![]() The unpredictability that should have lead to a more stable and focused second half only continues, killing the thrill and making the twists and turns as more of a chore. Sadly, this strength becomes a bane, in the second half. With both the creator and character having the power to write their own story or mold it to their benefit, the story steers in unexpected directions. The plot moves in ways we can never predict, and neither do the characters themselves. It is mostly world-building and discovering the rules within them, but honestly, I have never seen any drama having this much fun with their fantasy premise. The first half of the drama runs smoothly, and quite linearly, even with the twists and revelations that keep coming our way. The drama itself pokes fun at how rich, smart and desirable Kang Chul is, typically expected of a Korean drama male lead, but the show goes one step further by providing a reason for this, as Chul’s character is written as an antithesis to the Oh Sung Moo, an alcoholic with a failed marriage, and he envisions Chul as everything he desires to be, and instils in him qualities and values, he wishes to have. Lee Jong Suk plays Kang Chul, the protagonist of Oh Sung Moo’s webtoon W, a former Olympic gold medalist/accused murderer now-turned-millionaire, determined to seek justice for his family’s murder. W two worlds cast movie#In popular culture where fictional characters live on through their fans (through fan fictions, cosplays), even after a show, book or movie ends, W visualizes what would happen if the characters themselves wanted to live on, and started acting on their accord, refusing to yield to the will of their creator? Do you root for the tired creator, who now just wants to finish the story or his character who is fighting so hard to live, even though he isn’t technically a living being? (There is even a photo of the famous painting by Goya - Saturn devouring his son, on Oh Sung Moo’s ( Kim Eui Sung) table, a motif for the creator devouring his own creation). Remember when I had described Lee Jong Suk as looking like he had walked straight out of a manga, in my review of The Hymn of Death? Well, in W, he plays a fictional manga character, existing solely in the world of his webtoon, his life written as a means of plot development, until one day he starts resisting fate, that is, his story being written by someone else. ‘W: Two Worlds Apart’…A solid idea is transformed into a captivating fantasy thriller that could have been shorter and crisper. ![]()
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