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High Kick Through the Roof 2 (2010)
High Kick Through the Roof 2
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(Sept 2009 – Mar 2010)who’s in itLee SoonJae (Stars Falling from the Sky)Kim JaOk (Be Strong, GeumSoon!, My Lovely Kim SamSoon)Oh HyunKyung (First Wives Club)Daniel Choi (Cyrano, Dating Agency - film)Shin SeKyung (Queen SeonDuk)Yoon SiYoon (Baker King, Kim TakGu)Hwang JungEum (East of Eden, Last Scandal of My Life)what’s it aboutAn all-star cast of exceptional stars lead this ensemble family sitcom through 126 episodes of laughter, often via some quirky storytelling. Basically, we lucky viewers are given massive amounts of goofy awesomeness. And by all-star cast, I, of course, am referring mostly to everyone’s exceptionally shiny skill in bringing these characters to life, not necessarily their established names. The basic story centers around the well-off Lee family and the entourage of people that encircle them. The plot is secondary to the characters, who are all so well-developed that they walk around with their own cloud full of stories to tell, and surprisingly, we actually care about what happens to all of them. The best way to sum up this drama [without giving away too many spoilers] is to quickly introduce the main characters:Lee SoonJae (played by Lee SoonJae)This well-dressed elder may be the distinguished founder and president of Lee SoonJae Food and Beverage to the public and a surly and bossy grandfather at home, but this flatulent widower is really a lover, not a fighter...although he is not below resorting to some wild antics to safeguard his passionate feelings for Kim JaOk, the headmistress of a high school—the same one where his daughter works and his nephew attends. Frankly, this old Romeo’s most charming charm is his desire to succeed in love at all costs.Lee JiHoon (Daniel Choi)Lee SoonJae’s son, a workaholic doctor who spends 99% of his time in the operating room or with his face buried inside a book is as enigmatic as he is difficult to pin down. The remaining percent of his free time is spent trying to avoid the chaos that is his family. Capable and fairly well-liked by his colleagues at the hospital, he is dedicated to his job and while a good doctor, still manages to be completely indifferent to the finer areas of human subtext thrown at him by those around him, most especially women. He is always matter of fact, almost to a fault, and his humor is often not received well. He spends most of his day walking past people instead of interacting with them. Amazingly, his charm is precisely this lack of interest in the world around him. Does a man like this have room in his life for more than just work?Lee HyunKyung (Oh HyunKyung)Lee SoonJae’s daughter, a former taekwondo athlete who’d been forced to give it up after injury, this formidable mother of two (son: JunHyuk, daughter: HaeRi) is now a physical education teacher. She is the real ruler of the Lee household (no matter what her father Lee SoonJae thinks) and she manages her entire family with an iron fist and a very high kick. Her physicality and tendency to use brute force to solve problems is her most endearing trait.Jung BoSuk (Jung BoSuk)Husband to Lee HyunKyung (above) but also a well-trodden doormat to the whole family, this mathematically challenged father is struggling to stay afloat in rough waters. Translation: rough waters being a family of strong-willed and loud personalities. Empty of logic and common sense, and the ability to communicate well, his constant and unrelenting, although always bumbling efforts to connect with his family is this man’s most likable trait.Jung JoonHyuk (Yoon SiYoon)Like his mother, this teenage rebel is good at fighting and smart, but he also inherited some of his father: he’s unmotivated and struggling in school, especially English. His goal in life is not to care, but he isn’t able to stay indifferent forever…especially when new people come into his life and force him to grow up. Temperamental but kind-hearted, he’s a soft mushy chocolate marshmallow with only a thin candy coating masquerading as a hard shell...and charmingly determined to hold onto his image as a tough guy.Jung HaeRi (Jin JiHee)If loud and shrill girls in pink that call everybody “fart butt” can be considered charming, then this little girl has a bucket full of charm. Lonely in a house full of too-busy and self-involved people, HaeRi spends most of her time chasing kalbi and begging for any scrap of attention she can manage.Kang SeHo (Lee KiKwang)His name sounds like ‘shrimp’ and he is likewise a meek and soft-spoken young man. JoonHyuk’s best friend…a boy with a high IQ but totally unlucky in love.Shin SeKyung (Shin SeKyung)Grew up in the mountains hiding from loan sharks with her father and younger sister until they’re forced to return to Seoul—without their father. She struggles to hold her family of two together until they are reunited with him again. Diligent and conservative, but awkward in the ways of people, she has trouble opening up to others. Through both hard and wonderful lessons about family and love, will this young girl be able to smile freely one day?Shin ShinAe (Seo ShinAe)With an insatiable appetite for all the delicious eats Seoul has to offer, she is beside herself in happiness after leaving the countryside behind. Her world that had once only consisted of her sister and father has suddenly expanded to include a wide assortment of characters, including many older brother figures such as Julien, her favorite French ahjussi-best friend.Kim JaOk (Kim JaOk)The target of amorous attentions from Lee SoonJae, this dainty woman is all pink frills and lace. The only snag? She’s mortal enemies with the daughter of the man she is dating…can this be overcome? She’s prissy and passive aggressive, but her heart is not without warmth.Hwang JungEum (Hwang JungEum)One of the four students renting a room in Kim JaOk’s hanok style house, she’s a perky, fashion and fun-loving student of Seowoon University. When a financial crisis sends her into the world of private tutoring, she’s mistaken for a Seoul University student instead…but being in desperate need of money, she adopts the lie and takes on rich brat Lee JoonHyuk (played by Yoon SiYoon), but she quickly finds out that the hot-headed teenager is almost too much for her to handle. But her greatest skill in life is perseverance…and the shocking ability to go through extreme lengths to reach any and all goals. She is a champagne flute overflowing with bubbles. Can someone like this do the impossible and tame the Lee men?Julien (Julien Kang)Tall as a tree, and as down to earth as one, Julien quickly befriends Shin SeKyung and Shin ShinAe when they are wandering the streets of Seoul on the brink of starvation. Why’s he so lovable? His heart is as big has his hands and feet.Yoo InNa (Yoo InNa) and KwangSoo (Lee KwangSoo)An aspiring singer couple, these two cheerful and oddball people round out the group living together at Kim JaOk’s house. KwangSoo is always in a state of jealousy and competition with the world and Yoo InNa loves her man, but she’s still keeping her eyes open in case…commitment 126 episodesnetworkMBCwildcard factor126 episodes, each at a speedy 30 minutes each. The entire drama may have been on the longish side, but I promise you, the number 126 never felt so short. It will fly by.Daniel Choi, Hwang JungEum, Yoon SiYoon did an admirable job as the leaders of the younger cast, and brought new spin to an old formula, making it feel like something we’ve never seen before. The capricious idiosyncrasies they brought to each their characters stayed consistent throughout and was always playfully fun to watch.There were also some strange cameos by some big names scattered throughout the drama, including the likes of Park KyungLim, Yun JongShin, Jung IlWoo, Danny An, Kim Bum, Park ShinHye and Lee NaYoung. Intriguing, non?first impressionsWow, this was genuinely…funny, with laughter squeezed out of the most unexpected moments and most outlandish scenarios. I was literally laughing out loud with my hands clasped over mouth. How can characters this crazy and not of this planet actually still feel real and relatable? Even after only a few episodes, I felt like I knew all these people so well. All the main players get a quick intro in the first few hours and although some more fleeting than others, we were still able to deduce the core and crutch of every person in this wacky corner of Seoul. I knew right away, just after the first half hour, in fact, that I was going to love this drama. It was complete addiction. It is very rare for me to love a show so instantly, but this was definitely one such case. Total crack tv!Read more »
