Fashion Face-off Friday: Terrible Kdrama Date Outfits

The votes are officially in for our last Fashion Face-off Friday, and once again, we have a tie!  Gil Ra Im was winning by a landslide for a while, but Goo Jae Hee's feeble attempts at masculinity caught up in the end!  Let's see if we can make this next one a solid, clean victory...

As we all know, the makeover is a staple of k-drama-dom.  The dorky girl gets whisked away, and the man of her dreams gasps at her beauty as she walks into the room, transformed.  For many k-drama viewers, the makeover is a payoff for putting up with absurdly awkward costumes/hair for the first half of the series, but sometimes the payoff just isn't as satisfying as it should be.  For this week's Fashion Face-off Friday, I bring you supposedly awesome date outfits gone wrong!

Challenger 1: Park Gae In (Personal Taste)

Now, I know that I have mentioned this outfit before in my Personal Taste review, but I feel like it would be a travesty to leave such a worthy contender out of this particular fashion face-off.  I think what makes this date outfit most offensive is that it came several episodes after her "makeover."  There's no excuse! None, I say!

If you're going to seduce "gay" Lee Min Ho by dressing like a man,
maybe Charlie Chaplin isn't your best bet for a fashion role model.

Challenger 2: Gil Ra Im (Secret Garden)

I love Gil Ra Im as much as (okay, more than) the next person, which is why this makeover hurt me so much.  I know it isn't as blatantly offensive as the others, but it was still a huge letdown.  Maybe it's the crooked line of gigantic crystals that someone hot glue gunned between her boobs.  Maybe it's the "chic" slicked/poofed combo hairstyle that matches Lee Jong Hyuk's Lego hair from our first fashion face-off.  Maybe it's the awkward hemline that isn't quite asymmetrical. Whatever the case may be, she deserves better!

To quote a Gil Ra Im-ism, whoever chose this dress deserves to
have his or her fifth vertebrae turned into the sixth.

Challenger 3: Geum Jan Di (Boys over Flowers)

Poor Lee Min Ho is always getting stuck with fashion duds.  Jan Di had several "fairy godmother" makeovers throughout the course of the show, and I kept hoping they would really transform her.  In spite of the male cast members giving heroic attempts to do double takes at her "transformations," I was never convinced.

"When I saw her dressed like that giant cupcake,
I knew she was the woman for me!" said no non-kdrama man.  Ever.

Challenger 4: Ma Hye Ri (Prosecutor Princess)

I was baffled by the first few episodes of Prosecutor Princess when they kept emphasizing how much time and money Hye Ri spent on clothes and then she appeared on screen in these crazy monstrosities. This outfit was one of many possibilities, but it won out because she chose to don it for a major life event: attempting to purchase some fabulous (read: hideous) shoes.  From what I can tell, she is wearing a bib made of some combination of fur, lace, and glitter. She also gets bonus points for crazy hair.

I know, Hye Ri, I'm just as shocked as
you are at how bad it is...

So who wins your vote?  Any other major fashion disappointments? Vote in the little black box below!

Terrible Date Outfits
	Park Gae In
	Gil Ra Im
	Geum Jan Di
	Ma Hye Ri
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I Wish My Life Were a Kdrama: Expectation vs. Reality

I wish my life were a Korean drama. I don't think I'm alone in this. Judging sheerly by the number of fantastic kdrama fangirls we follow on Pinterest, many women feel the same way to some extent. The difference is that I seriously expect that my life will still turn out like one. Now I know this may sound delusional, but hear my reasoning out:

5 Reasons I Expect My Life to Be Like a Kdrama

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1. Most kdrama female leads live in the
booming metropolis of Seoul. I don't think romantic comedy kdramas ever take place anywhere else. Now, I'm not so delusional as to believe that I really will meet Lee Min Ho and marry him and end up living in Seoul (although I won't rule that out), but the American romantic comedy equivalent location is New York City. I live in New York City! I have lived here for nearly six months and have had the expectation that my life would magically become a romcom from day one. I still just know that it will.

