A Genius Director Who Dominates OTT Platforms - Chapter 41
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The Genius Director Who Dominates OTT
Episode 41
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-Today’s format might feel a bit unfamiliar to viewers who have been watching 【Elegant, Wow】.
-That’s right….
-It’s a debate!
Tuesday evening, viewers watching Woo-woo tilted their heads at main MC Choi Seok-hun’s words.
The cast introduction was the same as usual, but suddenly they’re having a debate?
However, the subtitle that appeared after a brief sound effect was intriguing.
[If a drama becomes a hit.]
[It’s thanks to the writer VS It’s thanks to the director.]
The actors on screen were flustered by the suddenly given debate topic.
-You don’t need to match numbers. Please choose your side as you feel comfortable.
-Director Dohyeon-u doesn’t need to choose a side, and I’ll ask you to help me with hosting.
Dohyeon-u, who had been standing like a borrowed barley sack, moved next to Choi Seok-hun, and the actors finished their choices.
Coincidentally, it was exactly 4:4.
On set, choosing sides took quite a long time, but it was all edited out in the broadcast.
-Uh….
-Hmm….
While the actors, faced with a difficult problem on their first variety show appearance, were in confusion, Choi Seok-hun’s skilled mental care continued.
The first to speak was actor Jeong Min-woo from the director’s side.
-Wouldn’t a drama where the director alone handles script, filming, and editing be more interesting than one where the writer handles script, filming, and editing?
Since it started with a fairly plausible argument, a quite serious debate continued for several minutes.
It wasn’t exactly entertaining from a variety show perspective.
But 【Elegant, Wow】 wasn’t a program that pursued only variety show entertainment in the first place.
Each episode’s character changes depending on the guests’ tendencies – even with the same medical profession, some episodes are funny while others are serious.
So viewers watched the program thinking ‘I guess today isn’t going to be funny’ without much thought.
Still, there were things to see.
People naturally tend to speak based on their own experiences when giving opinions.
Each person’s words naturally contained experiences from their unknown days, and there were touching moments even without trying to appear pitiful.
-But so far, it’s been directors, not writers, who eliminated me from auditions.
-Ah…!
Lee Seon-jae’s instigation in the middle also drew some small laughs.
Thanks to this, viewers continued watching without feeling great entertainment but also without major complaints.
However, the serious debate itself didn’t last long.
Maybe 5 minutes at most?
The actual recording went on for over an hour, but it ended very briefly in the broadcast.
This was because Choi Seok-hun changed the topic.
-It seems difficult to reach a conclusion. I suppose it’s because ‘drama’ is too broad a category?
-I think so too.
Dohyeon-u, still like a borrowed barley sack, nodded and added.
Then Choi Seok-hun smiled wickedly.
-Then let’s limit it to Accomplice.
-What?
-Is Accomplice’s success thanks to writers Go Yeongtae and Gil Sanghun, or thanks to Director Jeong Hee-su?
The actors’ eyes began to tremble.
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Watching the broadcast, I feel once again that was truly a wicked question.
It wasn’t in the cue sheet we received.
Moreover, those broadcasting station guys were clever, having the actors engage in fake debate for over an hour to loosen their tongues.
Should I say they made them answer out of habit when questions came flying?
MC Choi Seok-hun on screen throws the question.
-Actor So Jeong-hun?
-Oh, yes.
-You said writers create while directors just decorate what’s created, so directors are far lacking in creativity, right?
-No, no, no. I never said it that way.
-But you did say it?
-Director Jeong Hee-su is an exception!
-Is that so? Is Director Jeong Hee-su’s creativity superior to writers Gil Sanghun and Go Yeongtae?
-Well, that’s….
At that moment, from behind the actors on the director’s side opposite So Jeong-hun, a human figure rises up.
It was Director Jeong Hee-su smiling brightly.
In front of Director Jeong Hee-su watching in spirit form (of course she wasn’t actually on set), So Jeong-hun sweated profusely while making excuses and sank.
This time MC Choi Seok-hun turned his gaze to Eum Seong-hyeon.
-Actor Eum Seong-hyeon, you said scripts are meaningless without proper direction, right?
-I didn’t say meaningless….
This time writers Go Yeongtae and Gil Sanghun in checkered shirts appeared brightly in spirit form.
The broadcasting station guys definitely arranged this separately.
Director Jeong does a lot of external activities so they could scrape together footage, but absolutely not for those two writers.
They could have made it look natural, but deliberately making the CG obvious is ridiculous.
