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Where the drama really excels is in how it contrasts who these two were in high school, and who they became. It’s half the fun of watching, of course, whether it’s the docu-within-the-drama, or the drama itself. The bottom line is that they get on like oil and vinegar. We see snippets of it from both angles - our leads bickering during the shooting, and our leads bickering in the final product that airs. Yeon-su, in comparison, is the Type A go-getter who’s at the top of her class, and wants success more than anything.īack in high school, these two got convinced to star in a little online documentary that goes viral when it aired. Woong is a sweet dopey guy who doesn’t have high ambitions and just wants to live a peaceful life (to the point of appearing like a slacker). Our leads are CHOI WOONG ( Choi Woo-shik) and KOOK YEON-SU ( Kim Da-mi). What is the story, you ask? Two people who’ve known each other since high school, and have had this emotionally-tangled love-hate relationship since then. It felt more like we were already in Chapter 1 from the get-go, and even though the first week sets up the drama to come, I didn’t feel like I was waiting to reach that point to get to our actual story.
It’s not often that the first week of a drama doesn’t feel like all set-up, but Our Beloved Summer had one of those premiere weeks. I’ll give most of the credit to the cast for that, but the storyline also deserves some credit.
The premiere week of Our Beloved Summer somehow managed to do two things at once: feel like a familiar story we’ve heard echoes of before, and feel fresh and unique. 45 DecemDecemOur Beloved Summer: Episodes 1-2 Open Thread by missvictrix