Sorry for posting nothing for quite a time... I’ve been busy doing other things, but, also, I, once again, lost my computer (PS: HP is hell, don’t buy HP, Like, in seven years, I went through three computers), but now I’m settled on a new computer that I hope would last me for a time. But when I was still computer less, I couldn’t really write, so my reviews took a time to be published... Yep, I passed my days like in old days, correcting some of my stories and playing videos on my phone... It was quite pitiful...
You know, there’s something a little bit ridiculous... I don’t even have an NetFlix’s account, but I’m somehow seeing all those exclusive shows... You know, that’s the beauty of streaming. By the way, it’s quite easy to find even if you don’t have an account, so if you’re interested you’ll probably find it somewhere on the net. Also, I’m not that found of YG dramas. The ones I’ve seen so far aren’t that good, but I put away all these prejudices and just watched it as any other web series.
As always, I tried to put the less spoilers it was possible in the review, but some might have escaped me, so please stay careful as you read.
Part-Time Idol is a music web drama. Jeong TaeKyung was once a famous producer. After an incident, he started to reconsider his career and traveled through the world to find himself. When he returns to Korea, he decides to take under his wing a bunch of misfits, since he truly believes that they are star material and would be, one day, successful.
As any web series that is produced by YG, the plot was quite cliché. I mean, it’s once again a story of rejects who unify and become super awesome. Because it followed such story line, the progression was quite predictable - there was nothing that could really be qualified as a plot twist (well, there were some, but... It’s not big “plot twists” so you shouldn’t expect a lot out of them even if they aren’t bad). But it doesn’t mean it was bad. It was a quite light and humorous drama that was easy to watch (about 5 episodes) and never dragged. Even if the concept was usual, it’s a concept that I liked, so I was pleased with it. The thing I was probably the more pleased with was that it treated of quite important subjects and didn’t banalize them (even though since there was no heavy drama, it made them appear a little bit easier to solve than they truly are) such as anxiety, suicide and anger management. The thing that I liked the less about this drama was that it relied a lot on slapstick. A little bit of slapstick is not bad, but... When there’s too much of it, it can become annoying.
Even if the characters were really typical, I did really like them. They had an awesome progression and even if their personality didn’t change a lot, you could see an evolution in the character as they managed to deal with their own limits and tried to overcome them. Also, they are quite human. As said before, they aren’t perfect. SoAh can’t be on stage. SooHyun can’t hit her high notes anymore after losing her confidence. HeeJung has some anger management issues. HyunBin craves for attention but is unable to perform well. And TaeKyung is constantly held back by his past. Like that, they don’t seem really nice, but once you get to know them, you’ll probably appreciate them. Especially TaeKyung that was well-thought and well-developed considering he’s a web drama character. I mean, he had quite some depth. The only character who fell short was the bad guy. I mean, he had very little development. He was really superficial and seemed quite materialistic.
I’ll conclude here because if I continue, I’m going to talk about how much I like HyunBin and I’m so glad that he’s in dramas. The plot would be worth a 8/10. The characters a 3/5. And the tearjerker factor a 0/5.