Kdrama to Miss: Dodosolsollalasol (2020)

Dodosolsollalasol (2020)

Grade: D+

16 episodes, 60 minutes each

Viewing platform: Netflix

Gu Ra-ra wasn't originally a musically gifted student, but with her father's encouragement and money (for hiring the best instructor in the country), she becomes a concert-level pianist. Tragedy strikes when her father suddenly has a heart-attack and dies on her wedding day, plunging his business into chaos and scaring off her fiance. What happens when Ra-ra travels to the sleepy seaside town Eunpo and breaks her arms swerving to miss a young man on a bicycle? Will the now penniless, naive young woman be able to provide for herself, or will she keep having to rely on the kindness of Sunwoo Jun, the guy she hit? And what happens when Jun's identity is revealed?

*Slow, sweet, sad - and STUPID! Good cinematography, decent music, a small mystery to solve, but absolutely ridiculous use of the “selfless breakup” trope (where 1 part of the couple pretends to be a jerk to "save" the other person from having to suffer with them) AND the “time skip” trope (where a drama skips ahead 1-5 years in its timeline). There is no couple in the WORLD who can survive that much time apart; you're almost an entirely new person by that point! And I hate the idea of nobly suffering alone – that's what loved ones are FOR: to lean on and grow closer! I definitely won't watch this again. I guess it's nice Ra-ra finds a community & friends to help her out in life, but it's not anywhere NEAR enough to redeem this drama. Unforgivable use of these two tropes!*