The BumbleRabbit Archives

Good morning, Erin. If you’ve read my Backstreet Rookie letter, I’m sure you’ll remember that, in discussing my reasons for starting Backstreet Rookie , I more or less tipped my hand about my opinion of Welcome to Samdal-ri —which is to say, I didn’t like it. Like, enough that I came thiiiiiis close to doing the unthinkable, Erin: dropping the show entirely.  I know. Can you even imagine.  But, in the end, I did not drop it—though I also can’t truly say I watched it. I mean, I did watch it. Just not all of it: from about Episode 13 onward, I very deliberately skipped over scenes about the main duo and only watched stuff with the supporting cast. (And we’ll get into it, don’t you worry.) Fortunately for all of us, this means my notes on the show are shorter than they’d typically be—especially since…well, you’ll see in a moment. Ready? Me neither—let’s go! 1. Daryl, circa a few minutes into Episode 1: “Oo, the sister with a kid seems like she’s my type of girl. She’s got a bob,...

Good morning, Erin. Okay, now that we know the space-time continuum has not been ruptured beyond all repair, it’s time to get into something far less controversial and far less rant-inducing: A Good Day to be a Dog , which is about Ji-su from Sweet Home turning into a puppy every night because she accidentally kissed the “Nice” Guy from True Beauty .  It looked like silly, fluffy, anime-romcom nonsense, which you know I like—but we both know I was here for my girl from Sweet Home , no matter what it turned out to be. Because I’d follow her to just about anything she wanted to be in.  …which reminds me that, yes, I’m actively working on a list of closest-to-my-type (looks-wise) actresses, and, yes, Park Gyu-young is going to be on that list (Maybe in the top four. I dunno. It’s very competitive.)—but that’s not why we’re here. Plus, I’m not quite done with it, and I wouldn’t want to give you unofficial results—but mostly that’s not why we’re here . No, we’re here to (un-spoile...