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2. Kdrama female leads tend to be hardworking in a lowly job in which they are unappreciated or belittled by those in authority. I am a nanny on the Upper East Side for very wealthy people. Talk about working hard and finding yourself in interesting situations! This is right up there with personal assistant in terms of kdrama potential.

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3. One way or another, kdrama females are somehow exposed to rich men, oftentimes multiple rich men, who all fall in love with them. I have the opportunity to take extended vacations to the Hamptons and West Palm Beach as a nanny, which are two of the biggest playgrounds for American millionaires. I can think of few better, non-prestigious jobs to be in where there is high potential to run into mean, attractive, wealthy men. Every time I go to the beach to walk my employer's dog I'm just sure that I'll have an awkward mishap with one, and that we will hate each other, but then run into each other again, and then he will fall in love with me, but I will snub his advances, but despite the obstacles that arise due to our differences in education and class, we will eventually fall in love, even though it's against his mother's wishes. Sometimes I even put on extra makeup just in case.

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4. Female leads in kdramas usually live with their family or close friends in small, poorly furnished, on the brink of being condemned apartments in the poor area of Seoul. I live in the Bronx in the poorest congressional district in the U.S. My home is so old and unstable that I live in constant fear that my add-on bathroom will fall off the side of my house one day with me in the shower. You can visibly see the slant of my room and a ball will roll out the door if left unattended. I am fortunate to live with two interesting roommates who would make great eccentric best friends in my kdrama life. I just have to be careful about borrowing money to improve our furnishings, or else the loan sharks will probably come get me and repossess everything.

5. Kdrama female leads are very unlucky and awkward in love. Their first love either ran off with their best friend, never knew they existed, or moved to another country to study abroad, and they always run into them years later at the most inopportune times. Then they get themselves into these ridiculous, clumsy, embarrassing situations with really attractive men. These kinds of things happen to me. For example, I once moved back to my old town and had just bought a moped scooter that I did not know how to drive. I decided to take it for a spin anyway and ended up crashing and falling off it in a parking lot. Then I heard a horn and looked up to see that it was my first love, who I had not seen in 2 years, waving at me from his car. He had just witnessed the whole thing. This was not even a small town. This is the lack of luck in love that I am just sure will lead me to some fantastic kdrama style moments.

Now, I have to admit that there are many instances in my life where I can just imagine the moment fitting so perfectly into a kdrama, and I'm tempted to try to make it fit into my kdrama-induced delusions, but then I realize what would actually happen. Here is an example:

So, there you have it. I am pretty convinced that my life might still turn out like a kdrama, but I also am aware that I should not necessarily try everything I see on TV. How are your lives like, or unlike, Kdramas? Share in the comments below.

When All You Need Is a Good Cry: Scent of a Woman Kdrama Review

My natural inclination is to watch Korean romantic comedies, but sometimes I just need a good cry, and there's nothing like a good korean melodrama to make your tears run dry. It's hard for me to get into most melodramas because I am not really in to being sad during my escapes from reality. However, one day my kdrama fangirl mother recommended that I watch Scent of a Woman, and I followed her advice because I'm 28 now and past the stage where you think everything your parents say is stupid. It turns out that my mother was right and I really enjoyed my first melodrama. There, I said it! Mothers do know everything. Thanks mom! So here are the top three reasons you should watch Scent of a Woman:

1. The Transformation of the Female Lead
The thing that almost made me quit this drama was ultimately the thing that made me love it the most. In order for it to be a fulfilling and worthwhile story, the characters in dramas must experience some kind of growth and change. Along this line, most kdrama female leads start out as either passive, or socially awkward, or badly dressed, or selfish, or any combination of these traits. The pitiful, awkward, and badly dressed female lead in Scent of a Woman, Lee Yeon-Jae, irritated me so much at the beginning! It was painful to watch how passive and downtrodden she was.

