Pink Lipstick Korean Drama Tagalog Version Full
Tisha
While watching some dramas, I notice small, simple things that most people may ignore or they may not even give a second glance. Recently, something caught my eye while watching Start-Up, the new drama starring Suzy.
It is not just words that speak to me in the Korean dramas. A case in point is something I saw in the drama, Because This Is My First Life. When the flashbacks to their younger days were given, it was revealed that Yang Ho Rang (Kim Ga Eun), who preferred subdued colors, used to wear really flashy clothes, like a green beret, red coat, yellow shoes, and colorful bag.
I used to wear pink when it was not popular for men to do so. I stopped when there were a lot of men also wearing pink. There also used to be a time I wore red sneakers (called rubber shoes here), as well as yellow ones. I stopped when it became common. Later, I always wore black shirts (I still almost always do).
When I started watching kdramas, I did not really notice the actors. I would normally associate them with known faces, like this actor looks like my friend, Alf, or that actor looks like a popular actor/singer Michael V, or that girl looks like Jess, the wife of my friend Rae. They did not have any personality as far as I was concerned.
Among the first actors I had recognition of were Park Bo Gum, Lee Jong Suk (since I was told he resembled Bo Gum a bit), and Park Seo Joon. Looking back, these were the first steps to eventually becoming a hidden Koreaboo.
I started recognizing actresses when I watched Song Hye Kyo in Encounter, alongside the very recognizable Park Bo Gum. However, it was only when I watched While You Were Sleeping that I not only recognized a Korean actress, but I actually liked her. Of course, that actress is Suzy Bae.
Wishing to watch Suzy more, I decided to watch her older dramas. First up was Dream High, which turns out to be her first drama series. I heard comments that she was too stiff in her acting. However, that is precisely what is called for by her character. I actually appreciated her more after watching this drama.
Wanting to watch more of Suzy, I watched Vagabond without first finding out about it. It was the most disappointing drama of Suzy I got to see. It starts in the middle of nowhere, ends in the middle of nowhere, and uses 16 episodes to spin round and round going nowhere. It was a waste and only afterwards did I find out that the same writers also wrote Empress Ki. I wish Suzy never makes another drama with them.
Like Bo Gum in his video, we envisioned our shop to have a Japanese theme. Cherry blossoms were hand painted to the wall and, since we could not paint the display window, we put stickers to simulate the cherry blossom branch and flowers.
Another thing that made me pay more attention to Park Bo Gum was my perception that our friend, Alf, looked like Bo Gum. Not only the physical characteristics but also the vibe that he gives. To me then, Bo Gum was very much like Alf.
The first time I saw Park Bo Gum in a drama was in Love in the Moonlight. Since he was shown biting his lower lip at the start of the drama, and I could not remember his name at the time, I called him Kagat Labi, which literally means bite lip.
Later, I learned that Bo Gum is a Christian, and he was close and discipling some members of BTS like V. At the time I heard of this, the best seller in our shop were BTS products. We became known in our area as the supplier of authentic BTS and other Kpop products.
I saw a video of Bo Gum dancing to Bombastic (actually the official title was Bomba but it was never called that in our area) in dragon robes. Having watched numerous actors don the robes, I found Bo Gum to wear it best.
The third drama I watched starring Bo Gum was Reply 1988. Being only three years older than the characters portrayed in the drama, I expected to be able to relate to the story. As I mentioned in my biased review of Reply 1988, my preconception and expectation of the drama led me to be bored at the start. However, watching it again (after I wrote my review) gave me a better chance to see things I missed when I first saw it. Although I watched it with an eye on Bo Gum, the most touching scenes for me were between Bo Ra and her father, and the love story I watched out for was between Bo Ra and Sun Woo.
I have read many comments preferring the love team of Jung Hwan and Deuk Sun, colored by their bias for the real-life love team of Lee Hye Ri and Ryu Jun Yeol. I still think the matching of Deuk Sun with Choi Taek was the best, going by the story and not the actors. Although chronologically, this drama came ahead of the other two, Bo Gum played his character just as well in this drama as in the later ones.
