But the story isn’t about getting into university, it’s about the greed and ambition that comes from that setting, so I think viewers were able to relate to it pretty well.” “When we were first preparing for production, there were lots of concerns that the drama wouldn’t appeal to single people or DINK families, since it was about students on the verge of entering university and their parents. Neither her nor the director, Joo Hyun Tak, would have predicted the drama’s success, especially when the drama started off with a rating of 1.7%. Combined with director Jo Hyun Tak’s visual aesthetic, it is no wonder that the drama was extended for four more episodes. The writing is powerful, and the metaphor of a pyramid is something that sticks even months after its ending. Writing a satirical, black comedy seems to require much thought and planning, but it appears Yoo Hyung Mi writes it with ease.
Productionīehind the record-breaking drama is writer Yoo Hyun Mi, whose most notable work is 2012’s Bridal Mask. But each family has different methods to reach the top of the pyramid. Yes, they may go to extreme extents like the families of No Seung Hye and Han Seo Jin. Yes, a parent will want their child to do well. However, what truly makes this drama a success is, as well as its focus on greed, the fact that it focuses on five families. The capitalist lifestyles each lead bring them their own troubles, and when a new family, mothered by step-mother Lee Soo Im (Lee Tae Ran), move in, the troubles only continue.Īs a satirical black comedy, the drama covers topics that would seem ‘taboo’ to the Korean audience, such as depression, suicide, and obsessive parents. However, everything goes downhill from there. The drama begins by portraying the extravagant lifestyles of the SKY Castle neighbourhood – the families of Han Seo Jin, Jin Jin Hee (Oh Na Ra), No Seung Hye (Yoon Se Ah), and Lee Myung Joo (Kim Jung Nan). But what she doesn’t know is that everything means absolutely everything. Their only goals are to make their husbands successful and to get their children into the best universities.Īs an unexpected death causes ripples in the neighbourhood, one mother, Han Seo Jin (Yum Jung Ah), prepares to do everything she needs to ensure her daughter, Han Ye Seo (Kim Hye Yoon), gets into Seoul National University Medical School. The drama follows the lives of four women who live luxurious lives in the SKY Castle neighbourhood. But is that necessarily a good thing? That’s what JTBC’s record-breaking drama, SKY Castle, explores. It goes to show the South Korean education system forces students to push themselves to be the best. One instance showed South Korean students completing a Welsh GCSE Maths paper in 15 minutes, with the teacher revealing it was “primary school” stuff for them. In 2016, the BBC aired a documentary where Welsh students experienced just how tough it is. The Korean education system is known to be the best in the world, having topped the world rankings since 2014. Have you also (re)watched Chani (aka.“Where in the pyramid do you want to be? The bottom or the top?” On one community forum post, netizens left comments such as: " He dances so well that the video is well worth watching", " I think I also watched this like 4-5 times.(LOL).SF9 songs are so good that I've been listening to all of them!", " It felt so strange to watch Woo Joo dancing so I looked it up.", " Wow didn't FNC roll out such a good song? Please release more songs like 'Now or Never' and ' Mamma Mia'" However, after the success of the drama, the views of this fancam sharply went up, already landing on its 1,020,809th view as of February 4 KST.
This fancam, initially uploaded six months ago, had a view totaling around 60,000 prior to the drama. As the title song to SF9's 5th mini-album ' Sensuous', the song included a dance break of Chani's in the bridge section. The MPD ' M Countdown' video that attracted everyone's attention was Chani's solo fancam of " Now or Never". One of them was Chani, the actor who played Woo Joo and the main dancer of SF9 - a fact that the drama fans were now fully aware of. Netizens talked about the quickly rising rate of views for Chani's solo fancam.Īs the extremely successful JTBC drama came to an end, netizens turned to the child stars of ' SKY Castle' who also had various skills apart from acting.
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