Well, Tae Su-mi just went and dropped an anvil on my sympathy.
Like woman, I get it. You're scared and guilty and lashing out. It's clear you're not in your right mind or you wouldn't ask a man whose shop you just barged into why HE had appeared in YOUR life again.
Where is the cool lawyer who didn't blink an eye at Young-woo's autism and admired her purely on the basis of her clear brilliance in the courtroom?
WHY are you turning pathetic now? Yeesh.
Also, Gwang-ho/dad, you'd BETTER NOT LOOK AT THAT BROCHURE TWICE!
Your daughter just figured out french kissing, she's not going anywhere!
ALSO BY GOD YOUNG MAN, Kwon Minwoo can you PLEASE GO GET A LIFE??
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Ep 9 thots straight from the word document I made at work to organize them
1. Good afternoon, a daily reminder to not just KIDNAP RANDOM CHILDREN
2. Okay so her little pause when she saw Jun Ho – awkwardness after the feelings discussion?
3. THE EYELASH SCENE IS SO EARLY JESUS WE GOING FULL JEALOUS THIS EP I KNOW IT
4. Nothing like choosing violence in court when you’re the defendant
5. Okay I’ll be honest, the stubbornness of this man is annoying me right now, just while in court, work with Woo Young Woo for a bit then deal with the rest later
6. Every dinner scene in that restaurant just kills me; I love them all your honor
7. Jun Ho is immediately over hearing about this man, and at this point in the trial so am I
8. I just love how Woo Young Woo is so ready to put advice into actions. That being said, I too would be a little concerned about the violence of the chair pull out
9. Please tell me he didn’t drug the bus driver
10. Okay but carrying all those backpacks is impressive as someone who is very “I can totally make this in one trip”
11. Okay time to gag Mr. Defendant I would be SCREAMING if I was his lawyer
12. Nothing like the classic “let me do this or so help me” competition for who walks closest to the road
13. And rip Jun Ho he has no clue why this is all happening all of a sudden
14. I understand that there is a very different culture to children being out on their own in Korea (compared to my rural Midwest upbringing), but a loose child buying themselves food at a restaurant after dark stresses me out
15. I did not expect an exposure of some of the side effects on children due to how academies are run and the surrounding achievement at any cost culture, but I’m here for it
16. WOO YOUNG WOO’S FACE DURING THE SLOW-MO CHOI SU YEON WALK
17. Ah the classic “it’s for their future” what good does it do if their present is unbearable
18. If I wasn’t at work rn I would get a screenshot of that shot of Woo Young Woo through the orca’s bent fin, what a cool shot
19. Jung Myeong Seok I could kiss you (this is both in reference to right after the courtroom and in general)
20. Cry about it or leave Kwon Min Woo
21. “So the price of playing as much as I want, is a prison sentence.” All right, I’m giving him points here because that’s a valid concern of how the children will actually perceive this whole course of events
22. “we can use the bus to take the kids to court” is fine in context, but hilarious without
23. Bro Jun Ho is so stressed with all this, thank god he brought it up
24. NO WAY SHE HAULED ASS AFTER EXPLAINING WHY SHE WAS BEING NICE
25. Look, the defendant is right and quite frankly I like his ideology, but damn was hijacking a bus full of children a shit way to go about practicing it
26. Kwon Min Woo, please don’t IMMEDIATELY STEAL HIS FOOD
27. BABY HER SHOCK WHEN HE OFFICIALLY CONFESSED
28. STOP CUTTING AWAY WITH SCENES LIKE THAT I DON’T CARE ABOUT HER MOTHER I’LL BE HONEST. THAT CONFESSION WAS UNCALLED FOR
29. Fucking paparazzi dammit
30. Preview: we really getting into the thick of it now my dudes
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My friend pointed out that despite my uncritical love for it, episode 9's case about liberation of children felt far too preachy and that lessened her enjoyment of it.
And I want to respect that perspective (even though I immediately argued with her 🤣) but also say a little bit in explanation of the context.
Her main complaint was that the central figure of Bang Gu-ppong was far too idealistic.
Extrapolating from that, I figure his exhortation that children need to "play immediately!" right now and every day felt too simple and impractical an ideology against the parents' desire to push their children to excel so they have comfortable careers as adults.
But here's the thing.
We have watched similar plot lines in kdramas for decades. We've watched children be bullied, commit suicide, drop out, do horrible things to their friends, lie and cheat, become desperate and disheartened in drama after drama after drama.
We know it's a real problem. Children in Asian countries (not just South Korea, but China, Japan, India, et al) are treated like job horses by their parents. Only instead of earning money now, they're preparing throughout their childhood to someday earn a lot of money in the future.
There are international policies that try to enforce children's right to a childhood, but for most Asian countries that means little. Parents are far too focused on making sure their children don't grow up to earn less than them.
So yeah, I know the treatment of this plot may have felt silly and may not have connected with a lot of viewers. But dramaland has given us this story for decades in every way possible.
Dark, gritty, real, pragmatic, inspiring, hopeful, desperate.
This is one more way. It's far more idealistic and not necessarily what children really need, but it's a good way to bring at least one thing to light.
A child's right to consent.
I liked it.
That's all.
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