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Ji-had Redo: From Drab to Fab 〰OR〰 Protect yourself, don't project yourself. °VG°
The 1-sentence review: 〰This is a pre-packaged, off-the-shelf, watchable romance that has some nice seasoning and truly bright moments for romance fans〰
Is it in the top 20 that I would show a new viewer to Asian programming? I doubt it's in the top 50, but for a romfan it will pass the time very nicely. I'll stick some toes over the edge of the cliff and say it's worth watching for Song Ha Yoon's performance alone. She EATS her role up. Park Min Young is always worth watching. Na In Woo isn't bad to look at, either.
This drama is actually an advice column. There's plenty of useful truths to be gleaned, such as:
👠Shoes your friends wisely - eh, ‘Choose,’ I mean.,
👠We accept the love we think we deserve (A quote from The Perks Of Being A Wallflower).
👠Keep your friends close and your enemies closer (until the battle is over)
👠Statements don't grow up to be cliches because they're mostly false.
👠Some people just get used to losing. Some losers don't realize what (big picture) losers they are and will do anything to avoid (small picture) losing. Losing once in awhile is not a bad thing, as pride is always the biggest problem. Humility is good for the soul. Being a doormat, though, will rob your life's essence.
Ouch. Ep1 HURTS. Kang “Ji” Won has led a painful life and now she's close to death: Stage 4 cancer. “I never knew happiness,” she says. Horrible husband. Horrible family. Horrible friends. Her husband & bff cause her death and now they will enjoy the life insurance payout. The End.
But wait! There's more! After the end, Ji gets a reset. She wakes up back in time, year 2013… Meltdown! Is this a dream? If so, is 2023 the dream or 2013.2❔ Let the Chippies fall where they may… and Ji has a couple snagging Chippies in her life.
Marry My Husband? I skipped it once or twice because the title sounds boring. That's typical for Kdramas. Some of them don't look like they'll be good and they end up being amazing. This show is a 2024 release that is rated 88 on AWiki. It is 1 season consisting of 16 65-minute episodes. To go along with MMH, one has to accept a couple premises. There's no acceptable reason or method laid out for the time slip. It's connected to the FL's father, but that's all we know. Our FL learns early on that fated consequences are, indeed, FATED. In her prior life she had a crescent-shaped scar on her arm from a coffee pot burn. She remembers the day, and manages to avoid getting burned, but our ML gets burned instead, & ends up with a scar exactly like the one Ji had. Therefore, she proceeds slowly. Methodically. Carefully. She won't break up with her boyfriend & future killer until she's certain she's transferred her bad fate with him onto her frenemy/her killer's aider-and-abetter, & her lifetime friend, Soo-Min. They lay down a satisfactory (enough) premise.
It's also illogical at times. It's constructed in a way that's easy to ride along with as everything is attributable to fate. Fates can be transferred to others, but not avoided. They use physical objects, like shoes & candy, to reset the scene & channel ill fates to those who deserve it. After a person opens a door s/he never would/should have in ep15, & allows another party to barge in - it just wouldn't happen - I then had to stop, reflect, & admit that the whole show is built on an arguably silly premise. But I'd been enjoying it w/o a care-to-logic until then, which is indicative of skill & good execution. Just take the ride & don't think too much. If you can do that, the show is good.
Otikay?
It's 2013. Again. What does Ji do?
🍬Break up with the jerk.
🍬Buy stocks.
🍬Stop being a doormat.
Being a doormat is not an easy habit to quit, though. Ji gets help. She's made new friends at work and she, unbeknownst to her, has an angel watching over her. There's almost 19 hours of programming, which gives the show runners lots of time to methodically stroll from plot point to plot point. It takes our leads a long time to get together. They have legitimate concerns. The prior timeline was brutal to Ji, and she proceeds tentatively in order to deflect ALL of her bad fate onto her tormentors. After the break-up, the coffee pot/scar incident occurs, and she decides to soften her stance on her relationship with her ex, Min Hwan - just until she leverages the potential outcome. Many Kdramas have a slower pace (Cdramas are even slower and more drawn out) - this is just more of the same, but it rolls along steadily enough.
