My id is gangnam beauty episode 1
Only her physical appearance has changed she’s still shy and awkward on the inside, and she’s just trying her best to fit in. She’s still insecure in her own skin, and still awkward when talking with others. She doesn’t see herself as a pretty girl that’s better than others, even though she’s had plastic surgery and is now considered a pretty girl. To me, what makes Mi Rae sympathetic is her attitude.
She’s never felt that it would be possible for people to like someone like her. And then in episode 1, when she cries and tells Mom (Kim Sun Hwa) that she’s having fun that people like her, someone like her it’s really so poignant and sad. She does it because she wants to be ordinary, and no longer the outcast. Not to be better than others, or attempt to be a superstar. There’s a lot of pathos in the fact that Mi Rae goes through extensive surgery, just because she wants to be an ordinary person. And so her insecurity and self-doubt feels understandable, in this context. But, given that she’d been bullied her whole life, there is a lot for her to work through emotionally and psychologically, even though she looks pretty now. Mi Rae is portrayed as a highly insecure character, and that insecurity stays with her through much of our story. If Mi Rae hadn’t spent her whole life feeling inferior and insecure, I would’ve found her continued self-doubt annoying. Lastly, things do feel a little clunky in spots, but if you’re able to just roll with it, Show is quite the warm, cracky sort of watch. But hang in there, the face rating doesn’t continue for long, AND, Show does call it out as bad behavior.
This almost turned me off watching the show, to be honest. That said, even though the acting isn’t fabulous, it does feel sincere, and I was very much able to root for our characters from early on.Īnother thing to keep in mind is, Show begins with a somewhat disturbing emphasis on physical appearance, with Mi Rae mentally rating the features of every female that crosses her line of sight. On the other side of the table, Kyung Seok is a character that is rather unexpressive by nature, and therefore, Cha Eun Woo’s acting limitations don’t come into play as much. Mi Rae is portrayed as a rather awkward character, and while Im Soo Hyang makes her sufficiently ungainly, it does come across as rather flat and one-note. Unfortunately, the acting of Im Soo Hyang and Cha Eun Woo, who play our leads Mi Rae and Kyung Seok, leans on the stiffer side of things. The main adjustment one would need to make, for this show, is the acting.