© copyrightⓒ Newsen. Unauthorized reproduction & redistribution prohibited
‘Racquet Boys’ comfort offered to those who happen to live as adults
‘Racquet Boys’ is leaving a touching sympathy and a warm lingering impression on everyone in the world living as ‘somehow grown-ups’.
SBS Monday-Tuesday drama ‘Racquet Boys’ (played by Jeong Bo-hoon, directed by Jo Young-gwang, produced by Fan Entertainment) is a challenge for the ‘Racquet Boys’ who dream of becoming a badminton-based idol, and is a real growth drama of 16 boys and girls that takes place in a rural village at the end of the earth. It was a well-made sports drama with a sensuous direction, a solid script, and a strong performance by the actors, and took the top spot for 3 weeks in a row, and continued a pleasant walk that captured both the workability and the topic.
Above all, ‘Racquet Boys’ is garnering favorable reviews for not only the growth period of the children of the badminton club at the end of the earth, but also the growth stories of adults who are still immature and go through setbacks, mistakes, and failures. He seems to have found all the answers, but he is sometimes comforting and sometimes sympathizing with those who still live a life far away. I looked back on the moments of sympathy a hundredfold growth in ‘Racquet Boys’ towards ‘all adults in the world’, who will be repeating countless adventures and wanderings in an unfamiliar world after becoming ‘somehow grown-up’.
# Compassionate coach Kim Sang-kyung becomes a ‘real adult’ after growing pains
Yoon Hyeon-jong (Kim Sang-kyung), who came to the village at the end of the land after giving up his city life with the intention of earning more living expenses, has been consistent with the no-frills attitude that he simply preserves his position as a badminton coach at Haenam West Middle School and that it is enough to just receive a salary. In the meantime, Hyun-Jong Yoon overslept due to drinking too much the day before the competition, and then failed to check the venue properly, causing the worst situation in which he could not even participate in the competition. Yoon Hyun-jong tried to avoid responsibility by saying, “We will lose anyway, but it is meaningful to win.” But director Bae (Shin Jung-geun) said, “If that happens, our children will not even be able to even start and lose.”
Moreover, Yoon Hyun-jong could not hide his disastrous feelings when he learned that the president’s competition was actually held at the expense of director Bae, and that the members of the ‘Racket Boys’ also burned their fighting spirit with the goal of winning one. Hyunjong Yoon tried to regain his original mind at the words of director Bae that children need a ‘real coach’, and also tried to assimilate into their pure passion. In addition, he helped children to enjoy sports on their own by looking at the children’s immature wandering and encouraging them to trust and encourage them by approaching them warmly and friendly, rather than the forced way they used to exercise in the past. In such an immature bad coach, Yoon Hyun-jong, who struggles to become the children’s ‘only adult’, touched the heart of his growing up.
# Oh Na-ra, “Because I am a first-time mother,” from child to adult, from adult to parent
Ra Young-ja (Oh Na-ra), a self-recognized ‘perfect coach’, did her best to make a living for the sake of children, but realized that she was missing out on what the children really needed. He tried to ask for understanding, saying, “My mother is also a mother for the first time,” but the children, like myself, were dazed by the natural fact that it was their first time there. The image of Ra Young-ja, who is clumsy but trying to make a change with sincerity, after realizing the responsibility and weight of a parent, who is the whole child and the world they see for the first time, posed various questions about close and distant family relationships, conveying empathy and lingering feelings.
# ‘Tsundere Standard’ Cha Mi-kyung, inherits crude but delicate justice
My grandmother of five (Cha Mi-kyung) was wary of an urban couple (Jung Min-seong, Park Hyo-joo) who suddenly appeared, and was dissatisfied with their unfriendly attitude. Then, while looking for an unfamiliar city, the maternal grandmother got lost and arrived at her destination with the help of a young man. At the words of the young man who said that he helped “because it was the first time”, the older grandmother felt sorry for a city couple who, like herself, would have been unfamiliar with everything. Then, after calling her urban husband and teaching him the secrets of living in the countryside, which was never easy, he helped the urban couple secretly prepare their fields on a rainy and windy night so that they would not be destroyed by typhoons. The tsundere aspect of the five-mad-grandmother, who is crude but delicately handed down her affections, makes viewers’ hearts warm, sometimes leaving laughter and sometimes lingering impressions.
# Park Hyo-joo, dreaming of a new beginning at the end of the land
The city wife, who had visited the village of Ttangkkeut to organize her exhausted and arduous life, was wary of even the warm hospitality of the villagers and set the day, saying, “It is the stupidest thing to believe in people.” And just when she decided to end her life with her husband, a neighbor, Hae-gang Yoon (Jun-sang Tang) knocked on the door, held out a pot of curry and prepared their meals. At the worst moment, the warm touch that came like salvation, the Doshi wife said, “I’m really afraid” and burst into tears. In addition, the city wife shared her feelings by filling in the old wall with pretty murals after learning that the old maternal grandmother, who had been in conflict since the first day of moving, had secretly protected their fields. Expectations are gathering in their growth story as to whether urban couples who are gradually opening their hearts to unfamiliar villages and residents will have a new beginning rather than the end.
The production company said, “I wanted to capture not only the growing pains of children, but also the stories of adults who somehow become adults and go through big and small growing pains every moment. I hope you will watch the show with affection.” Episode 7 aired on the 21st at 10 PM. (Photo = provided by Fan Entertainment)
