Premiere Watch: Paper Moon
by missvictrix
Time slot: Monday-Tuesday
Broadcaster: ENA
Genre: Suspense, thriller, romance
Episode count: 10
Reasons to watch: ENA has been all over the map with their offerings thus far, and I’m loving it. With Paper Moon, we have a Japanese novel adaptation that looks both artful and harrowing, and I must say the promos have done a brilliant job of establishing the drama’s aesthetic (not to mention that firehose of drama). But is there ever a reason not to watch Kim Seo-hyung? Here she plays a housewife in a dead marriage to Gong Jung-hwan. When she tries to push back into the world again, she starts working at a bank, and that’s where our story really begins. From the looks of it, a love affair, insider thievery, and a whole lot of emotional upheaval are in store for our heroine (and us).
It’s pretty clear that Paper Moon is going to be a wildly dramatic ride, but what has me most interested are the moments of quiet desperation that we’ve gotten glimpses of. After all, what’s a story of a women’s life “crumbling beautifully” without a piercing look into her soul? The drama also stars Yoo Sun, Lee Chun-hee, and rookie Lee Shi-woo (whom you may remember from his supporting roles in Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol and Hi Bye Mama) as her young paramour.
TL;DR: The ever-fantastic Kim Seo-hyung in a dramatic tale a woman’s life gone sideways
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