“My Perfect Secretary” is getting positive ratings in Korea compared to other dramas airing at the same time. The drama revolves around the relationship between Kang Ji Yoon (Han Ji Min) - CEO of a selfish, messy, and messy employment agency and Yoo Eun Ho (Lee Jun Hyuk), a dedicated, hard-working, and responsible male secretary.
To add more substance to the fascinating love story, the script creates a contrast in personality between the female lead Kang Ji Yoon and the male lead Yoo Eun Ho. However, the script was too polished, causing Eun Ho to fall into the "situation" of many male leads in Korean psychological romance films, he is too perfect.
The image of perfect men, handsome in appearance and personality, both good at work and delicate in the way they take care of their women has always been painstakingly created by Korean screenwriters in many projects. These men make all female viewers melt when watching movies, but in reality, such men only appear in movies. A humorous viewer commented, "Men in Korean movies do not exist in real life, ladies need to be alert."
Eun Ho in “My Perfect Secretary” is a neat and warm man in the smallest actions. He buys sneakers for Ji Yoon to walk comfortably, understands her every eating preference, pampers her and understands her every glance. Eun Ho is considered an “impossible” male character when he can guess all the female lead’s thoughts, even through just a glance.
Previously, many Korean psychological romance films built the male lead according to the "10 points without any buts" formula like this, for example "Crash Landing on You".
“Crash Landing on You” builds the male lead Ri Jung Hyeok (Hyun Bin) to be incredibly handsome from appearance to personality. Ri Jung Hyeok is a strong, masculine man, he is proficient in martial arts, a skilled shooter, and also knows how to play the piano like a real artist. Ri Jung Hyeok has a cold, attractive appearance, but is warm on the inside, meticulously detailed by the screenwriter. He can roast and grind delicious coffee for the female lead in the morning, grow tomatoes, grow flowers, and be a bodyguard to protect his girlfriend unconditionally.
When “Crash Landing on You” took the film forums by storm, audiences were “stunned” by Ri Jung Hyeok’s perfection, but Korean experts “warned” that such men were somewhat out of touch with reality.
The idealization of the image of perfect men on screen also causes many women to fall into disappointment when dating and marrying in real life.
In a conversation with Lao Dong reporters about the topic of Korean psychological drama films tending to idealize and romanticize love, portraying unrealistically perfect male characters, screenwriter Dang Thieu Ngan (screenwriter of the film Living with Mother-in-law) said, "Life in Korea is very stressful, competition in all industries is fierce, so there will be many films aiming for beautiful, idealized, romanticized images so that when the audience watches the film, they can be relieved, comforted, and have some of the pressure of life reduced."
"Love Scout" is currently gaining great popularity thanks to the chemistry between the main actors, Han Ji Min and Lee Jun Hyuk. Han Ji Min was born in 1982 and was once praised by actor Hyun Bin as the most beautiful co-star.
