Title: 우와한 녀 | Woowahan Nyeo | She Is Wow
Genre: Romance | Comedy
Episodes: 12
Broadcast Network: tvN
Broadcast Period: Apr-18, 2013 to Jul-04, 2013
Synopsis:
Jo Ah Ra is a beautiful, popular but ageing actress married to Gong Jung Han, similarly popular and well-loved newscaster. Everyone thought they are picture perfect couple but nothing could be farther from the truth. One, they have hidden their troublemaker son, Gong Min Kyu, who’s been expelled from many schools and hasn’t graduate high school in the US until suddenly without notice he went home to Korea to be with his family. And, there are so many secrets through lies and deceptions that they hide and protect not to get out to the public and may destroy their image. Their family have to survive in the eventuality when their secrets are revealed as it actually did along the way of the story.
Characters:
- Oh Hyun Kyung as Jo Ah Ra
- Park Sung Woong as Gong Jung Han
- Oh Na Mi as Young Jo Ah Ra
- Jin Young as Gong Min Kyu
- Han Jung Soo as Choi Go Ya
- Ahn Sun Young as Jin Bo Yeo
- Kwon Yool as Ji Sung Ki
- Jo Han Chul as Hyun Sang Bum
- Park Lydia (박리디아) as Ji Ban Il
- Yang Jin Sung as Yoo Nan Hee
- Bang Joong Hyun as Cha Se Dae
- Park Sung Joon (박성준) as Na Jae Soo
- Choi Jung Woo as Lawmaker Park Joo-Yong
- Jun Bong Hyun (전봉현) as Kim Il Byung
- Ahn Se Ha as Jo Sang Byung
- Lee A-Rin as Lee A-Rin
- Kim Boo Seon as Jung Dang Hee in Cameo Role
- Kim Jung Hwa as Hoobae Actress in Cameo Role
- Jo Dong Hyuk as Hoobae Actor in Cameo Role
- Choi Sung-Joon as Min-Kyu’s Friend
- Jung Yi-Do as Radio PD
My Review:
I watched this K-Drama not because of the actors but because of the director, Kim Cheol-Kyu. He has directed Cruel City, which I absolutely love and My Beautiful Bride, which may not be as great as Cruel City but I’ve enjoyed as well. I checked his works because he makes atypical K-Dramas. Totally different from the romcoms I love yet its taste I’ve learned to appreciate. It is like kimchi that adds spice to the rest of the K-Dramas I watched that are sweet and cheesy. So, after watching too many sweet K-Dramas, my tastebuds wants to try the darker side which led me to watch this K-Drama. Kim Cheol-Kyu certainly brings the darker side of humanity in the screen yet it provides a tinge of hope and love at the end of the tunnel. This K-Drama absolutely brings flavor in my addiction that is all K-Drama.
So, What do I Like About this K-Drama?
(1) It is short but exponentially well worth every episode. I appreciated the fast pace and enable me to do other stuff in my life.
(2) I like the way it reveals every secret. It made me want to see the next episode.
(3) The characters are full of flaws yet there’s goodness in them as well. I am a cynical person on how I look at life and people that’s why I love watching romcoms because it provides me hope that the world can be as beautiful as it is ugly. This certainly tackled that yet it is similar to my intentions to find goodness in humanity.
(4) The range of emotions of each characters are wide and encompassing. In 12 episodes you will see the driving force of why a person will act and do things that can hurt others. There’s a reason why we are the way we are.
(5) It shows that having a family no matter how dysfunctional can still be a home, where we want to go to and belong. It can survive as long as there’s love and hope because even behind the selfishness that we all inherently have, we can be better human beings when there’s a family we can come home to and seek refuge.
What I do Not Like About this K-Drama?
Although, this K-Drama totally surprises me with each revelations especially the last 2 episodes, there’s something that’s not totally connecting with me. I also find the love story of Gong Min Kyu a bit passé. But, all of its imperfections becomes irrelevant to its brilliant and unique approach of its story.
Would I recommend this K-Drama? Yes, truly quite different.
My Rating to this Drama
( See My Rating System: ) 5/5 Stars
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OST:
01. Rude Girl (발칙한 녀) – Kim Seul Gi feat. Park Jae Bum
02. She is Wow! – Kim Tae Sung (김태성)
03. 섹시한 녀 – Jung Ji Hoon (정지훈)
04. 엣지 있는 녀 – Jung Ji Hoon (정지훈)
05. 유난히 밝은 봄 – Ahn So Young (안소영)
06. 유난히 슬픈 봄 – Ahn So Young (안소영)