Extraordinary Attorney Woo

[Anonymous]

I’ll check this out after finishing Love Alarm. Also not a Korean-American but I love KPop and K-dramas as well as other foreign shows.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a big k-drama fan (thanks mostly to this forum!), but I worry about this one. Those who have seen it, do you think an autistic lawyer would enjoy it? Or are the details dramatized to the point that there’s no way I could suspend disbelief?

Im asking mostly thanks to Descendants of the Sun, which I loved but which clearly had enormous gaps between the plotlines and any real-world medical or military practices…. If I was a doctor or soldier, I don’t think I could have ignored the inaccuracies enough to enjoy the story.

Are you a Korean American? I wonder why k-dramas are gaining popularity lately

I’m the PP you were asking, and no. I’m white.

My first k-drama was an anomaly that I checked out on Netflix because I read an article that praised it. (Kingdom — historical zombies, of all the random subjects!) DH and I liked it enough to check out a few other action-adjacent series. Then DCUM got me into the non-action shows thanks to everyone’s gateway drug, CLOY. I’m now an evangelist and recently hooked my mother too.

I cringe at a few cheesy elements that turn up from time to time, but right now I prefer k-dramas to American shows for reasons I can’t quite describe. I like how well-rounded the characters tend to be, and especially the way the shows flesh out whole groups of secondary characters over time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a big k-drama fan (thanks mostly to this forum!), but I worry about this one. Those who have seen it, do you think an autistic lawyer would enjoy it? Or are the details dramatized to the point that there’s no way I could suspend disbelief?

Im asking mostly thanks to Descendants of the Sun, which I loved but which clearly had enormous gaps between the plotlines and any real-world medical or military practices…. If I was a doctor or soldier, I don’t think I could have ignored the inaccuracies enough to enjoy the story.

DOTS was ridiculously unrealistic (although very entertaining!) with the medical and military stuff.

The Kdrama subreddit has had many posts about how realistic the portrayal of autism is. There seems to be a fairly decent consensus that it is realistic. (Acknowledging that it's a spectrum disorder, and this is just one portrayal) It sounds like there are a lot of people with autism who are watching and appreciating it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a big k-drama fan (thanks mostly to this forum!), but I worry about this one. Those who have seen it, do you think an autistic lawyer would enjoy it? Or are the details dramatized to the point that there’s no way I could suspend disbelief?

Im asking mostly thanks to Descendants of the Sun, which I loved but which clearly had enormous gaps between the plotlines and any real-world medical or military practices…. If I was a doctor or soldier, I don’t think I could have ignored the inaccuracies enough to enjoy the story.

Are you a Korean American? I wonder why k-dramas are gaining popularity lately

They're gaining popularity because they're really, really good.

[Anonymous]

Here's a good article with comments by parents with autistic children and experts on autism. The title is a little misleading because the article is mostly positive. It does point out a couple of things that are less realistic-- 1) that WYW wasn't diagnosed until age 5, and 2) that her social skills with colleagues wouldn't improve so quickly.

https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2022/07/22/business/industry/Korea-Extraordinary-Attorney-Woo-Woo-Youngwoo/20220722145140341.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve watched too many Kdramas after Crash Landing This drama is probably in my top 1 or 2. The acting, writing, visuals and production are so well done - and the story just keeps hitting your heart - joy and some tears but overall puts you in a better place. Whales now bring a smile

I almost cried at the part when she talked about the 'classic' way to hunt whales, which is to spear the calf because the mother will never leave the side of her injured baby. You then kill the mom while she's trying to protect her calf.

Humans man. We are so evil.

[Anonymous]

I couldn't get through the 1st episode, although I tried a few times. First, the woman is accused of murder, but let out of jail AND allowed to visit her husband in the hospital? THEN, she is told in the courtroom that he died and they suddenly change the charge to murder? It made no sense, she obviously didn't murder him. The terrible plot didn't make up for the lack in character development, or the fact that I couldn't look away from the TV for 30 minutes because you have to read every line.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I couldn't get through the 1st episode, although I tried a few times. First, the woman is accused of murder, but let out of jail AND allowed to visit her husband in the hospital? THEN, she is told in the courtroom that he died and they suddenly change the charge to murder? It made no sense, she obviously didn't murder him. The terrible plot didn't make up for the lack in character development, or the fact that I couldn't look away from the TV for 30 minutes because you have to read every line.

If someone subsequently dies of their injuries from an assault, the charges are upgraded to murder, which is pretty standard everywhere. But the whole point of the case was that the police/prosecutors made assumptions based on the fact that she had an iron.

As for her visiting him in the hospital-- you may have a point, but it didn't strike me as that odd. She wasn't just visiting, she was caring for him. I think it's fairly common-- maybe even somewhat expected-- to have family helping care for someone in the hospital. Add to the fact that she was elderly, had no history of violence, and her husband didn't express any misgivings about her being there, it doesn't seem implausible. In fact, he seemed to expect her to keep taking care of him. That was part of their dynamic-- her subservience to him.

There will be plenty of character development to come-- that's one of the thing Korean dramas are known for. It's a 16 episode series.

