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#Jan31 #day3 Most memorable grandparent character

The 2 halmeoni in #LiveYourOwnLife

1️⃣ Geun-soon
A stingy old lady mooching off her tenants fridge, collecting trash and sending every earned cent to her son and grandchildren in the USA

2️⃣ Myung-hee
The classy and educated wife of a 1st generation chaebol who tries to keep her dignity when life brings her to Geun-soon's villa

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Your_Own_Life

#kDrama
Live Your Own Life (2023)
(2023 - Viki, 51 1:05 eps)

The 2nd weekender (50+ eps) I've watched. 1st was 2014's "What Happens to My Family?" Both feel they were filmed in 2014. Premise is good - you shouldn't live entirely for others, but the writing was lacking.

The leads carry the show. When people are in dire situations, there is a LOT of whining & little action to resolve it. I did Fforward to get through the elders' tantrums & sulking. What these parents expect from their adult children is beyond understanding & although there is some growth it comes far too slowly.

I did keep watching because it was a little makjang & had some great twists - the last 20 episodes are when things finally start to happen & the show gets interesting instead of infuriating. I was pleased with how the story wrapped up, but the message about living for yourself was somewhat muddied.

https://mydramalist.com/749363-separate-lives-at-hyosim-s

#LiveYourOwnLife #효심이네각자도생 #Uee #유이 #HaJoon #하준 #GoJooWon #고주원 #WhooshReview

Just finished my 3-4X FF skim watch of #KDrama #LiveYourOwnLife and was left with the rightness of the opening words of one MDL review:
"Insanely outdated story"

This show is REALLY old in its whole ethos - glorifying suffering and misery as a sign of inner purity and espousing the virtues of unquestioning filial devotion (to one's actual biological parents).

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In the #CDrama #WillLoveInSpring a central part of the FL's story was the fact that she'd had one leg amputated just below the knee when she was 12. The story dwelt a lot on how that motivated her to excel.

Clearly the writer of #KDrama #LiveYourOwnLife watched it, thought "hold my beer" and decided to write an entire Drama about an FL who became the best fitness trainer in Korea despite having been born without

A SPINE

I've watched really OTT makjang #KDramas that were QUIETER than #LiveYourOwnLife - the storyline isn't makjang, it's quite pedestrian so far in ep 8, but every.single.scene has at least one person SHOUTING.

Also disappointed that so far there's not even a hint of the stereotypical Candy Uee is playing actually doing what the title of the #KDrama says and starting to live her own life