Note to U.S. TV execs: I really need to see that! And by ”that,” I mean My Name is Kim Sam-soon, a new South Korean romantic drama that follows the life of a confident, chubby pastry chef who’s fed up with societal pressure to get hitched. According to the AP, the show has become a national sensation since its premiere last month, drawing a whopping 41.7 percent of viewers on a recent Thursday night.
While the show certainly sounds like it takes some inspiration from Bridget Jones’s Diary, and perhaps standup comic Judy Tenuta (at one point, Kim demands her rich, handsome boss drop to his knees and beg her to return to her job), it sure sounds more appealing than, say, another knockoff of CSI or Lost.
Here’s a crazy thought: Instead of churning out a watered-down American version of Kim Sam-soon, maybe one of the networks should buy the rights to the show and air it with subtitles on a Saturday night, when apparently no one watches television anyway. Am I on to something? Would you sample a Korean soap opera in primetime? Or has your Tivo already got a date with Cops for the next 52 Saturdays?
Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at this), my Tivo’s always free on a Saturday night.
That depends on the technical ( not editorial) quality of the show. I don’t need to watch badly-produced soaps with shoddy camerawork and sound issues like a Japanese soap I’ve seen on public television
The show is funny and real (well, as real as a TV show can get). It is also consistently good, something that rarely happens on Korean shows which are usually hastily produced. Still, I don’t know how the American audience might take it. Anyway, I am all for the idea of importing the show. I would volunteer to do the subtitles myself for free if it happened ! Yay for Sam-soon !
The production values of this drama are excellent, including an impressive number of steadi-cam and location shots.
It’s definitely on par, and in many ways superior to the crap we’re all being fed in the U.S. these days (notwithstanding the brilliant programs on HBO and Desparate Housewives).
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