‘The Glory’ to keep promise by showing gratifying revenge and satisfy waiting fans

‘The Glory’ to keep promise by showing gratifying revenge and satisfy waiting fans: K-DRAMA&FILM / 연합뉴스 / 2023-03-12 10:11:59

▲ This captured photo shows Netflix original series 'The Glory' Part 2. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Yonhap) – “There is no forgiveness so there will be no honor.” (Song Hye-kyo’s line in the drama)

On the 10th, Netflix’s original series “The Glory” Part 2, which was unveiled, has completed the cool and intense revenged promised.

Moon Dong-eun, played by Song Hye-kyo, who has an indelible scar on both her body and mind due to brutal school violence, chooses revenge instead of forgiveness to regain the glory and honor she had taken as a victim.

Revenge, which has been planned for a long time with everything in life, is meticulous and has no mercy.

The group of perpetrators, who gathered around the center point, which is the object of harassment, easily breaks down and reveals each other’s disgrace, and falls helplessly one by one by the blade of revenge wielded by Moon Dong-eun.

As writer Kim Eun-sook said, “Satisfying revenge is concentrated in Part 2,” Part 2, where revenge began in the earnest, led the perpetrators to the catastrophe with much speed and tension.

Among viewers, praises of Kim Eun-sook's solid writing skills and actors' enthusiastic performances continue, and comments say, "I stayed up all night to finish the drama to the ending."

Song Hye-kyo led the center of the play with her characteristic restrained acting, and actress Im Ji-yeon expressed Park Yeon-jin’s madness in front of Moon Dong-eun, who slowly tightened her neck, raising the fun of watching.

The acting of supporting actors with solid experience also gave strength to the drama. Yeom Hye-ran delicately described the subtle feelings of Kang Hyun-nam, a victim of domestic violence, such as the guilt and liberation she felt after leaving her husband. Park Ji-ah transformed herself into Jeong Mi-hee, an alcohol-dependent patient.

In order to meet the expectations of viewers accumulated during the long gap between Part 1 and 2, the key was to successfully retrieve the foreshadow that had been laid down.

Kim Eun-sook did not disappoint the viewers. The death of Yoon So-hee (Lee So-i), the disappearance of Son Myung-oh (Kim Gun-woo), the identity of the fortune-teller, and relationship with the landlord's grandmother (Son Sook) were explained convincingly by linking them with the detailed clues.

The drama also conveyed warm emotions by capturing the solidarity of the victims more importantly.

Moon Dong-eun, who has endured pain alone without receiving any help despite the cry for "help," meets strong assistants Kang Hyun-nam and Joo Yeo-jung (Lee Do-hyun) to learn the romance, relaxation, friendship, and love she has missed in her life.

However, some say that the emotional line of Joo Yo-jung, who still loves Moon Dong-eun, who intentionally approached to him and left without notice, is difficult to understand, and that the love line itself flows into a romantic atmosphere that seems somewhat out of place, breaking the immersion of the play.

“The Glory,” which contains a heavy message about school violence, is also well received by foreign media.

Time, a U.S. weekly magazine, said, "If you look at Part 2, you will know whether Moon Dong-eun will be able to achieve justice on her own that society does not guarantee," adding, “’The Glory’ focuses on the mental pain that victims of school violence that adults could not protect experience even after they grow up and become adults.

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Yunhee Cho)

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