This weekend I went to Daehongo in Seoul with some friends. The area has all sorts of theaters and art galleries throughout. We decided to go to a show described as a "romantic comedy" in a little theater we stumbled across. Judging from some of the Korean media I have been exposed to, I knew the show was going to be entertaining. Did it live up to my expectations? Indeed. The plot revolved around a woman who was unhappy with her seemingly abusive husband so she and her pigtailed maid devise a plan to kill the husband by poisoning him. The maid presents a man to pretend to be the husband as a cover for their crime (it was obviously the same actor just with nerdy glasses on). Long, complicated story short, they kill the husband along with his flamboyantly gay friend--not really sure what the flamboyance added to the plot but it provided for a good laugh. And what's a "romantic comedy" without a twist at the end? Turns out the maid, husband, and gay friend were all in cahoots to take the main character for everything she had. And wait...another twist! Jokes on the 3 criminals because the main character was an undercover police officer. All in Korean, I was able to make up corny dialogue in my head. The acting was so over the top though that I was able to decipher the story line. The best part was the special effects. Whenever there would be any kind of fight scene, the lights would flicker and house music would come through the speakers. I never thought I'd see a play where the producer found a way to include Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" as part of the score. At one point, they used a strobe light and basically just busted out a party. I think the term romantic comedy got lost in translation. Love, lust, greed, and murder all in the confines of this living room set.
The seats were quite uncomfortable and we were sort of caged in to this box seating area. No one over 5'9" allowed.
This image does not really capture the space but I literally could not move my arm back enough to take a better picture.
One of the main theaters is going to be showing "Grease." I can't even begin to imagine how amazing that will be. I will be purchasing my tickets very soon.
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