I was never really interested in the premise of this drama because I’m feeling quite blah at the thought of another cross-dressing girl drama. I was willing to by-pass that and watch this if it had a good cast, and I thought that Song Joong-ki and Yoo Ah-in were good choices.

What wasn’t, is Yoochun and to a lesser extent, Park Min-young. I’m very irrationally angry at dramas that cast idols with no acting experience to take on big roles. I know there does exist a number of people who are of one profession, who go into another without ever having done it before and end up being good at that other profession as well. But from what I can tell of the dramas I’ve watched with idols taking on really big roles is that they’re better off as idols.

If they were really better off as actors, they would probably debut as an actor first, then randomly get plopped into idoldom as to boost their popularity, and then go back into acting once they’ve reached that level of popularity (ie, Sulli and Heechul). It makes me angry because it’s not like there’s a lack of good actors in Korea who can do the job a thousand times better than the idols that are chosen for the parts.

More ramble on casting after the jump.

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f(x) at a Marc by Marc Jacobs show:

I notice that Victoria really likes wearing wedges, and I really am not a fan of wedges. I feel like they semi-cheapened the outfit she was wearing. Wedges just aren’t very red-carpety. Sulli’s outfit on the other hand, the bomb. She dresses well and poses well and is just so gorgeous, but I think it’s sort of sickening that she’s only 15/16. 15 year-old girls should really be hanging out with friends and talking about stupid things at sleepovers, and not attending fashion shows and appearing in W magazine editorials :( She’ll miss her youth when she gets older, but that’s another rant for another day!

An homage to my favorite book, a men’s fashion editorial, an Asian pop idol…this is too beautiful. I…I-I think I need a moment. *weeps*

My sixth Hong Sister drama. Round of applause, please.

I’m not immediately hooked yet, but I’ve almost never disliked anything the Hong Sisters have put out, so I’m definitely going to keep an eye on this drama. I think I keep expecting this to be as funny as “You’re Beautiful” (which I personally think is their most hilarious drama to date) and it’s not quite there yet but there are definitely upsides to this drama.

One huge bone I have to pick is that the Hong Sisters are absolute crap at writing female characters. I can sense it’s going to be the same in this. All Hong Sister second female leads are psychotic bitches who are incredibly manipulative and deceitful. What the hell :\

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I love this song. It works so well with certain scenes, and the humming in the song is beautiful.

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