"The Musical" ep. 10

I liked this episode which was mostly all about Jae Yi.   Jae Yi straight up tells Kang Hee that there isn't a chance for them.  Jae Yi straight up confesses his love to Eun Bi...and is shot down.  When the financial backing of the musical is pulled Jae Yi takes action to repay the debt left by Gu Jak's irresponsible spending.  When he realizes he can't touch his money which is controlled by his first-time-mentioned sister in the USA, he signs his four years of his life with an exclusive contract with a girl group.  Jae Yi needed some screen time to become a main character again. Yu Jin still leaves his mark on this episode his awesome singing!  We get a new song finally too.  Another notable thing:  Jessie is not the airhead we thought she was.  Surprise!  I'm happy there was some singing.... more "musical" in "The Musical" please.

"The Musical" up to ep. 9

The first few episodes were the best ones so far.  Seeing Jae Yi being all affectionate for Eun Bi was extremely cute.  I liked the part where Eun Bi auditioned for the lead role.  We get to see her singing improve.  I like the characters of Kang Hee and Yoo Jin.  They add some needed spice to the show.  The part where they all go to camp, I mean the retreat, is when the show starts losing steam.  Eun Bi becomes less spunky.  The whole politics of muscial production is takes over the story which is not really exciting.  Will the show go on?  Just start putting it on already.  Best things so far:  Kang Hee being a wonderful bitch.  Yoo Jin becoming more human.  The potential Yoo Jin/ Eun Bi relationship.  The early Jae Yi/ Eun Bi relationship.  Anything involving singing.  I want to see more of the making of the musical (rehearsals, singing) than the financial backing of the making of a musical. Maybe that's coming up. I do still get a little thrill finding out the latest episode is subbed and released on Dramafever, so I probably won't drop it and will still hope for more musical stuff in "The Musical."

"The Musical"

The Korean drama that has appeared in my "queue" of current shows is "The Musical."  So far I've seen the first three episodes on Dramafever (yay! for their simulcasting of current shows).  Koo Hye Sun (from "Boys Over Flowers") plays Go Eun Bi, a med school student who is more interested in musicals than medicine.  A chance encounter with a critical musical composer Hong Jae Yi (played by Daniel Choi) motivates her to drop out to become a musical actress.  After a year of failure (and lying to her father) she meets Jae Yi again.  This time Jae Yi is motivated to return to composing musicals after a bad breakup with a famous actress.  Love triangles and quite a bit of singing ensue.  I like the chemistry of the main couple.  Hope this turns out to be a good one.