Playful Kiss- Just My Review (mslee1107)

Just been to another site and unfortunately read a bad opinion of Playful Kiss. Well, here are my own thoughts about the drama.


Playful Kiss for some seemed a lousy drama…but the fact is, it is a drama that has a lot of charm and if you would only watch it patiently, like I did, it grows on you. For leader’s acting, well, I, too, thought at first that his acting sucks, like I was watching a re-run of BOF. But after finding and understanding the character of Baek Seung Jo who is a GENIUS with an IQ of 200, I realized that his acting is just apt and right. A genius person is not like us, who do things naturally/normally, who can express his thoughts with openness, who talks non stop or talks without thinking. A genius rarely express his true feelings. Most of them are the silent ones, who only looks around, sometimes without an expression because they, too, feel the awkwardness to others, maybe because what they want to say, most of the times, we can not grasp immediately. So they tend to just stare or be drowned by their thoughts. Like in a scene in PK where Oh Ha Ni suddenly blurted out she could not read his thoughts, when she felt frustrated, and Baek Seung Jo suddenly turned around…perhaps, guilty or surprised by Ha Ni’s words.

If you saw him in WGM, which was a reality show, you will see the lighter side of him, the quirky and funny KHJ, who seemed to be at ease in front of a camera, without script or guidance from a director. So, it is not true that he acted badly in Playful Kiss.

As for Oh Ha Ni, Jung So Min’s character, it reminded everyone of us of our high school days when we were swooning at our crushes. Sometimes painful, but most of the times happy just to stare. Oh Ha Ni is not weak, but rather strong in her desire to accomplish what her heart wants. Her willingness to study even though she is not the typical smart heroine in a drama is a positive value which every student must copy. There were many scenes in Playful Kiss where Oh Ha Ni tried her best, not mindful of critics, not being put down by harsh words from Baek Seung Jo, but rather she challenged herself and her capability to overcome obstacle. I remember the scene where she has to go for an interview for a college acceptance, there was a typhoon, still, she went ahead. If it is not a good value or a strong character, I don’t know what is. It means that a little burden is not enough to sway her from her dreams.

If you believe in romance, in finding love, in conquering heartaches just for that one special love, I think Playful Kiss has it.