Monday, February 5, 2018

Recap on Radio Romance 1-2

I’ve just started to watch the first two episodes of Radio Romance and somehow it has got me hooked to it. Well maybe because it’s with child actress Kim So Hyun who has bloomed up so prettily into a talented teen actress and now playing as main leads in dramas. Not to forget it has been while since we last seen Yoon Do Jun in drama land. 

The drama opens up with assistant writer Song Geu Rim(played by Kim So Hyun) who is inspired to become a main writer for the radio station program. However her seniors and colleagues lamented that she is good as sucking up and scouting idols to the station except for writing.

Poor Geu Rim has to tolerate the insults and keep running around doing errands for her seniors. Her biggest nightmare is Min Woo who is an idol hosting a radio program often disappears causing grief to all. Just then PD Lee Kang (played by Yoon Bak) returns from an India trip decided to give her a new opportunity. Her eyes grew big in shock when she is told to scout in the top star Ji Soo Hoo (played by Yoon Do Jun) as a radio DJ.

As the screen panned to where Ji Soo Hoo has everything a woman wants- looks, wealth, fame and great family background. His mother is the CEO of JH Entertainment and his father is an actor. Soo Hoo does everything given by a script. One evening he bumps into Geu Rim at a hotel with the drunk Min Woo giving him a bad impression about her. Then we see that Geu Rim and Soo Hoo were actually friends in early childhood. She felt he was a picky and ignorant person who holds grudges against her. In fact he was about to help her out when she was doing the double stunt in the cold icy water for his drama.  She desperately wanted to invite him to host the radio program for her career. It is also shown Geu Rim’s mother is blind but living a happy life too.

Soo Hoo disregards the radio station as the pay is low and not as popular. Geu Rim was persistent and even went to his house to beg him. One day, Soo Hoo’s private doctor, Jason arrived from US to bunk at his house. In fact Soo Hoo has been receiving treatment for depression and insomnia. Unknown to all, he is not the real son to his mother and that’s why it gives him the creeps whenever he talks to her at work. She forces him to take up all the projects, dramas till the extent he refused to film the reality show about his family. His father is a womanizer and everyone is putting up a fake show for the public. Geu Rim knew his fake smile and something is just weird about his family. After several incidents of misunderstanding, Geu Rim decided to back off and probably resign to her fate.

She left a tablet in Soo Hoo’s house for him to see what’s in the radio station. It’s different than facing the camera 24 hours a day. All these years, Soo Hoo has been trapped in the controlled luxury lifestyle without any say. He has decided to rebel against his mother so he went to the radio station announcing he will become a DJ. That send everyone a shock including Geu Rim and her colleagues.  

Kim So Hyun is spotted in spunky outfits and curly long hair (to make her more mature) while Yoon Do Jun is donned in perfect suits, coats displaying his glamorous lifestyle.
I kinda like the episodes where Geu Rim doesn’t back down easily. She is not afraid to voice out her opinions and by all means she even curses at idols and celebrities without fidgeting away. Yoon Do Jun has shown a lonely icy Soo Hoo with a complex family background. His gaze and expressions are pretty intense. With his doctor friend around, I would be expecting lots of comical scenes from Kwak Dong Yeon. Yoon Bak gives a different new vibe with his hippy outfits and character.

Viewers will be just delighted to see further on how Soo Hoo will change Geu Rim’s career and his own lifestyle via the radio station. The impact of her scouting the top star might probably get 360 degree change from colleagues and seniors at work. And there is a possibility to see how Soo Hoo and Geu Rim knew each other since they were kids. 

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