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The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry (2010)
The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry
아직도 결혼하고 싶은 여자
(Jan – Mar 2010)
who’s in it
Park JinHee (Come Back, SoonAe)
Uhm JiWon (Ruler of Your Own World)
Wang BitNa (Hwang JinYi - drama)
Kim Bum (Boys Over Flowers)
what’s it about
Three successful, single women, played by Park JinHee, Uhm JiWon and Wang BitNa, find themselves in their mid-thirties still struggling with the unique challenges of their respective love lives (or lack thereof). Even as they’ve grown wiser through age, they continue to wrestle with the societal pressures put upon them to live, date and behave a particular way because they are, well, women. Some of their issues include a woman’s age old dilemma of being forced to choose between success or marriage, the woes of having overly high expectations of romance, the trials of scoring a good match without a lofty family background, and last and definitely my favorite, trying to make work a relationship with a much younger man.
The main plot: Park JinHee is an established if not quite successful television journalist still struggling to find her career break after 10 years of hard work. Her job is a landmine and it demands too much of her time which directly correlates to her unfulfilled love life. When an old flame wants to return to her side, a man she long ago thought was “The One” until he dumped her for choosing her career over their marriage, she is torn between a comfortable old blanket and the new electric one tugging at her heart. This electric blanket strolls around in the form of whipcream dreamy ice cream flavor called Kim Bum, who plays an indie singer-songwriter. Where’s the dilemma, you ask? Isn’t it obvious who she should pick? Well, the problem is that Kim Bum is 10 years her junior. Ouch. In this society and in Korea especially, that’s a gap of Grand Canyon proportions.
Rounding out the cast we have a string of excellent supporting characters (they could even be called equally-billed characters) such as her two best friends Wang BitNa and Uhm JiWon, who are the right amoung of fleshed out and complex, and two handsome men angling for love themselves, played by Choi ChulHo (Partner) and Lee PilMo (Sons of Sol Pharmacy).
commitment
16 episodes
network
MBC
wildcard factor
The chemical bubbling between Park JinHee and Kim Bum was seriously hot stuff percolating on the Bunsen burner. Charming and flirty, the two were very enjoyable to watch. The popular way of introduction for main couples tend to be in outright antagonism, but in this case, it was mostly tentative flirting and mutual interest. I like it. It’s teasing in a different way than the familiar complete-hate-at-first-sight.
Man, some girls have all the luck, don’t they? I believe Park JinHee is also starring with TOP in the film Into the Gunfire!
after the first episode
I saw a lot of potential, including some faint whiffs of Dal Ja's Spring and Sex and the City (without the gratuitous shots of sex, boobies, or dangling bits). This is a story about dating but it’s also about the friendship between men and women. Also significant, Kim Bum has never looked more delectable – I couldn’t be more serious when I say that, too. I'm totally liking! The other two women who played Park JinHee’s best friends were instantly relatable and lovable as well.
On the whole, I was pleasantly surprised by how refreshing I found the entirety of the show and how successfully it balanced humor and character development.
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