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I almost gave up on the show because I couldn't stand her, but then she made a magical transformation. One day, she finds out she has terminal cancer and throws all care to the wind. The newly empowered Lee Yeon-Jae tells off her boss in a satisfying scene and decides to live her life in the moment to the fullest by creating a bucket list of all her dreams. Plus she makes a pretty outstanding physical transformation in not only hair and clothes but also in her overall demeanor.

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The only criticism I have in this regard is that she maintained far too much of a pouty, teary eyed expression throughout the whole drama. However, it is a melodrama after all, so what do you expect?

2. The Inspirational Moments
This drama really did make me feel like I wanted to get out there and live my dreams. Our heroine has some pretty cool items on her bucket list of things she wants to do before she dies and she goes out and accomplishes them. I wish I could write a wish list that included taking an amazing vacation, meeting my celebrity crush, falling in love, and getting married and that it would all come true in a couple months! Where is this magical notebook and pen? In the meantime I guess I'll have to just work hard to make my dreams happen and live like there's no tomorrow just like Lee Yeon-Jae.

3.  The Tango
One of the goals on the female lead's bucket list is to learn to Tango. This provides plenty of opportunities for steamy moments between the OTP. I love this OTP, even though they did not have as much chemistry in my opinion as I like my OTP's to have. However, the Tango scenes definitely made the chemistry more believable.

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The pitfalls of this drama probably have more to do with my personal aversion to wallowing than being the drama itself's fault. The episodes lagged and felt a little drawn out in the middle. Also, theres were times where I couldn't handle any more dramatic gazing and crying and wanted to poke my eye out.  But if these are a deterrent to you, then there is always the fast forward button and recaps for what you don't want to watch on Dramabeans. Like I've said before, I am not a kdrama cryer, but this drama did make me cry a little, and I liked it!

There Will Be a Lot of This Expression Going On
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All in all if you want to expose yourself to Korean melodramas in a safe and friendly environment then this is the drama for you. Nothing too intense to handle, and there are lots of uplifting and inspiring moments that make Scent of a Woman worth giving a try!

Spoiler Alert: Don't Read if You Haven't Seen It Yet
Did the ending kill anyone else? Man, I really thought she died and was sending all her loved ones that stuff as a final goodbye. I was so mad and sad and was yelling, "What?! You've got to be kidding me!" at the screen. But it was a dirty trick and I kind of loved it.

Finding My K-Drama Alter-Ego: A Gentleman's Dignity Review

I have this theory that you can learn pretty much anything you need to know about a person by asking them which Disney character they relate to the most (not which one they wish they could be, which is very different).  For example, my friends have told me on more than one occasion that I remind them of the evil asylum man in Beauty and the Beast.  Enough said.

Over years of asking people this question, I've noticed that 90% of women will claim that they most resemble Belle or Mulan.  At first, this seemed like complete arrogance because, let's face it, no one is as great as Belle, but then I realized that it wasn't a lie: for all introverted nerds out there, Belle really is the best (though idealized) Disney character match.  For socially awkward tomboys, it's Mulan.

I think I've found my Belle of the k-drama world in Seo Yi Soo of A Gentleman's Dignity.  I have a hard time relating to most k-drama leading ladies because they are either sassy loudmouths who are infinitely better at beating people up than I am, or they are sad puppies who don't understand even basic social cues.  In fact, this is why, in spite of her mad chemistry with lead actors, I can't quite join the Yoon Eun Hye fanclub like Coco has.  Eun Hye's characters are often so blatant and socially unaware with their emotions that it makes me uncomfortable as a viewer. (Stop standing in front of his car and crying like a maniac! He doesn't even know you're a girl!)

Fine, Yi Soo, you win me over with your poise and your charm
and your potted plant!  Now give me those clothes!

Seo Yi Soo, on the other hand, is someone I can understand.  Although she has much more charm and silkier hair than I will ever have, I felt myself relating to her. She cares about education and loves to teach (Since teaching is what my daytime non-kdrama watching alter-ego does for a living, this one really made me root for her).  She also loves sports and doesn't mind being all sweaty and gross in front of other people. She understands basic social cues without being a doormat.  Also, her wardrobe is amazing.

