The Problematic of the Unproblematic

A few months ago, I was struggling to condense my thoughts about Jung-Yi: Goddess of Fire into a coherent evaluation. After enduring all 32 episodes I felt like I owed it to myself to write something about it, but I was getting nowhere, and on impulse I started watching Padam Padam... The Sound of His and Her Heartbeats as avoidance. Padam Padam was in my queue because I had recently seen the film The Good, The Bad, and The Weird , and had been intrigued by Jung Woo-Sung (who played The Good), but I discovered immediately that his costar in Padam Padam was none other than Kim Bum, whom I had just seen in GoF . Not long after that I realized that another show in my queue, That Winter, the Wind Blows , was also a Kim Bum drama, and an idea was born to watch them all back-to-back and review them together, along with Boys Over Flowers , which I watched more than a year ago but never wrote about. In the interest of completeness, I even added The Woman ...

Ever since the debacle of Cheongdamdong Alice ended, I haven't had the energy or impetus to start a new one. You may have noticed the upsurge in nonsense posts on this blog? Shower scenes, swimming pool scenes, etc.? That's always a sign that I don't have any new, exciting dramas to write about. Tonight, I decided that this has to end. Three wonderful dramas aired on this peaceful Wednesday: IRIS 2, Episode 1 (KBS) That Winter, the Wind Blows, Episodes 1 (and 2) (SBS) Level 7 Civil Servant, Episode 7 (MBC) So, which one will kakashi pick? I may have certain preferences (and those of you who "know" me might guess what they are), but I decided to give all three of them an equal chance (never mind that Level 7 Civil Servant has a head start). Therefore, I will watch all three AT THE SAME TIME and without sound. I will check in with them after 5, 10, 15, 30, 40, 55, and 62 minutes. I will directly compare the three images and pick one as the winner based o...