#Park Ji Hoo

[yeo-rims]

I was a girl who always received a lot. I was always afraid that I may not be able to pay any of it back. I was afraid I'll end up unworthy of the love you showed me. I remember everything you two gave me. How that made me feel… The times when I was happy, the times when I was annoyed, and the times I was in the wrong. The faces I'll remember for the rest of my life… It's those faces I want to paint. Once they pile up and I feel that I've finally put on a different face, I'll return to you. You loved studying so much that you wanted to die studying, In-kyung. It must have been heartbreaking to give up studying because we didn't have money. You can study all you want now. Once you become a great reporter, we'll meet again someda somewhere on this earth. But In-joo, I want you to have much more. You gave me your everything, and this was your money to begin with. Make sure you buy an apartment. Not one for our family, but a place to call your own. I hope that one day you'd be able to eat, sleep and work, all for no one but yourself. That's something that I had always wished for.

[lidongyangsa]

[mirambles]

Little Women - The Ending

What a wild ride this drama was! When you watch too many KDramas there is a constant cynic in you wondering if the drama with a solid start will derail after it hits the mid way mark - or will the finale be a disappointment. Every episode of Little Women upped the level of mystery, thrill, sinister plots, character twists and you kept wondering if the writer and director would be able to tie all the loose ends or will it make no sense at all and leave us infuriated.

The plot twists were largely unexpected, to maintain such consistency over 12 episodes is near impossible, getting 1-2 plot twists right amongst 20 odd is a big win for the writer. It means she had us glued, she had us guessing, she had us theorising and she kept blowing our mind and surprising us. Jung Seo Kyung deserves a standing ovation.

Before I jump into the main characters and their ending - just wanted to put it out there that every single actor/actress in this drama - whether the role was big or small, brought their A game to this drama. This is what great direction and writing can do!

However it left me baffled that people are actually lamenting and disappointed that InJoo and DoIl didn’t get their ‘happy ending’ - are you effing kidding me? Did we even watch the same drama? The romance is a side plot - it didn’t even exist or even if it had , it would have no bearing on the story. Please stop obsessing over this non existent plot point. DoIl was a side plot. Let it be that - don’t make the drama about him.

I will re-emphasise this - a drama made by women for women. The story was about the 3 sisters who loved each other immensely and would go to any lengths to protect each other, the story was about the heiress who went rogue after being denied her right by patriarchy, the story was about a friendship between two young girls wanting to free themselves of their family burdens, the story was about a woman’s revenge to avenge her mom’s death. The story was about these women fighting their battles - winning some and losing some and the men were a side plot, they were mere pawns and let them be at that. Don’t make a woman’s life about the men in her life.

The ending was poetic in many ways - Won Sang A bringing about her own destruction. Her guilt over her mom’s death, her anger at being discriminated channeled in the wrong way. Uhm Ji Won was brilliant, simply brilliant in shifting those expressions and her cold calculated behaviour sent chills down my spine.

In Kyung was the smart, principled one, but was equally reckless and impulsive; however she realised in quick time the importance of holding back the important cards to play at the right time. I’m also glad she realised that brain producing alpha waves is the right choice over her heart racing. Nam Ji Hyun was stellar and I haven’t seen her look this gorgeous in any drama of hers. She slayed the pants look in this one.

InHye - everyone hated on her and her selfishness but she turned out to be equally selfless - never ever forgetting her sisters’ love and sacrifices. Once she found her path, she made sure her sisters were in a comfortable place just like she was. She was a great friend to HyoRin and helped her escape a life that would have been pure hell, and who knows might have tipped her to the dark side. How valuable is their friendship to each other.

InJoo being in the apartment alone - this scene was the most poignant one in the finale for me. How often do we define our happiness by the people in our lives? How often do we forget to place ourselves ahead of others? The grand-aunt did deliver some wisdom nuggets to InJoo. InJoo who loved her sisters and her life was only about them, was now by herself; still loved by her sisters, but free of the responsibility to take care of them, free to live her life. She wasn’t lonely, she was just relieved. Despite all she was put through, her innocence and naivety were not damaged. As @kdramaplaybook on twitter said she grew but she stayed the same.

The consistency in the characters throughout the drama was impressive. DoIl loved his money and he probably liked InJoo too l, but if he had left it all for her - it would be so cliched and inconsistent and hence I liked where it ended. Maybe they will meet, maybe they won’t , there are other fish in the sea. InJoo needs to finally live her life, happiness is not always being with your loved ones, sometimes it also lies in letting them go to pursue their happiness and putting your own happiness first. InJoo can do whatever she wants to be happy - even if that means spending all her money on buying truckloads of lipglosses and icecream.

I may need to write another long post in praise of Kim Go Eun’s performance as InJoo in this drama - she nailed every expression, but most of all I loved her expressions when they changed in split second from ‘There I got you’ to ‘holy shit did I mess up again’. I love Nam Ji Hyun, but Kim Go Eun had the meatier role and she did full justice. Having watched quite a few dramas of hers, this is by far her best one.

