South Korean actress Kim Suna who plays Kim Sam-soon (right) posing with actor Hyun Bin in the popular series My Name is Kim Sam-soon.
South Korea’s “Bridget Jones” finds sympathy among women.
She doesn’t let men push her around, is overweight and can’t dance well, and talks openly about constipation. That’s why South Korea is falling in love with Kim Sam-soon.
The actress who plays saucy Kim Sam Soon, Korean version of Bridget Jones - Kim Sun-ah, well-known for previous comedic roles, who gained 15 pounds for the part - sees the show as a beacon of hope for mature women who sympathize with their earthy heroine.
“I don’t consider myself or Sam-soon an old maid,” she said in a recent interview with film magazine Cine 21. “It’s society that casts them that way.”
Source: Arizona Daily Star 13th July 2005.
Kim Sun-a
This summer has been heated up by the “Kim Sam-soon syndrome'’ sparked by this year’s popular TV drama “My Lovely Samsoon.'’ The show surpassed 50 percent of the total viewer ratings in its final week, a feat achieved by only five other drama series since 2000.
The main characters’ lines have dominated online bulletin boards. Inquiries about pastry chef courses have doubled, and bread sales have risen. The heroine, Sam-soon, was a pasty chef.
She doesn’t let men push her around, is overweight, can’t dance well, and talks openly about constipation. That’s why South Korea is falling in love with Kim Sam-soon.
The new TV soap opera “My Name is Kim Sam-soon” has rocketed to the top of the ratings since its premiere last month. Its popularity is driven by an audience of 30-something women who see the gutsy Kim as South Korea’s “Bridget Jones” — a woman who speaks her mind and is fed up with societal pressure to marry and settle down while also living up to conventional stereotypes of beauty.
The show soared to 41.7 percent viewership across South Korea one recent Thursday evening and is the highest-rated soap opera this year.
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