🫣 viewing kdrama interpretations of psych ward patients with great trepidation.

"burnt out proctology doctor"
Not going to say he's "bummed" out?

I'm watching this. Periodt!

This looks like something I would just love ... and be disappointed with. If it comes to Netflix, I will totally be watching it and take the heartbreak, when the potential isn't fulfilled.

Ah, the show that feels like it spent century or so in development, tho maybe that's just me. And this would be the only comment it gets from me because NOPE, even for JDY as a cute bestie and pretty dragon my oldest nephew would've kill for.

I was really looking forward to it. But now after knowing the writing team... I hope this doesn't take the Behind Your Touch turn 🙄😐

I'm in! Hope its fun and doesn't take itself too seriously. I like seeing how different aspects are portrayed and if they manage to sprinkle realism into the relationships between health care people and the people they care for.

If I understand the webtoon, it is like a "diary" and a series of vignettes - that is, not necessarily the same patients throughout the series.

It's been on my watchlist for over a year because Yoo In Soo is in it - and it's not difficult to understand what type of patient he will portray.

I think it will be like Two lights: Relumino, Twinkling Watermelon, and The light in your eyes, where we are shown different perspectives from the individual, families and friends, general community contexts where discrimination and lack of understanding are seen across the spectrum. The nurse is the main person learning how to adjust and this is shown through her interactions with the patients and staff.

This will be like general hospital, police and court setting dramas; anyone who works in those fields will be able to point out all the convenient for the plot but would not happen in real life elements of the drama. I hope they will be sensitive and respectful whilst showing the harsh reality of mental illness, and the dedicated but often understaffed facilities.

One of Park Bo-young's earliest roles was was as a mental patient in an IU music video twelve years ago named 'If Only I didn't Know'.

I don't know how I feel about the series - never too interested in medical dramas anyway (kill me Dr Slump) but Park Bo Young is really, really beautiful. And such a good actress. Even in the trailer she shines through. I probably will give this a try just for her.

Recently, I've "updated" myself on all the major news in k-world, and how disappointed I was to read the Yoo Ah-in news. When the modern Korean society puts celebrities on pedestal and assigns them god-liking qualities and then treats moral failings as the mortal sin, how can such an unhealthy society even begin to approach the seriousness of mental disorders, let alone describe them on TV with complexity, kindness and empathy that accompanies such issues?? Needless to say, these medieval and barbaric drug laws that seek to prosecute drug users (many of whom suffer from mental disorders) at all costs must change. Because these are complex issues that require kindness and empathy which such Korean laws lack. I hope Yoo Ah-In addresses the issues behind his drug use and if necessary gets professional mental evaluation and treatment.

To sum it up, I see a "psych-ward" trainwreck barreling from afaaaaaaar. Someone more knowledgeable here can reply to me if the original webtoon approaches these issues seriously (even with a humor!) but my opinion is made up even before watching this trainwreck.