The background score and the cinematography were two equally powerful characters in this drama and I can write pages on every shot , frame and scene where they took the story ahead or warned us of the upcoming twist or shocked us to the core. They elevated every frame of this drama. As my friend @KdramasSlump on twitter said - this drama was pure art.

The drama praises would be incomplete without praising the director Kim Hee Won ( also directed Vincenzo) and writer Jung Seo Kyung of this drama. Sure men write good thrilling plots, but women write thrilling plots with equal emphasis on emotions , life’s lessons and well etched characters. Kingdom was a case in point and now it is Little Women.

This drama has so much to be spoken and written about - the social commentary in it, life’s hard hitting truths in so many dialogues, it could well be another long post. It will be a long , long time before I get over this drama and multiple rewatches will happen to discover more hidden meanings behind every dialogue and scene. When a drama sucks you in and engulfs your mind like this - you know the team has delivered a masterpiece, what’s more wonderful is that an all women team delivered it and I will forever be rooting for more of this to happen!

If this drama doesn’t get all the awards - I’m staging a revolt!

[suavis-nook]

Little Women color palettes ✨

~directed by: Kim Hee-Won

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Park Hyo-rin as Macbeth Oh In-hye as Lady Macbeth + costumes

LITTLE WOMEN 작은 아씨들 (2022) dir. Kim Hee-Won ✥ Episode 9 — requested by ujryyd

[kdram-chjh]

EVNNE (이븐) ‘UGLY’ Official MV

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxUKnlPDeak

[moonfie]

All Of Us Are Dead!

[325hz]

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[ohmydramatic]

Little Women, Oh In Hye and Park Hyo Rin Ep 3

[this-is-youniverse]

[undisclosedmemoirs]

LITTLE WOMEN

I really liked the drama tbh. Haven't felt this kind of excitement for an ongoing drama since Vincenzo and I obssessed over that one....

Sang Ah got what she deserved, I knew she had something to do with her mothers' death, complete psycho, like scary-level character. The acid shower was gruesome....

Kinda feel bad for Hwayoung, Sang Ah completely broke her spirit and that led her to years dedicated for the sole purpose of revenge, which we understand first hand because it is explained by her... Still, I am a bit disapointed with this part of the plot, I don't think her explaining what happened and how she did it was reason enough to pull the resurrection card because she didn't do anything other than that. It could have been done with a video, a letter, a file, anything else... In the end she got kidnapped and almost died, again. She got hit by a freaking truck, walked and runned around Singapore and survived that, heaven knows how. This is The Fast and Furious kind of plot armor right there.

Other than that (and my ship, not sinking or sailing, it's just floating in the high seas), I am happy with the ending. From the begining I kind of felt like the sisters would not be together in the end, not physically that is. They love eachother and will always have eachothers backs, but they needed their space to experience different things and do what they really wanted to do and be happy on their own. Being poor made them so co-dependent that they could litterally all have died because of it. They need a fresh start, each one of them. I think it is good ending.

[yeo-rims]

I've always wondered why everything felt so fake at home. But it turns out everything really is fake. All of it.

[somanykdramas]

LITTLE WOMEN

GENRES: Drama, Mystery

SUMMARY: Whether you have too much money than you know what to do with or not enough to make ends meet, life can be just as dangerous to get through alive.

THIS SHOW HAS EVERYTHING: Toxic orchids, oil painting theft, casual killings, ice cream, expensive heels, abused goldfish, uncomfortable bosses, sinister politicians, manipulative wives, Singapore luxury, lockers full of secrets, yeolmu kimchi, killer 'art projects,' and trucks full of guns.

HOT TAKE: This show is powerful, gorgeous, and amazingly timed. It's somehow a slow burn of a plot and yet each episode is filled with more than enough crazy to keep you wanting more.

FWIW, I also spent most of the season biting my finger (Leonardo DiCaprio-style) whenever Wi Ha-Joon is on screen because those cinematographers know what we want to see.

[mirambles]

Little women finale week.

The social commentary in this drama, the perils of capitalist society, the exploitation of the poor, the existence of cults which prey on the beliefs and weaknesses of people, the rampant financial corruption and manipulation. This is a well etched, well written, cryptically drafted drama. The clues unravel the secrets steadily, but the big twists hit you in the gut. You can trust no one.

Irrespective of how it ends, this drama will be high on my recommend list because women should be rather proud of what an all women team has delivered - the acting, the story, the direction, the writing and the gorgeous cinematography and the exquisite camera work. The all women team is what I’m in awe of! This drama is miles ahead of Squid Game and yet isn’t a global hit - can you take a guess why?

[suavis-nook]

How it started vs how it's going in Little Women ✨

~directed by: Kim Hee-Won

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PARK JI-HOO 박지후 x Prada Eternal Gold Jewellery Collection | November 2022