Jumat, November 25, 2011

Review : Protect The Boss (K-drama)

Profile :
    * TV Show : Protect The Boss
    * Revised romanization : Boseureul Jikyeora
    * Previously known as: The Boss Has Changed / The Last Secretary
    * Genre: Romance, comedy
    * Episodes: 18
    * Broadcast network: SBS
    * Broadcast period: 2011-Aug-03 to 2011-Sep-29
    * Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
    * Language: Korean
    * Country: South Korea

    * Director: Son Jung-Hyun
    * Writer: Kwon Ki-Young

Cast :
    * Choi Kang Hee as No Eun Seol
    * Ji Sung as Cha Ji Heon
    * Hero Jaejoong as Cha Moo Won
    * Wang Ji Hye as Seo Na Yoon
    * Lee Hee Won as Yang Ha Young
    * Park Young Kyu as Chairman Cha
    * Cha Hwa Yun as Shin Sook Hee
    * Kim Young Ok as Mrs. Song
    * Ha Jae Sook as Lee Myung Ran
    * Jung Kyu Soo as No Bong Man
    * Kim Hyung Bum as Secretary Kim
    * Kim Ha Kyoon as Secretary Jang
    * Kim Chung as Hwang Kwan Jang
    * Kim Seung Wook as Park Sang Moo

Credit :
    * asianmediawiki
    * drama wiki

Plot : 
A woman struggles to find a career, but finally lands a job as a secretary. She then falls in love with her handsome boss ...

Eun-Sul (Choi Gang-Hee) applies for job after job, but is passed over because she graduated from a third-rate university and doesn't possess a sparkling resume. In high school, Eun-Sul was notorious for fighting and fighting well. Then one day she decided to live her life the right way. She started to study hard and was able to pass a university entrance exam, even though the university wasn't prestigious. While attending university, Eun-Sul continued to study hard and also worked part-time jobs to pay her tuition fees. Now out in the real world, Eun-Sul finds landing a job extremely difficult.

One day, Eun-Sul receives a phone call and is informed she got the job. Eun-Sul becomes elated, but unbeknownst to her, the company that hired her is a loan sharking firm.

Ji-Hun (Ji Sung) seems to be the perfect guy. He is from a wealthy family, is physically attractive, and works for the company which his father runs. But actually, Ji-Hun isn't interested in the family's company. Ji-Hun is also frightened to speak in front of others and being around strangers. He has ochlophobia - a fear of crowds, as well as agoraphobia - a fear of having a panic attack and embarrassing oneself. Neither his father nor his grandmother (played by legendary veteran actress Kim Young-Ok) know of his condition. Ji-Hun isn't social because of his phobia and doesn't associate with others at the company. He's also a germaphobe, and appears to be developing more neuroses as manifestations of the anxiety he feels over working for his father, whose main style of parenting, and living, is bullying.

Bullying is nothing new to president Cha (Park Yeong-Gyu). His brother's widow, Shin Sook-Hee (Cha Hwa-Yeon), still blames him for her husband's death, due to how hard president Cha made things for the deceased. Though the two of them keep up the appearance of filial love, the only thing they want from each other is to see the other one fail, die, or both. Her son is Moo-Won (Youngwoong Jaejoong), a hard-working and conscientious junior executive in the company who seems only to want the company to do well, and is willing to pick up the slack left by Ji-Hun's failings. However, something about Moo-Won also seems a little too good to be true.

Eun-Sul has a get-together with her new employers at a bar after her first day at work. She quickly becomes enraged when her boss makes sexual passes at her and a fellow female employee. She reaches her tipping point when she sees her boss accosting her co-worker. Eun-Sul then follows her boss into the men's restroom and proceeds to tie her boss, by his necktie, to the bathroom sink.

Ji-Hun also arrives at the same bar for a get-together with his co-workers. Ji-Hun then bumps into Eun-Sul as she is leaving the bar, drops his cellphone, and becomes angry. He starts arguing with Eun-Sul, when Eun-Sul's gangster employers come rushing after her. Eun-Sul is able to fight off the gangsters and make her escape, but leaves Ji-Hun behind. Ji-Hun, left alone with the gangsters, is beaten up.

When Ji-Hun goes back home his father notices the cuts and bruises on his son's face. Ji-Hun's father goes to the gangster's office and proceeds to beat them up. The case then is picked up by the media and Ji-Hun's father is sentenced to do community service. The media coverage also damages their family business.

