(Siheung Times) The Friday-Saturday SBS drama ‘Ghost’ (script Kim Eun-hee, director Lee Jung-rim, production studio S, BA Entertainment) finished its thrilling journey on the 29th. It ranked first in both viewership ratings and topicality and ran on the box office road, and above all, it was baptized with favorable reviews every day as a well-made genre that combines the most Korean story with occult and mystery. The occult genre eroded concerns about being unpopular and caught both rabbits: box office success and workmanship. Accordingly, we looked back at the footsteps of the success that ‘Demon’ had walked over the past six weeks.
1) SBS teamed up with writer Kim Eun-hee of ‘Intense Return’, proved well-made in the occult genre, and terrestrial broadcasting potential
‘Ghost’ showed unusual signs from the first broadcast. This is because writer Kim Eun-hee, who creates stories that can communicate with the public even in genres and materials that are difficult to access, announced her strong return by proving her writing skills. Although she wore the skin of her occult genre, her writer Kim Eun-hee’s main skill, which densely planted various clues and built up a detailed narrative, was clearly demonstrated. Her ethnographic material, unraveled through intense research, has built a unique worldview. She also shed light on the lives of young people through social evils such as domestic violence, voice phishing, and illegal loan sharks, starting with the past evil practices of child abuse, Yeommaeran. Like Hae-hae (Oh Jeong-se)’s line, “If it is difficult to hold ancestral rites, at least have a pious heart,” the artist’s steady message about “events and people to remember” has expanded to the value of commemorating and honoring the dead. This script was completed through the efforts of the best staff who did not miss even 1% of the detail, including director Lee Jung-rim, who has both delicacy and boldness as SBS’s representative rising director. In this way, ‘Ghost’, which SBS resolutely presented, boldly broke the prejudice that ‘the occult genre is not a terrestrial drama’, and proved the strong potential of terrestrial dramas. This is also the reason why viewers are already putting the name of ‘Demon’ in a number of drama-related award nominations.
#. Kim Tae-ri – Oh Jeong-se – Hong Kyung break the existing image and succeed in transforming into an unconventional acting
Tae-Ri Kim, Jeong-Se Oh, and Kyung-Hong Hong, who put ‘The Devil’ on the list of topical works, broke their existing images and succeeded in transforming their acting. Kim Tae-ri encroached on viewers with her ‘godly acting’ that became more intense with each episode. From the tone of voice to the subtle actions and eyes, he went back and forth between Sanyoung and Sanyoung, who was possessed by evil spirits, and proved his limitless acting spectrum. Oh Jeong-se, who took the center of the play without laughing, was a veteran who showed that he could express the change of curved emotions even with serious acting. Hong Kyung, who played 120% of her role between Kim Tae-ri and Oh Jeong-se, definitely left a mark on viewers. She approached the case seriously and displayed her smart investigative skills, which doubled the fun of watching.
It was another fun to watch ‘The Devil’ with the acting of the trustworthy actors. In particular, Kim Hae-sook, who played the role of Na Byeong-hee, who started playing in earnest from the 6th episode, was a contributor who greatly increased her immersion by exploding her grotesque yet murderous greed. It was to the point that a story came out among the viewers that ‘it’s scarier than a demon even if you just sit there’. Jin Seon-kyu was ‘a very good example of a special appearance’. Starting with the opening scene where she is killed by an evil spirit, she plays a leading role in the reversal that gives chills to her spine throughout the work, and has properly lived up to her name as an actress full of presence. In addition, from Park Ji-young, Kim Won-hae, and Lee Kyu-hoe to special appearances Moon Sook, Lee Jae-won, Jo Hyeon-cheol, Choi Gwi-hwa, Kim Seong-gyu, Pyo Ye-jin, Park Hyo-joo, and Shim Dal-gi who played the evil spirit Hyang-i, the banquet of acting is dramatic. filled up to the fullest.
#. Breaking the genre prejudice of ‘scary’, leaving a life message ‘Let’s honor death and live life’
To Sanyeong, evil spirits were a being that had to be eliminated, but on the other hand, they were a necessary being to keep from losing sight. Like the devil’s temptation, San-yeong could have enjoyed everything she wanted in a world that ignored her because she was young and lacking money. Writer Kim Eun-hee said about the reason for planting this dilemma in San-young, she said, ‘I wanted to show what San-young’s choice is in a two-way road.’ It is a demon that can paradoxically show San-young what kind of life is important. San-young made a San-young-like choice in the final episode. San-yeong, who had endured a hard daily life to the point of wanting to die, was dug into the latent desires and weaknesses of San-yeong, but in the end, San-yeong realized that it was she who drove her into darkness, and that it was she who could rise again and live the life she wanted. . As a result, the demon that possessed the body of her living spirit confined her in her mirror and consumed her, but she got rid of the demon with her own will to survive. In that sense, the ending of the Dark City where Sanyoung’s vision is blacked out is meaningful. Since her demon is gone, San-yeong, who inherited a rare disease from her father, may go blind anytime. Even so, her voice of sanyeong, which strengthened her will to live, ‘yes, let’s live’, was more energetic than ever. When she heard the title, she might have thought that she was scared. However, ‘Demon’ broke that genre prejudice and made her look back on her life through her death, leaving her a ‘life message’ that can be considered a ‘life drama’.