Park Min Young, a truly special talent, is the FL, Kang Ji. I've seen her in What's Wrong with Secretary Kim-6.8 (apologies, it's cute, but overrated imho) Forecasting Love and Weather-6.8, When the Weather Is Fine-9 (it's brilliant) & Her Private Life-8 (This one deserves the accolades that Sec-Kim gets. It's adorable)
Na In Woo (It's Okay to Be Sensitive, Spark-6.4) plays Yoo Ji Hyuk. He's a tad geeky and wears ill fitting suits that look more like tents. That is by design, as his character gets a needed upgrade after exposure to our FL. Purely observationally, this actor looks like a giant next to the female actors, and he also has the largest Adam's apple I've ever seen. He's an impressive looking man.
Lee Yi Kyung (Descendants of the Sun-8.3, Eulachacha Waikiki) portrays the weasel bf, Park Min Hwan. Song Ha Yoon (Fight for My Way, Intimate Strangers) portrays Jung Soo Min, Ji"s frenemy, and she does It marvelously. The character is yicky-icky, but the actress has a tough job, acting as a near split-personality who does drama better than ElizabethTaylor, & she sticks the landing. In fact, by ep10, I was more impressed with her than anyone else. She's amazing. Lee Gi Kwang (Circle) portrays an old HS flame, Baek Eun Ho. Other than guest appearances, Choi Gyu-Ri's only other role is in Behind Every Star. In MMH she plays Ji"s new work friend, Yoo Hee-Yeon. She's adorable, & I hope to see more of her. Director, Park Won Gook also brought us Special Labor Inspector Jo, and Screenwriter Shin Yoo Dam wrote the high IQ show, Awaken.
The worst criticism of MMH is that it's boilerplate stuff, but the execution is above average. It also has worthy themes.
First of all, some people don't know when to stop. “Gosh, I can just never win against you!”, explains one conniving mean girl after losing at chess. “Well, I could predict your moves because you tried to take it all,” is the reply, followed-up with this pearl of wisdom. “A good leader should know how to let go of what is not theirs.”
Secondly, I am not my mother… Messed up parents leave a massive pile of refuse on top of their kids’ heads. I'm not trying to beat up on anyone. I doubt there is such a thing as parenting with zero regrets. The perfect parent has yet to be discovered. We need to try and keep the baggage to a minimum and the love at a maximum, though. Many kids can't dig out from underneath the mess heaped onto them and go through life at a disadvantage. Ji's mother ran off with another man - in a town so small everyone knows how many ‘spoons are in each household’. The gossip was vicious. The pressure was on Ji to not be like her mom. She has to look perfect. Act perfect. Cast no shadows. That's why she accepted the love she could “get”. She accepted the scraps that Soo Min & Min Hwan threw at her. There was no real love there. They only used her to bolster their own egos. She was a disposable ladder for them.
For thirds, we have another theme that is one of the harshest and cruelest truths that I know: Weakness is not okay. Weakness invites aggression, and weakness enables evil: In the end, weakness is not much different than evil, result-wise. It's easy to have compassion for somebody who's in a weak state, and we're all liable to be weakened at one point or another. That's just part of being human. Perhaps people who are weak get used to the compassion and the attention tossed their way. But, in the long run, it's only going to allow it in a bunch of trash. Evil must be opposed. It's like weeds. If you don't stamp them out they'll take over. I know this is brutal, but it happens to be 100% true. Sometimes running away is the best opposition, sometimes fighting back is. Lying around to be someone else's doormat is never the right course. Never, ever, ever, EVER. And: Wallowing in self-pity is not only pathetic, it's contemptible.
The writer dropped more pearls for us. Min Hwan is jealous of the boss because of the way Ji's been looking at him & visa-versa. He pulls her aside and unwittingly lets his character show: MH: “ I told you that jerk likes you.” JW: “He has a girlfriend.” MH: “You are so naive. Do you really think that matters to a guy? Do you know what? Every single man is a cheater. So he has a girlfriend? A guy could be married and still like someone else. You know what a man's dream girl is? An unfamiliar lady that he doesn't know yet. That's just how men are…” By the time Ji has this following exchange with Soo-Min she's grown significantly: S: “Why do you hate me?” J: “You're self-centered. Some people have a way of eroding those around them, and you are exactly that type of person…You don't trust easily. And it's only because you can't be trusted. You think that everyone is like you, and so you can't trust them.” When people tell you who they are, please believe them and protect yourself accordingly. Protect yourself, don't /project/ yourself.
