Dra. Cha (2023)

Legend of Doctor Cha

This was an average drama with saccharine acting and dialog; two reasons why I have stayed away from K-Dramas for many years. The plot had potential as a drama about infidelity and character growth. What we saw, was compromise, mistrust and miscommunication within the family unit, and narrow-mindedness.

Parent and child communication is flawed. Yes, the ingrates, Seo In Ho and Mother Kwak, did confide in each other, but they had an ulterior motive; to use and denigrate the passive FL. The two most ethical characters, Dr Cha and Mother Oh also kept secrets and sweet-talked each other, instead of trusting each other with their problems. In fact, the Seo family was deliberately undermining the mother, and enabling the father, by keeping Dr Seo’s illicit affair from Cha. Ms Oh thought her son-in-law was a saint and paragon of virtue for twenty-five years. The moral of the plot was that one should turn a blind eye, and obey the husband and mother-in-law.

Thank God, Cha rejected Seo's last ditch attempts to lure her back to the family. The husband, daughter and son, and MIL needed to appreciate the good life they had with the servile wife, mother and daughter-in-law at their beck and call.

I can't imagine the females' attraction to Seo in Ho. Why did two women with some higher education, cling to him? He had no charm or good looks. Did he throw all his money at the Mistress and Lovechild? He certainly treated the legitimate wife as a servant. He stopped having sex with the wife for ten years. After Eunsoo’s birth, did he travel to USA frequently, to be with his second family? They only returned to Korea three years ago.

Most of the characters were pathetic, with the exception of Dr Roy Kim. A shame that he did not wait for the three years’ time jump, and romance Doctor Cha. I understand Cha’s reluctance because of her illness that could end her life at any time, but Kim and she had a connection. He was the only one who was looking out for her wellbeing and happiness.

Uhm Jung Hwa was credible as Doctor Cha, the passive wife and mother and daughter-in-law, who would not challenge the manipulative, ungrateful husband and MIL, and the pampered children. One wonders if they will turn eventually into carbon copies of the father and grandmother. Cha found her identity and self-worth when she resumed her medical profession.

Kim Byung Chu as Seo in Ho; a brilliant surgeon and lying, cheating husband! Seo’s slapstick comedy act was overdone and tedious. The facial quirks, pratfalls and outbursts diminished Seo's professionalism as a topnotch surgeon and department head. He should have been in showbiz. Seo was duplicitous, verbally abusive, manipulative, and belligerent. In the end, he was promoted to Hospital Director. WTF! It would not surprise me if he preyed on another woman after his divorce.

Myung Se Bin as Choi Seung Hee; an entitled mistress! I finally understood her behavior when it was revealed that she was from a rich family, and inherited half of the father’s estate. No wonder, Ms Kwak was bitter that her son had not married Choi.

Min Woo Hyuk as Roy Kim; a knight in shining armor! It is disappointing that he did not end up with Dr Cha.

This drama had too much filler and comedic moments. The drunk sequences were excessive. It should have been trimmed to twelve episodes. The final episode was boring. Dr Kim should have waited for the three years' time jump, and wooed Dr Cha. That was enough time for Cha to find her identity and purpose in life. Most of the final episode was filler.

Story: 7.0: The drama plot was average, but it portrayed the bias against females in the family unit, except for the female hierarch.
Acting: 7.5: The actors are seasoned drama performers.
Makeup Rating 6.5: The actresses wore whiter than white foundation that made them look ghostly and ghastly. Isn't cosmetology a big industry in Korea?
Costume Rating 6.5: Some of Cha's outfits were dowdy, and Ms Kwak shopped at the Fugly Fashion House. Kwak's outfits were ugly.
Writing Rating 6: Too much filler and inane dialog
Directing and Editing Rating 7: Too much filler scenes stretching the drama.
Music Rating: 6.5
Rewatch Value: 1: Husband and MIL killed the vibes.
Overall Rating 6.5

Leia Mais

Fell flat but is okay

June 9, 2023

I started watching Doctor Cha when it first aired as I was captivated by the pilot episode. I have consistently was keeping up with this show until it started feeling draggy around ep 10.

I genuinely love how the ending occured but I feel like some scenes were just unnecessary. I know many people shipped her with Dr. Roy but regardless, the ending was still pretty decent in my opinion. A bit flat in terms of the plot progression.

I do wish the ex husband deserved a better punishment per se for how he treated Dr. Cha. Like her life was so pitiful during the time of their marriage. I could not even imagine the pain and suffering she had to go through for that.

I genuinely only finished this show for the sake of finishing it as I was so invested. There were definitely good moments and comedic relief that this show gave me. As a result, I would still recommend this show for people who want a funny somehow deep? Is this even considered a deep story.... Uh.... I lost my train of thoughts hopefully I edit this review when I gain my brain cells.

Anyhow, ADIOS 🫡

Leia Mais

Definitely worth a watch, don't understand the bad reviews though?

