A Business Proposal Keeps Increasing in Ratings to 8.1% in Episode 3 as the Storyline Maintains the Sweet Comedic Touch

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• I think people underestimate how hard it is to do rom/com well. I'm enjoying this one and I don't have an issue with the performances thus far. The dude is playing a pretty standard tsundere ceo type character with a few quirks. Are there others who could have done it better, probably but he's fine.

  • Rom/com is so much harder than saeguk which is why you see even mediocre actors like Jin Se Young nail their sageuk roles and flop in everything else. His last drama was nonsense still he managed to come out on top of the buzzworthy ranks every single time because he clearly stood out and was the main focus of the story. This time Se Jung is coming out on top because she is clearly the main focus but their chemistry and comic timing is brilliant. Its always harder to make people laugh.

    • I'm not sure if it's so much harder. I feel like they're equally hard, but I also feel you can at least train for sageuk. Rom-com requires a more natural knack for the rhythm and comedic timing and navigating the absurd and also being able to turn it around to be serious when things get serious. You're right that people underestimate the rom-com.

    • @prettyautumn - agreed, they are both difficult in different ways, though awards bodies often underestimate how hard comedy is to get right.

      Sageuk requires technical skill and often combined with a kind of gravitas, those are difficult for even otherwise skilled actors to pull off which is why people go nuts whenever a new actor emerges who can do it (eg Junho and Lee Se Young), good comedy requires the gift of timing and line delivery. Sometimes a good writer can make decent comic fodder out of an otherwise mediocre actor by just making the dialogue really funny, but that's not what's happening with Kim Se Jung, she ends up elevating what in the hands of a lesser or not as comedy-skilled actress, could have been another meh SBS drama.

• AHS is kinda disapointing but the 2 girls are fire!

  The episode 3 was weaker than the second for me.

  It's a good idea to have only 12 episodes for this kind of story.

• The CHEMISTRY is amazing! KSJ+AHS are too good together! I'm glad he finally found a female lead he can have fun with! His acting is a huge improvement over his last dramas even Dr Romantic 2 where he was pretty decent! The cast is a perfect fit for each other and cuteness factor is chef's kiss!

• Seriously in love with Hari and Taemu. I don't know if its the Kim Sejong magic because he had zero chemistry in last drama but this time he sparkles but of course the show stealer is Kim Sejong who nails the dual characters. The mid to late 90s finally have their romcom queen. I'm even loving their bts scenes because the two are adorable together almost as if he was crushing on her in real life. I'm glad both Sejong and Jo Boa ended up picking dramas that show off their range.

  • This supposed low budget drama became my favourite drama right now. Like I like it heaps more than 2521 and FLAW (which is starting to go meh on me. Hugely contributed by the end of my appreciation for Song Kangs repetitive wide eye acting and marbles in mouth diction and introduction of the low life dad). ABP is simply slapstick and funny. 1 hour feels like 10 minutes kinda drama. Sejeong's acting is really amazing ... i went from laughing like a banshee with grandpa and his animal mask to bawling my eyes out at the bus-stop with Hari. Yes - the chemistry is holding up well too... for someone extremely adverse to ahn hyo seop since Romantic Dr Kim 2... I actually like him here?

    • I'm with you both on this. Its making me look forward to Mondays which never happens not even for my bias. I agree with the magic of finding the right female lead for AHS because him and KSJ are killing it with their chemistry which is heaps better than anything I've seen from him before. Not even with LSK did he have this kind of magical chemistry. Me too KSJ had me bawling in the bus stop scene which I wasn't expecting because I was laughing so hard at everything else. This girl deserves her top excellence award and am so glad to see her being properly appreciated this time.

  • Yes yes yes
    Ksj is really rom com queen

    The 3 kims are overhyped for nothing

    • LOL You sound so bitter “overhyped” my ass ?
      Come back when your KSJ has many acting awards like KSH and KYJ and a prestigious Baeksang Best Actress nomination like KSH ?
      You're so jealous that KSH and KYJ are acclaimed actresses and the beauty queens of their generation to boot, with way bigger fanbases than your fave who's only good at comedy ?
      Even Seol In Ah the second FL is more beautiful and more talented than your KSJ
      Stay press*d b**tch ?

• Don't need to analyze it too much. This is classic entertainment fantasy. I don't know why anyone is complaining.

  • Yeah it's like a well made ice cream sundae - is it anything new? No. Can it be better/does it have flaws? Yes. Is it feel-good and fun to watch? Bigger yes.

    I agree with the assessment that it's really being carried by Kim Se Jung with help from Seol In Ah and Lee Deok Hwa. And the male lead is noticeably stiff and not a good actor. But it's still a fun light-hearted watch and makes 1 hour long episodes feel like half that.

    • AHS is lucky to work with FL who are charismatic and help hide his flaws. I remember I found all his scenes in my father is strange fun but that was cause of ryu hwa young

• I love the grandpa and his obsession with tv dramas. The scenes of the drama ML taking her to a discount clothing store and buying ugly tshirts had me in stitches.

  I love KSJ and she has the same kinda e Getty here as School 2017

  • I LOVE THE META IN THIS DRAMA AND THEM MAKING FUN OF TROPES AND PPL!!!! COMEDY GOLD!!!

  • To see Lee Deok Hwa going from The Red Sleeve to this... I love him as cranky grandpa to the hero in both dramas, as VERY different characters lol.

    • Hes a scene stealer in suspicious partner aswell his bickering scenes with the FL was so funny.

• Seol in ah is killing this!!!! Her chemistry with Kim min Kyuis better than the main OTP. I hope she will be chosen a female lead for her next project cauz she deserves than some overhyped newbies. Btw, Kim Se jung is on fire as well.

• Samantha and Rachel ?

• AHS looks so bloated in the face in this drama idky. Sejeong reminds me so much of Emma Stone

• Sorry, but Ahn Hye Seop doesn't have even a little chemistry with KSJ. He had best chemistry with LSK, Idk how, but here comic timing and second leads are saving the show. The drama itself is very clichè, and female lead is hella annoying. Seol in ah should be the female lead.Watched till 3rd ep and turned off. Military Prosecutor is far better than this childish rom-com. Jo bo ah chose right decision.

  • Lol ok.. relax much!!

    U sound so bitter...the drama is hella entertaining and leads have great chemistry. It's getting better by the episode.

  • Im the opposite. AHS was the biggest reason I refuse to rewatch romantic dr kim 2 where I actually rewatched the first season numerous times. Not only his acting in that role but his chemistry with LSK I find a huge turn off. When their kissing scene happened, I quickly FF cos it was really cringe for me. Different strokes for different folks. Here little nuances like his blinking and a small squeeze he gv her arm during that "kiss", theres a quiet intimacy to it. Also episode by episode you can actually feel their chemistry improving just like the characters getting to know each other. Ahhhh... this romcom is geading to rewatch like crazy zone for me. I haven't quite felt this way since weightlifting fairy KBJ.