Acting ✔. Writing ✔. Directing ✔ - all are good. The artistry is also smashing. Ji Hyuk's apartment features a whole wall dedicated to a cat-jungle-gym. The wardrobe is outstanding. Both of our leads dress in DRAB, until they decide to do better - to BE better. Then they go from drab to fab. “People are already treating me differently because of my outfit.” Ji just gave herself a makeover. She's experiencing first-hand how important appearances are in public life. It may not be right, but it is so. Turns out, once Ji Hyuk's in a suit that fits right, all the ladies in the office are checking him out, too. By the beginning of ep6 they look like a matched Ken & Barbie in black & white chic. There's a gorgeous wedding dress in one episode. The music is quite good, too. I Shazamed The Journey, by Kelley McRae and Wounds of Time, by Kim So Yeon. Half of episode 16 is a well executed wrap-up - something lacking in too many Kdramas in the past. As long as you enjoy Kromcoms, you will certainly find that MMH has its savory appeal.
In parting, I'll quote one k!ck@$$, self-actualized woman, Sarah Connor: “There is no fate but what we make.” 〰From The Terminator movies〰
QUOTE📢
The mother of success is failure.
You're right. I'm a pushover. That's how I'm most comfortable.
Being considerate has its limits. Bad people don't recognize it when you're being considerate to them.
〰🖍 IMHO
📣7.6 📝7.4 🎭8.3 💓7 🦋5 🎨7 🎵/🔊7.3 🔚7.6 🤗4.5 ▪ 🌞4.5 ⚡5 😅2 😭6.5 😱4.3 😯4 🤢3 🤔4.9 💤0
Age 15+
Limited but present language: $h!+ F💣
Rated TV-15
Re-📺? neutral
In order of ~lite&trite~ to ~heavy&serious~ you may also like:
Workplace Romances:
Crazy Love-7.8,
Touch your heart 8.2,
Romance is a bonus book-7.9,
Her Private Life 8,
Love to Hate You 8.9,
Oh My Ghost 10,
Be Melodramatic-8.7,
Hospital Playlist 9,
Call It Love-8.4,
My Mister 9.5,
C🇨🇳: Find Yourself-8.9,
Modern Day -
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha-8.4
Crash Landing On You 9.1,
Familiar Wife-8.5,
It's Okay Not To Be Okay 9,
Love Struck in the City 7.3,
Cheese in the Trap-7.7,
Our Blues-8.5,
My Liberation Diary-8.9,
I'll See You When the Weather is Fine 9
Something in the Rain-8.6,
🎎 -
My Only Love Song 8.7 ~ excellent comedy,
Mr. Queen 8.5,
My Sassy Girl 8.5,
Saimdang 8.5,
The King's Affection 8.3,
Mr. Sunshine 9
⚡️/🛸 -
Flex X Cop-8.5,
K2 8,
Private Lives 8.1,
The Golden Spoon-8.1,
Tunnel 8.5,
Why Her?-8,
Romance junkies only -
My Secret Romance-7 (if you ff thru overdone flashbacks),
Boys Over Flowers-8 ~ melodrama to the max,
The Bride of Habaek-7,
Heirs-7.3,
That Winter, The Wind Blows-7,
C🇨🇳: Well-Intended Love-7.5 Rom-porn - extra points for the dopamine,
When I Fly Towards You-7.8,
Wait, My Youth-8.4,
A Little Thing Called First Love-8.5,
Find Yourself-8.9,
Hidden Love-7.8
Consider a Chinese 🎎/🔮 romcom: The Romance of Tiger and Rose 9.8, Love Between Fairy and Devil 8.9, Love and Redemption 10 or Japanese romcoms: Maid Sama 10, Mischievous Kiss Love in Tokyo 7.8, Love, Chunibyo And Other Delusions 8.4, or Toradora 8.5
Is it in the top 20 that I would show a new viewer to Asian programming? I doubt it's in the top 50, but for a romfan it will pass the time very nicely. I'll stick some toes over the edge of the cliff and say it's worth watching for Song Ha Yoon's performance alone. She EATS her role up. Park Min Young is always worth watching. Na In Woo isn't bad to look at, either.
