K-netizens and C-netizens So Over Fawning Han So Hee Entertainment Publication Articles

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• You do not need to be a superbly good actress to be seen as a queen, for example Song Hye-kyo, Kim Tae-hee or even Park Shin-hye. The problem with Han So-hee is that her acting skills are equally as poor as the aforementioned actresses, but she has an even bigger drawback and that is that she cannot enunciate. Her diction is poor and she has a lisp that is very severe. At least, when people talk about the aforementioned actresses, they will always compliment their crisp diction. Han So-hee is literally nothing but face. Her weaknesses show when she starts talking and that is not something you want as an actress.

  • Literally Jo In Sung and Hyun Bin were even worse when they debuted and yet they became top stars today. Han So Hee can easily overcome those things to become a top star because she definitely has the IT factor. However the media play is definitely going overboard at this point.

    • One problem tho, in comparison to the people you mentioned, she is a woman. As secist as that is, that is the reality of the entertainment industry especially a patriarchal one like South Korea. Is the worst actress, of course not. Heck, she's miles ahead than most of the idol actresses. The problem with her is that she's been hyped too much but she hasn't really produced results.

    • And were heavily criticized for that too. But they’re up there just the likes of opposite gender versions Kim Tae Hee and Suzy. Also people right now with Han So Hee criticize Song Kang. It’s not a sexism. It’s lookism. As long as you’re pretty people are willing to give you many chances to improve (whatever it means) and however long it takes in leading roles nonetheless.

    • @Tany Even if Jo In-sung and Hyun Bin started their careers with a lisp, they have acting prowess. Kwon Sang-woo still has a lisp, but he is relatively good actor. IU is another example. Han So-hee scores a double whammy. She cannot act and she cannot talk. She is basically like an idol actress such as Seolhyun and Suzy.

    • Just to address the comment about lookism. Since when are celebs unattractive? How they even be celebs if they weren't? Especially in a country like South Korea basically every celeb is gorgeous.

    • @kadi Since forever. Secondary, character actors exist, you know that right? If those “nothing but beautiful” actors had no look on their side they wouldn’t even get an opportunity to enter the room. To get somewhere without face you need an actual talent. Also different level of “attractiveness” exist. The more conventionally handsome/pretty you’re the more people willing to excuse your poor performance because they’re attracted to your face.

  • U can check her poor acting in Abyss too.

• Cant understand why the need to rip her apart like this. Don't like her then stop reading about her. This is like joining the fun of ripping her to pieces esp with a big group since both sides of the shores now "UNITED" to shred her.

• I don't get why K-ent is desperately pinning all of its hopes on HSH as the next "top" female star. I know K-ent is small, but it's not THAT small, and there are plenty of other potential It girls in her age group to hype too.

• I also don't think that she's a good actress yet, but I really don't get the underhanded vitriol you've been throwing at her, as what I've commonly seen you do for actress who you deem to be in direct competition to your faves. First of all, it is a common practice by most agencies to either have (maybe pay) writers or even search engines feature their artists. Let's not beat around the bush and have Suzy, one of your faves, be an example. JYP did the overselling during her early days from her role in Architecture, and no where in her articles will we read her robotic actin in Dream High, but only praises for her. There were murmurings before of Naver selling their real-time rankings or even prominent features on their search engines, and most took up that offer. Suzy got her name known from the same method that Han Sohee's agency is using. So, if it has been used by other actresses (and not only used by Suzy) and Han SO Hee is using the same strategy to solidify her status, why are you in your high horse and trying to condemn just HSH?

  • Not technically wrong. Though ratings are tragic in Korea, Nevertheless ranks top 10 on netflix every week. Philippines, malaysia, singapore, thailand etc its hit no.1 multiple times and has never quite dropped out of top 10.

  • ^this exactly. Suzy's rise was also fuelled by media play even though she couldn't act for toffee. And they continued that media play even when her projects flopped or underwhelmed while she still sucked at acting.

    HSH had the successful breakout and at least delivered a good performance in her breakout role. Why are the knives coming out for her just because her agency dares to hype her? Is it because she's not an idol and doesn't have rabid fans willing to excuse away wooden acting and blame the failure of a project on everything from her costar to the weather? I don't personally see the hype about her looks but I watched 1-2 episodes of Nevertheless and while her character was a doormat with no spine, I thought she played it convincingly.

