Lee Tae-gon-I (이태곤)

"Last Scandal" hits its highest ratings (19.2%) in its 4th week on air

Source | 2008/04/24 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Choi Jin-sil, Jeong Joon-ho, and Jeong Woong-in star together in "Last Scandal", a romantic comedy and special MBC weekend TV drama (Scriptwriter: Moon Hee-jeong, Director: Lee Tae-gon-I). The show reached its highest viewership rating of 19.2% in its 4th week on the air (TNS).

The first episode of "Last Scandal" garnered a viewership rating of 19.2% and every week, its ratings have rise by 1 to 2 percent, which is a solid performance considering that it is competing against dramas on other networks that premiered earlier than "Last Scandal.

The growing popularity of "Last Scandal" in the last four weeks was made possible by the brilliant acting performances given by Choi Jin-sil and Jeong Joon-ho along with an excellent script written by Moon Hee-jeong, whose previous works include "Rude Women". The talented Director Lee Tae-gon-I makes the characters come alive in a marvelous way.

When Sun-hee learned that her husband, Kim Yoo-shik, was getting engaged to Jung-sook (actress...| More

Ajumma now depicted as smart, strong, cool

Source | 2008/03/12 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Call it ajumma power.
Ajumma is Korean for middle-aged women, and ajumma characters are currently in full control of the screen ― both television and film.
But they are no longer portrayed as aggressive or hot-tempered, for example, as a woman dashing for a vacant seat in the subway or elbowing other ajumma for the last grocery item on sale. They no longer wear loose floral-print pants or sport curly hair.
Their aggressiveness is presented rather as an endearing trait ― as enthusiasm for life and full tolerance of others.
Jung-geum (played by Bae Jong-ok) from MBC TV's "Park Jung-geum, Heavenly Beauty" is one example.
Jung-geum is a 38-year-old detective in charge of investigating violent crimes and a single mom living with a child. Her divorce transformed her into an uncompromising, tough woman.
In one episode, she shouts fearlessly at a knife-wielding gangster, "Stab me if you can. I'm just ashamed that I have to deal with a loser like you". The gangster turns tail ...| More

Lovebirds

Source | 2006/03/16 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Wang-mo and Ja-gyeong finally got married.

The weekend TV drama "Dear Heaven" ("Love in Heaven" - writer: Im Seong-han; producer: Lee Yeong-hee) features a dramatic storyline that includes a daughter, deserted by her mother as a child, and the mother's stepson getting married.

In the show's March 18 episode, Yeong-sun's (Han Hye-sook) daughter Ja-gyeong (Yoon Jeong-hee) and her stepson Wang-mo (Lee Tae-gon) will marry. The secret that the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law are actually mother and daughter will soon be disclosed, and the show's audience has had a keen interest in how the drama will unfold afterwards.

According to TNS Media Korea, the show's ratings for March 12 were 34.6 percent, the highest since the start of the drama.

Key reasons for the show's success are Lim's characteristic well-woven story, sophisticated descriptions, and unique episodes. Viewers say that the true love of hero Gu Wang-mo and heroine Lee Ja-gyeong eases the sometimes too-provocative...| More