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Post by galacticchick on Jun 7, 2004 13:14:13 GMT -5
I watched Friday’s episode yesterday and my heart broke for poor Yu-jin. She really showed what a good actress she is, this episode hit especially close to home since I found out Sunday morning that my cousin had suffered a miscarriage. Yu-jin portrayed this horrible occurrence very convincingly.
MJ on the other hand, I could see the tears in his eyes but he is one icy fellow. How could he go to work the next day? Even if there was nothing to be done, this is such a devastating thing to go through alone. I give him 10 points off from the perfect-man-o-meter.
I think this might be one of the best episodes we’ve seen in a couple of weeks. The nonverbal communication between HR and her mom when she saw her huddled outside crying was also touching. KJ didn’t say anything because there was really nothing more to say, she just silently wiped the tears from her daughters eyes.
And what about that Grandma, “Talk about bad timing, I bet they’ll blame this all on me.” She is something else.
Hooray! HK got on the plane. Hopefully they'll focus more on the other characters and keep the melancholic stuff to a minimum.
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Post by jacques on Jun 7, 2004 16:43:59 GMT -5
A miscarriage is a sad event indeed in a woman's life. Hye-Ran's scene with Keum-ja was particularly heartbreaking, the unspoken compassion and empathy mother has for daughter played out beautifully. One instance where silence definitely speaks volumes. I'm not surprised by MJ's reaction at Yu-jin's tragedy, very typical male one at that.  MJ has always struck me as a bit too aloof for Yu-jin. I think the melodrama implies that Yu-jin's marital stress contributed to the baby's miscarriage.  So glad HK got on that plane. Orlando in June is exactly the kind of distraction this guy needs from his overbearing family.  |
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Post by TheBo on Jun 7, 2004 16:57:55 GMT -5
A miscarriage is a sad event indeed in a woman's life. Yu-jin's scene with Keum-ja was particularly heartbreaking, the unspoken compassion and empathy mother has for daughter played out beautifully. Keum-ja is Hye-ran's mother. Mal-bong (Yuri) is Yu-jin's mother. (I will follow you everywhere.) Bo |
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Post by jacques on Jun 7, 2004 17:04:42 GMT -5
Keum-ja is Hye-ran's mother. Mal-bong (Yuri) is Yu-jin's mother. (I will follow you everywhere.) Bo Altogether now: I will follow Jacques, follow him wherever he may go... ;D |
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Post by Lucy on Jun 9, 2004 11:36:58 GMT -5
I can't believe how Min-jae is acting. Actually, I can believe it, but I'm disappointed in him. He is indeed a cold man. He's probably feeling some stuff, but he doesn't have a clue how to express it or how to be a real man and a husband to Yu-jin. I can only hope that this is the event that will transform him internally and make him realize that he has to grow up and stop thinking of someone other than himself. Of course, I thought that his marriage and Yu-jin's love were going to do that, so . . . he may be hopeless. |
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Post by jenny on Jun 9, 2004 14:26:53 GMT -5
Have faith in Min-jae! I think the only time he's ever felt loved was by Yu-jin, so he has just started to learn how to love.
And I couldn't believe when Soon-young ordered Min-jae to "console [Yu-gin]" in kind of an angry tone, when she found out they were seperating. Poor Min-jae whimpered, "I don't know how!" Who's fault is THAT?!
