Dong Yi 同伊 동이

Dong Yi, the TV series, is currently showing on Channel U.
We went to Poh Kim and bought the DVD set.

It's a story about how a commoner's daughter rose through the ranks in the Palace and became the favoured concubine of the King.

Though Dong Yi is a historical figure, I doubt the storyline follows history exactly.

Produced by the same famed producer Lee Byung Hoon who made Dae Jang Geum 大長今 대장금, he once again features traditional Korean crafts in his series, this time being music and the art of applied science in the CSI field.

In the typical Korean pride, the actors, palaces, costumes, sets, acting, storyline, and character presentation are of high standards. It is an absolute pleasure to watch.

Of all the characters, my favourite is the swordsman, 车天寿, who was in steadfastly love with 同伊. Even though 同伊 eventually chose the King, he dutifully stood by her side and protected her with his life to the end.

The most touching scenes were when he struggled to figure out what was best for 同伊 while battling his own feelings. He went to have a man-to-man talk with the King. He wanted to know if the King was serious about 同伊.

So, who says 男人不坏，女人不爱!
就是喜欢天寿哥这样的好男人呀!

On the other hand, the uber handsome small-eyed King, is quite a weakling, in my view. Definitely not a hot-blooded man like 天寿哥.

I dislike the scenes where he hugged and cried to 同伊 and suggested for them to run away. I certainly did not like the way he could like Concubine Jang so much at first, then decided later that 同伊 was the love of his life instead.

So you can imagine my disappointment when I dreamt of the King after watching multiple episodes of the series. Why couldn't it be about 天寿哥?!!

BM: Eh... Baby... I dreamt of the King last night. Why couldn't it have been 天寿哥?!! 天寿哥 is so MAAAAAAN!!! ROOOAAARR!!

GF: Nabei... I thought you would say,"Why couldn't it have been with GF?!?!"

BM: Erm... Oh yah... That too... 

=))