Beanie level: Rooftop room dweller

I need a drama with Park Jin-joo as the FL in which she plays a singer, where the ML also sings and is played by Lee Jun-young, Lee Sang-yi, or Park Kang-hyun.

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Throw back to what is imo the best Beanie Award of all time
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Another banger OST track from When the Phone Rings

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Think I\’m dropping Face Me. I was hoping there\’d be romance, and it\’s looking incredibly unlikely

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Encountered a discussion on Twitter about Park Sung-hoon in Squid Game S2, and concerns about the role being played by a cis actor. While of course representation is important, I do wonder if the people expressing concerns are familiar with Korean culture and society and how much hatred a transgender actress would likely expose herself to by taking a role like this.

Also, assuming that he did not take the role from a transgender Korean actress, I actually want to give kudos to Park Sung-hoon for taking this role even after the hate he got in Queen of Tears for… playing a character the audience didn\’t like.

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    There are actually a few trans folks in the Korean entertainment world, most notably the singer/actress Harisu who has been in dramas in the past. However, given Korea’s current social/political climate, any positive trans representation in mainstream shows, even if the characters are played by ostensibly cis actors is probably a good thing.

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      Yeah, but I would imagine the trans actresses wouldn’t want to play someone who is pre-transition. I think that could really mess with gender dysphoria.

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From a book I’m reading. I already was finding the female lead unlikeable, and then I find out she’s a fan of Nam Do-san 😬 Why would the, author include this? Is she not aware of the controversy?
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We finally got our first OST release for When the Phone Rings! Hopefully another similarity it shares with Flower of Evil is a bomb OST (so far it’s looking promising)

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    isn’t this the only song we have heard in the drama to date??

    Hook is AMAZING .. 1:24-1:28

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This is making the rounds in my academia groups
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    This made me laugh! 😆

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    They recommend Vagabond!? Paper should be retracted while they check whether the data has been manipulated.

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      Honestly I felt the same way about Lovely Runner (you ALL know how I feel about that one, haha) and Queen of Tears (which started out strong but did not stick the landing imo). And, When the Phone Rings is very good, but we all know that might not last before the show finishes.

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I can’t believe Get Schooled is getting a kdrama adaptation. The comic, which I read is rooted in conservatism, was pulled from Webtoon because of misogyny, racism, and promoting corporal punishment.

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Just found the English translated version of the When the Phone Rings webnovel and skipped to the very end. See comments if you want to know if it has a happy ending

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Spotted on Facebook. Wow, how’d they guess my weekend plans?
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Face Me: if it turns out that the ML killed his fiancee, I\’m dropping the show

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To Love Your Enemy just isn\’t grabbing my attention so I\’m dropping it partway into ep 2. I\’d rather use this time to catch up on Family by Choice anyway

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    except for high school love story, it is quite boring… somehow main actors don’t have chemistry , comedy is falling flat and it is just not impressive

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      Glad I’m not alone! Even the high school love story seems to be almost exactly the same as the one in Doctor Slump

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When the Phone Rings ep 1: I\’m glad to see that the ex-con husband from A Virtuous Business got a job!

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I’m watching a compilation of actors who’ve played Fiyero in Wicked singing the riff in “As Long as You’re Mine” (yes, my being on a Wicked kick is definitely in relation to my seeing the movie this weekend) and who do I happen to see but MR. ROY KIM (aka Min Woo-hyuk) from Doctor Cha! It’s a good thing I didn’t know he did musical theatre, or his character’s fate would have devastated me even more. You can hear him at 13:15, but the whole video is a fun time IMO

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    Thanks for sharing it!
    I always enjoy listening to the Korean renditions of my favorite musicals.

    Norbert Leo Butz’s Fiyero still is my favorite, but Min Woo Hyuk sings this part very sweetly.

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    That was fascinating. There were definitely some I preferred to others ( Not MWH, though he was sweet in Dr Cha) I’m also impressed by the effort someone went to to get all those recordings!

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Also, I now wish I\’d watched Family By Choice as it was airing live instead of A Virtuous Business. Ah well.

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I started Family By Choice (thanks for the rec! Also San-ha\’s mom SUUUCKS). Since I have that as well as Trunk, When the Phone Rings, and Love Your Enemy starting, Marry You is just not gonna happen

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Ok, I adore unrequited love so this got my attention. Is it worth checking out Family by Choice just for this pairing?
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    Not having seen the original I stopped at ep 2 because I was worried about how they will make the transition from siblings to lovers 🥴 So yeah these two above are the safest option haha

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      This couple doesn’t exist in original…
      and there are no real siblings here so what transistion?

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        They are not real siblings but they grow up together sharing the same space and they tell people that they are. Didn’t she make a huge fuss about changing surnames? How do you go from there to lovers? In my opinion it is icky.

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          hmm.. not exactly.. i dropped the Korean version so not sure how they r handling it but it made sense in chinese because you can see the female maturing..

          anyway to each his own

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            Not exactly what? 😀 You and I both dropped the K version and you saw the C version and I didn’t and so I have no opinion on the C version.

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          not exactly that they never give “sibling” vibes..

          infact FL’s behavior is smitten since she met ML for the 1st time.. and while growing up also they give more of close friend vibe.. def. not bro-sis

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    they r cute… they r reallyc ute

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    To answer your actual question: yes, it’s worth checking out this show just for them. I like the main couple alright, too, but these two are terrific. The scene from which these stills are taken is in episode 12 so you’ve got a ways to go, but their interactions are adorable right from the start. And the person who made this is right: he’s still dumb. 😆

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      It feels awkward when Sanha starts dating Joo-won (they are not related by blood but i dont know why it still feels awkward) but seeing Hae-joon and Dal together is worth continuing watching this show. They are cute together. Now we havent start with the two ahjusssis; they are another characters that make this show worth checking.

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A Virtuous Business: this is how I imagine Joo-ri

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Face Me ep 2: This seems like a very sensitive and progressive portrayal of a transgender character?

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