If subtitles are just not comfortable or convenient, though, it might just not be your thing. Because you can't multitask with them at all, it's more of a commitment. I find, though, that the forced focus actually pulls me in. It also keeps me from wasting time on something that isn't worth it. My personal rule is to give it three episodes. I'm often kind of meh for the first episode or two, then get sucked into it hard!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I couldn't get through the 1st episode, although I tried a few times. First, the woman is accused of murder, but let out of jail AND allowed to visit her husband in the hospital? THEN, she is told in the courtroom that he died and they suddenly change the charge to murder? It made no sense, she obviously didn't murder him. The terrible plot didn't make up for the lack in character development, or the fact that I couldn't look away from the TV for 30 minutes because you have to read every line.

If someone subsequently dies of their injuries from an assault, the charges are upgraded to murder, which is pretty standard everywhere. But the whole point of the case was that the police/prosecutors made assumptions based on the fact that she had an iron.

As for her visiting him in the hospital-- you may have a point, but it didn't strike me as that odd. She wasn't just visiting, she was caring for him. I think it's fairly common-- maybe even somewhat expected-- to have family helping care for someone in the hospital. Add to the fact that she was elderly, had no history of violence, and her husband didn't express any misgivings about her being there, it doesn't seem implausible. In fact, he seemed to expect her to keep taking care of him. That was part of their dynamic-- her subservience to him.

There will be plenty of character development to come-- that's one of the thing Korean dramas are known for. It's a 16 episode series.

If subtitles are just not comfortable or convenient, though, it might just not be your thing. Because you can't multitask with them at all, it's more of a commitment. I find, though, that the forced focus actually pulls me in. It also keeps me from wasting time on something that isn't worth it. My personal rule is to give it three episodes. I'm often kind of meh for the first episode or two, then get sucked into it hard!

3 episodes is a good rule. I’m usually “meh” on the first episode of shows I’ve wound up really enjoying. Even in the US, our family has a rough policy of giving anything promising a second chance because pilots are often worse than the rest of the series. But I’ve noticed it even more with k-dramas. I kind of hated the first episode of CLOY and wasn’t really onboard until episode 4. And I loved that show.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I couldn't get through the 1st episode, although I tried a few times. First, the woman is accused of murder, but let out of jail AND allowed to visit her husband in the hospital? THEN, she is told in the courtroom that he died and they suddenly change the charge to murder? It made no sense, she obviously didn't murder him. The terrible plot didn't make up for the lack in character development, or the fact that I couldn't look away from the TV for 30 minutes because you have to read every line.

If someone subsequently dies of their injuries from an assault, the charges are upgraded to murder, which is pretty standard everywhere. But the whole point of the case was that the police/prosecutors made assumptions based on the fact that she had an iron.

As for her visiting him in the hospital-- you may have a point, but it didn't strike me as that odd. She wasn't just visiting, she was caring for him. I think it's fairly common-- maybe even somewhat expected-- to have family helping care for someone in the hospital. Add to the fact that she was elderly, had no history of violence, and her husband didn't express any misgivings about her being there, it doesn't seem implausible. In fact, he seemed to expect her to keep taking care of him. That was part of their dynamic-- her subservience to him.

There will be plenty of character development to come-- that's one of the thing Korean dramas are known for. It's a 16 episode series.

If subtitles are just not comfortable or convenient, though, it might just not be your thing. Because you can't multitask with them at all, it's more of a commitment. I find, though, that the forced focus actually pulls me in. It also keeps me from wasting time on something that isn't worth it. My personal rule is to give it three episodes. I'm often kind of meh for the first episode or two, then get sucked into it hard!

Plus also, things might just work differently in Korea.

Anyway, I started watching this in the gym when I forgot my headphones lol. BUT I really enjoyed it.

[Anonymous]

As a fan of the show, I will admit episode 1 is probably the weakest out of the whole season. Give it a chance, PP. Ep.1 did have a lot of corniness w/ the 'murder'. But the Woo becomes more lovable over time.

[Anonymous]

PSA: New episode drops on Netflix at 10:30 this morning.

[Anonymous]

As a woman with autism, I'm very interested to see this. I also watch K-dramas and love Kpop, I'm really surprised they chose to create a character that is a woman with autism. In a Korean series. I don't think autism is discussed much over there, so I'm curious to see if it creates more awareness and acceptance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a woman with autism, I'm very interested to see this. I also watch K-dramas and love Kpop, I'm really surprised they chose to create a character that is a woman with autism. In a Korean series. I don't think autism is discussed much over there, so I'm curious to see if it creates more awareness and acceptance.

I hope you'll come back here and give us your thoughts after watching it. Judging from discussions on reddit, it sounds like a lot of people with autism/family members of people with autism are watching it.

[Anonymous]

I love this show. I have cried the last 3 episodes so much. It is so well done and I like each character. The writing is impeccable and the main actress is fantastic. I like the pausing of the dialogue and the fact that the backgrounds are rich but not showy/loud.

The other PP is right. I usually multitask with TV but I have to sit down and really pay attention with this show due to the CC.