Post by TheBo on May 27, 2011 9:46:50 GMT -5
For discussion of ep.2:
After chewing out the older girls and telling his court lady to report them, San leaves. His court lady brings Song-yeon to him. He tries to talk to her, but she is stunned by his brilliance and can only babble and apologize. He finally learns what happened to Dae-su, and asks his guard how they could possibly take away the boy when he’s not a traitor. The king has said anyone who helps Sado is a traitor, and the boy must be tortured.
San runs to his mother to save Dae-su, but she’s more interested in saving San. He confesses what he had done in the night, and San says he’ll tell his grandfather the truth, but she informs him that Yeong-jo has gone away for three or four days to check on the shopkeepers. She cries as her people drag San away to his quarters.
Dae-su curses "Mu-deok" as his uncle runs up and asks what happened. Uncle promises to save him. D is dragged away.
At San's quarters, he is told to change his clothes, and they are taken from a chest. He searches the chest and there is his father’s painting. He gets a map of the shop area from Song-yeon, who offers to go with him, and he refuses. But she knows the way and talks him into it.
Lady Hye-yeong tells her father of San’s confession, and they decide she and San will leave the problem to her father’s ministrations. San has disappeared, but he shows up again with a crate full of books. Ahem. As they wend their way through town, Song-yeon peers from the crate. San then asks for a chamber pot because "his lunch isn’t sitting well." After a few grunts and groans, he tells everyone to stand back ten paces. When his grandfather notices the kid’s group has fallen back, he goes back to check and finds an empty palanquin with San’s clothes in it. San (in his royal underwear) and Song-yeon meet at the market.
The palace is in an uproar because they can’t report San’s disappearance to the king before San’s found, or they’ll all be killed. Uncle knows he’s heading for the king, so he tells his personal guards to look there.
Dae-su, under threat of further torture, gives up the fictional Mu-deok. Then he starts screaming like a girl when he is released, fearing death. The captain bribes him with food and tries to get info on Mu-deok. Dae-su spills, and the captain suspects it’s San himself. He shows Dae-su a picture of San (how handy), and D confirms. This same captain reports to grandpa the court minister, who orders the boy killed (although he is sad to do it).
San and Song steal some clothing, and they change in a shed, where San notices Song has an injury on her arm and binds it with his own sash. He helps her change and tells her she must call him San instead of Chon-ah, as there are guards in the street. She feels terrible about doing it, but he feels like it’s special to him because only his parents use his name ever. They head to the market, where Song scouts out a wagon for them to hitch a ride in. The ever-oblivious Dae-su walks by a moment after they leave with his escort of death, taken to another guy who is to “take good care of him.” Dae-su grins dopily.
San and Song climb into the wagon, and shortly the draymen, in a panic for some reason, drive it away. Well, it’s not really a dray, but it does contain barrels that could contain beer. San looks at his father’s painting as Song worries. At the gate of the street they want to get to, the children hear a palace guard order every cart to be opened and inspected, panic and decide to get out. The drivers also panic and try to drive off, but they are stopped by a guard. They stab the guy and toss him into the back of the cart with the terrified kids. The carters drive madly away to their bootleg distillery, close by. San and Song are leave, but he drops his father’s painting and they must hide under the cart when the men return. San manages Song’s escape, as he sees the painting, but the bootleggers catch him and throw him into a barn, where he shouts that he’s the royal grandson--but they assume he’s nuts.
The king is trying to find out what happened to funds that were supposed to go to merchants in the avenue who had a fire earlier. Part of the fund went missing. The ministers confess that there wasn’t enough money because of the famine relief, and the king tells them to transfer the funds from another treasury. The king notices the grueling sun and says to dismiss the meeting soon because the people have been standing all day. Then he refuses water himself. Prince Sado lies dying in his rice chest.
San hears snoring in his barn and discovers the idiot Dae-su, who beats “Mu-deok” and won’t listen to him.
Song has tried to report the distillery to the police, who won’t believe her because the house is owned by an “honorable family.” She remembers San's sash on her arm. Meantime, the house’s owner is scolding his employee about the whole incident when he hears that there was a boy claiming to be the royal grandson. He is startled.
San finally gets Dae-su to stop beating on him and tells him they have to escape; clueless Dae-su thinks he’s safe. One of the murderers brings an assassin, and they bring in shovels to smash the boys with as if they were gophers. However, there is a disturbance in the yard and the men run out. The police have come to find San, but San, Dae-su and Song escape. Song has the drawing up her sleeve and they run. Dae-su finds out who San really is and quakes for his life, but San says they are friends forever, just as they promised before.
They run on their way. Dae-su “knows a shortcut.” They arrive at the market, but the king has already left. San learns the king went to the royal tomb in Suwon. San collapses in defeat…
The king hears the “gong of petition.” His people say it’s unauthorized, but then the king hears some kids’ voices. “Save my father, he’s innocent!” The king recognizes San; everyone is surprised to see him. San confesses he made an unauthorized gonging and that he ran away from his wagon train. He says he’s willing to lose his life if the king will just look at his father’s painting. The king realizes San went to the rice chest. San admits it and begs him to look at the painting.
The king orders San’s arrest. When his ministers hesitate, he orders it again.
**********
I don't think I've seen Lee San-jae quite so koo-koo bah-bah before....it's rather disconcerting. I love, love love the kid who's playing Dae-su, he's perfect, absolutely perfect. Little Yi San is pretty good, but you can "see him thinking" as an actor, but it seems to translate well to the character. Song-yeon's needs a few more acting lessons, I think.