  • Not just Suzy but PSH and her agency did major media play to establish her as the new queen of Hallyu during 2013-14. She literally had only one hit drama to her name at that point which was Heirs and people hated her acting and character She was a well known child actress but her transition to top Hallyu star was nothing but media play. They bought her a ton of popularity awards in Korea and overseas and sent her on 'Asia Tours' to sell the image. This media play by HSH agency is tame in front of everything agencies did back in the day.

    • ??? Only one hit and that was Heirs? Did you totally forget about You're Beautiful or do you not know that was a Hallyu hit too (to the point there's a Japanese remake of it). She was also in successful movies like the first Cyrano Dating Agency and Miracle in Cell no. 7, all before Heirs.

      As for Heirs itself, it has the worst and no-chemistry OTP ever but Korea loved it. And remember who the writer is - Kim Eun Sook would never have offered PSH a lead role if she wasn't popular to begin with. And a fanmeeting tour where people have to spend money to see her sounds like actual success, not hollow 'media play'.

  • Is HSH better than Suzy, yes oh yes. Are they both products of media play? Amen. But the thing that Suzy had that HSH didn't is that Suzy had writers who tailored characters for her early in her career. She was lacking in the acting department but the way her characters were written in her first few dramas were exceptional that they managed to establish her even more than HSH can hope to achieve right now. It also doesn't help that HSH started getting famous because of a villainous role. Was the hate for her too much and underserved, yes. But the problem is that people hail her as if she's the second coming of Audrey Hepburn when she's clearly not.

    • Re: Dream High was a success for Suzy because it had a good storyline and the drama actually used Suzy’s wooden acting to poke fun at her. It made her look charming to not take herself seriously and admit her limitations as a newbie actress. There were also enough buzz about the lovelines and the debates on the shipping KSH vs Taec were epic but fun. (This was before the Reply 1994/1988 shipping wars which were brutal and left scars til now.)

      “IT Girls” come and go in K-ent. What they and their fans do affect their popularity too. Never seen HSH act so can’t comment, but to me she’s like Kim Tae-ri. There’s something about them I don’t like so I just ignore their projects.

  • did we forget that suzy debut drama had 17-20% rating lmao ...all the hate she got basically because she was an idol let's not lie to ourselves... anyway I'm glad that she became one of the top actresses in industry and in untouchable position , thanks to her talent and hard-work

    • Exactly! I'm not even a Suzy fan but she was the lead in her debut drama which was a huge hit AND part of a very successful girl group. Her mediaplay at least has an actual reason behind it.

    • @Elsa

      If you think Suzy is a top actress and untouchable, then you are the one lying to yourself. Tragically.

    • Comment above is the example of how good Suzy media play worked.

    • @redmercury data and numbers don't lie ..she's one of the most paid actresses if not the most and s lister celebrity and topping gallup Forbes and every list lift and right continuesly , receiving love calls from the actors and even senior actresses till this day . If you can't accept that she's on to top of her game ?! It's not our problem.even her unstoppable relevency in every topic is proved again here lol

    • Well u r like someone that wrote han so hee article.delusional. Suzy? Top actress? Hahahaha. Name just one the best actress award that she has won

    • Gu Family books is also huge hit and got very high ratings, Architecture 101 is huge hit too, she got 3 concective huge hit dramas and movie under her name and won many awards for these 3 hit projects at the age of 18,she also became the first and the only female celebrity so far to won 4 rookie awards in 4 different fields at the age of 18, all these are fact, how these are media play! If it's, she got all these hit projects under her name and awards to back her up, she truly deserves all the love she receives!

  • The huge difference between Suzy and HSH at their early debut days is Suzy already had many hit projects under her names at the age of 18 and won many awards while HSH didn't have any at the age of 26, she's only a second female lead in that hit drama, besides this, Suzy was also the face of a very popular girl group Miss A who had many hit songs, Suzy was also the first and the only female celebrity to won 4 rookie awards at 4 different fields including music, drama, movie and variety at the age of 18!the first day of Suzy's debut had a huge buzz in Korea because of her stunning visual and charming stage presence! Suzy's well known for not just her beauty, but concective huge hit projects and many awards which HSH didn't have at all so far!