I started watching this drama on a whim but as the story progressed it was already my favorite drama to wait for on the weekends. I really liked the characters and how the drama had the right amount of comedy, romance, and drama in it. I think the actors did a splendid job portraying their characters making us mad and cry at the same time. Coming to the part viewers were complaining about, I don't think it was ever about Dr. Cha ending up with who at all. It was her story to find out about her own self, learn about her own potential, and most importantly give herself the love she deserved. Since her young age when it was time for her to explore and learn about things on her own, she was already busy taking care of her family while her priority should've been her own self. Dr Roy's character was just like a guide for her to find herself once again amidst all the chaos she had been through, sure Dr. Roy was the greenest walking flag and she obviously deserved someone like him after all she went through but considering she never had been on her own, it was her choice to walk alone on this journey.

I think the writers did a good job with the endings of In Ho and Seung Hee too, they were definitely too toxic for each other, I'm glad the writers didn't make them end up together and rather gave them proper redemption arcs. I think the main three characters of this drama all needed to be on their own to understand themselves better, poor children had been through a lot since their college days just because of In Ho's indecisiveness since the beginning.

I am glad they didn't force the relationship arc of the main leads to end them up with their significant others, it was definitely not some teen love drama where you need to find a significant other to be called a happy ending drama. In terms of romance, I think we got plenty of cute and relatable moments from Jeong Min and So Ra's characters. I think it was a good watch for sure, would've loved to see Dr Cha and Dr Roy ending up together but it wasn't just the case where she needs to have someone by her side to feel like she is loved, there were enough people around Jung Sook to love and cheer for her at the end.

Leia Mais

Story was strong and captivating until it wasn’t

The show starts off so strong with the cheating husband and it was exciting watch every episode as they released. When Jeong Suk gets sick I was hoping she would divorce the man as he treated her terribly but that comes later. The delay of the divorce even after she finds out he cheated on her was so painful to watch. The side plots like Roy being adopted and finding his family, JS son and his girlfriend, and JS mother being in pain was honestly so unreasonable for the drama. It was like filler drama, this drama really dropped the ball. I wouldn’t recommend a watch at all to be honest, I enjoyed it because it was light and funny but the storytelling skills are 0/10 for me.

Leia Mais

Même en Corée, les femmes commencent à secouer le joug !

Au final j’ai beaucoup aimé ce drama malgré les avis très négatifs que j’ai lus ça et là ! On lui reprochait un portrait de femme soumise, sans personnalité, ainsi qu’une image caricaturale du mariage… 
Eh bien justement, c’est ce qui m’a fait l’aimer, ce drama, parce qu’il ne faut pas oublier que ça se passe en Corée, et pas chez nous, où les épouses ne se laissent plus tyranniser par les maris et les belles-mères depuis longtemps ! En Corée ces pouvoirs hérités du confucianisme sont encore très présents, et il est très plaisant, ici, de voir cette femme se sortir du moule où la société l’a enfermée, tout en étant capable de ne pas blesser ses enfants (mais ils sont grands !) et d’affronter les préjugés de ses jeunes collègues internes ! Je reproche souvent aux dramas leur lenteur, mais pas ixi, car il est évident qu’une pareille mutation ne peut se faire en trois coups de cuiller à pot ! Justement on voit très bien comment le docteur Cha prend peu à peu sa place, comment elle prend la mesure de ses capacités et comment elle fait des choix courageux qu’elle assume !
On a reproché au drama la romance avortée avec le docteur Kim, mais c’est justement un des aspects que je préfère : le docteur Cha a tourné la page des romances adolescentes, et elle ne décide pas de vivre seule, comme je l’ai lu (elle a ses enfants, bientôt petits-enfants, sa mère, son travail…) mais de vivre sans un homme et c’est une vision très moderne et assez révolutionnaire d’affirmer dans un drama populaire qu’une femme n’est pas infirme si elle n’a pas un homme derrière elle !

J’ai lu dans des commentaires qu’il ne fallait pas voir ce drama si on était féministe, or c’est tout à fait le contraire, c’est un féminisme heureux sans polémique et simplement courageux qui s’y démontre !

Les acteurs sont très bons, j’ai un peu été gêné par le côté clown que présente parfois le mari, Kim Byung Chul, dans un essai de comique léger où e ne l’ai pas senti à l’aise et qui était un peu forcé, mais c’est un détail.
Uhm Jung Hwa interprète très bien cette femme sans grand relief au début, qui va s’imposer sans pour autant casser la baraque !
Ce n’est pas un drama qui voue empêche d’aller dormir, mais il se suit sans ennui et les personnages sont emphatiques par le fait même de leur côté ordinaire proche de nous !

Leia Mais

BINGE WORTHY PERFORMANCES

I’m early into this romantic comedy, so I’ll keep it brief. This is the funniest show I’ve seen in a while. The comedic timing is simply fantastic! Although the comedy is great, Doctor Cha takes you through a range of emotions, as there are more serious scenes and issues of concern. The writing is excellent and the storyline is logical. The actors do a marvelous job with each character and make them believable. I’m loving this show! Can’t wait for the next airing! Will write more later.

Completed all shows and it did not disappoint! It remained a great show, becoming more serious in last few episodes, although occasionally funny throughout. I’ve read some of the comments—cannot relate to the negativity! Doctor Cha is well-done and a fabulous show! We’ve wandered away from enjoying just the art itself! There doesn’t have to be messaging in every show, curtailed to resolve the social and political ills in a society!

Leia Mais

Best 2023 k drama

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Leia Mais