Wonder Woman (2021)

Drama com un personaje femenino fuerte.

Es imposible no ver este drama y no pensar en Park Kyung Sun, el personaje que Lee Ha Nee, interpretó en The fiery Priest. Sí, el de aquella abogada encargada de investigar y acusar a los culpables de delitos penales que tenía unas ideas propias -y los bolsillos muy vacios- y que se caracterizaba por tener muy mala leche. O sea, se las pasaba gritando y mofándose de todo el mundo, o se encajaba muy bien entre el caótico del grupo encargado de castigar a los malos. Hacía buena pareja con el padre Michael.

Pues su papel ha sido copiado y con un pequeño cambio de nombre, ahora es Cho Yeon Joo, ahora se ve envuelta en un drama familiar que choca con su trágico pasado. Nuestra protagonista tiene un padre en la cárcel y pedió a su abuela por culpa de un conductor que la atropelló y se dio a la fuga. Ahora abogada del ministerio fiscal busca justicia, y lo hace a base de golpes y gritos. Ella es así.
Pero en sus investigaciones es atropellada, pierde la memoria de quién es y es confundida con Kang Mi Na, la esposa de Han Seong Woon, el hijo de la familia Han Seong cuyo patriarca posee un gran conglomerado de empresas pero que quiere aún más poder.
Resumiendo, la frenética Joo ahora es la impasible Mi Na. En su ayuda para descubrir qué hay detrás del accidente que casi le cuesta la vida, está Han Seung Wook, sobrino del jefe de la familia, que ha regresado a Korea para vengar la muerte de su padre.

Como le pasan a muchos dramas coreanos que se asientan en dicesiéis episodios algunos son muy buenos, con muchos elementos y otros son una pérdida de tiempo. Las escenas por ejemplo con las mujeres de la familia Han Seong no sirven para nada más que para dar publicidad a las empresas que apoyan la producción y para rellenar minutos, porque no hay espacio para que los personajes crezcan más allá de papel típico: madre política con aires de arpia, cuñada aprovechada, niñata rica y malcriada.

En cuanto a los personajes principales me encanta Lee Ha Nee, creo que es una de las actrices más hermosas que tiene Korea, además es super graciosa y el tener una voz más ronca de lo normal casa muy bien con los gritos que pega. El caso es que eso también puede ser un problema porque al final su personaje parece encasillado en eso, en pegar gritos y en pelear. Si en el caso de la serie del Padre peleón tenía personajes principales que mitigan esa tendencia, aquí Lee Han Nee es la gran protagonista y a veces eso sofoca todo la historia. Ni siquiera Lee Sang Yoon es su papel de Han Seung Wook consigue frenar esa locura, o al menos dar un poco de balance a los caracteres a través de su dulce romance, porque sienceramente, el aspecto amoroso está muy poco trabajado. La verdad es que no he terminado de creerme a estos dos como pareja, generalmente en sus escenas están más que separados físicamente y no existe una gran conexión entre ellos. No es una de las parejas que puedes ver en un futuro lejano teniendo una vida en común.
En cuanto a Lee Won Keun me ha encantado su papel, es el que más me ha gustado de todos, aunque Jin Seo Yun como hija de la familia Han Seong, y la malvada de toda la historia, ha sido casi perfecta. El premio que recibió ha sido más que merecido.

En términos generales ha sido una serie con altos y bajos, con momentos divertidos y también con otros aburridos, con una trama de intriga que no se enreda lo suficiente pero que se alarga en exceso y a veces da vuelta sobre sí misma durante mucho tiempo.

¿La volvería a ver? No. Creo que con una vez es suficiente.

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A ''product life cycle graph" drama -_-

So basically this kind of graph picks up a lil low but suddenly rises up, goes on stably for a lil while and then again suddenly declines to it's lowest point just to keep up at the same level until the data is over.

The first and foremost reason I came to ONE THE WOMAN was Lee Ha Nee. I have loved her acting for a long time and the plot saying the drama is a female centric got me even more excited. I don't watch anything ongoing so what got my attention later was the overwhelming response to this show in Korea for an internationally less talked Kdrama. But I came here to only be disappointed and frustrated.

Lee Ha Nee got a double role character in here playing both Prosecutor Cho Yeon Ju and a conglomerate DIL Kang Mi Na of Hanju, who are lookalikes. Mi Na suddenly disappears from an event on an usual day but in her stead Yeon Ju was found severely injured at the same venue. She loses her memory due to amnesia and everyone takes her as Mi Na. Confused by everything happening around her, Yeon Ju tries to adjust into the completely new environment but unable to control her rough & outspoken behaviour. Han Seung Wook (Lee Sang Yoon), Mi Na's in-law cousin and heir to the largest share at Yumin, comes forward to Mina and tries to protect her bcs she was her first love. Together, they try to resolve the issues in both Yumin & Hanju and also dig into the mysteries of both past & present while unveiling astonishing truths about themselves.