And therein lies the entire charm of A Gentleman's Dignity.  I can't recommend this show wholesale because I know it will bore a lot of people, and I don't have any argument against their boredom.  I should have been bored watching what could have been real people with real emotions in real relationships (aside from some manufactured drama at the end) episode after episode.  Interestingly enough, I used my fast forward button far less than usual with this one.  I also became insanely emotionally invested in the characters, which is saying something.  I actually caught myself clutching my heart at one point. Clutching my heart!  Someone needs to stage an intervention.  What is this nonsense melting my evil asylum man heart?

Come to think of it all of the clothing in this show was stellar.
No sequins or fur capes here!

This goes along with the idea of the show's charming realism, but the bromance was a major high point in this show.  I know that I already said the same thing about Rooftop Prince, but I guess I'm just a sucker for hilarious male friendship!  I remember seeing some reviewers who felt like the friendship was unrealistic for 40-year-old men, but I disagree.  I think everyone has those friends who always make you revert to a past version of yourself, no matter how much time passes.  I didn't like all of them all the time (Okay, I sometimes hated Jung-Rok), but I enjoyed the group dynamic.

Last thing that I appreciated:  the OST.  Who can resist a slightly off-pitch indie love song or a ballad that one of the characters sings to earn money in the streets?

Minor Downsides

Sure, there were some downsides to the show.  Although these might not have been the biggest problems, they were the ones that hindered my enjoyment the most:

1. As I said before, there was some pretty manufactured drama for the last few episodes, and I'm not sure the characters reacted in reasonable ways.  Why was all of this stuff such a big deal?  Then again, if Coco tried to marry my (currently) 16-year-old brother in 10 years, I would probably punch her in the face, too, so maybe I shouldn't judge? 

Just fast forward all 3 hours of this.

2. Speaking of Im Meari, her crying face is the worst. Happy Meari is endearing, but wailing Meari is terrible. I know that they're trying to highlight the age/maturity difference between her and Yoon, but why did she have to hop around and sob all of the time if she's 24 years old?  Even back when I was 18 and my friends sometimes cried over boys (*cough*Coco*cough*), I don't recall any of them jumping up and down or screeching at birthday parties. 

3. Jang Dong Gun's cheekbones are distractingly pointy, which made him look slightly skeletal for a while.  I got over it once his character grew on me a little.

With all of these elements combined, I enjoyed this show far more than I think I should have.  Like I said, I can't blame you if you hated it, but it won me over big time.

P.S. If Yi Soo is the idealized k-drama Disney princess most similar to me, Secret Garden's Gil Ra Im is the one I wish were most similar to me.  Who's yours?

Time Travel and Track Suits: Rooftop Prince Review

As I mentioned in our "Best Kdrama Recommendations for Beginners"  post, Rooftop Prince is a great place to bridge the gap between rom coms and full-on historical dramas.  It mostly takes place in the present, but it has just enough major plot points taking place in the past that you can't just fast forward through those parts. So let's take a look at what makes it tick.

This was a drama that I almost quit after the first episode.  A lot of stuff happened, but I just felt so bored by the whole thing that I wasn't sure if I could continue.  As it turned out, once I just sat back and enjoyed the ridiculous ride, I had a grand ole time.  Am I going to watch Rooftop Prince over and over and over again?  Probably not.  But I would still recommend it to others.

The Best of the Best

Awwww. I want to be their best friend.

The plot was pretty fast-paced, the murder mystery kept me guessing until the end, and the romance was cute, but I feel like all of these positive elements were massively eclipsed by the supremely awesome friendship between Lee Gak and his minions.  They're like a time-travelling F4, only their scenes are funny on purpose instead of on accident. (Can we all just pause and remember Woo-bin's gangsta English and Yi-jung's five-minute-long, super creepy old man saxophone solo in BoF?) These guys were the highlight of the show for sure, and I got giddy every time their wacky "adjusting to modern life" theme song started to play.

They even look the same when they cross dress.

Also, random observation, but speaking of k-drama Hollywood lookalikes, Chi San totally looks like Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot. 