That got me thinking, because I usually watch dramas I like twice or thrice. But Uncontrollably Fond is the only one that I liked but could not get myself to watch again any time soon. I guess it is just too touching for me.
To be honest, I watched this drama because I wanted to watch one with Suzy in it. And it came at a point when I had a string of disappointments starting with the drama Something in the Rain. I did not know much about Suzy then, not having listened to her songs yet.
When the drama began, we thought we got the wrong drama. We expected a romantic drama with Suzy in it but the drama begins with Woo Bin getting married to a different woman, then being interrupted and beginning a fight scene. Is this drama an action drama?
The second episode was rather unconventional. Korean dramas, starting with the second episode, usually give you a summary of what has occurred so far. This episode begins with an entirely different story set in an entirely different time. And as you watch, it turns out to be a very long flashback.
Both Noh Eul and Shin Joon Young (Kim Woo Bin) were trying to hide their love for each other due to a strange sting of circumstances. In the later stages of the drama, they were able to express that love but in very different ways.
Joon Young, on the other hand, began the drama trying to find out if his love for Noh Eul was true. In this journey, he tended to be selfish and hurt Noh Eul a lot. However, it was later revealed that he was really suffering and he wanted to hide that fact from the very people he loved, Noh Eul and his mom. In the end, in spite of his deteriorating memory, he gathered the ones (of his memory) that mattered and prepared something to secure the future of his love, Noh Eul.
Aside from the love story of Joon Young and Noh Eul, we find a variety of sub-stories. The young love between Choi Ha Roo and No Jik, which has a Romeo and Juliet vibe, their families being at odds, as No Jik later discovers.
There is also the sub plot of redemption for most of the characters, which I like. It stresses the basic goodness of humanity. Even when someone turns out to be beyond redemption, most other characters have their goodness come out in the end. Even Choi Ji Tae, who seems at first to be the hidden evil, becomes a catalyst for the eventual return of their dad to goodness.
This just goes to show that I disagree with many reviewers as their basis for review is that a show has to be like what American or Western makers produce. While their standard is based on effects and how well they think the film is made, I place a huge premium on the story.
While I prefer romance dramas, I also watch action dramas. This drama is the WORST I have seen in all the time I watched Korean dramas. I definitely am not looking forward to a Vagabond 2. If that ever gets made, my only wish is for Suzy NOT to be in it.
For an explanation of the phrase Hidden Koreaboo, please read my previous blog. For an explanation why this is Biased, please refer to this blog. [A newer discussion of Biased Review can be read following this link (opens a new window).]
There was a Flashdance-y or Footloose-y vibe with some Dead Poets Society mixed in. But it is really different from these movies. If it was influenced by these, it distilled those influences very well. It is a well-crafted series that is well worth watching, especially for teens.
It is a drama of promising youth who develop into productive adults with the loving guidance of patient teachers who can spot potential even very early on. I guess in that sense, it reminded me of Dead Poets Society. Although love and romance is often the preoccupation of teens, they were guided to maturity and therefore achieve their potentials.
It showed humility, redemption, and patience leading to much success, which can be seen transforming from a single-minded target of simply getting launched into more meaningful meanings of success that ultimately lead to happiness.
There is redemption for both student (Baek Hee) and teacher (Kyung Jin). There is development and maturity, most notably Hye Mi and Teacher Kang. There is forgiveness and reconciliation in Hye Mi and Baek Hee as well as Jin Guk and his father. And there is the struggle to success in spite of physical handicap (Sam Dong). There is even a cute love story (Jason and Pil Sook).
This is the drama that took the most effort in convincing me to watch. Honestly, it took more than a year of trying just to convince me to watch it. But after watching it, I can say that it is a major milestone, a major influence in my liking Korean Drama. But the most important thing the drama did was introduce me to my favorite actress, Suzy Bae.
The first time I watched it, it was the Tagalog-dubbed version. The dubbing was very good and I enjoyed watching the drama. When I watched the drama again, it was the English-subbed Korean version, and I enjoyed it even more.
One thing I like about this drama is that you can view it as a romance drama with some fantasy and legal drama elements, or you can view it as a legal drama with some romance and fantasy elements. It can appeal to viewers either way.
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