This drama is actually an advice column. There's plenty of useful truths to be gleaned, such as:
👠Shoes your friends wisely - eh, ‘Choose,’ I mean.,
👠We accept the love we think we deserve (A quote from The Perks Of Being A Wallflower).
👠Keep your friends close and your enemies closer (until the battle is over)
👠Statements don't grow up to be cliches because they're mostly false.
👠Some people just get used to losing. Some losers don't realize what (big picture) losers they are and will do anything to avoid (small picture) losing. Losing once in awhile is not a bad thing, as pride is always the biggest problem. Humility is good for the soul. Being a doormat, though, will rob your life's essence.
Ouch. Ep1 HURTS. Kang “Ji” Won has led a painful life and now she's close to death: Stage 4 cancer. “I never knew happiness,” she says. Horrible husband. Horrible family. Horrible friends. Her husband & bff cause her death and now they will enjoy the life insurance payout. The End.
But wait! There's more! After the end, Ji gets a reset. She wakes up back in time, year 2013… Meltdown! Is this a dream? If so, is 2023 the dream or 2013.2❔ Let the Chippies fall where they may… and Ji has a couple snagging Chippies in her life.
Marry My Husband? I skipped it once or twice because the title sounds boring. That's typical for Kdramas. Some of them don't look like they'll be good and they end up being amazing. This show is a 2024 release that is rated 88 on AWiki. It is 1 season consisting of 16 65-minute episodes. To go along with MMH, one has to accept a couple premises. There's no acceptable reason or method laid out for the time slip. It's connected to the FL's father, but that's all we know. Our FL learns early on that fated consequences are, indeed, FATED. In her prior life she had a crescent-shaped scar on her arm from a coffee pot burn. She remembers the day, and manages to avoid getting burned, but our ML gets burned instead, & ends up with a scar exactly like the one Ji had. Therefore, she proceeds slowly. Methodically. Carefully. She won't break up with her boyfriend & future killer until she's certain she's transferred her bad fate with him onto her frenemy/her killer's aider-and-abetter, & her lifetime friend, Soo-Min. They lay down a satisfactory (enough) premise.
It's also illogical at times. It's constructed in a way that's easy to ride along with as everything is attributable to fate. Fates can be transferred to others, but not avoided. They use physical objects, like shoes & candy, to reset the scene & channel ill fates to those who deserve it. After a person opens a door s/he never would/should have in ep15, & allows another party to barge in - it just wouldn't happen - I then had to stop, reflect, & admit that the whole show is built on an arguably silly premise. But I'd been enjoying it w/o a care-to-logic until then, which is indicative of skill & good execution. Just take the ride & don't think too much. If you can do that, the show is good.
Otikay?
It's 2013. Again. What does Ji do?
🍬Break up with the jerk.
🍬Buy stocks.
🍬Stop being a doormat.
Being a doormat is not an easy habit to quit, though. Ji gets help. She's made new friends at work and she, unbeknownst to her, has an angel watching over her. There's almost 19 hours of programming, which gives the show runners lots of time to methodically stroll from plot point to plot point. It takes our leads a long time to get together. They have legitimate concerns. The prior timeline was brutal to Ji, and she proceeds tentatively in order to deflect ALL of her bad fate onto her tormentors. After the break-up, the coffee pot/scar incident occurs, and she decides to soften her stance on her relationship with her ex, Min Hwan - just until she leverages the potential outcome. Many Kdramas have a slower pace (Cdramas are even slower and more drawn out) - this is just more of the same, but it rolls along steadily enough.
