Can We Get Married?
우리가 결혼할 수 있을까7/10
Wow, I almost didn’t
finish this drama. At least twice during my long run, it ended up on my dropped
list. Each time I revived it and kept on going. Overall I’m glad I did. It’s
hard to categorize this drama, let alone rate it. My 7 is an estimable guess,
an average of the joy and exasperation Can
We Get Married? brought to my life.
What's it about and
why did I keep going? Four couples from four different walks of life duke it
out. Seriously. That’s about it. Some are fighting to get married; some are
fighting to stay married. But while the
in-fighting and in-laws are over the top and hair-wrenchingly vexing, somehow,
somewhere, a Kdrama did something unlike many a drama: it brought a little
realism to this world – not a ton, mind you. This is still a drama after
all. But in the characterizations it
brings to the screen, especially in our lead couple, the cute but petty Hye
Yoon, and her salaryman fiancé Jung Hoon.
Honorable mention in
my book also goes to Hye Yoon’s older married sister and her cheating husband.
(Never thought I’d say that before!) But honestly, they kept me more invested
in the drama than anyone else. Who is
the real villain? I can’t really say. They are flawed human beings, as human
beings are wont to be. It’s a refreshing change, painful as that knowledge
sometimes is. Extra honorable mention goes to the mothers. Oh, those women –
how I love to hate them, and sometimes I hated hating them. No shallow
stereotypical Kdrama moms are these (initial appearances aside). They’re as
fully fleshed out as the rest of the cast, and almost as sympathetic (almost).
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| Think we look cute? Just wait 'til you see our mothers. |
I think much has been said about this drama already, but it’s one of the few shows that I have actually recorded my thoughts per episode as I watched them. So instead of trying to fully justify myself on the drama as a whole, I’ve edited out the spoilers from my initial episode commentaries. So read more below for my episode play-by-play, including a few more cute pics of Sung Joon, and some of my favorite drama quotes: