La Voz de tu Amor (2013)

Como eu poderia deixar de falar de uma personagem que exala feminilidade e força por onde anda? Sim estou falando de: Jang Hye-Sung (Lee Bo-Young), a protagonista de I Can Hear Your Voice, que por sinal é um Kdrama muito bom, que por um motivo que desconheço, raramente vejo alguém comentando sobre ele.

Ela desafia seus próprios medos desde que era muito jovem quando testemunha um assassinato e mesmo sendo ameaçada pelo criminoso, resolve depor no tribunal para fazê-lo pagar pelo que fez. Esta decisão muda o curso de sua vida, já que depois de muitos anos, após cumprir sua pena e sair da cadeia, o criminoso lhe persegue em busca de vingança.

É interessante ver o como ela lida com o que aconteceu em seu passado, em um certo incidente onde fora acusada injustamente de ter ferido uma colega de classe (aquela típica menina minada, filha de um juiz influente na cidade). E apesar de suas origens humildes consegue se manter de cabeça erguida e se torna uma defensora pública alguns anos depois. Claro que a influência desses incidentes não fora totalmente positiva em sua vida, já que após passar por tais experiências, ela se torna uma pessoa extremamente desconfiada e antissocial, que trata os casos que precisa lidar em seu trabalho como algo banal, apenas para cumprir tabela e ganhar algum dinheiro.

No entanto, aos poucos vai se abrindo novamente, seja quando reencontra o garoto que ela ajudou no passado Park Soo-Ha (Lee Jung Suk), seja quando conhece o advogado Cha Kwan-Woo (Yoon Sang-Hyun)que faz com que ela esteja sempre repensando seus conceitos. Não posso deixar de acrescentar o que mais me chamou atenção nessa personagem, isto é, a forma como ela consegue se reerguer sempre que cai.

Quando passamos por esse tipo de situação como seres humanos que somos, o primeiro sentimento que temos naturalmente é o ódio, o rancor, e em alguns casos até mesmo aquela inquietante sensação de injustiça, ao ponto de querer se vingar de alguma forma, mas ela contraria o senso comum e demonstra uma mentalidade tão forte que deu gosto de ver. Isso sem dúvidas é inspirador.

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Let me start off by stating that I've watched this series years ago and this review is an attempt as a re-watch.

Although I've only re-watched a few episodes, I decided to drop it. It captures your attention quickly and easily with the initial backstory of your leads. But the script feels shallow for its setting and genre, even with its good attempt to build intensity into each scene.

1. The male lead for example who tries to hunt down his "first love" in the streets by following strangers. It isn't as if she changed her name from when they met or internet wasn't available. So it doesn't make much sense even when we exclude the fact that he apparently can recognize her by face a decade later (especially when they met as kids).

2. The female lead was fantastic as a child but she somehow turned into a rude, extreme snob as an adult? So much so that she can't say a simple "thank you" when someone finds her wallet and is outwardly rude instead? Very odd. While it was believable that she was a shitty lawyer, it is nonsensical that she somehow gets chosen as a public defender just because she told a tale of her past. It would have made more sense if she had credentials to back it up but she doesn't even know how to search for browser history on a computer?

Her mother got fired as a housekeeper and they had to move out. Not a big deal. It isn't as if she didn't have a loving mother who had her back and a decent roof over her head. Even if you try to apply the "she conceded to societal norms", it is still overreaching. Maybe her one traumatic incident as a kid, just wasn't traumatic enough (especially compared to a kid who saw his father murdered). Yet the series builds so much around this.

Then, somehow her moral fibers start to kick in within a couple of days because of some lecturing and a sudden reminder of how she was once falsely accused herself? What has she been up to all her adult career life then?

3. Who in the right mind would decide to hang on a windowsill just because they didn't want to get caught smoking? Ever heard of dropping the cigarette and saying you just walked into the room? It's not as if the room was barricaded.

It's tough. As mentioned, they did well with the intensity level and the light comedy so I can see why it would capture high scores with some. But if you really look at the basis, there just isn't much depth. I wouldn't have been so judgmental if this was supposed to be on the lighthearted side but it really isn't. Would have given it a lower score but because the actors were able to make it somewhat entertaining, I could have probably sat through it to the end.

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