I tried my best to enjoy and understand Mi Joo as a character, but I have to admit that I had limited success on both fronts. It’s a rare actress who can pull off this kind of forced quirk (Suzy’s been a victim of this in several shows, where I couldn’t buy the forced quirk written for her character either – like the way her character had a tendency to try to drown herself in a plate of water, in Uncontrollably Fond), and the forced quirks don’t do Shin Se Kyung any favors, in my personal opinion.
I feel like I can see writer-nim deciding that this combination of qualities would make Mi Joo quirky and interesting.Īs with most female leads, I do not enjoy the quirks that writer-nim has built into Mi Joo’s character, like the way she uses her corndog as a pretend mic to interview the photo of Seon Gyeom in episode 3. The thing is, I find that the quirky doesn’t land as well with me as Seon Gyeom’s brand of quirky, in that it feels quite. What he says to Yeong Hwa about being at Mi Joo and May’s house, is so poignant: “It smelled like home, and I could hear them in the house. The idea that others might actually want him to impose on their worlds is probably beyond his comprehension. Given this background, it’s little wonder that Seon Gyeom is so used to arranging himself such that he takes up as little space as possible in other people’s worlds, and doesn’t think to impose on others. Dad is all self-righteous and holier-than-thou, insisting brusquely that it’s Seon Gyeom’s filial duty to exist in exactly the way Dad tells him to, down to getting married to Dan Ah. We see it all again this episode, when he runs into his father at home while picking up more clothes. In fact, any time that he’s asked for something that he wants, he’s been told to know his place and be grateful for what he has.
He’s grown up being told what to do and where to be, and he’s never been given the chance to actually ask for what he wants. That says a lot about how he’s used to taking up very little space in other people’s worlds.
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