Things That You Didn’t Notice in The World Of The Married

The World of the Married is the highest-rated drama in Korean cable television history. The drama ended few weeks ago and received positive reviews from critics for its screenplay, direction and acting performances, while its content generated high attention and discussions.

For those who haven’t watch this drama yet, the story is about Ji Sun-Woo is a family medicine doctor. She is married to Lee Tae-Oh and they have a son. She seems to have everything, including a successful career and a happy family, but she is betrayed by her husband and others. Meanwhile Lee Tae-Oh dreams of becoming a famous movie director. He runs an entertainment business with the support of his wife Ji Sun-Woo. Even though he loves his wife, Lee Tae-Oh falls into a dangerous relationship.

Although the drama already ended and you thought all questions have been answered, there is a few things that had just been discovered and actually had been there all along. So are you ready to get mind blown again?

1. The title was a clever spoiler?

The title design is different for every episode, but do you know why?

there is a hint if you look carefully

It actually contains a particular scene from each episode! For example:

can you guess from which scene was this?

it was when Da Kyung met Tae Oh in secret at the parking lot at his mother’s funeral

2. Separated through the window and also in the future

The director had actually been giving a hint on how the couple will end up in the future by showing a separation scene through the window.

they intentionally shot the scene like this so that Tae Oh is separated from Sun Woo and their son

the same thing happened here with Da Kyung too

3. The movie poster reference

There is one movie poster which can be seen at many scene, and there is actually a reason for this.

first is at Tae Oh’s wall

it is also in his office, why is this movie poster everywhere?

The movie title is Jules And Jim which is about a love triangle between a woman and two men. This is the same story as Tae Oh who fell in love with two women.

4. The artwork showing Tae Oh’s future?

At the quarrel scene between Sun Woo and Tae Oh before their divorce, there is a particular artwork displayed:

The artwork is actually a masterpiece by Mark Rothko after going through a divorce. One of his quotes is “the people who weep before my pictures are having the same religious experience I had when I painted them“. The director was trying to potray Tae Oh’s emotions for that scene.

5. Jenny = Blackpink’s Jennie ?

Jenny is the daughter of Tae Oh and Da Kyung. But do you wanna know how she got this name?

the hint was in this scene

Blackpink Jennie!

even Joon Young admits it

BONUS!!

Some of you didn’t know but the drama is based on BBC One’s drama series Doctor Foster. So if you still can’t move on from this drama and you don’t know what to do, you can watch this instead!

Enough spoilers from me today~ but it would like to discover more, you can watch the special behind-the-scene episode here https://www7.dramanice.movie/the-married-life/watch-the-world-of-the-married-episode-17-online.

See you in my next writing, till then

Purple, Anyara ❤

Anis Syahira

ACCA student at INTEC Education College and an Online Supporter of Korean Embassy in Malaysia

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