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Post by puppy on Mar 4, 2008 12:12:36 GMT -5
I'm getting used to Dongji and her sullen, sorry looks but I wasn't ready for Danpung's turnabout.
She's short with Sua, with reason, but her anger seems a bit over the top. And she's short with Baekho sometimes too, without reason. Plus, for a woman who's respected for her professional judgment, she doesn't seem to realize that the doc is too pushy and clingy for words and won't cut him loose.
We have a lot more episodes to go and already I'm so impatient with her I'm starting to shout at the TV. I may have to check the spoilers to calm myself down. (OMG, what if they make it worse?)
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Post by Lucy on Mar 4, 2008 13:50:19 GMT -5
That's funny, I don't see a change in Danpung. I'm not arguing with your perception, just saying it's interesting. I've always thought of her as someone who is a rather short-tempered. Remember all her little fuming sessions over Baekho when they first met? (Not that she didn't have good reasons.) She was always with the snappy eyes and clamped lips. For the record, I would have the same reaction to Sua. Sua's behavior yesterday bodes very ill for her relationship with the family when she moves in. Probably Danpung expects that Sua, like the traditional daughter-in-law, will be the low man on the totem pole, as least for a while, as she learns to "serve" the family. (YUCK to that, BTW.) But not only is Sua giving indications that she's not going to do any work, she will move in expecting to be served as she was at home. Brat!
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Post by puppy on Mar 4, 2008 15:17:14 GMT -5
Now that you mention it, Lucy, I do remember Danpung's "snappy" eyes from early in the series. But even though this is an ensemble type of show, I always considered her and Baekho the good-guy stars, kind of the hero and heroine, and expect them to act accordingly.
Somebody pointed out in another post a while ago that nobody in the story is all good or all bad. The characters have dimension which is part of what makes them so real and interesting.
But I'm still tee'd off at Danpung.
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Post by kumbis16 on Mar 4, 2008 16:40:04 GMT -5
What bothers me with DP is that her temper is directed to the wrong people.... no scratch that.. I meant to the wrong person in the case of Baekho. ( Sua more than deserves to be shouted at). My question is where does she leave the temper when with the doc? After everything he's done ( punching Baekho, grabbing DP herself and so on) you'd think that she'd give it to him and by that I mean shouting at him She's very firm when it comes to Baekho and his only fault is loving her. I expect her to be the same way with lipstick but it seems like she's intimidated by him.
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Post by Lucy on Mar 4, 2008 17:43:07 GMT -5
I agree with you both. Maybe she's a little immature still, even though she's risen to the lofty position of marketing team manager at such a young age. who's "lipstick"? Is that Hyeonu? Does she know that Hyeonu punched Baekho?
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Post by PippiBella on Mar 4, 2008 19:18:02 GMT -5
That's funny, I don't see a change in Danpung. I'm not arguing with your perception, just saying it's interesting. I've always thought of her as someone who is a rather short-tempered. Remember all her little fuming sessions over Baekho when they first met? (Not that she didn't have good reasons.) She was always with the snappy eyes and clamped lips. For the record, I would have the same reaction to Sua. Sua's behavior yesterday bodes very ill for her relationship with the family when she moves in. Probably Danpung expects that Sua, like the traditional daughter-in-law, will be the low man on the totem pole, as least for a while, as she learns to "serve" the family. (YUCK to that, BTW.) But not only is Sua giving indications that she's not going to do any work, she will move in expecting to be served as she was at home. Brat! I agree that i really don't see a diff. with danpung? are we all on the same ep? and if she develops a temper, i am glad because BRAT really needs to be put in her place..
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Post by Lucy on Mar 5, 2008 11:09:04 GMT -5
If I had to live with Sua, I would probably end up marrying Hyeonu just to get out of the house. (Assuming that I were Danpung, whose parents probably wouldn't let her leave for any other reason.) Or maybe I'd leave to go study abroad for the year that Sua was there.
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Post by PippiBella on Mar 5, 2008 12:38:35 GMT -5
If I had to live with Sua, I would probably end up marrying Hyeonu just to get out of the house. (Assuming that I were Danpung, whose parents probably wouldn't let her leave for any other reason.) Or maybe I'd leave to go study abroad for the year that Sua was there. LOL Ditto!!! ;D I have one question. I have always heard never have the husband see the wedding dress before the wedding.. i know that is not true of the dramas because some hubby's have gone dress shopping with the lady.. can someone tell me some Korean customs that are diff. than American? i just always wondered. thanks
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Post by brooklyn on Mar 5, 2008 23:55:41 GMT -5
Yes pippi, its said to be bad luck. I've wondered about the custom too ever since chil sisters.
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Post by soapygrams on Mar 6, 2008 0:16:09 GMT -5
I don't know if it's viewed the same in Korea that it's bad luck. I wonder if it isn't rather that the white wedding gown and bridal veil etc. are "new" additions to Korean culture considering that the traditional wedding outfit is s hanbok and BEAUTIFUL. I'm sure we've all seen that the mothers and grandmothers all wear hanboks to the wedding. When I say "new" I mean perhaps the last 60-70 years, which is fairly new for an ancient culture like Korea. That might explain that while the western type bridal gown and veil and perhaps even the type of reception etc. have been adopted from Western culture, the superstition about bad karma for the groom seeing the bride in her bridal gown before the wedding ceremony has NOT been adopted. LOL But that's just a possibility not anything I know to be a fact .. ;D
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Post by sheila on Mar 6, 2008 0:48:05 GMT -5
Koreans and most Asians do not think it is bad luck to for the groom to see the bride and/or wedding gown before the marriage. I remember making this remark when my cousin's groom came to the house on the eve of their wedding to give her a gift. Everyone stared at me as if I had grown horns. oh-oh!
Some Asian brides wear the white wedding gown only for picture taking (before the ceremony) or as just one of several gowns the bride will wear on the auspicious day (and yes, the various ceremonies and receptions can drag when you have to wait for the bride to change!). Those who have only one white wedding gown usually have a Church wedding. The idea of wearning a western wedding gown started about 30-40 years ago. Personally, I think if you're not marrying a westerner or in a western country, its a real pity to disregard your own traditions and customs on such an auspicious day. I do not believe in the 'if so-and-so does it, then I will look cool, modern and sophisticated if I do likewise'. To me, it always has the opposite connotation.
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Post by gworks on Mar 6, 2008 13:46:06 GMT -5
The Bad luck curse is true!! I saw my wife's wedding dress before the wedding and have had 34 years of misery.
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Post by pilseung on Mar 6, 2008 13:56:31 GMT -5
Gworks,my Brother Is this true about marriage? At the wedding,you gave her a ring...After the wedding,all you got back is so much suffe-ring? Aw,man...that's scary! ;D
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Post by gworks on Mar 6, 2008 14:58:26 GMT -5
We did exchange rings she got one on her finger, I got one through my nose for her to lead me around. As my grandmother always said, "Love is blind, Marriage is an eye opener".
Why buy a cow when you get the milk for free? <wink, wink>
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Post by puppy on Mar 6, 2008 15:40:07 GMT -5
We're at Ep. 98-90 here, Pippibella, but I started noticing the change weeks ago, or, as Lucy said, not so much a change as a busting out of her temper. I think maybe she's holding something in, something she wants to SHOUT to the doc but won't. So she spills ugly to everybody else.
And as for you, gworks, I'll bet more than a ring through the nose has been holding you all these years. Your wife's either gorgeous, rich, a great cook, or you're on love!
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