Ji-Hun's company then holds an interview to hire Ji-Hun a new secretary. Eun-Sul arrives at the interview with other applicants, but is ignored by her interviewers because of her poor qualifications. Angered by their lack of questions, Eun-Sul proceeds to criticize them before leaving. Eun-Sul is certain she won't be hired, but is later stunned when she actually gets the job. Eun-Sul learns afterwards that one of her interviewers, Moo-Won, recommended her. Now she finds herself as the tough but hard-working low-class girl in a pool of elitist ivy-league executive secretaries. Despite these difficulties, she also quickly earns the favor and trust of president Cha through her forthrightness and honesty.

On Eun-Sul's first day at her new job she meets her boss Ji-Hun, but both of them fail to recognize each other from the nightclub. Ji-Hun is perturbed that his cousin Moo-Won picked Eun-Sul as his secretary and proceeds to give Eun-Sul a hard time, hoping she will quit. Ji-Hun quickly discovers that Eun-Sul is persistent. Meanwhile, Eun-Sul quickly discovers that president Cha's assault case and all the headaches that come with it are fallout from the brawl she started with her former employers.

One day in the elevator Ji-Hun's father becomes angered and starts to hit Ji-Hun. Eun-Sul then jumps in between the two men and tells Ji-Hun's father that she has to protect her boss. Since that moment Ji-Hun starts giving Eun-Sul less of a hard time and to rely on her more and more...

Komen gw...
Nonton serial ini gegara rekomendasi beberapa temen yg bilang lucuuu....lagi nyari yg seger2 setelah beberapa kali nonton serial pendek yg lucu meskipun teteuuuup ada sedih2nya, tp overall mayanlah buat hiburan...
Gara2 mantengin kdrama ini gw terpaksa ninggalin serial laen yg lagi gw tonton...dan ini komentar singkat gw...

Overall cerita cinderela gitu deh...kisah seorang cewe biasa2 aja (klo ga bisa dibilang miskin) yg disukai 2 orang cowo tajir n mapan, eksmud...Si cewe, Eun Seol  ini tadinya pengangguran yg hobi banget berantem, di mana pun dan kapan pun, apalagi klo namanya digangguin...jaman skul aja udah jadi jagoan booo, yg gak takut apapun...Dia akhirnya diterima di perusahaan Ji Heon pun gegera keberaniannya itu :)

Si Ji Heon ini anak bos yg bener2 semau gue n ngga bisa diharepin, nah Eun Seol yg apply jadi sekretaris ini diterima utk ngebenahin kelakuan Ji Heon. Jelaslah terjadi tarik ulur kepentingan. Dan paling demen klo mereka lagi gedubrakan pas berantem wkwkwkwk...gokil banget. Penasaran gw gimana bikin adegan spontan kek gitu, kek original...Dari interaksi mereka lama2 Ji Heon malah jatuh tiba alias demen ma si secretary...

Dan ngga disangka ngga diduga, sodara sepupunya, Moo Won yg menerima Eun Seol pun ternyata suka juga. Gubrax!! Bersainglah mereka. Oya, Ji Heon ini punya phobia-ketakutan di tengah keramaian, termasuk klo berbicara di depan publik, di mana dia menjadi pusat perhatian.

Seperti pada umumnyaaa...cerita gokil awalnya pun ngga selamanya gokil2an muluuu...tetep ada saat2 sedihnya...dan selanjutnya silakan lanjutkan ndiri hehehehe...

Worthed kok, meski ceritanya sama sekali ngga berat, tapi juga ngga enteng2 amat. hhhmmm...cuma rasanya ini serial k-drama yg nurut gw ga terlalu mengekspos pekerjaan pemain utamanya. Gw agak bingung ma review2 resmi, katanya perush bokap Ji Heon Law Firm, tp kok gw ngrasa engga yaaahhh...ga tau deh, jenis usahanya ngga jelas buat gw. Yg jelas perush keluarga, yg ada persaingan utk jadi pimpinan di antara bokap Ji Heon dan iparnya.

Dan spt biasa serial k-drama selalu ada sesuatu gitu dehhh, ngga kek sinet2 sini, yg adanya cuma racun meracun, balas dendam tak berkesudahan...ampe ngga ketauan inti ceritanya...upsss...pokok serial atu ini alurnya enaklah buat diikutin...:)

Klo mau baca sinopsis tiap episodenya, silakan nengokin di sini
dan klo mo dunlot ostnya, silakan dunlot di sini juga

Nilai gw buat serial ini : 8/10