Daddy's Girl cast donates half-ton of rice to charity

14 December 14, 2010April 3, 2011

Daddy’s Girl cast donates half-ton of rice to charity

by javabeans

At the time of its pre-premiere press conference last month, cast members of SBS’s Monday-Tuesday drama It’s Okay, Daddy’s Girl — namely, series lead Moon Chae-won, Super Junior’s Donghae, and CN Blue’s Minhyuk (all pictured above) — had been the recipients of rice donations intended for charity from their fans. These have now been given to charitable organizations in the stars’ names.

All total, the rice donations amounted to 500 kg, and the producers donated 250 kg last weekend to a humanitarian organization for the disabled, Hanbeot. The other half was donated to Yeontan Bank, a nonprofit that provides coal briquettes for heating to those who can’t afford to buy it.

This strikes me as a very shrewd way to honor your favorite star, and a tactic that has a higher chance of benefiting him or her in the long run than other types of gifts. I’m sure other forms of fan gifts are appreciated — and Korean fans have really perfected the process of organized gift-giving — but this has the added effect of creating goodwill and associating your star with a positive bit of press, and potentially adding some luster to their image. I’m sure we’ve all run into an aggressive fan at some point, acting on behalf of their star, who may have actually turned us against that star for no better reason than their bad behavior. This is a great way to do just the opposite.

It’s Okay, Daddy’s Girl has been airing quietly on Mondays and Tuesdays, its latest episode drawing an 8.4% in the ratings. Not dismal, but definitely disappointing. I can see why it’s not attracting a more fervent fanbase, but I continue to find the relationships full of warmth and the stories moving quickly. It’s enjoyable despite the unsophisticated plot: the good guys are very good, and the bad guys unequivocally bad. The conflicts are fairly black and white, the stakes are high and clearly defined. It’s familiar, comfort food-like fare, in a good way; not challenging, but sometimes you just want to root for the good guys and hope everyone ends up happy, because they’ve made you care what happens to them.

Via IS Plus

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1 kier

December 14, 2010 at 11:03 AM

Yehey omhajooo

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2

December 14, 2010 at 11:26 AM

Minhyuk, I love you!!!

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3 @.@

December 14, 2010 at 11:28 AM

i actually like that its a quite family sort of drama. it's got eart and that's wat makes me keep watching :)

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4 rozy

December 14, 2010 at 11:38 AM

i like this drama
fighting

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5 rayray

December 14, 2010 at 12:15 PM

this is sort of unrelated but I just found out the other day that this show's(and skks) evil -I-will-stare-you-into-a-black-hole villian is secret garden's Ha Ji Won's brother!!!

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Ani

December 14, 2010 at 1:57 PM

Mmmmmm..... I guess you don't frequent dramabeans as much as some of us, um, no lifers outside of school and work. XD Yeah, that's kind of old news now ain't it? But thanks for the reminder because truthfully, I have kind of forgotten that myself. But here's one of the older posts about them:

http://www.dramabeans.com/2010/05/ha-ji-won-and-bro-featured-in-green-ride-campaign/

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marypeg

December 14, 2010 at 2:13 PM

I hadn't seen Ha Ji-won in anything before secret garden, and I watched skks religiously. I knew they were siblings but when I first saw her in secret garden I was like holy hell they look so much alike! I don't know what it is because she obviously looks like a woman and he looks like a guy, but you can definitely see the resemblance.

They should totally capitalize and do some sort of cross-dressing drama together! I just love cross-dressing plot lines I guess... but they would've been a great mi-nam and mi-nyu!

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rayray

December 14, 2010 at 7:39 PM

hehehe actually it was around may that I had just discovered dramabeans.. so back then I was still new and inexperienced*blush* I must have read it but didnt realise who anyone was kekeke

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marypeg

December 16, 2010 at 5:25 PM

Don't fret... I'm new as well (Aug). But I didn't know until I started looking at older Ha Ji-won tags in anticipation for Secret Garden. I saw them in the ad and they look like siblings, but then when I saw her on screen it just totally popped out to me. :) yey dramabeans newbies!

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6 minnieme

December 14, 2010 at 1:24 PM

I started this drama because I'm a Moon Chaewon fan and she and Choi Jinhyuk would make an attractive couple (yes, I'm shallow like that). I've been really touched by Lee Heejin's acting but I'm kind of getting fed up with the waterworks. I can't remember a single scene in which her eyes are not brimming with tears. Storyline-wise, there has been no progress with the main couple or the case. I was under the impression that this was a 16 episode drama--how are they going to show genuine development between the leads in 9 episodes when they've only seen each other once so far?

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7 lei

December 14, 2010 at 2:23 PM

This is nice. Rather than give celebrities presents that they can afford to buy for themselves, why not give to charity on their behalf. You help the needy and your favorite actor benefits from the good publicity. Popular actors should encourage their fan clubs to do the same

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8 Kender

December 14, 2010 at 3:01 PM

I love it when fans do stuff like this, I really do. :)

But on the subject of Daddy's Girl, are we sure MCW is the lead? Because so far Aeryung and Jingu have been moving pretty much the entire story. Not that I mind, because I adore both of them (she's so sweet, he's so hilariously frivolous) and could watch them for hours on end.

As for JTS, he hasn't really done anything since the initial accidental murder.. Although he's still very pretty. I especially liked him in that bathrobe in yesterday's ep. ㅎㅎ

Haven't watched today's episode yet..

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9 kit

December 14, 2010 at 4:21 PM

yeah giving rice out is like one of the oldest ways in the book for korean singers especially to give back to the community. heaps of people are all rage-y and saying that they're not doing it for the people's benefit, but so they look good themselves. well - they don't have to do it, and whatever their motives may be, it's still going somewhere.