Monday premieres the new underdog workplace industry K-drama Advertising Genius Lee Tae Baek on KBS, a drama I admittedly only got interested in when the second leads Jo Hyun Jae and Han Chae Young got on board. Hey, not every project gets the juices flowing right off the bat. I actually like Jin Goo, he’s a fantastic movie actor and has cornered the market on playing gangsters and ruffians. It’ll be quite a change to see him a country bumpkin hard working Lee Tae Baek, but based on the trailers he dons that character like a perfectly fitting suit. Workplace dramas like this have to be high energy and creative with the workplace conflicts otherwise it’s justs snooze inducing. Who wants to watch office politics and plots when it happens in our everyday lives? Unless it involves ridiculously good looking people dealing with very dramatic versions of the mundane office events, and then we slurp that up as entertainment. While Japan churns out office doramas by the bucketful each season, Korea doesn’t have the same fixation on that subject matter. I also see K-dramas weaving the corporate dealings into many different types of dramas as background filler already which makes it less interesting to devote an entire drama theme to it. A few episodes of AGLTB should reveal whether this drama can execute on its message and make it interesting. While some early reports claim this was a four lead drama, the promotional materials have been convinced that’s a feint. It’s primarily about Jin Goo’s Lee Tae Baek, and the other three leads will likely circle around him and the interactions will mark their character development. I have no problem with that, I just hope the drama doesn’t make Jo Hyun Jae and Han Chae Young typical ambitious workplace antagonists who wants to succeed at all costs and are cold and calculating. I also hope this drama visually represents the dynamic advertising industry it wants to explore and bring on the pretty. I really love the drama poster above, it’s stylish and different, going outside the norm of four leads standing around and staring at the camera. My only quibble is that the four leads pictures ought to be bigger, there is too much dead space around them. Check out the other more typical drama poster below and the long trailer.
3-minute long trailer for Advertising Genius Lee Tae Baek:
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There are weird casting choices and this one is weird from both the leads itself…
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I like workplace dramas and I hope this will turn out to be a fun ride :)
The long trailer seems so off-beat at times, showing scenes that look very dynamic, but the sound feels so monotone compared to what's going on around. But still, there are a few interesting plot lines, and some predictable ones as well. Will check it out and see what are the producers up with.
Yeah, It's more look like a mistake. The editor forgot to mix the second audio track which contained all the background music and sound effects. Not Good.
Hmm, I think I would have preferred Jin Goo to be paired with Han Chae Young and Park Ha Sun with Jo Hyun Jae. Either way, all the other dramas airing right now are makjangy or mediocre so I'm totally tuning in for this one.
Anything 'genius', count me in.
I need something new to watch! After Cheongdamdong Alice I haven't been able to watch any dramas. I am watching 7th Level Civil Servant and while I like it, I'm not dying to watch the next episode every week haha. Maybe I'll give this a try.
I think I am gonna wait for few more episodes and then watch it.
I feel lack of sound and music in this longer trailer!!!!
Wait a minute, Han Chae Young is a second lead? Huh?