East of Eden (the kdrama, not the Steinbeck novel)

[lesbiassparrow]

I am up to episode 10 now and agog at the screenwriter's one track desire to beat the living daylights out of the heroes as much as possible. Their writing strategy for every episode seems to be:

1. Beat up main hero
2. Do something horrible to a girl he or his brother likes
3. Toss in a bit of skullduggery by one of their deadly enemies
4. Beat up secondary hero
5. Have manly weeping or feminine angst
6. Insert small scene with Dennis Oh* for relief
7. Return to main hero for a last stint of beating up, just because you can

Honestly, I am not just astonished that these people aren't crippled for life but that they are still alive. They make 'em tough in Korea.

I am also impressed that where other series like to start off the angst slow, usually throwing in at least one or two episodes of happy childhood, this one doesn't bother at all. Nope, right into angst and misery and violence.


*Finally, an actor who makes Daniel Henney's 'skills' in that department look good.

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[outeeyore.livejournal.com]

Remember Dennis Oh? SHE IS MAH QUEEN!!!

ROFL. I seriously laughed and cringed at the same time. Did they kill him off or is he ever appearing in the drama again, I wonder.

Can't wait to see tomorrow's episode where more crying and violence is guaranteed.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Dennis Oh must be back to amuse us all as he seems to be listed really high in the credits for someone whose sole function is to allow Grace and Hero to speak English in a stilted fashion.

The amount of (justifed) wailing and bleeding in this show is off the charts. I just don't know how they can keep it up for 50 episodes.