Thursday, February 18, 2016

Rah! Rah! for Cheer Up!

     The never ending struggle with class society is a continuing KDrama must have! In Cheer Up! we find two groups, the haves and have nots, represented by the 1% of a competitive school's highest and lowest achieving students. Baek Ho "Cheerleading Club" and the Real King, a street dance club, come head to head in this prince vs. pauper tale.

The Introduction
     The leaders of both groups are Kang Yeon Doo(Jung Eun Ji) of the Real King and Kim Yeol(Lee Won Geun) of Baek Ho. Their relationship starts out rocky but in true KDrama fashion they find people and situations to bond over and a need to protect those they love...and don't forget that they sizzle together onscreen.

The Kiss?
     Of course it wouldn't be a High School KDrama without the second male lead, Seo Ha Joon(Kim Ji Soo), who woos the fair maiden's heart, or at least confuses the audience and gives lots and lots of feels!(Whee!) 



     This love triangle is one of the best written in a very long time. Writer Yoon Soo-Jung provided enough depth in the bromance between Seo Ha Joon and Kim Yeol which encouraged them to be honest and worthy of their friendship.

Bromance
     This group of talented actors show the incredible pains and pressures that many Korean high schoolers, especially in a highly competitive school, go through in order to achieve greatness. Unfortunately, the greatness that they are trying to grab on to is mostly their parent's and society's version of happiness. In Cheer Up! the students are thinking for themselves and learning how to become truly happy.        

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