ceased to be popular in the eyes of the Korean drama world viewers. Since this it has been preoccupied in this ranking by another, Would You Marry Me?
The series cast will consist of an Oscar winning actor Choi Woo-shik and Jung So-min who have not been collaborating with each other previously. It does not have any less interesting theme than a plot: a fabricated marriage gradually turns into a real one.
In this play Woo-shik assumes the role of Woo-ju who together with his fiancee Me-ri (Jung So-min) pretends to be married so as to inherit a wealthy house to a newlywed. But, as with any of the romantic comedy, there must be the point somewhere in the lies of the plot, at which the truth strikes through.
Song Hyeon-wook – A Master of Romance
The Director and His Legacy
One of the directors of this movie is Song Hyeon-wook, a master of romance. The drama director is Song Hyeon-wook who is also a household name in the Korean romance drama industry. He has already been an executive producer of series that have already been successful like King Affections and Another Miss Oh.
The Other Miss Oh, Seo Hyun-jin is also a winner of the second prize of the best actress in the 2017 Baeksang Arts Awards.
His Vision and Style
Song Hyeon-wook believes that this story can not seem very sophisticated at first sight, however, the key is in the details about the characters and relations. It will be an emotional episode on its own.
He was to bring a new light and a new touch in an already existing story.
Choi Woo-shik – The Borderline Between Parasite and Romantic Comedy
From Parasite to the Small Screen
Choi Woo-shik who was apprehended by the rest of the world after the film, Parasite, reappears before the small screen.
Woo-ju is an unsophisticated character that Woo-shik portrays him as an individual who is jovial. In the press conference, he revealed that he has worked on this project as a game. During the time of shooting, I was still in a play ground.
This statement is evidence that she has incorporated the entire aspect of comfort and vitality into this role.
Acting Versatility
This combination will be a first-time banquet to her variety in the light of her comic timing, natural action and feeling.
Jung So-min – A Confluence of Purity and Adultness
Her Character and Performance
This has happened with Jung So-min who has already appeared in some of the most popular dramas. In this case, Jung will be seen as Me-ri, a young woman and through her economic difficulties traps herself in a marriage fake.
There was one other miss that I binge-watched and that I firmly trusted was director Song, Jungs So-min. It was a good experience working with Woo-shik
Emotional Core of the Story
She is an ideal and a practical individual at the same time. The conflict of the truth and the strategy in her mind and heart will become the main emotional problem of the series by Me-ri.
The Sidestep of Social Parody to Mansory of Luxury Homes
Not only Would You Marry Me? is a romantic comedy, however, it is a satire of the life of the contemporary society.
The show time is the time when the price of purchasing or renting a house is a nightmare and the extent to which people can go to acquire their dream house.
The deceit of love between Woo-ju and Me-ri falls under the category of a wealthy-killing puppy, an innocent, yet a very well-proven mockery of the consumerism and influence imposition.
The teach of the tale is that even the lies are telling what one wants.
Direction and Visual Style – Vintage Essences and Modernity
Song Hyeon-wook has never been mentioned unless in subtleties and picturesqueness direction.
Even a frame of love, even a background music, he adds emotional touch to every of the scenes as well in Would You Marry Me?
The series is very well produced in design – a combination of luxury houses, modern scenery and the Korean houses makes the show to be beyond reproach.
The whole frames attest the fact that it is not only a comedy, but a love story.
The Battle Between Two Projects – A Two-Fold Work to the Director
Interestingly enough, the second series of the director, Song Hyeon-wook that is titled Walking on Thin Ice coincidentally occurs on the same time period as well.
It is a crime thriller drama and was centered on drugs and it starred Lee Young-ae and Kim Young-kwang.
I am not aware of what to perform, I replied in jest, Song. However, in the case of But Would You Marry Me, I would rather be next to my heart.
This is not a simple task because as a filmmaker, he has to balance both genres of shows simultaneously and on the other hand, Song has proven to be a master of each as well.
Chemistry and Comic Timing – The Heart of the Show
The viewers are already attracted to chemistry between Choi Woo-shik and Jung So-min on screen.
Their arguments and wit, the marriage of lies about the fake relationship make the show very realistic and easy to identify with.
Certain scenes help the viewer to be as miniature part of the characters themselves – comic, even to some extent touching.
The fact that So-min behaves as a copy of a real man and the words of the song by Woo-shik lead to the fact that this performance is one of the best performances in the genre of Korean romances.
Consoling and Anticipations of the Audience
It is going to be broadcasted in SBS and on the Disney Plus.
This will not only help the show reach the audience of Korea but also the international audience.
His gloomy display in Parasite is leaving the viewers barely resisting the temptation to view Woo-shik as a light romantic figure.
It will be a reverse wind of the Korean rom-com lovers – when there will be emotions and laughs. You will be able to watch it.
Conclusion
The experience of false relations and the way to the truth is described in the story Would You Marry Me?
The viewers watch this series and are left wondering –
Is it what one wishes to do that makes relationship true or is it what one feels that makes a relationship true?
The genius direction of Song Hyeon-wook, the brilliant play between Woo-shik and So-min, the plot, which expresses the realistic positions of the society, all this makes the show a heart-warming romantic adventure.
It is not merely a play, it is a tale of romance, hope and self-confidence and this type of tale will create a connection with any human being who has ever been confused with what side to be right or wrong in a relationship.
