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| yna@yna.co.kr 2022-10-29 11:35:21
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) - Dark comedy “Under the Queen’s Umbrella” starring Kim Hye-soo is leading in just two weeks upon its release.
According to Smart Media Rap that distributes VOD of main channels on Saturday, tvN drama “Under the Queen’s Umbrella” has surpassed 10 million total views as of Oct. 24.
The average number of plays per episode was about 2.66 million, leading the top position among the currently airing dramas. It far exceeds that of SBS's “One Dollar Lawyer” (2.04 million episodes) starring Nam Goong-min, which aired three weeks earlier.
“Under the Queen’s Umbrella” is about a Queen who jumps into a fierce royal education of troubled princes. Kim Hye-soo's desperate maternal acting, who wants to become a shrub (an umbrella) for her children makes the work more interesting.
The highlight video of episode 1, in which Kim Hye-soo raises tension by having fierce conversations with Kim Hae-sook, Queen Dowager, has recorded 1.14 million views.
Kim Hye-soo, who appeared in a historical drama for the first time in 9 years since the movie “The Face Reader” in 2013, got rid of the elegant image that comes to mind when picturing the queen and transformed into a passionate mother who walks faster than anyone else in the palace.
She runs around all over the place to treat the sick prince, stays up all night making test questions to educate immature princes, and embraces LGBTQ child saying “still my child regardless of what shape he is.”
Kim Hye-soo's acting shined when the queen witnessed her son who dressed as a woman through a gap in the door and burst into tears. Drama’s director Kim Hyung-sik enhanced the sense of immersion by visualizing the psychology of the Queen, who seemed to be confined in a coffin inside the palace, in a unique way.
Director Kim added aesthetic scenes throughout the drama and utilized the montage technique to capture the beauty of the palace.
It is also interesting that the drama deals with the royal education method of the Joseon Dynasty, which has not been covered. The method of boiling water 100 times and feeding it to the princes iIn order to prolong their lifespan rose viewers’ interests.
However, some terms and subtitles brought historical controversy. In the second episode, “Mulgwiwonju,” which means 'things return to their original owners', appeared as a subtitle written in Chinese, so it was quickly corrected into Chinese characters.
It was also controversial in the scene where a plaque with the words “Taehwajeon” was hung in the room. Taehwajeon was the name of the Forbidden City hall during the Qing Dynasty, not a term that was used in Joseon.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Jiwon Woo.)
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