Almost all Korean dramas that have become popular in the past two years are about revengeful villains.
finally has something different.
"The Queen of Tears" starring Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won, staged a gender-reversed version of Cinderella marrying into a wealthy family.
Baek Hyun-woo, a tall and handsome graduate from a prestigious school, "married" Hong Hae-in, the third generation chaebol. This marriage was very dramatic. A wealthy princess pays a private visit incognito and works as an intern in her own company. Her unruly and domineering style offends her colleagues. Shabaitian Legal not only took the initiative to help, but also confessed to her that she graduated from the Law Department of Seoul National University, rented a house, and owned 35 cows in a rural family.
A naive and honest man, he immediately piqued the princess's interest.
After "My Love from the Star", Kim Soo-hyun actually embarked on the "wimp" track. It's hard to have a son-in-law from a chaebol!
After the young couple got married, they lived with their parents-in-law, grandfather, and brother-in-law. It was no better to go to work. The boss was the daughter-in-law, and the boss’s boss was the father-in-law. They were followed by bodyguards when they went out to avoid scandals in the wealthy family. .
The Yue family holds 15 sacrifices a year, and all the ingredients used in the sacrifices are the responsibility of the sons-in-law. Whether they are graduates from prestigious schools or elites in the workplace, they all become cooks. However, the sons and daughters of the chaebol family do not touch the spring water with their fingers. The position is also very particular. The eldest grandson kneels down and salutes on behalf of the whole family, and the immediate family members stand below. When the sacrifice officially begins, the unrelated sons-in-law are collectively driven into a corner.
The sons-in-law are so aggrieved.
Not only that, the husband was made things difficult for his parents-in-law, and his wife sat idly by. The male protagonist was tortured for three years, and his little heart became more and more fragile, so serious that he sought help from a psychologist.
The first episode of "The Queen of Tears" is interesting and satirical. It uses a chaebol couple with a strong woman and a weak man to satirize the privileged class and patriarchal society.
Baek Hyun-woo and Hong Hae-in are a couple. Legally, they are equal and independent individuals, but socially they are completely different. The solidified class system has caused them to be in different camps, so in the eyes of the public, they are different. No matter what, the woman is a noble prince's daughter, while the man is just a phoenix man who climbs high. It is natural for the superiors to give orders to the disadvantaged groups.
The traditional thinking mode that men are superior to women is also the target of criticism by screenwriters.
Korean women hate the sacrificial culture. Women are busy preparing utensils and food for sacrificial rituals. Their labor is not respected and has gradually become a matter of course. The TV series changed the role of men to cooking, and their male dignity was trampled on. Same job, two attitudes.
The male protagonist is given birth to and arranged. Isn’t this also the daily life of ordinary women?
A son-in-law is deprived of the "naming rights" of his child by his father-in-law. Men feel it is humiliating, but women never have the "naming rights". As soon as the child is born, it is natural that he will take the father's surname.
