During my vacation for the 2013 Christmas and New Year season, I made some researching trying to de-stress and found myself into watching Korean dramas. I am not really into it since I am more focused on my work and my family when I am at home.
I would like to give my opinion, comment and rating in general for this Korean drama. This Korean drama currently aired in South Korea, which starred JKS has some real good flavor in it. I've started peeking what the real story is about while trying to understand the deepest motive of the story. Hearing the simple title "Beautiful Man" would not attract listeners right away unless you watch the entire story. When I saw this title, I thought it is all about just a show off of his beauty but I was wrong. It is more of a kind of an inspirational Korean drama teaching those who will watch more about struggling, failures and successes in life. It is a twist between putting your fate in a hands of fotune telling or bringing your ownself up the ladder of life. The role of Hong Yoo-ra is awesome because she gave Ma Tae a chance to strive by going to 10 successful woman who are going to be his good business mentors and he will learn from their abilities. It's a little awkward for men though because in this Korean Drama, it emphasizes more on female's dominance over the business world.
However, there is a saddening story that the TV rating of this Korean drama series is not good. That only means that Koreans are not more into watching inspirational-love-story type. I can sense that they are more dragged into sulking on their sofa or laptop watching a romance-comedy type.
Done watching Episode 5 as of this writing.
...... one word : DAEBAK!!!
quoting a comment from another forum:
[Luna
Jan 12 2014 4:16 amA good drama yet underrated in its home country, it is. But yeah, viewership rating is indeed a matter of personal preference of some selected individuals. We can't really blame those who like light romance or cinderella story or alien and time travelling story more than a self-development story like this. Anyway, overall, I am satisfied with this drama although if they made it more than 16 episodes (18 or 20, for example), the storyline might have been developed even better. The casts have done a decent job with their acting skills. I never doubt nor get dissapointed by Jang Keun Suk's acting skills, Lee Jang Woo and Han Chae Young are pleasant to watch, too... senior actress like Kim Bo Yun deserves thumbs up from me while IU the rookie actress gets an extra credit from me. Kudos to the production team. Daebak!]
This drama is indeed a good one although I will agree to a comment that it's a little too short but overall the production and casts did a good job. Let us set-aside the position of being a fan of a celebrity of some sort, this TV drama series has indeed taught the viewers a lot. I know that it should receive a lot of applause, thumb-ups, and give them a high rating. However, it ended with an NR (no rating, which means it did not belong to the Top 20 best TV shows) in all categories. It is saddening.
One thing for sure, it is a language learning experience for a student like me. 축하 해요!
