Jung Kyung Ho and Jeon Do Yeon Deliver the First Hit of 2023 as tvN Rom-com Crash Course in Romance Hits 9.145% Ratings in Episode 5

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• It is called acting, and do not look pretty, besides being a slow-burn Romance. And no matter what your younger actress does...they are no match for older noonas or actresses. Oh ya, the director happens to love older actresses too like Shin Mina in Hometown ChaChaCha

• First hit? Isn’t that Agency? It has higher ratings and LBY is getting massive praise for her performance. Not that Crash Course isn’t great as well but Agency deserves more recognition. Unfortunately it’s not easily available for international viewers and is getting ignored.

• Romance part is what bothers me too so I dropped it. It just doesn't work. Obviously it happens in real life so that's not an issue but she looks like his aunty and that's the chemistry I see, not romance.

  • I am still watching but ya, the romance part is out! She really looks like his aunty.
    But as actors both ML and FL are top class.

• This is such a delightful drama with winning leads. I love it to bits.

• The drama is sometimes jarring with lots of tonal shifts but the acting is superb. It has similarities with Strong girl bong soon wherein the story is cliche' and meh but the actors saved the drama by the natural chemistry and acting.

  Also, Jeon Do Yeon proved she really is the best actress of Korea. Such a treat to watch her acting.

• I googled her and wow! She is such a prestigious actress with numerous awards. I look forward in watching one of her shows. I'm currently not watching this romance drama but maybe I will in the future.

• Except for the random thriller and evil moms part, the rom-com has that comfortable throw-back feel. But the drama is great at taking the more loner ML and the candy FL and blending it with the actors/characters' ages and life stages. The interactions are charming and winning.

  So far we're getting to the part where he is slowly falling for her and it's delicious!

• I would know when this "genre" started
  a mix of a light-feel good drama - romance - colorfull cinematography - ""old"" characters

  I feel it's started with Camellia Blooms but im not sure

• I feel like rom-com dramas are making a comeback. The timing is just right. Pent-up demand after three years of pandemic restrictions, recent crowd crush tragedy and flood disasters in Seoul. SK viewers are ready for well-made feel good rom-com dramas. If writers and PDs are smart, they should capitalize on the mood of the nation. Tbh, revenge, thrillers and makjang dramas are wearing a bit thin for me. I'm watching it atm but I also don't feel the romance part. Maybe coz I know JKH has been dating Sooyoung for ten years irl just kind of spoil the immersion experience. Lol. Just not feeling the chemistry between the leads visually & emotionally.

  • I just googled Jeon So Yeon. She'll be 50 in 2 weeks time. She's 10 years older than JKH. This might work if they film this drama ten years ago or if JDY looks like Choi Ji Woo who still has a youthful vibe. It worked for JCW-HJW in Empress Ki and LSG-HJW in Kings 2 Heart despite a 9 year age gap.

    • I’m guessing it’s the way she’s styled and her overall vibe that’s emphasizing the age difference? 10.5 years of age difference is still “smaller” than the age difference between Ju Ji Hoon and Kim Hye Soo (almost 12 years) but no one commented much about it in Hyena (though I didn’t like KHS’s style there, her skin is wow. And someone said it’s only when she speaks that she gives her age away).

      As for Ha Ji Won, I think her athleticism and fashion sense helps maintain her youthful charm. I saw her in Hospital Ship with Kang Min Hyuk and recently in Curtain Call with Kang Ha Neul (her age gap with both leads are 11-12 years) and they looked like in the same age range. The only time she looked slightly older in Curtain Call was when her make up was too thick and she was wearing a business suit.

    • Exactly. Well said Jihyu. I watched Hospital Ship HJW & Kang Min Hyuk from start to finish. I'm not against noona-dongsaeng romance. If done well, I'm all for it. It just doesn't work here coz of JDY's styling plus the vibes they gave her character. I'm not feeling Sean Connery as the love interest of Catherine Zeta Jones in Entrapment. He looks like her Grandpa. Visual and vibes matter a lot to me whether it's k-dramas or Hollywood movies. I was rooting for Jang Nara and SIG in Hello Monster. They have a big age gap. I also have a lot of respect for SIG's Mum coz she's seven years older than his Dad. Ppl need to take a chill pill.

    • Yeah, they are supposed to be on the same age, as this is not written to be a noona romance. Loved Jeon Do Yeon's amazing acting but I wished they casted someone closer to Jung Kyung Ho's age, like for example Lee Na Young or Kim Ha Neul.

      But it is ok, I found the premise of this show really refreshing - both of our lead characters are in their late 30s to early 40s : that in itself is a rarity in Kdrama to have leads at such age.

• It is the FL's hairstyle that makes her look like his mother.

  • That and that she is 50 years old.