SBS schedules Temptation to follow Doctor Stranger
by girlfriday
Strangely, the summer SBS Monday-Tuesday slot is the only one that hasn’t been filled months in advance for some reason (though it could be argued they’re not late so much as the others were earlier than usual), but the network has announced the title that will follow Doctor Stranger this July. The new drama called Temptation will be a hero-centric melodrama about a man in his thirties. Does it seem like dramaland is more testosterone-filled than usual these days? Must be the year of the male melo.
Temptation comes from Yigim Productions, the studio behind Empress Ki and I Summon You Gold. The drama will be about a married man who falls into enormous insurmountable debt. In order to repay it, he makes a shady deal wherein he “entrusts his body to another woman.” Buh… does that mean what I think it means? Given the setup, an Indecent Proposal-style arrangement seems somehow less farfetched than enslaving him to ten years as her secretary or something.
While under said bodily contract of an undisclosed nature, he then meets another woman. Because two love interests is so old hat? Anyway, the drama will be about the man’s work, love, and marriage, which I’m guessing are three entirely different lives he leads (with three different women, I’d wager). It sure sounds saucy, but then, you wouldn’t make a drama called Temptation about a boy scout, now would you?
Casting is underway for a thirtysomething leading man to headline, and the production plans to complete casting by the end of this month and begin shooting in June. Temptation follows Doctor Stranger in July.
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1 AnOpinion
May 19, 2014 at 2:11 PM
Sounds interesting and fresh, but perhaps too strong for the Korean public.
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2 browncoat_78
May 19, 2014 at 2:14 PM
This would be great on Jtbc or TvN or OCN but on a network, it will probably be yawningly tame. Bummer.
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3 mudaepo
May 19, 2014 at 2:16 PM
"SBS announces makjang-free policy"
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"SBS schedules Temptation to follow Doctor Stranger"
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DayDreamer
May 19, 2014 at 2:22 PM
Again, melo is not makjang.
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kopytko
May 19, 2014 at 2:30 PM
melo can be makjang, too
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DayDreamer
May 19, 2014 at 2:39 PM
How?
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kopytko
May 19, 2014 at 2:53 PM
citing Dramabeans Glossary:
Makjang- a sylistic, tonal, or narrative element in dramas that chooses to play up outrageous storylines to keep viewers hooked despite how ridiculous the stories become (adultery, revenge, rape, birth secrets, fatal illnesses, and flirting with incest possibilities are some makjang favorites). Shows can be part of a makjang class of dramas (Wife’s Temptation is a makjang series), or they can have makjang tendencies (Mary Stayed Out All Night went makjang toward the end). Generally considered a negative thing (“Gah, how makjang can you get?”), unless a drama intentionally embraces the style (such as Baker King Kim Tak-gu or Flames of Desire).
DayDreamer
May 19, 2014 at 3:01 PM
Riiiiight, so melo can have makjang tendencies but not exactly equate to being makjang. That was basically my point too.
kopytko
May 19, 2014 at 3:11 PM
What I mean, it is not a genre.
If you look up Wife's Temptation at dramawiki, it's listed as melodrama.
DayDreamer
May 19, 2014 at 3:44 PM
Ahh, okay, I see what you mean.
mudaepo
May 19, 2014 at 2:30 PM
I know, I know, but melos on SBS whose titles are Temptation? There's some history here.
Or maybe I'm wrong and SBS is just trolling us like they did with The Woman Who Married Three Times. :D
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DayDreamer
May 19, 2014 at 2:41 PM
Could be. Just based on description alone, I didn't think it was makjang. It sounded melo mostly.
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mudaepo
May 19, 2014 at 2:48 PM
Hehe, it always sounds melo at first. And then the ratings are published and someone at SBS makes a phone call to the screenwriter: "We are back in single-digits, we need some amensia here!".
tebz10
May 19, 2014 at 3:27 PM
@mudaepo don't forget the incest!
4 kanz
May 19, 2014 at 2:16 PM
Not excited by the plot but if it's Empress Ki and ISYG production I can guarantee delicious craziness LOL
Okay, now to list thirtysomething men:
1. Ji Sung
2. Joo Sang Wook
3. Joo Ji Hoon
4. Kim Jae Won
5. Lee Jung Jin, etc
Okay, there are so many but those are my favorite 30-something men
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DaniAs
May 19, 2014 at 2:33 PM
So Ji Sub!!
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annes
May 19, 2014 at 2:35 PM
Jo Seung-woo!
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Raine
May 19, 2014 at 4:19 PM
Second this!
Ki Dong Chan...oops! I meant Jo Seung Woo. :))
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kanz
May 19, 2014 at 10:55 PM
Okay, i will consider So Ji Sub and Jo Seung Woo because they're freaking awesome!!
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zakin89
May 19, 2014 at 4:43 PM
Oh what would I give to see him on the small screen again as soon as possible!
God's Gift turned me into a complete Jo Seung Woo fan and I can't get enought of him! Too bad I am nearly done with his entire filmography^^
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dpanda
May 19, 2014 at 4:22 PM
Ji Sung!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So JI SUb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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flibbet
May 19, 2014 at 6:45 PM
hyun bin!
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Haylee
May 20, 2014 at 12:21 AM
Well sadly for you it's none of them. Kwon Sang Woo was confirmed. I am over the moon!/secretly hoping it doesn't end like his last 2 dramas.
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eny
May 20, 2014 at 2:11 AM
Kwon sang woo it's OK too, but actually i wanna see actor that doesn't star in many drama lately, n "sell his body" seems like his previouse drama Yawang/Queen of Ambition
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eny
May 20, 2014 at 2:00 AM
i want joo jin mo or Kim sung soo
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5 Miky
May 19, 2014 at 2:22 PM
The plot doesn't sound so wow to me and even more being on antional broadcast but i want to see Hyun Bin back on small screen
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6 DaniAs
May 19, 2014 at 2:29 PM
hummmm....it can succeed. But they would never write this for a woman to lead, you know how is society.