    • ....and she's been coasting on that Architecture 101 thing for almost 10 years now. Bang on about it all you want, image without substance or talent doesn't have much of a shelf life beyond age (Korean) 30.

      At least Han So Hee's last hit drama was from 2020, not 2012. And girl was a surprise breakout from a supporting role, not someone who had lead roles handed to her from day 1.

    • @Royal We

      Suzy's last hit is Start Up from 2020 not Architecture 101 from 2012! this drama was the top 2 kdramas at 2020 Netflix kdramas streaming ranking, this drama got her ranked 6th at 2020 the Gallup drama actors list, she won 2021 First Brand best actress award for this drama, she also ranked 7th at 2021 Government Hallyu survey! WOTM is not HSH's hit drama, it's KHA's hit drama, HSH hasn't won any award from her debut until now, the review of her first lead role from this year is not positive from Korea reviewers either! After 11 years of debut, Suzy still stands still, her name still constantly appeared on the Gallup, Hallyu Survey, Forbes, the most favourite celebrities and models survey last year and this year!

• Cyberbullying. Make peace not war. I hate social media sites that lost control of the users.

  And I don't even know this girl.

• Were people really this uncomfortable by her acting in Nevertheless? I thought she did a really good job…maybe I missed something but I was never distracted by her performance (more so by her character…) I might not be as effected by this since I don’t really follow any articles. It is unfortunate that she has a pretty heavy lisp.

  I see some comments totally praising her and complimenting her desire to become a strong actress, and then posts like this that completely destroy her lol.

  • Same - she has a noticeable lisp but she emoted well enough, it wasn't her acting that made me drop the drama lol.

  • No ppl weren't hating on her as much as this blog would have you believe. She is the current IT actress and unless she causes a major scandal like seo yeji, she is just going to keep rising up. Not a major fan of her acting but it is nowhere as bad as countless other popular actresses. She's okay, with a lot of room for improvement but seems to have the potential and drive to improve. Netizens aren't out to get her or anything, just koala is. Or maybe she's just click baiting and doesn't care either.

• I'm not bothered by the mediaplay by some agencies. You can say its in their interest to promote their artists. In the end, talent (or atleast enough charisma to make up for lack of talent) rises to the top and has to endure over time. Many IT girls/guys come and go and its always the same story with mediaplay. Let's see how she fares in the next few years.

• Sad that she's getting this backlash when it's her agency who is being heavyhanded.

  Was wondering what agency is screwing this up. I looked it up and I can't seem to find any information about them other than them being Han So Hee's agency.

• Its feels so random. I feel ljke she came from nowhere and suddenly she's the IT girl. I'm like how? Did I fall asleep and wake up in the future ? Regrading her acting its whatever (although that's not been a problem for other actors ) her face is pretty but not one that gives off IT factor in my opinion.

  • Exactly this. No idea of her existence. Then one day, poof! Koala is suddenly posting obsessively about her and calling her an IT girl, thus contributing to the same heavy-handed mediaplay she scorns. About the girl herself, I'm indifferent. So she's an IT girl? If they say so. Okay. Whatever.

  • I didn't watch it because watching marriage wrecks aren't my thing, but World of the Married was a big hit - both commercially and critically. It had even higher ratings than Crash Landing on You and Sky Castle. It got her award nominations and wins. It is timing too. It aired early in the pandemic too, which I think got people's attention. It's like how there was that one month in the US where people were all about Tiger King, which became a pop culture phenomenon. I missed it and all the subsequent references to it!

    I think she also lucked out in other ways too by being in her mid-20s, pretty, and not an idol. I think she became an IT-girl for lack of strong competition in her age this past year. There's stronger competition in the early 30s range.

    • HSH only got one nomination and didn't win, she hasn't won any award so far even just a small award.

  • True that. I would say that Kim Tae Ri is an IT girl right now. Not her.

• I think I watched her in Nevertheless only. I dropped The World of the Married. I don't find her specially pretty and her acting in Nevertheless didn't match the story. She always looked so unconfortable...

  I really wonder if she will have the charisma for the role in My Name. I really liked Extracurrilar and it's the same PD, so I have hopes.