....I just spent five minutes staring into space reminiscing about all of my favorite scenes with these guys while giggling to myself.  It has short-circuited my ability to think about anything else on this show.  Let's move on, shall we?

The Villains

Isn't he afraid his face
will get stuck like that?

This is both a strength and a weakness of Rooftop Prince.  Every single character is pretty much a cardboard cutout.  Don't go into it expecting depth or tons of development from pretty much anyone (I would argue that even the leads make pretty minimal changes), and you'll be able to enjoy things a lot more.  This means that every time Tae Mu's face appears on the screen, you can just fast forward until he's done clenching his fists for the time being. (Seriously, though.  So. Much. Fist clenching.) 

That being said, I kind of appreciate that they just went for pure evil with Tae Mu and Se Na.  I like character development, but I hate those halfhearted attempts to make us like the snooty female antagonist in the last two episodes (Kang "Bras-for-shirts" Hye-won from Full House, I'm looking at you). When they give us villains who give away their siblings and murder people within the first episode, I feel comforted knowing that I'm not going to feel guilty for still wanting to punch them in the face at the end of the show.

*Spoiler warning*  Okay, Okay, I know that they technically tried to redeem Se Na a little at the end, but in my book, being willing to help murder only some of the people instead of all of the people doesn't exactly qualify as gold-star material.

Random Observations

This is for the cool kids' club of people who have already seen the last episode, so stop reading if you haven't watched yet, okay? You can come back in the three days it will take you to watch the whole thing.

1. I don't know if I have just watched too many crime shows or what, but I couldn't believe how incompetent everyone was at catching criminals.  Seriously.  Tae Mu should have gone to jail in the first five minutes.  Remember how he framed Lee Gak for murder by sticking a bag of cash into his car?  Remember how he wasn't wearing gloves and his fingerprints should have been ALL OVER THE PLACE, but everyone kept saying they had no evidence?  Yeah, me too.

2. The other way they could have solved their problems was by finishing their sentences.  When the grandma accused Park Ha of stuff, I kept yelling at the computer, "Call your friends in New York! They will corroborate your story!" This drives me crazy in k-dramas.  If someone cuts you off while you're explaining something important, don't just look startled! Talk louder! Sheesh.

Apparently, being awesome at riddles
 doesn't translate into as many practical life-saving
 skills as one would have hoped.

3. Speaking of incompetence, can we just talk about how insanely idiotic Boo-young's plan was?  I mean, sure, it was selfless and noble and crap, but it was also the stupidest idea of all time.  Let's look at the logic: 1. You love a man enough to die for him, so you obviously don't want to get him killed off.  2. You know that there are at least three people plotting to kill him. 3. You are the only person outside of the murderers themselves who knows about this plot. And your solution is...to kill yourself without telling anyone anything? Because of some mumbo jumbo about how they won't get close to the prince if the princess is gone?

Two immediate holes in this plan: 1. They tried to kill the prince again approximately five minutes later.  2. Didn't they make a big deal about how scarred her face was in comparison to the princess?  How did no one notice this when they pulled her out of the water?  Based on all of the crime shows I watch, I'm pretty sure bodies don't decompose in a few hours.

4. And finally...

 Um, what happened in the end?  They were babbling about waiting hundreds of years for love and then Tae Young appears next to her, but then he's Lee Gak in his old-timey clothes? So what does that even mean?  Tae Young remembered being Lee Gak?  Lee Gak somehow gazed through the veil of time, but still had to wait 300 more years to  meet her? Lee Gak took over Tae Young's body? Did he live a lonely life and then die?  Did he travel through time again?  WHAT HAPPENED???  As someone who takes time travel physics very seriously, I need to know what that crazy ambiguous ending means.

All random complaints aside, I really enjoyed Rooftop Prince.  Go watch it right now and then come chat about it with me!

Fashion Face-off Friday: Korean Female Bowl Cuts, Who Wore it Best?

