Spring has come, again!

Warning: spoilers ahead!

(P.S. I don't know why some of the text got underlined and I have no idea how to get rid of the underlining.)

I am doing more enjoyable re-visiting, watching the 'encore' run of Dalja's Spring on KBS World. While Sam Soon remains the definitive K rom-com moment for me, Dalja's Spring, I think, improved on that genre somewhat, doing many things better than Sam Soon did.

I love the different whimsical cartoons that go with each episode.

Chae Rim is such a natural. She pulls this off so easily and nicely. At times, she is just priceless.

Lee Min Ki pales in comparison. He is not a no-hoper but he had no chance of shining in the midst of the pretty strong cast. He played the sweet kid (27 years old, but, to me, a kid) he was supposed to and he and Chae Rim were a cute couple but he had limited facial expressions and voice inflections. I think he only had a/an (a) talking face (b) smiling face (c) intense face (which was basically his talking face plus a hard stare) and (d) upset face, which was the same for all levels of being upset - angry, sad, broken hearted, jealous, etc - all he did was to pout. I think he was just 'average' but him being one of the male leads, one would expect more from him.

The other female lead was much worse, though. I thought her acting was horrible and she

had very little chemistry with the guy. Now, this guy acted well. He was so funny most of the time and he did his emotional and moody parts convincingly too.

As for this other guy, when I saw him in Wedding, he was boring as bricks and stiff as stones. Here, he is still boring as bricks and stiff as stones. But, all

credit to the script writer, his character was actually interesting and funny at times, and all this could come across without good acting. All he had to do was to lie down with a stoned face and eat up all the chocolates from his ex-wife, read the 'Candy' manga that his secretary provided with a stoned faced, ask his secretary questions with his stoned face, etc. This is what I call creative script writing. So talented, these Koreans... I never really thought about this issue before - that you can actually create a solid character out of someone who cannot express himself sufficiently on screen. Well, since we have so many half-past-six or worse actors, our script writers, directors and producers should go and pick up this skill instead of messing up others' and their lives.

Did I say the show had a 'pretty strong cast'? Yes, despite two of the leads acting poorly and one being just average. The secondary characters were well written and acted. We should learn from that too.

To top it off, some people should also go and learn how to do chirpy theme songs such as Spring Has Come.