JTBC drama 'Secret Is Gone' (Frankly Speaking) Episode 1 Review: It's a Lie

Announcer + Entertainer = 'Anateiner', standing on the boundary between celebrities and ordinary people,

they have to compete fiercely for their dreams, success, and survival,

a drama that depicts the world offreelance announcers, which has never been directly highlighted in dramas before.

It is a JTBC drama and is also available on Netflix.

Sadly, it is struggling with viewership ratings below 1.5%, but

I feel like they put a lot of effort into the dialogue.

The most representative figures of successful freelance announcers in the drama are announcers "Jeon Hyun-moo" and "Jang Seong-gyu".

They are announcers who have achieved tremendous success by cleverly showcasing their intellectual image and overflowing charm.

From the beginning, the drama shows all kinds of that can be seen in the broadcasting industry.

It seemed like they were reporting on news about workplace bullying prevention, but in reality, it was a personal request from the workplace supervisor (team leader)

to have his son's job experience filming done at the company.

But none of the employees dared to object, and they are making backhanded remarks about their boss with a rotten smile.

Why should you be unhappy? Taking over the news desk is no joke, you know?

You guys wouldn't do it even if you were told to. Team leader Kim makes you do it until you do it. It's the people who are stuck like Senior Gi-baek who endure it.

We're all just ordinary office workers, only an announcer on camera

Yun Ji-hoo, an announcer who has been a supporting character doll in children's programs for 5 years.

Did your dad say he was strong? It portrays the image of a person who compromises with reality and works hard for their sick daughter.

Passing on work to juniors by 'requesting a favor but actually forcing them'.

National MC who boycotts filming if something doesn't go their way.

A trashy celebrity who acts nice only in front of powerful people.

It's a shame that there are many parts that lack freshness because the villains are too familiar. 🙄

Like the scene where writer On Woo-joo thought it was coffee and gulped it down, but it was a 'manufactured drink for entertainment purposes with anchovy sauce',

or the 'Hunminjeong-eum game' where you get penalized every time you use English or a foreign language, is already something familiar from entertainment shows.

In 2007, KBS's representative entertainment program <1 Night 2 Days> episode 14, the production team created it as a double-blind penalty by noticing that the color of diluted anchovy sauce and Americano was similar.

If you try the 'Hunminjeong-eum Game' featured in tvN's representative entertainment program ,

you can feel how much foreign language we use in our daily lives.

I'm attaching a video of the 'Hunminjeong-eum Game' that everyone has seen at least once, even if they haven't seen it before.

The second male lead is Kim Jeong-heon, the current top-selling entertainer and national son-in-law.

He debuted as an idol but failed to succeed, and for almost 10 years, he did everything he could, but

he is enjoying his prime as a trot singer.

Trot, a traditional genre of Korean pop music.

In 2019, a trot survival audition program , co-produced by TV Chosun and Pocketdols Studio, created the next generation of trot stars, sparking a trot craze in Korea.

The male singer version continued the craze, recording the highest viewership rating of 35.7%.

It seems to be a character born from that background.

Song Gi-baek, an announcer who was forced to appear on an entertainment show, gets caught in an accidental electric shock and becomes unable to lie, leading to all sorts of mishaps.

He blurts out his true feelings that he has hidden from his superiors, colleagues, and even his family.

Eventually, he gets into a big accident by grabbing the collar of a famous celebrity who appeared on the entertainment show with him, unable to stand their outrageous behavior.

Everyone here is here to do their job.

No one here came to be bullied by you like a mad dog!

Are you making fun of people because they say good things about you?

You! You succeeded because of the people who liked you. If you live life without knowing how grateful you are to people, you will end up failing as a person.

You're going to fail, you bastard.

I think the weakness of this drama is the staleness that comes from the overly familiar setting.

The movie , which depicts the mishaps of a politician who must tell the truth because of the truth serum, was released in 2022, but it didn't perform as well as expected.

The setting of the romantic comedy drama , which depicts the story of a news anchor and a weathercaster, is also very familiar.

Of course, is a bit more about the joys and sorrows of office workers.

Sadly, the viewership ratings are not expected to be high, and as the episodes progress,the resonance of the dialogueis there, so

it seems like it will be a drama to watch while laughing lightly.

By the way, if you want to see another work with the setting of being unable to lie,

there is the movie .

It is an unreleased film in Korea, but it can be found on Netflix.

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The place where writer On Woo-joo goes on a blind date is a cafe in Daehangno.

It gained fame for its traditional interior, but it is also a famous place for hand-drip coffee with its variety of beans.

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