Results are in for our first Fashion Face-Off Friday: Crazy Man Hair poll, and it's a tie between Lee Min Ho in Boys Over Flowers and Jang Guen Suk in You Are Beautiful! Here is the conversation where ViVi and I discussed the close race. ViVi thought Lee Min Ho won.

Let this be a warning to you when texting your kdrama fangirl bestie that auto correct just does not get it.

For our second Fashion Face-Off Friday, where we celebrate bizarre kdrama styling choices, we examine female bowl cuts. Who ever said bowl cuts never look good on women? Everyone...except kdrama stylists. But let's be positive about this. Some leading ladies pull it off better than others and are a little easier to imagine as desirable to men.  Let's vote on, as far as bowl and extended bowl cuts go, who wore it best!

Competitor #1

Goo Jae Hee from To the Beautiful You is a female lead who got a bowl cut to try to pass as a boy. I find it hard to believe that anyone actually fell for it because she is still so pretty. Makes me jealous that she can be that pretty with a bowl cut. I would look absolutely ridiculous.

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Competitor #2
While this might be considered more of an extended bowl cut, it is still a strong contender. I have to admit that I was really bothered by Jan Di's hair for the first half of Boys Over Flowers, but a combination of her hair growing out a little and me growing to love her more allowed me to look past it and even consider it kind of cute.

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Competitor #3 
Gil Ra Im sports a whispy, side-swept bowl cut. She is not trying to pass for a boy, but she might be sporting this look to fit into her male dominated field of stunt doubling for action films. She pulls it off in a sassy way.

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Competitor #4
It was never made clear whether Eun Chan from Coffee Prince cut her hair into a bowl cut to try to look androgynous, or if she just cut it that way to keep it out of her way as she worked one of her many physically taxing jobs to support her family. When I first started watching Coffee Prince I asked my friend who had already seen it whether her hair ever changes. I was so impatient for her to be pretty. She told me that it wouldn't happen until the last episode and I thought I would die. But gradually, just like Jan Di, I came to love Eun Chan so her hair didn't matter.

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So who pulled off the bowl cut best? These female leads all did their darndest in a difficult style situation and pulled it off way better than I ever could. Vote below now!

Best Bowl Cuts
	Goo Jae Hee
	Geum Jan Di
	Gil Ra Im
	Go Eun Chan
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Personal Taste/Preference Review

I just finished watching Personal Taste/Preference, and I have such strong feelings about it that I'm skipping the other two reviews I've been working on (Rooftop Prince  and A Gentleman's Dignity) to get this one off my chest.  The best analogy I can think of for this drama is when you get to the bottom of a bag of popcorn and you have those half-popped kernels that you eat because they're kind of popcorn-y, but the whole time, you're fully aware that it would be a million times more satisfying if you had just let it cook another 20 seconds.

Personal Taste was my half-popped popcorn.  I watched it and got so close to loving it so many times, and yet I felt like it never really reached the plot's full potential.  Here are some quick observations:

The Good

1. Lee Min Ho:  Obviously.  I was never crazy about him in Boys over Flowers (the crazy poodle hair didn't help), and I haven't gotten around to listening to Coco's rave reviews and watching City Hunter yet, but I'm sold after this drama.  He was dashing and charming and every bit the Korean Ryan Gosling that Coco has been calling him all this time.

2. The story (part 1): I thought that the basic story of a guy pretending to be gay was different and interesting, and the episodes where he fills the role of her "gay best friend" were some of the strongest and funniest in the entire series. Watching him try to buy tampons in front of giggling schoolgirls had me laughing out loud. I wish they had played up that element of the story for longer.  

I feel like this doesn't even
need a caption, right?

3. The "Game Over" kiss: Wow, Lee Min Ho has come a looooong way since his frozen-faced BoF days.  Nothing petrified or awkward about this one.

4. Chairman Choi: I enjoyed a lot of the minor characters, but he deserves a special shout-out for being so well-rounded and empathetic and just human.

