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Post by Mariela on Jan 20, 2006 21:53:51 GMT -5
I live in New York, and those are one of the few international shows i watch, but i love it cuase the characters actually display things that happend ordinarely and not over the top, i think Jongnam is the best character cus shes been thru a lot
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Post by Teresa on Jan 23, 2006 8:21:57 GMT -5
I think those of us who like Jong-nam like her spunk. Her little scooter (almost her only possession) sort of amplifies her "go where the wind takes me" nature. Although, I have to wonder WHERE does she stuff all of her happenin' outfits on that wee little scooter? LOL! I'm a little worried though, with the way she toodles about on the thing, she's going to get herself squashed by a car on the streets of Seol.
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Post by Ducky on Jan 23, 2006 21:25:18 GMT -5
On sunday afternoon there is a blooper show (non-subtitled) that shows out takes from many shows. Yesterday they showed Jong-Nam dumping that scooter a couple of times. It was pretty funny.
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Post by Lucy on Jan 24, 2006 10:56:28 GMT -5
I think she's really cute, especially because of the faces she makes. Also, she's got this thing with her eyes: they have kind of an extra elongation or indentation at the outer corners, like a cat. Sort of a wraparound effect . I wish she and Ki-woong would be the ones to get together, because they fit so well. And he really gets a kick out of her. But that isn't the way of the K-drama, unfortunately. It's got to be the couple who hate each other who eventually fall in love. I guess that's common to a lot of dramas, K- or not, but the Korean soaps really bludgeon out these kinds of themes. Hammer 'em, I mean.
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Post by Teresa on Jan 24, 2006 23:00:33 GMT -5
She DOES have captivating eyes, Lucy. I'm thinking she's defenitely the peculiar woman to Sukhyun's peculiar man. Kiwoong and Haein don't seem particularly peculiar or bizarre. I'm thinking Jongnam, wherever it is she comes from, she comes from money. Lots of money -- like, more than the Home Shopping Channel kind of money. Without revealing anything, she seems to keep giving Sukhyun lessons in the evils of it and the joy of simple pleasures.
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Post by galacticchick on Jan 25, 2006 9:59:41 GMT -5
How sweet and touching was that scene where Jongman and Jaeok (sp?) are just laying down, not saying a word and just semi-hugging each other in that special mother/child way? Nobody said anything except for "Oma" but still, so sweet and moving!
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Post by Lucy on Jan 25, 2006 11:42:54 GMT -5
A little tear was seen to spring forth in the Lucy household, GC.
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Post by galacticchick on Jan 25, 2006 13:32:10 GMT -5
A little tear was seen to spring forth in the Lucy household, GC. Okay, I'll admit it: me too. It was such a nice scene. Definitely a tear jerker.
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Post by unLucy on Jan 25, 2006 14:06:53 GMT -5
Yeah. But you know, it's a little weird, too, IMO. Right away they're mother and daughter, even though they don't even know each other well at all and have no shared history. It's a rather false relationship, and they both seem to have reached each other through desperate loneliness. If I didn't trust Jongnam, I'd be worried for her new Omma. But I do, and I think they will be happy together. It is touching. And it was really cute, too, when they were tickling and giggling and when Jae-ok put the barrettes on her. She would have liked to have had a daughter, too, I'm sure.
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Post by galacticchick on Jan 27, 2006 13:41:52 GMT -5
Yeah. But you know, it's a little weird, too, IMO. Right away they're mother and daughter, even though they don't even know each other well at all and have no shared history. It's a rather false relationship, and they both seem to have reached each other through desperate loneliness. If I didn't trust Jongnam, I'd be worried for her new Omma. But I do, and I think they will be happy together. It is touching. And it was really cute, too, when they were tickling and giggling and when Jae-ok put the barrettes on her. She would have liked to have had a daughter, too, I'm sure. You think? I don't know that I agree. There are those type of women who have such a great maternal instinct (i.e. Jaeok) that I do believe it's possible. I do believe that the connection was made quicker because they both were lonely but it's not just that. I think NewOma had so much love to give to a child and Jongnam was in need to receive it that they just meshed as if it had been that way all along. Does what I say even make sense?
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Post by Lucy on Jan 27, 2006 14:07:57 GMT -5
It does, but I still get the sense that they are pretending in some way. It could be a case of "fake it till you make it," so they will act like mother and daughter to assuage their loneliness until they are actually close enough to feel like they really are mother and daughter.
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Post by Soju on Jan 27, 2006 16:41:12 GMT -5
. . . I still get the sense that they are pretending in some way. Of course they're pretending; they're actors! I myself found the scene very tender and convincing.
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Post by Teresa on Jan 28, 2006 10:51:02 GMT -5
I think initially Jae-ok couldn't kick Jongnam to the curb like all the others because Jongnam had known her late son. Jae-ok clung to EVERYTHING connected with her son. That inability to toss her then forced Jae-ok to see the good in Jongnam (there had to be some good in her if her late son saw the good in her). This gave way to seeing the actual good in her. That small acceptance of Jongnam (who craved affection and acceptance) brought forth a tidal wave of love for Jae-ok in Jongnam. The combination of Jongnam's natural sunny personality, her age and parental deprivation actually doesn't feel as over-the-top to me as some K-drama characters.
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Post by ginnycat5 on Jan 28, 2006 14:09:20 GMT -5
Yes, that explains a lot, Teresa. It doesn't hurt that Jong-nam shows concern for Jae-ok and makes sure she takes her vitamins, not to mention that she actually purchased the vitamins for her. Jae-ok has been alone for a while, so to have somebody to bump up against, even if it's irritating in a way, can only take her out of her closed-up self. I like the way Jae-ok sometimes first is annoyed by how bold/rude Jong-nam is, then she smiles at her.
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Post by Lucy on Jan 30, 2006 13:38:52 GMT -5
. . . I still get the sense that they are pretending in some way. Of course they're pretending; they're actors! I myself found the scene very tender and convincing. I think it's funny that no one else thinks it's odd for people to find it that easy to jump into a relationship as intimate as that of mother and daughter.
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