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Post by Lucy on Jun 9, 2004 15:00:49 GMT -5
I know . . . . He's not learning fast enough, though. I can see your point, but he's lived in the world for some 25-30 years and at the very least has seen TV and movies about romantic relationships. He must have seen Korean GQ and read something about how to treat your wife/girlfriend. He could at least "fake it till he makes it," no? Poor Yu-jin; marrying him was like getting what you think is a chocolate-filled hard candy and finding it's hollow inside. |
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Post by jenny on Jun 9, 2004 15:07:32 GMT -5
Yes, this cold, cold man is taking a long time to defrost. I think this seperation has turned up the heat though! Aww, my poor Min-jae!  |
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Post by jacques on Jun 9, 2004 15:08:28 GMT -5
I know . . . . He's not learning fast enough, though. I can see your point, but he's lived in the world for some 25-30 years and at the very least has seen TV and movies about romantic relationships. He must have seen Korean GQ and read something about how to treat your wife/girlfriend. He could at least "fake it till he makes it," no? Poor Yu-jin; marrying him was like getting what you think is a chocolate-filled hard candy and finding it's hollow inside. At last, Lucy, now you know what the real meaning of "don't let the smooth taste fool ya" is when it comes to MJ! ;D As for reading Korean GQ, this guy looks like all he reads are annual reports and he just trusts his hairstylist to make him over. ;D I (whether fortunately or unfortunately is debatable) know some MJ-types in real-life. Wished he'd patronized Caffe Oglio and talked to Ki-soo and Soon-ok more often--they might have given him pointers on his pathetic marriage. Instead of going to THE bar and indulging EA and her whiskey-throwing fetish.  |
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Post by Lucy on Jun 9, 2004 15:13:28 GMT -5
Yes, indeedy. I came close to being a Yu-jin once; those wounded birds are hard to resist! You just wanta take 'em home and feed 'em with an eyedropper. But I thought Min-jae needed only a little coaxing and sunshine to bloom; I think it turns out I was wrong. Man, is he a bad husband. Still gorgeous, though! I think we Min-jae-less ladies have a better bargain of it than Yu-jin. We can imagine him in a kilt or a tight tee-shirt anytime we want, but she hasta live with him.
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Post by jacques on Jun 9, 2004 15:16:48 GMT -5
Have faith in Min-jae! I think the only time he's ever felt loved was by Yu-jin, so he has just started to learn how to love. And I couldn't believe when Soon-young ordered Min-jae to "console [Yu-gin]" in kind of an angry tone, when she found out they were seperating. Poor Min-jae whimpered, "I don't know how!" Who's fault is THAT?! Too bad, he should have retorted: "Well, you sure never taught me how!" And shame on Soon-young for being so conflicted in her own life and letting In-hwan and Grannie (posing as Gramps ;D) walk all over her and her son, thereby setting the worst example possible for MJ and YJ. Can you imagine--her very own flesh and blood, SON!!  I'm sorry, you guys, but this kind of dysfunction needs the best of the elite family therapy professionals to do a complete psycho-forensics, peeling the layer of mistrust, anger, disappointment, misplaced loyalties, one by one before setting the REAL persons inside this infernal family free. |
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Post by jacques on Jun 9, 2004 15:33:23 GMT -5
Yes, indeedy. I came close to being a Yu-jin once; those wounded birds are hard to resist! You just wanta take 'em home and feed 'em with an eyedropper. But I thought Min-jae needed only a little coaxing and sunshine to bloom; I think it turns out I was wrong. Man, is he a bad husband. Still gorgeous, though! I think we Min-jae-less ladies have a better bargain of it than Yu-jin. We can imagine him in a kilt or a tight tee-shirt anytime we want, but she hasta live with him. So very true. As I and my friends know when we go food-tasting, whatever LOOKS good, may not always TASTE good. ;D And as we resist the temptation to devour yet another shrimp wrapped in philo dough, we say to ourselves, we are the better-off WITHOUT it. A real-life OMR Min-Jae, while easy on the eyes, is not always a pleasant person to live with. For the record, I would have to admit that a real-life Hye-Ran would also be a piece of work. She would be so scarred from her tumultuous relationship with Hyun-Kyu, not to mention gaining an unhealthy, cynical outlook on life such that her mental baggage would impede her abilities to love again. In reality, for me to be in relationship with a real-life HR would mean starring in my own version of one of those 90s French films with the codependent and destructive relationships.  Which is why I watch the OMR melodrama in spite of its problems/deficiencies. The actors are reasonably attractive and portray the characters really well, and in spite of the hyperbolic plot, nevertheless doesn't fail to engross me as the viewer who constantly hopes for some redemnption/resolution to the story. Kinda like that tempting desire to pick up a wounded bird and nurse it back to health that you mentioned, Lucy.  |
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MJ has always struck me as a bit too aloof for Yu-jin. I think the melodrama implies that Yu-jin's marital stress contributed to the baby's miscarriage. 
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I'm sorry, you guys, but this kind of dysfunction needs the best of the elite family therapy professionals to do a complete psycho-forensics, peeling the layer of mistrust, anger, disappointment, misplaced loyalties, one by one before setting the REAL persons inside this infernal family free. 