The Bad

1. The story (part 2): While I'm usually the first one to defend dramas that give the main couple some cute time together after they finally kiss, this one went downhill pretty fast.  It wasn't nearly as funny, and I found myself fast forwarding just to see what would happen in the last few episodes.  That was kind of a letdown after the strong middle.

Also, can we talk about how this bowler hat/scarf combo
happened after her makeover?  Is the circus in town?

2. Park Gae In: This character drove me insane.  I almost stopped watching after the first few episodes because she was so messy and awkward and pathetic and a pushover that I couldn't handle it. Once Jeon Jin Ho started to give her makeovers and teach her to love herself, I had really high hopes that she would turn around and become strong (and also maybe stop wearing overalls?).  This is where that half-cooked popcorn disappointment comes in. There was so much potential for this to be a really positive empowerment story, but every time she took a step forward by being assertive or slapping someone or shouting when she was angry, she took two gigantic steps back. When she offered to marry Jin Ho even though he was gay, my fist almost went through my laptop.  I'm not even kidding. (As a sidenote, this was exactly the problem I had with Pasta.)

Note: Stop reading here if you don't want to know what happens in the end.  I warned you!  Thar be spoilers here!

In the last two-ish episodes, I was willing to forgive and forget all of the rest of it because I was so happy that she wasn't immediately caving and running back to Jin Ho, but THEN THAT BEDROOM SCENE HAPPENED.  After ALL of this talk of character growth and courage and loving yourself and whatnot, she says, "Even if you betray me a thousand times, I will still trust you and love you because that's what I'm good at."  And then she looks like she's going to cry. And then he takes her clothes off.  WHAT???? AKLJHLIUFHSDUFGBAKJYEGKGBVJHSBDGHFGBSKHRFVBGJHGFHSDGFAJL (*breathe*) FJGHKDJFHGLKUSFHBGKJDBFVHJGERKJFHBSARHJGVDGHTFBJHSDGFHSBDGDFHBSD

I. can't. even.

Even though I really liked his character and he actually treated her well, this ruined it for me because it didn't matter.  He literally could have been a serial killer or a pest control salesman, and she would have taken him back anyway.  

Sigh.  So many things I loved! So many things I threw at my computer out of frustration!  

Fashion Face-off Friday: Crazy Man Hair

One of my favorite things about Korean dramas is the crazy fashion that pops up from time to time.  While many dramas have suave male leads sporting sharp suits, they also have their fair share of bizarre styling choices.  So I want to take some time to embrace these fashion trends with a series of fashion face-offs.  Vote for your favorite challenger in this battle of who wore it worst!

For our first Fashion Face-off Friday, I had to go with one of my favorites: crazy man hair.  Anyone in a historical drama is exempt from this category for trying to be accurate. Let's meet the challengers:

Challenger 1: Taecyeon in Dream High
Maybe this isn't fair because it was stage hair for a dance show, but is that an accordion headband I see?  Like the ones I wore in eighth grade?  Was he wearing stirrup stretch pants too?

Maybe the headband keeps his hair from getting wet with tears.
Or maybe he's crying because of the headband.

Challenger 2: Lee Min Ho in Boys over Flowers

We can all agree on this one, right?  I mean, the man has a fluffy perm that blends into his fur cape.

Did they decide to match because they're both rich?

Challenger 3: Jang Keun Suk in You Are Beautiful
I almost didn't include this one because we all know how I feel about this drama and I didn't want to seem biased, but I feel like even objectively, this is an obvious choice.  The only problem I had was figuring out which iteration of his hair to choose.  The bun/mullet combo won out in the end.

I guess you could say it's...sumo in the front?
And party in the back?

Challenger 4: Lee Jong Hyuk from A Gentleman's Dignity
At first glance, this hair appears to be totally normal.  Then you see the shaved sides...and it looks like he taped a toupee on top, kind of like that detachable old-school Lego hair.

Does this mean that if I pull hard enough, I can replace it with something else?

So, who is our winner?  Who wore it worst?

Who Wore It Worst? Crazy Man Hair
	Taecyeon
	Lee Min Ho
	Jang Keun Suk
	Lee Jong Hyuk
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