I had always considered the traditional Cinderella to be the good girl beset with unjust and cruel treatment by outside forces — namely, the stepmother and evil stepsisters. That’s generally how she is framed in the straightforward interpretations of the fairy tale. She’s a worthy heroine ...
there was a kind, beautiful girl named Cinderella. She was always tormented by her stepmother and stepsisters. But one fateful day, she met a wonderful prince and lived happily—”
And while that makes for a much grayer scale on the wheel of morality, it also makes for delicious drama. The problem? There’s so much drama to be mined that they’re not doing, because we’re still mired in the same one-two conflict between the sisters, and the as-yet-to-be-...
That’s something I really do like about this drama—the centrality of the sisters’ relationship, and the influence they have on each other, despite a lifetime of outward animosity. As far as portraits of dysfunctional families go, it’s a pretty great one, even if I still wish more stu...
I love that the drama 'inverts' the story in such a way as to provide us with a very human insight into the 'evil' step-sister's thoughts and feelings, and why Cinderella is Cinderella. (Obviously Hyo-sun wants to like Eun-jo, simply because I think she's always wanted a sister,...
I can’t hear anything right now. If I hear it now, I feel like my whole body’s going to burst into pieces! Rotten bastard. Son of a bitch. You’re the lowest of the low. I don’t even want to step on you. It’s unbearable!” ...
Ki-hoon goes to meet with none other than Dong-soo, the kid who had once brought Eun-jo flowers and caused a rift between the sisters. All I can think during this scene is how cute Ki-hoon used to be when he was jealous of this kid. He asks Dong-soo, who’s a reporter now, ...
It is interesting as this drama unfold to see how would HS learn about the business and make a name for herself without comparing and feeling a little jealous of her step sister, right now she has low esteem. Will she become a business woman or a ballet dancer or a wine taster ? and...
Eun-jo stays up that night waiting for Ki-hoon to return home. When it’s past 4 am and there’s still no sign of him, she opens the gate and waits in the dark on the front step. But still, he doesn’t come, and finally she heads back indoors, leaving the gate slightly ajar ...
daughter. She accuses Ha-won of hoping that her stepsister, Yoo-na, wouldn’t get into college so that she could take the tuition for herself. Ha-won stutters that that isn’t the case and she promises the pay the money back through part-time jobs, but Stepmom just tells her to ...