There are in fact many familiar faces in here which is another reason to look forward to this drama though it failed to a great extent. Kim Chang Wan ahjussi as Noh Hak Tae, Hanju's legal head yet great supporters of lead couple, Kim Won Hae as Ryu Seung Duk, the chief prosecutor at Seoul Central District Prosecution, Jun Gook Hwan as Han Young Sik, Hanju's chairman and Mina's FIL, Ye Soo Jung as Dir. Kim, the house manager for Han family, Lee Won Keun as Ahn Yu Jun, Yeon Ju's only friend at prosecution and Mina's older SIL are some major roles. Sorry couldn't help but mention all these names bcs in fact they're good actors.

In other minor characters were, Jung In Ki as Kang Myung Guk, Yeon Ju's father ,Na Young Hee as Seo Young Won, Mina's annoying MIL, Song Won Suk as Han Seung Woon, Mina's husband, Jin Seo Yun as Han Sung Hye, Song Seung Ha as Han Sung Mi, Mina's younger SIL. The 1st 2 are very good but are minor roles here. I am particularly disappointed with Song Won Suk's acting though his outfits were all aesthetically beautiful.

It's visible that the writer is a rookie. I mean there are few jakka who at least deliver a good piece without much to complain about but there are some others who fail from many angels, that's the case here. Even for the most major character of Lee Ha Nee turns one dimensional after first few episodes and started exaggerating her role . She would have been doing more while bearing 2 identities at the same time but rather she sticked to one thing and absurdly ignored the other in an entire sense tsk tsk tsk. I will never complain about the ML's passive character because I always think both ML and FL should have the same essence in a story, but I don't think Lee Sang Yoon's character wasn't at all futile. They made fun of neuroscience in many ways and not to forget, of psychiatric and psychological treatment methods. The middle portion was infact full of illogical elements which can be laughed upon.

The basic plotline isn't anything new; it felt like the writer took inspiration from 80s-2010s Indian movies bcs the storyline is exactly the same as many Indian movies with a taste of Kdramas to it. The plot development is extremely awful in the 2nd half of the show. The first 2 introductory episodes were a bit uninteresting tbh but I hoped they'll do better, which actually happened. The show picked up the perfect acceleration from ep3 and made me look forward to the next. However, it again became slow & boring from the 2nd half of the 7th episode. I was hoping that'd be temporary but it stayed the same till the very end. Now read my first paragraph and you'll realize what I wanted to explain. Well, I got very bored from 8th episode but forced myself into it till 11th and then fast forwarded it at 2x till the end.

There's no consistency in setting up the scenarios in the drama either; the director did a poor job in that regard despite their experience. For first 7 episode it was full of family drama (not on the makjang level tho) then till 11th it was an investigative melo and for last 5 episodes it became a power trip between the chaebols. I would have been a lil more pleased if it were evenly distributed throughout.

The best thing about this drama was the comedy elements and 1st-7th episode is full of that only; may be that's why I wanted to continue with the drama despite the 'not at all new' storyline. Especially, it was Ha Nee and her responses & expressions, my goodness; I enjoyed it so so much, like she could carry the entire drama on her own. I wish it could last till the very end, but alas. In fact Kim Chang Wan ahjussi and his annoyed self was soooo cute plus funny. The family melodrama scenes had me laughing crazy, I swear.

The romance storyline for the drama started off really well. It was interesting and the revelations, tho cliché, were well executed. The gradual development ended somewhere around the interval and I as expecting something nice but it wasn't of any use, other than momentary tease party and kisses. Somehow, it can be an unique way if you see but for a drama meant for entertainment I couldn't find anything out of it.

One thing I can't deny is that the last part issue of revealing all the truth behind the 14yo incident involving all the major characters, were quite well written though the execution could have been better.

Overally, One The Woman can be either a n one time watch with fast forwarding the 2nd half or used for trash watch. I wonder why it was breaking records in Korea but it's not even anywhere near the average ratings for cable dramas, i.e. 7-8% (?). Thankfully there isn't much hype among the international fans and I am not gonna recommend this to anyone. I didn't have much expectation or whatever but given that the possible potential was wasted collectively by thw cast & crew, I have to express my utter disappointment.

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