To join in on this, I totally agree about the Mom being atrocious but as to further clarify what Tori said, I find that acting is sometimes different regionally and that definitely is apparent with the mother's acting. Nevertheless, I've seen the same sort of exagerated mannerisms/acting displayed by many maternal types in other dramas by Asians (the curling of the lips, the exaggerated motions, the stilted speech) that I honestly didn't mind it; I dismissed it. I have a feeling the Korean director instructed her to do a lot of that. Yeah, it was stupid when you compare it to actual caucasion acting style but I bet not so apparent to the Korean viewers. William I do find to be very good at his role, if rough around the edges. He got better every epsiode; I just wish they gave him more material!!
Aww, I liked Jandi; I thought she portrayed her role really well! I suppose I'm partial because I also think Brendan Fraser is a good actor, which automatically puts me in the "has no taste" corner among other acting critics. My personal philosophy on actors & acting is that as long as they can make you believe they are who they are playing on screen, they're doing their job. When it starts to sound forced (take any Olsen Twin movie or any Keanu Reeves flick outside of Bill & Ted.....or that other one where he was an alien), that's a sign of a poor actor. This is what makes the original Trilogy of Star Wars good and the Prequels bad...and I better stop there on the Star Wars talk cuz that could take me into a long rant!
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To join in on this, I totally agree about the Mom being atrocious but as to further clarify what Tori said, I find that acting is sometimes different regionally and that definitely is apparent with the mother's acting. Nevertheless, I've seen the same sort of exagerated mannerisms/acting displayed by many maternal types in other dramas by Asians (the curling of the lips, the exaggerated motions, the stilted speech) that I honestly didn't mind it; I dismissed it. I have a feeling the Korean director instructed her to do a lot of that. Yeah, it was stupid when you compare it to actual caucasion acting style but I bet not so apparent to the Korean viewers. William I do find to be very good at his role, if rough around the edges. He got better every epsiode; I just wish they gave him more material!!
Aww, I liked Jandi; I thought she portrayed her role really well! I suppose I'm partial because I also think Brendan Fraser is a good actor, which automatically puts me in the "has no taste" corner among other acting critics. My personal philosophy on actors & acting is that as long as they can make you believe they are who they are playing on screen, they're doing their job. When it starts to sound forced (take any Olsen Twin movie or any Keanu Reeves flick outside of Bill & Ted.....or that other one where he was an alien), that's a sign of a poor actor. This is what makes the original Trilogy of Star Wars good and the Prequels bad...and I better stop there on the Star Wars talk cuz that could take me into a long rant!