About the thirtysomething leading actor...So JiSub isn't involved in any project right now....although it's not his style of drama...
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7 lbj
May 19, 2014 at 2:42 PM
Maybe it's just that i'm tired of doctors & hospital based dramas now, but i'm kinda finding Doctor Strangers boring, even though it has some of my fave actors in it. ;;;;
Does the story get interesting and does anyone recommend to stick through the first couple episodes for the story to pick up?
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DayDreamer
May 19, 2014 at 2:50 PM
As a fan, I would say, HELL YES.
It's only been five episodes so far. You should try at least 4 to form your own opinion. Besides, I'm not sure what exactly you found boring about it. The plot? The spy stuff? The politics? The surgeries? If this show is good at anything, it's that it has plenty of genres to keep moving around and preventing the show from being boring. But I guess it's a problem if you found all of it boring.
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8 DayDreamer
May 19, 2014 at 2:45 PM
When I saw the title of my favorite drama under Drama Casting and News with SBS next to it....I thought for one heart-stopping moment that something terrible was happening like a writer or PD got kicked out or an episode was preempted. I was gonna flip. LOL. Never have I been so happy over such a benign news.
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Mezzy
May 19, 2014 at 7:06 PM
We are so the same
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9 Mrama
May 19, 2014 at 2:50 PM
I heard that the screenwriter is that who wrote Dr.jin and Road number 1
is she good writer?
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Quiet Thought
May 19, 2014 at 4:32 PM
Anyone who wrote Dr. Jin and didn't blow their brain-fetus out from shame is not a good writer.
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10 Merce
May 19, 2014 at 4:07 PM
"name hidden by author", where are you? 30-something leading man? Bodily contract? Sounds like something that might appeal to you in your RIMsanity.
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(name hidden by author)
May 19, 2014 at 5:20 PM
Aww... I'm touched that you remembered Song Jae Rim. ^^
It's too early in the morning and I read your comment as "bodily contact". That would've been an awesome drama instead. Contracts are a dime a dozen in dramaland. :((
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Merce
May 19, 2014 at 10:27 PM
Well, I'm desperately waiting for casting news for Song Jae Rim as well, although probably not as intensely as you, heheh. I'd really like him to take on a badass role, which he does so well, with maybe a hidden vulnerability or soft side, since from what I've seen he has great potential to do complex roles as well. He mentions wanting to do a rom-com next, which probably won't stretch his acting abilities as much, but I'm just eager to see ANY movement on the casting front for him.
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11 CaroleMcDonnell
May 19, 2014 at 4:11 PM
Not something i'll see.
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12 messy
May 19, 2014 at 4:50 PM
well when I am lurking out here I've seen Dr. Hoon's photo hehehehe thatis just me,,
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13 marie
May 19, 2014 at 7:55 PM
this sounds like When a man loves meet Yawang.
Kwon sang-woo !! good at melo , hot bod that could pay "enormous insurmountable debt "
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14 Hiddles is God
May 19, 2014 at 10:14 PM
So, there will be three love interests in this drama right? (Wife vs Indecent proposal vs New love interest)
As this is melo, I just hope that the writers wouldn't steoreotyping their female characters. You know, the wife is characterized as a victimized, clingy neglected being and the fierce,sexy go-getter vocal women is deemed as the 'nappeun yeoja' ( i see the indecent proposal as the villain in this) because she wears sexy clothes and wear bright, bold red lipstick and usually likes to throw shades to the other woman because of her bad taste in fashion. Meanwhile, the new love interest would be the candy-esque heroine or the manic pixie dream girl with a terminal disease.
When will K-dramaland take a cue from frozen and flipped some of their stereotypes into something else? I dunno like the sexy, fierce women is a pragmatist and a leader of an underground fashion movement who sees something in the candy heroine that the hero is too blind to see ( eg. candy is a goldigger) while the candy heroine is not who she seems to be and just want the monies (she learns all the candy-esque attitude from k-dramas and nailed it).
Sorry for the rant.
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kopytko
May 20, 2014 at 12:20 AM
I get what you're talking about, I am all for diversified characters and relationships, but really, do all successul women in kdramas have to be active in the field of fashion?
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Hiddles is God
May 20, 2014 at 2:02 AM
Well, the fashion field is just an example of a career path that just came to my mind. I do agree that we need more women in kdramas be successful in a variety of field even if its an obscure job position but even with the diverse career field offered for these women in kdramas, what's the point if it will just be used as a background surrounding/setting for the characters.
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15 dalia
May 19, 2014 at 10:31 PM
ERIC.
'nuff said.
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dalia
May 19, 2014 at 11:35 PM
oops spoke to soon...
Eric offered male lead role for new KBS drama "Discovery of Love". Character will be CEO of an interior design firm (osen)
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16 Stuart
May 20, 2014 at 1:18 AM
UGH! This sounds ghastly, and hearing that it's going to be written by the villain responsible for the crime against sentience that was Dr. Jin make me more certain than ever I'll be avoiding it. Of couse, because it has "stinker" and "turkey" written all over it, my favourite Ms. Yoon will no doubt say yes, dammit!
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Gidget
May 20, 2014 at 9:41 AM
"Crime against sentience". LOL
Also, MAYBE a title change to "Jerk of the Century" would be fitting?
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17 a
May 20, 2014 at 3:42 AM
Please cast Uhm Force in this. He's the king of melo!
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18 Jill
July 1, 2014 at 6:56 PM
Wake me up when she re-teams with Bae Yong Joon. That will REALLY tempt me.
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