Secret Love Affair Eps 1-4 Discussion Post

[candycoateddame.livejournal.com]

Warning: Spoilers and Sexy Piano Playing Inside!


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Synopsis: A drama about Oh Hye Won, a 40 year-old successful career woman who begins a love affair with Lee Sun Jae, a 20 year-old innocent young man and genius pianist.

Ep Links:
Ep1: Viki, Gooddrama
Ep2: Viki, Gooddrama
Ep3: Viki, Gooddrama
Ep4: Viki, Gooddrama

Sources: Viki, Gooddrama

Is anyone else watching this? The title is so cheesy that I wasn't going to, but I started and am completely sucked in. It's so pretty and intense and there's so much going on. Yoo Ah In and Kim Hee Ae are playing their roles to perfection I think.

Comments

More things

[candycoateddame.livejournal.com]

Someone on tumblr has also compiled a list of SLA recaps, commentary, etc. And Koala's recapping now! Here skellywriter.tumblr.com/post/81012258584/links-to-kdrama-secret-love-affair-commentary (http://skellywriter.tumblr.com/post/81012258584/links-to-kdrama-secret-love-affair-commentary)




(x (http://estalyne.tumblr.com/post/80514001780/sunjae-being-just-like-i-dont-give-a-shit))

Re: More things

[edanz-castle.livejournal.com]

loved this part lol.

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

i just need to watch episode 4, but so far it is really good and i really like it.

however it can be too slow paced and i think it would benefit more from a 40 minutes format than one hour.

[iviih.livejournal.com]

Yesss!! You made this post <3

Check it out people, even if the plot is not for you, the pretty is just enough, ame for music and acting!!

Also:



http://youtu.be/x_u1jrBJGDs

http://youtu.be/eiw8ouv5sIo

[candycoateddame.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the vids! I'm watching that piano scene again. Also, watching ep 1 of A Wife's Credentials already, lol.

[yunhalove.livejournal.com]

I love love love this drama. Everything is just so perfectly produced, acted, filmed, etc, etc and I love how you can interpret every scene in a hundred different ways. I love how independent and human the characters seem to be, none of them are simple black or white (esp. Hyewon, who I loooove). Not to mention the chemistry between her and Sunjae!

[candycoateddame.livejournal.com]

The whole drama just seems so well thought out. People keep picking up on all these cinematic cues/metaphors/double talk that I missed. There's so much more going on than I expected. I love Hyewon too! She's a totally competent and very self-aware woman which is great and seeing her and Sunjae together is pretty captivating.

[candycoateddame.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've seen some talking about how they wouldn't/couldn't watch because of either the age difference or because she's having an affair, but those are both things I love about the drama. The age difference has shifted the power balance heavily in Hye Won's direction which I find fascinating and I don't really care that's she's married, lol. It just makes the taboo even more enjoyable to watch.

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

it is getting annoying that fans of the drama can't discuss it without somebody jumping in to inform us that they won't watch because affairs are wrong. Like duh we get it, cheating is bad but this is a drama and cheating is the source of conflict and plot. No one is studying this for life lessons we just want to be entertained. Plus it is obviously a cable drama aimed at adults so it is not like it is negatively influencing children.

[princetabi.livejournal.com]

I love Yoo Ah In and I love noona romances so i'm probably going to marathon it eventually.

[iviih.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend you guys visit this Blog (http://yooahinsikseekland.wordpress.com/category/dramasmovies/secret-love-affair/)

It is a YAI blog fan and she translated a lot of SLA interviews, press conference, with PD, YAI, KHA insights about their characters and drama, and even which score YAI's character played so far.

Did you know YAI played most of it? It seems playing the piano has been a hobby for him, but for SLA he decided to play it seriously and now they are calling him a piano genius in real life (lol) he memorizes the plays and tries his best.

