"Oh! My Lady" - SBS TV
Written by: Go Sun-kyung
Produced by: Park Young-soo
Starring: Chae Rim (as Yoon Gae-hwa), Choi Si-won (as Sung Min-woo), Lee Hyun-woo (as Yoon Si-jun), Park Han-byul (as Hong Yoo-ri), Moon Jung-hee (as Han Jung-ah), Bang Joon-seo (as Minji), Kim Yoo-bin (as Ye-eun)
In one sentence: A popular top star with no talent, hires a divorcee to become his maid but she later becomes his manager and succeeds at both her career and in finding love.
Premiere date: March 22, 2010, 8:50 PM
Anticipation Quotient (1-10 points)
No more overly cheerful characters who cause trouble all the time!: 5 points
If you are hoping to see the firm and caring middle aged woman: 8 points
For the past few years in Korean dramas, the constantly cheerful and strong-willed female characters have not been received as favorably as they were in the past. If you are a viewer who has felt stifled by characters who are overly passionate and end up doing damage all the time -- namely Durumi from "Beethoven Virus," Lee Seo-jung from "Style," Lee Peong-kan from "Taming of the Heir" and most recently Jin Bo-bae from "The Birth of the Rich" -- then watch out. You may receive a similar vibe from Yoon Gae-hwa in how she talks back to Sung Min-woo saying, "Talented actors like Kim Myung-min are probably only close to other talented actors so it is unlikely he is close with you" despite having been warned from her employer to watch her mouth. And while she is ironing, she will burn a hole through Sung Min-woo's shirt after her attention gets diverted to something else. You will feel it even more when she discovers that Sung Min-woo has a daughter and uses it to get him cast for a part in Yoon Si-jun's musical. That is why the aforementioned quote from director Park is important. Yoon Gae-hwa will be acknowledged as a cheerful and strong-willed character in the positive sense when she shows she is not relentless but rather caring and trying to protect someone as if he was her family.
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