Park Min Young, a truly special talent, is the FL, Kang Ji. I've seen her in What's Wrong with Secretary Kim-6.8 (apologies, it's cute, but overrated imho) Forecasting Love and Weather-6.8, When the Weather Is Fine-9 (it's brilliant) & Her Private Life-8 (This one deserves the accolades that Sec-Kim gets. It's adorable)
Na In Woo (It's Okay to Be Sensitive, Spark-6.4) plays Yoo Ji Hyuk. He's a tad geeky and wears ill fitting suits that look more like tents. That is by design, as his character gets a needed upgrade after exposure to our FL. Purely observationally, this actor looks like a giant next to the female actors, and he also has the largest Adam's apple I've ever seen. He's an impressive looking man.
Lee Yi Kyung (Descendants of the Sun-8.3, Eulachacha Waikiki) portrays the weasel bf, Park Min Hwan. Song Ha Yoon (Fight for My Way, Intimate Strangers) portrays Jung Soo Min, Ji"s frenemy, and she does It marvelously. The character is yicky-icky, but the actress has a tough job, acting as a near split-personality who does drama better than ElizabethTaylor, & she sticks the landing. In fact, by ep10, I was more impressed with her than anyone else. She's amazing. Lee Gi Kwang (Circle) portrays an old HS flame, Baek Eun Ho. Other than guest appearances, Choi Gyu-Ri's only other role is in Behind Every Star. In MMH she plays Ji"s new work friend, Yoo Hee-Yeon. She's adorable, & I hope to see more of her. Director, Park Won Gook also brought us Special Labor Inspector Jo, and Screenwriter Shin Yoo Dam wrote the high IQ show, Awaken.
The worst criticism of MMH is that it's boilerplate stuff, but the execution is above average. It also has worthy themes.
First of all, some people don't know when to stop. “Gosh, I can just never win against you!”, explains one conniving mean girl after losing at chess. “Well, I could predict your moves because you tried to take it all,” is the reply, followed-up with this pearl of wisdom. “A good leader should know how to let go of what is not theirs.”
Secondly, I am not my mother… Messed up parents leave a massive pile of refuse on top of their kids’ heads. I'm not trying to beat up on anyone. I doubt there is such a thing as parenting with zero regrets. The perfect parent has yet to be discovered. We need to try and keep the baggage to a minimum and the love at a maximum, though. Many kids can't dig out from underneath the mess heaped onto them and go through life at a disadvantage. Ji's mother ran off with another man - in a town so small everyone knows how many ‘spoons are in each household’. The gossip was vicious. The pressure was on Ji to not be like her mom. She has to look perfect. Act perfect. Cast no shadows. That's why she accepted the love she could “get”. She accepted the scraps that Soo Min & Min Hwan threw at her. There was no real love there. They only used her to bolster their own egos. She was a disposable ladder for them.
For thirds, we have another theme that is one of the harshest and cruelest truths that I know: Weakness is not okay. Weakness invites aggression, and weakness enables evil: In the end, weakness is not much different than evil, result-wise. It's easy to have compassion for somebody who's in a weak state, and we're all liable to be weakened at one point or another. That's just part of being human. Perhaps people who are weak get used to the compassion and the attention tossed their way. But, in the long run, it's only going to allow it in a bunch of trash. Evil must be opposed. It's like weeds. If you don't stamp them out they'll take over. I know this is brutal, but it happens to be 100% true. Sometimes running away is the best opposition, sometimes fighting back is. Lying around to be someone else's doormat is never the right course. Never, ever, ever, EVER. And: Wallowing in self-pity is not only pathetic, it's contemptible.
The writer dropped more pearls for us. Min Hwan is jealous of the boss because of the way Ji's been looking at him & visa-versa. He pulls her aside and unwittingly lets his character show: MH: “ I told you that jerk likes you.” JW: “He has a girlfriend.” MH: “You are so naive. Do you really think that matters to a guy? Do you know what? Every single man is a cheater. So he has a girlfriend? A guy could be married and still like someone else. You know what a man's dream girl is? An unfamiliar lady that he doesn't know yet. That's just how men are…” By the time Ji has this following exchange with Soo-Min she's grown significantly: S: “Why do you hate me?” J: “You're self-centered. Some people have a way of eroding those around them, and you are exactly that type of person…You don't trust easily. And it's only because you can't be trusted. You think that everyone is like you, and so you can't trust them.” When people tell you who they are, please believe them and protect yourself accordingly. Protect yourself, don't /project/ yourself.
Acting ✔. Writing ✔. Directing ✔ - all are good. The artistry is also smashing. Ji Hyuk's apartment features a whole wall dedicated to a cat-jungle-gym. The wardrobe is outstanding. Both of our leads dress in DRAB, until they decide to do better - to BE better. Then they go from drab to fab. “People are already treating me differently because of my outfit.” Ji just gave herself a makeover. She's experiencing first-hand how important appearances are in public life. It may not be right, but it is so. Turns out, once Ji Hyuk's in a suit that fits right, all the ladies in the office are checking him out, too. By the beginning of ep6 they look like a matched Ken & Barbie in black & white chic. There's a gorgeous wedding dress in one episode. The music is quite good, too. I Shazamed The Journey, by Kelley McRae and Wounds of Time, by Kim So Yeon. Half of episode 16 is a well executed wrap-up - something lacking in too many Kdramas in the past. As long as you enjoy Kromcoms, you will certainly find that MMH has its savory appeal.
In parting, I'll quote one k!ck@$$, self-actualized woman, Sarah Connor: “There is no fate but what we make.” 〰From The Terminator movies〰
QUOTE📢
The mother of success is failure.
You're right. I'm a pushover. That's how I'm most comfortable.
Being considerate has its limits. Bad people don't recognize it when you're being considerate to them.
〰🖍 IMHO
📣7.6 📝7.4 🎭8.3 💓7 🦋5 🎨7 🎵/🔊7.3 🔚7.6 🤗4.5 ▪ 🌞4.5 ⚡5 😅2 😭6.5 😱4.3 😯4 🤢3 🤔4.9 💤0
Age 15+
Limited but present language: $h!+ F💣
Rated TV-15
Re-📺? neutral
In order of ~lite&trite~ to ~heavy&serious~ you may also like:
Workplace Romances:
Crazy Love-7.8,
Touch your heart 8.2,
Romance is a bonus book-7.9,
Her Private Life 8,
Love to Hate You 8.9,
Oh My Ghost 10,
Be Melodramatic-8.7,
Hospital Playlist 9,
Call It Love-8.4,
My Mister 9.5,
C🇨🇳: Find Yourself-8.9,
Modern Day -
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha-8.4
Crash Landing On You 9.1,
Familiar Wife-8.5,
It's Okay Not To Be Okay 9,
Love Struck in the City 7.3,
Cheese in the Trap-7.7,
Our Blues-8.5,
My Liberation Diary-8.9,
I'll See You When the Weather is Fine 9
Something in the Rain-8.6,
🎎 -
My Only Love Song 8.7 ~ excellent comedy,
Mr. Queen 8.5,
My Sassy Girl 8.5,
Saimdang 8.5,
The King's Affection 8.3,
Mr. Sunshine 9
⚡️/🛸 -
Flex X Cop-8.5,
K2 8,
Private Lives 8.1,
The Golden Spoon-8.1,
Tunnel 8.5,
Why Her?-8,
Romance junkies only -
My Secret Romance-7 (if you ff thru overdone flashbacks),
Boys Over Flowers-8 ~ melodrama to the max,
The Bride of Habaek-7,
Heirs-7.3,
That Winter, The Wind Blows-7,
C🇨🇳: Well-Intended Love-7.5 Rom-porn - extra points for the dopamine,
When I Fly Towards You-7.8,
Wait, My Youth-8.4,
A Little Thing Called First Love-8.5,
Find Yourself-8.9,
Hidden Love-7.8
Consider a Chinese 🎎/🔮 romcom: The Romance of Tiger and Rose 9.8, Love Between Fairy and Devil 8.9, Love and Redemption 10 or Japanese romcoms: Maid Sama 10, Mischievous Kiss Love in Tokyo 7.8, Love, Chunibyo And Other Delusions 8.4, or Toradora 8.5
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