We know the Korean drama Start-Up has sparked one of the most fervent debates ever on which leading man deserves the leading lady, with a seeming majority online supporting Han Ji Pyeong over Nam Do San. Janet is one of these supporters, so in this episode she and Bebe will assess why the second-lead #HJP ship gained so much momentum in Start-Up and what scenarios commonly result in Second Lead Syndrome across dramas broadly (aka when we wind up pining for the second lead over the main lead). We'll talk about previous dramas where we've suffered this, as well as instances where this has happened with female leading actresses. We also delve into what makes for a compelling actor and which Korean actresses we find overrated / inherently bad at their craft.
See below for the list of shows and actors/actresses mentioned (note some spoilers):
- Start-Up (Nam Joo Hyuk, Kim Seon Ho)
- Boys Over Flowers / Meteor Garden
- She Was Pretty (Choi Si Won)
- Go Back Spouses / Go Back Couple (Son Ho Jun, Jang Ki Yong)
- Answer Me 1988 (Park Bo Gum) Dream High (Kim Soo Hyun, Taecyeon)
- Song Hye Kyo / Song Joong Ki
- My First First Love (Ji Soo and the bad English dubbing)
- Angry Mom (Kim Hee Sun who never ages, Ji Soo again)
- Page Turner (Ji Soo yet again, Shin Jae Ha) Diary of a Night Watchman (Seo Ye Ji)
- Cheese in the Trap (Lee Sung Kyung, Kim Go Eun)
- Cunning Single Lady (Seo Kang Joon)
- Was It Love (Song Ji Hyo and her overacting)
- The Gentlemen (Matthew McConaughey)
- Christian Bale (his unnatural dedication to his craft)
- Bae Suzy (how she's improved after 10 mediocre acting years)
- Park Shin Hye (her typecasting as the mopey sad girl)
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