Some interviews I found interesting to read:

Press conference interview (http://yooahinsikseekland.wordpress.com/2014/03/14/photos-full-interviews-adorable-overloads-in-secret-love-affair-press-conference/)

More about the press conference (http://fandomscape.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/more-translations-from-secret-love-affair-press-conference/)

Snippet of it: "I really do not understand why the older woman involved in a relationship with age difference should suffer criticism. A man who gets involved in a relationship with 19 years difference in age will be considered capable, while a woman involved in a relationship with 19 years difference in age is always discriminated, even regarded as dirty. I really cannot understand why, and this is the society we live in - Yoo Ah In " Wow YAI got my respect.


Sung Jae's repertoire (http://yooahinsikseekland.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/secret-love-affair-juke-box-what-scores-does-yoo-ah-in-play-in-his-repertoire)


Interview: Yoo Ah In "Pianist Lee Seon Jae makes the happiest spring in my life” (http://yooahinsikseekland.wordpress.com/2014/03/26/interviews-yoo-ah-in-pianist-lee-seon-jae-makes-the-happiest-spring-in-my-life/)


lol you can tell I'm addicted right? XD

[candycoateddame.livejournal.com]

Omg, he's playing?! I thought he was just faking it really well!

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

I disagree with her point tbh. A man involved with a woman 20 years younger than him is also labeled like a gross pervert (just see all the comments calling Choiza a disgusting pedophile when the pics with Sulli came out and they're like 14 years apart, not 20), so it's the same. Plus, k-dramas often feature older actresses with younger actors and I haven't seen people complaining about it so idk.

[candycoateddame.livejournal.com]

Agreed. I'm just starting ep3 of A Wife's Credentials now actually.

[shinigami-wife.livejournal.com]

Loving everything about this drama so far!

[lovely4evr.livejournal.com]

I really like this drama so far also.The vulnerability YIA is able to express hnnnnngh.

[canxi.livejournal.com]

Gonna marathon the hell out of this when it finishes. Lol, I can't watch things live. I suffered through that once long ago and never again!!!!

It looks awesome and I'm so intrigued on how they are handling the subject matter. Plus, I love Yoo Ah In so there is that. I should probably get on that A Wife's Credentials train, too since I've heard noooothing but good things.

[candycoateddame.livejournal.com]

I kind of wish I had waited so I could marathon, but it's too late now! So I'm just going to enjoy talking to others as we watch live to try and mitigate the suffering.

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

It is very very interesting...lots of power dynamics

[edanz-castle.livejournal.com]

Love it already. And how about that Piano scene in episode 2? lol

[milafanway.livejournal.com]

My father slept, I tried to make him like this drama because I love it, the angles, the acting, the music except that there's too much bb cream, like their faces are shining in the dark LOL

[mercury-sound.livejournal.com]

Yeeeeeees, the post is finally here! I LOVE this drama. I actually like that it is rather slow-paced, I think it's amazing which different sides we see to a lot of characters (especially Hye-Won), and the directing is a goddamn dream. That scene where he tells her about how gorgeous he things she is via chat, and then she looks at her reflection in that tablet(/iPad?) ... I see what you did there, and I like it a lot!

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

this drama is so ridiculously good, it is like grown, sexy, mature, dark movie. I didn't watch any of the previews, their photo shoots made me think they had no chemistry. That first piano playing session blew all of my concerns away. Them locked in a sound proof room for hours playing sexy sweaty piano was everything I didn't know I needed.

[candycoateddame.livejournal.com]

That piano session was crazy. I was tense the whole time. Felt like a voyeur, but in a really good way.

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

my favorite scene is their web chat where he confesses his feelings without knowing it was her. The things he said were so lovely and she is incredibly flattered

when he said he gave himself totally to the goddess, I almost dropped dead

[candycoateddame.livejournal.com]

It's such a great scene. I like how you can just slowly see her face change as she realizes just how enamored he is with her.

[asth77.livejournal.com]

I'm addicted *_*