From then on, it was chaos.
The actors tore into each other with the mindset that they couldn’t die alone.
But this content was also handled lightly for broadcast purposes.
What took over 2 hours to film on set seemed to air for less than 10 minutes.
Up to this point, the me on screen was thinking two things.
First, if they edit it well, it would be worth broadcasting.
Second, why did they call me if this was going to happen.
But I was too naive.
I didn’t know the broadcasting station’s wicked plan.
-When filming Part 3, Scene 32. Isn’t that largely the director’s role?
-No. That was before filming….
Eum Seong-hyeon and So Jeong-hun on screen were discussing detailed incidents from the Accomplice filming set when they hesitated.
Then they slyly turned their heads to look at me on screen.
-The director….
-Director Do….
It’s awkward to side with the director, and awkward to side with the writer?
Then there’s something you guys are good at.
Side with Dohyeon-u!
I’ll set up the stage properly for you!
I can almost hear the Main Writer’s voice.
What makes this idea extremely wicked is that I’m sitting in the middle of the TV show set.
-Come to think of it, Accomplice would have been difficult to produce without the director anyway, right?
-That’s right. The time loop idea itself wouldn’t have existed.
Unfortunately, the actors also realized the only hole they could escape through.
They just had to praise me.
From then on, it was my shame show.
Bzzzzt.
[Sung Tae-chang: Lolololololol]
[Sung Tae-chang: AI analysis of viewer reactions > What would this guy be like when he’s embarrassed?]
[Me: Please just shut up…]
The more they excessively praise me, the better MC Choi Seok-hun’s reaction becomes, so the actors go wild.
I’ve gotten used to the actors’ praise enough to be accustomed to it.
But I’ve never experienced dozens of people staring at me, several cameras filming my face, and indiscriminate bombardment of praise for dozens of minutes.
Lee Seon-jae even said that after drinking water and looking at my face, the water tasted sweet.
Damn, that didn’t get edited out.
Modest reactions only work once or twice.
Later on, I really didn’t know what kind of reaction I should show.
“….”
I found out for the first time while watching the broadcast.
That my face could turn that red.
Of course, the show wasn’t just about teasing me.
While testifying their faith(?) in me, the actors talked quite a lot about the situations when they were cast.
The Broadcasting Station emphasized this.
They highlighted how difficult the actors’ situations were and how desperately they needed the opportunities that came to them.
Thanks to that, the show went back and forth between appropriate variety and appropriate emotion, but….
Who’s going to take responsibility for my social image?
Buzz.
[Seo Jae-yeon : (photo) (photo)]
[Seo Jae-yeon : Cherry-colored Dohyeon-u]
Ah, damn.
I put down my smartphone and focused on the broadcast.
Still, it’s not like I just took it lying down.
After the atmosphere of teasing me came to an end, MC Choi Seok-hun on screen opens his mouth.
-The first debate result is out. Director Dohyeon-u is the best.
-Then shall we proceed with the second debate?
The faces of the actors who were giggling while teasing me instantly hardened.
-Theater and drama. Which is the more attractive content between the two?
The me on screen opened my mouth with venom.
-Actor Park Seong-won?
-Yes? Yes….
-You said that drama is just friendly to mass media, but can never beat theater, right?
-No! No, no! I never said such a thing!
-I remember the exact date too. It was March 1st. How this conversation came up was….
Before I knew it, the souls of Jeong Hee-su, Go Yeongtae, and Gil Sanghun appeared again and started looking at Park Seong-won.
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【Elegant, Wow-han】 featuring the Accomplice cast came to an end.
Viewers’ reactions poured in.
-Did anyone watch today’s episode of Woo-woo?
-Me too lol it was surprisingly fun lol
-I think it was thanks to the format? It felt like they squeezed maximum entertainment from a boring cast.
-The debate was pretty good ㅇㅇ
-The show’s been losing its touch lately but seems like they found a way
-It would be great if a chef and a doctor came out and had a debate about sugar ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-How about guitar and bass?
-Bass doesn’t make sound. Won’t they be voiceless too?
-You… take that back right now…
-I liked how they mixed variety with the actors’ stories instead of forcing fake tears.
-But even when they tried not to show it, you could really tell the actors had been through a lot.
-Yeah, delivery riders sharing tips and laughing together, but it felt kind of sad.
-Right… I shouldn’t become an actor…
-?
It wasn’t an extremely hot reaction, but it was enough to spread gently.
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