I’m not sure what went wrong but apparently the fallout, or feedback is lightning speed on this one. What could have been the first trendy buzzy K-drama to start off 2017 has turned out to be an early out of the gate potential flop, and there is swift response behind-the-scenes to salvage things. tvN‘s current Mon-Tues drama Introverted Boss (Sensitive Boss) has gotten middling reviews and even more importantly jettisoning viewers.
The premiere two episodes got around 3% ratings, solid for the cable network, but the following week’s second two episodes found ratings dropped by half to the mid 1% range. This week’s episodes 5 and 6 were reportedly completely rewritten last week as production scrambled to address viewer response, with the cast re-filming this week’s episodes. For those wondering why K-dramas do live-filming, what’s happening right now is the perfect example of this system which allows production to tweak and tailor dramas on the fly.
The last two weeks I’ve been busy with the conclusions of Goblin and Legend of the Blue Sea so I haven’t checked out Introverted Boss yet. It comes from the screenwriter of Marriage Not Dating, and the PD who directed that drama as well as Another Oh Hae Young, so there is a solid track record team helming the drama. Those who have watched Introverted Boss, what’s the big problem with it? Acting? Chemistry? Storyline? Share and maybe save others from wasting my time.
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I find it difficult to watch. Even with the little hearts the director drops every now and again.
A lot of dense characters who don't listen and insensitive.
In my opinion, it's the storyline. It just doesn't flow well and it's not very funny. The story is choppy and things just sort of don't make sense. So, to me, it's the writing that is failing in this drama. I mean, the acting and the chemistry seem fine but I find both main leads to be unlikeable and hard to watch and their extreme tendencies are more annoying than anything. I mean, I know that the writers did this so that they can show growth but, they just don't seem relatable (especially the male lead) and it's almost cringe worthy to watch him navigate is life. The side characters are also poorly written in my opinion and the story doesn't use them well. I was honestly going to give it two more episodes before I dropped it so, hopefully these changes will be good for it.
Full Disclosure: I'm not watching it. Going by what I'm reading from international fans it is that they were expecting a drama where the guy was shy and introverted but not to the level in this drama and the girl was outgoing and such but not totally obnoxious and without boundaries...then there is a whole revenge story. Also, it's one thing to have one assertive character go up against another person like that but not so much when one character is so painfully introverted. It just seems mean. Now I see people wanting the guy to get together with the sweet secretary.
There are a few people who think the lead actress wasn't ready for this, but I'm not seeing a lot of people saying that the drama would be fine without problems if she wasn't in it...just that the flaws are more obvious.
Anyway, I feel for the cast and crew...it's gonna be a brutal shooting schedule.
Well , i think viewers were waiting for a good rom com but this drama has a darker side. The genre is not well definit. The lead actress was good in "Age of youth" but not ready for a lead role ( she doesn't sell it and is too young) . No sparks between the leads and lack of interest for the others characters. And the précédents dramas have both chemistry overload and interesting second roles.
Totally agree with you folk. PHS is not ready yet to take on a lead role. The character is annoying and her acting portrayal is annoying too. The drama solely focus on the 3 people, the boss, the other boss and the annoying Newbie. Lol. Bring me GSY ?
First, the promos for the female character were wrong they made us expect an extroverted girl which doesn't mean rude. Second, if they would have presented the character as obnoxious and rude, then the storyline is wrong. They should be showing us some character growth or at least teasing us that there'll be.
and Yeahh! where's GSY?? I ff the 4 episodes just to see her and I barely watched like 5 min of her TT
I totally agree..the actress is annoying
I liked it only for male lead. Female was too young to be credible. And it was moving along fine. The main lead guy is fantastic.
i don't know...but i don't feel like watching the next episode after the first 2 episodes.
Well I agree that the female lead isn't ready to be a lead yet. But that is a small matter.
Female lead + writing .....such a mess.
the leads are unlikeable, especially the female lead. she is unbearably annoying 99.9% of the time. kinda shocked that the actress was even able to secure a role as a female lead. gong seung yeon is by far a better actress and she has barely even been in the drama so far.
U got the point girl. So true
Agreed on this...I drop it after the second episode. The storyline is also meh...
The characters are too extreme in personality . Do not like the revenge part of the series. Highly illogical that PR work is done so haphazardly ...
The male lead was way way way too shy the first 2 episodes. Too painful and slow to watch. Ep 3-4 he started talking and it was better. The female lead is not as well acted. She seemed more of a bumbling insensitive girl, so hard to get behind her revenge story. She also couldn't shift her tone well. One minute she's happy go lucky and pushy an the next she's saying "revenge will start soon." The jump was jarring. Then there's the writing. Seemingly illogical sometimes. Female lead goes to work first day, sees the CEO sign outside his penthouse office and yet still barges in without a care? Then thinks the guy she sees is NOT the CEO? Even though someon already told her downstairs that the CEO drove the car that crashed into her? Then she keeps running into some dude who is in a black hoodie and doesn't think it's the same guy hat she met in the CEOs office? Even if she can't see his face? The CEO catches her snooping 2-3 times in his office and each time he just accepts her excuse? The male lead is great but so far story not working.
I forgot the snooping in the office part 3 times! Yes that is so unrealistic.