Judy and Teresa are vexed by episodes 15-16 of “Go Go Waikiki” (으라차차 와이키키), a JTBC drama starring Kim JungHyun, Lee YiKyung, Song SeungWon, Jung InSun, Go WonHee and Lee JooWoo.

How is Donggoo (Kim JungHyun) the main character? How and why do his housemates endure his self-absorbed antics? Why does Yoonah (Jung InSun) like him? Teresa suggests that Yoonah is so bland because she’s supposed to be a Mary-Sue character and Judy is tremendously irritated. Is Yoonah so without personal motivation that Hyunjoon (Kang KyungJoon) has to tell her that she likes Donggoo and there's a montage that's supposed to prove this? 

Here's a clip from "Community" season 2 episode, "Paradigms of Human Memory", which shows montages can be manipulated to work for anybody:

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Digressions:

18:00 - Korean makgeolli will mess you up

19:30 - Arrested Development

30:04 - The fine art of kimchi stew

35:44 - We speculate which video game Joonki is playing

51:55 - Judy loves when people join the dark side 

 

Some Korean terms:

막걸리: [mak-geol-li] Korean rice wine.

눈치: [noon-chi] a combination of "tact" and "situation awareness"; to be lacking in "눈치" is an insult.

 

Audio credits:

Ha DongGyun (하동균) – "Butterfly" (나비야)

Maury Laws - The Return of the King (1980) – “Where There’s a Whip, There’s a Way”

Righteous Brothers – “Unchained Melody”

 

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