K-Drama Report: Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born, Part II – A Perfect Episode

I was perfectly satisfied with the prospect of doing Jeongnyeon in two reports, so consider this an emergency situation. And I just hope to God there aren’t further incidents from here to the finale. In two episodes, Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born gave me a lot to process and absolutely no slack to do so. It’s hard to think… when you’re crying. Episode eight, specifically, is one of those “perfect episodes” I used to get so hung up on, but before we get there, I did leave myself on something of a cliffhanger. Previously, Jeongnyeon upstaged the performance of Jamyunggo, winning over the audience to the point where even the audience was like, “Wait, this isn’t how it’s supposed to go!” I was bracing myself for the scene where Ok-gyeong returns to the stage and the crowd starts chanting for Soldier #1, but thankfully, we don’t see that. And as we may find, it likely didn’t happen. Still, I assumed that Ok-gyeong’s patience with Jeongnyeon would finally run out, and there’d be hell to pay. I just want that so badly. Jung Eun-chae is so compelling as Moon Ok-gyeong as Prince Hodong, but as Moon Ok-gyeong off the stage, it’s harder for me to assess the performance because she’s so similar to Jung Eun-chae herself. In Anna, the menace of Hyun-ju reverberated through her entire body; it was a transformation. Ok-gyeong rarely even gets upset with anyone – rarely. For now, I understand that Ok-gyeong isn’t offended by Jeongnyeon’s antics because she sees her almost as an experiment. The disillusioned star is simply playing a different game than everybody else. … More K-Drama Report: Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born, Part II – A Perfect Episode