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Post by BungalowDweller on May 15, 2005 1:35:34 GMT -5
The actress who plays Goeun's mother is really great! She was so humiliated that G. was out working to help support them. Her pride and dignity in spite of her straightened circumstances is really admirable. The way she reminded G. that they always had something to eat; as far as she was concerned that alone was proof of sufficiency. Hardship was something she bore in silence--not complaining--just taking it for a given and not moaning about it--nor even thinking about it too much. "We expect nothing from you." That's pride in her and her husband's self-sufficiency. No matter how it looked to Goeun, that woman was proud of her ability to live as a productive member of society--not someone getting govt aide (if there is even such a thing in Korea.) Her most cherished possession, like that of many working class people who have little else, is her good name and respectability. When she asked Goeun, "How can you do this to us?" it was heart-rending, as was the reference to her husband that if he found out he'd hang himself. The shame that lady felt and the grief it brought on seemed very true to life.
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Post by TheBo on May 15, 2005 17:54:46 GMT -5
Am I to understand that the station was airing these episodes in Chicago on Friday and Saturday night? Was the tower problem resolved?
Bo
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Post by BungalowDweller on May 15, 2005 21:12:49 GMT -5
Am I to understand that the station was airing these episodes in Chicago on Friday and Saturday night? Was the tower problem resolved? Bo I was watching only on Saturday night--wasn't home Friday. No problems with reception last night.
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Post by TheBo on May 16, 2005 8:01:44 GMT -5
Ah, thanks, BD. I probably asked you this elsewhere, too.
Bo
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Post by ovaridedis24 on May 16, 2005 9:06:34 GMT -5
KBC was still down on Friday, it didn't come on till Saturady afternoon, so they played Friday's episode on Saturday.
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Post by Lucy on Nov 21, 2005 11:13:14 GMT -5
This isn't really about Go-eun's parents but more about Go-eun herself, but I thought I would resurrect this thread rather than starting a new one.
Anyway, I am losing patience with Go-eun and the way she always feels bad about everything. I can't believe she would burden her hyung-nim (older brother's wife, i.e., Ji-yeun) with that "I'm envious of you" ["so you should feel bad about your good fortune"] yet again, and WHILE SHE'S SICK. Ji-yeun must be a saint to be so nice and understanding even though she must be getting tired of the oversensitivity and low self-esteem of Go-eun. I am sorry she feels that way, and I understand, but she can't go around all the time making people feel bad for being better off than she is. Enough is enough. Go-eun has a lot of hardship and her parents' situation makes her feel bad, but she's getting to be a real pain in the a-- about it. She should count her blessings and quit acting as though the nice things that happen to other people take something away from her. It's nice that she's opened up to share her feelings with people, but she can't make them responsible for her feelings.
That family has bent over backwards to minimize her perception of the differences between her family and theirs. No one could give lavish wedding gifts, they have to sneak presents from the in-laws into the house, they all have to agree to "talk up" whatever Go-eun's parents bring, they insist the parents stay with them and always tell her parents how much they value and love Go-eun and Joon . . . No one can wave a wand and make her parents wealthy, happy, and easy to get along with, so she should try to stop being so resentful and hurt about it all.
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Post by BungalowDweller on Nov 21, 2005 11:26:00 GMT -5
Yeah, I agree. Lucy. G. just has to let the past go or it will poison her present relations with the family, especially her sisters in law. She's making it more of a problem than it is.
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Post by Lucy on Nov 21, 2005 12:22:36 GMT -5
And yet everyone in the family is so understanding, I was wondering if it was just me who is losing patience with little Go-eun. I see, with relief, that I'm not the only one, bungalowdweller.
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Post by ginnycat5 on Nov 21, 2005 19:03:53 GMT -5
This family is very willing to listen to each other, even when a person gets drunk (but in real life a drunk makes less sense). I admire their patience and the way they respect others' opinions.
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Post by TheBo on Nov 27, 2005 23:23:15 GMT -5
I think perhaps even though she is going overboard with this, the family also respect her very traditional Korean attitudes. The girl can't help how she was raised. She's easing up on that stuff, though, and she certainly is very easy in her rapport with her fellow inmates--oops. I mean, sisters. Bo
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