I know I know.. What I post is kind of out-of-dated. It's so late to post it, but I will use common excuses "better late than never." In this post, I do general review of four dramas that stuck in my mind cause it's kind of realistic and I can relate to the point of the story, the problems that characters face. I think it is nothing to lose to learn from the story. So, let me begin..
The first drama was aired in 2016 called Dear My Friends [ 디어 마이 프렌즈 ] and it had 16 episodes. It wrote by No Hee Kyung who also wrote many hits drama. See the poster below, and realize that the cast are grannies? Yes, your eyes are fine. The casts are great and the story was marvelous. The story tells us that no matter how old are you, having friends is a must. It because as getting older, you will have more limitation physically and in some cases mentally (senile disease, like Alzheimer's). The story also tells us that being older means you will feel more loneliness when your spouse and your children is away. But it doesn't mean that you have to independent on yourself cause you always have them to lean, to share the feeling that burden, to enjoy the smile together. Being older also doesn't mean that you are mature as much as the number of the age you have. You may still doing wrong and it's not matter as long as you know, admit it by saying sorry and try to fix it. Become wiser in the old age needed you to keep the mind open. I love this drama and I like the OST of this drama that Kevin Oh sang, the title is Baby Blue. Do hear the song, and you'll love it too.
The next drama is Avengers Social Club [ 부암동 복수자들 ] that had 12 episodes and it aired circa 2017. It was adapted from web-comic. This drama really tells us that everything happens for a reason, whether lesson or blessing. As friends that came from very different background, the four characters were very open and gave their sympathy and empathy to each other. They help one another without doubts cause they believe in each other. Money won't bring you anything unless you spent it wisely.
The third drama was aired right after the Avengers Social Club ended, it called Wise Prison Life or some named it Prison Playbook [ 슬기로운 감빵생활 ]. It had 16 episode and the director of this drama is someone who directed Reply series (Reply 1997, Reply 1994, and Reply 1988). At first I was a bit doubt cause the genre is black comedy. But as I watched it, I felt why it called black comedy, and I didn't take it as a matter. Even, I enjoyed the drama so much cause it really made you laugh, yet slapped by the meaning of the story. The story is about life in prison, specifically group of people in one cell. They didn't even imagined end up there cause various crime they committed. As the maturity must comes first, together they learn about sharing and caring each other. They build friendship after many problem their friends face, and their very own matter. Like an onion layer, sensible thing comes, that we can't judge criminal just by seeing their crime but we have to see and understand that behind their action there is a story. It doesn't mean that we have to understand when someone killed, robbed or do something dangerous to another. But there is a tolerance of every action, right? And to tolerate means to understand the story behind the action.
The last drama that I recently watched in this year is My Mister [ 나의 아저씨 ] that had 16 episodes and directed by someone who directed Signal, Misaeng, Cinderella Sister, and other great dramas. The drama really tells us whatever happened in the life make what you become now. The struggles make you independent, even when you still young and actually needed guidance from grown-ups. But for how long? At some point, you'll need someone to lean on and to share the thing that you can't bear it alone. The story also tells us that when you broke a trust, it won't easy to fix. You may give forgiveness for your own sake cause holding grudge is not easy too and it is even harder.
Last words,
Do not underestimate the meaning of friendship, cause without any friends, what will live be? Life is difficult enough, and although storm will pass anyway.., having friends beside is the best way to face when we lost in the storm, right?
Everyone has their own past that lead them to be who they are now and who they will be in the future. So, blaming another for the difficulty or sadness that happens in our self is not fair cause we have the other options, to adapt and make it better or even make it beneficial instead.
Maturing is a process that is happening every second in our life. No one say it is easy, but is it the meaning of maturing - life learning?
