@Fern wrote: I loved the music at the end of episode 6, when the many, many types of bread were being shown. It’s from Mozart’s Magic Fluten opera, when the bird catcher Papageno gets happily reunited with his love interest, Papagena. They talk about how many, many (many!) children they will have. The word for […]
One Day Off: Ep 5 My Very Short Take
@BethB said, Also—speaking of meta: the episode with the children’s author was very meta in that the scenes mostly went backwards, like the book idea she described to the FL. Yes, in a way it’s meta. I think each episode has a distinctive approach to the story. It’s not only the destination and the featured […]
One Day Off: Ep 3 On Meta-Romance
Though I explained already the concept of “meta” in kdramas a couple of times on this blog, every time I tackle it, I find myself learning something new. Now, let’s compare it to a matryoshka doll. You’ve seen this doll before, right? A meta in kdrama is like a matryoshka doll. We’re watching an action […]
One Day Off: Ep 8 Quick Takes
Just to be contrarian, I’ll begin my reviews on the last episode. Episode 8 began with a camera shot of a mound of spinach being blanched, no, boiled!! (horrors!) in a pot of water. It was drained, rinsed, squeezed, and seasoned before being rolled up with other veggies, omelet, and rice into several rolls of […]
One Day Off: Open Thread
The thread is open. I had my eye on this last April. I heard it was a travelogue/healing drama. Here’s the synopsis from mydramalist: Set in the 1990’s, Park Ha Kyung teaches Korean literature at a high school. To escape her ordinary days, Park Ha Kyung decides to take one day trips on Saturdays. During […]