After chewing out the older girls and telling his court lady to report them, San leaves. His court lady brings Song-yeon to him. He tries to talk to her, but she is stunned by his brilliance and can only babble and apologize. He finally learns what happened to Dae-su, and asks his guard how they could possibly take away the boy when he’s not a traitor. The king has said anyone who helps Sado is a traitor, and the boy must be tortured.
San runs to his mother to save Dae-su, but she’s more interested in saving San. He confesses what he had done in the night, and San says he’ll tell his grandfather the truth, but she informs him that Yeong-jo has gone away for three or four days to check on the shopkeepers. She cries as her people drag San away to his quarters.
Dae-su curses "Mu-deok" as his uncle runs up and asks what happened. Uncle promises to save him. D is dragged away.
At San's quarters, he is told to change his clothes, and they are taken from a chest. He searches the chest and there is his father’s painting. He gets a map of the shop area from Song-yeon, who offers to go with him, and he refuses. But she knows the way and talks him into it.
Lady Hye-yeong tells her father of San’s confession, and they decide she and San will leave the problem to her father’s ministrations. San has disappeared, but he shows up again with a crate full of books. Ahem. As they wend their way through town, Song-yeon peers from the crate. San then asks for a chamber pot because "his lunch isn’t sitting well." After a few grunts and groans, he tells everyone to stand back ten paces. When his grandfather notices the kid’s group has fallen back, he goes back to check and finds an empty palanquin with San’s clothes in it. San (in his royal underwear) and Song-yeon meet at the market.
The palace is in an uproar because they can’t report San’s disappearance to the king before San’s found, or they’ll all be killed. Uncle knows he’s heading for the king, so he tells his personal guards to look there.
Dae-su, under threat of further torture, gives up the fictional Mu-deok. Then he starts screaming like a girl when he is released, fearing death. The captain bribes him with food and tries to get info on Mu-deok. Dae-su spills, and the captain suspects it’s San himself. He shows Dae-su a picture of San (how handy), and D confirms. This same captain reports to grandpa the court minister, who orders the boy killed (although he is sad to do it).
San and Song steal some clothing, and they change in a shed, where San notices Song has an injury on her arm and binds it with his own sash. He helps her change and tells her she must call him San instead of Chon-ah, as there are guards in the street. She feels terrible about doing it, but he feels like it’s special to him because only his parents use his name ever. They head to the market, where Song scouts out a wagon for them to hitch a ride in. The ever-oblivious Dae-su walks by a moment after they leave with his escort of death, taken to another guy who is to “take good care of him.” Dae-su grins dopily.
San and Song climb into the wagon, and shortly the draymen, in a panic for some reason, drive it away. Well, it’s not really a dray, but it does contain barrels that could contain beer. San looks at his father’s painting as Song worries. At the gate of the street they want to get to, the children hear a palace guard order every cart to be opened and inspected, panic and decide to get out. The drivers also panic and try to drive off, but they are stopped by a guard. They stab the guy and toss him into the back of the cart with the terrified kids. The carters drive madly away to their bootleg distillery, close by. San and Song are leave, but he drops his father’s painting and they must hide under the cart when the men return. San manages Song’s escape, as he sees the painting, but the bootleggers catch him and throw him into a barn, where he shouts that he’s the royal grandson--but they assume he’s nuts.
The king is trying to find out what happened to funds that were supposed to go to merchants in the avenue who had a fire earlier. Part of the fund went missing. The ministers confess that there wasn’t enough money because of the famine relief, and the king tells them to transfer the funds from another treasury. The king notices the grueling sun and says to dismiss the meeting soon because the people have been standing all day. Then he refuses water himself. Prince Sado lies dying in his rice chest.
San hears snoring in his barn and discovers the idiot Dae-su, who beats “Mu-deok” and won’t listen to him.
Song has tried to report the distillery to the police, who won’t believe her because the house is owned by an “honorable family.” She remembers San's sash on her arm. Meantime, the house’s owner is scolding his employee about the whole incident when he hears that there was a boy claiming to be the royal grandson. He is startled.
San finally gets Dae-su to stop beating on him and tells him they have to escape; clueless Dae-su thinks he’s safe. One of the murderers brings an assassin, and they bring in shovels to smash the boys with as if they were gophers. However, there is a disturbance in the yard and the men run out. The police have come to find San, but San, Dae-su and Song escape. Song has the drawing up her sleeve and they run. Dae-su finds out who San really is and quakes for his life, but San says they are friends forever, just as they promised before.
They run on their way. Dae-su “knows a shortcut.” They arrive at the market, but the king has already left. San learns the king went to the royal tomb in Suwon. San collapses in defeat…
The king hears the “gong of petition.” His people say it’s unauthorized, but then the king hears some kids’ voices. “Save my father, he’s innocent!” The king recognizes San; everyone is surprised to see him. San confesses he made an unauthorized gonging and that he ran away from his wagon train. He says he’s willing to lose his life if the king will just look at his father’s painting. The king realizes San went to the rice chest. San admits it and begs him to look at the painting.
The king orders San’s arrest. When his ministers hesitate, he orders it again.
**********
I don't think I've seen Lee San-jae quite so koo-koo bah-bah before....it's rather disconcerting. I love, love love the kid who's playing Dae-su, he's perfect, absolutely perfect. Little Yi San is pretty good, but you can "see him thinking" as an actor, but it seems to translate well to the character. Song-yeon's needs a few more acting lessons, I think.
