UPDATE: Live Chat Summary – REWATCH SCHEDULE: Week One – Episodes 1 & 2 – Live Chat on Soompi – Sunday August 17

Update: Summary of Week One Live Chat below

 Live Chat on Soompi

WEEK ONE

Start Date: Monday, August 11, 2014

Episodes: 1 and 2

Live Chat: Sunday, August 17, 2014

Time Zone                                     Live Chat Time

UTC                                        Sun 11 pm – Mon 2 am

EDT                   UTC-4          Sun 7 – 10 pm

EST/CDT           UTC-5          Sun 6 – 9 pm

CST/MDT         UTC-6          Sun 5 – 8 pm

MST/PDT         UTC-7          Sun 4 – 7 pm

PST                    UTC-8          Sun 3 – 6 pm

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Update: Summary of Soompi Live Chat published by @telzey on Soompi, August 18, 2014

Secret Love Affair live chat August 17, 2014

Episodes 1 and 2

Soompi SLA thread pages 653 – 658

Summary

• Discussion about the plaid shirt in ep 14: choosing the shirt for SJ to wear – HW putting on a cooperative front.  The subjective meaning of the style – stripes as prison bars, tightness.  What Kang and HW meant by it – power play.  How SJ reacted to it – distressed

• The translated scenes from Ep 1 and 2 are quoted (under a spoiler tag)

• Interpretations of SJ’s feelings upon seeing the stage scene from behind the curtain and first seeing HW at her house.

• Remarks about turning in a kid to the police for just playing a piano.

• Photos from iconic moments of ep 1: HW getting YW to get to work and YW says: What if it was your husband?  HW talking to MH and M Han saying: Gossip got me where I am.

• Early set-up: characters explained quickly; packed episodes: HW attacks; DM respectful and apologetic; SJ with an attitude.

• Introductory tone: SJ out at night against bright lights, business.  HW in sepia toned colors and voices, through grille barrier.

• Belated announcement of giant oriental gong.

• Antagonistic stances begin early: YW violent – hits HW and Kang – HW not afraid.  YW and MH – corruption charges.  Wang and the driver – arranging bugs.

• Awkwardness of SJ – bumping into things.  Is it a set-up for his mother getting hit in the street?

• Appearances: HW oily face; SJ doesn’t really look 20; Kang’s fake piano playing not convincing.

• Korean idioms: he can feel his hand in this throat.  I can’t even live.

• SJ gets lost when exiting acadamy building.  He is distracted by portraits, entranced before he even sees the piano.

• Identifying the composer portraits.  Ormandy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Ormandy
Horowitz: http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php? site=1&sale=14&lot=1472&lang=1

• SJ delivers bow tie and the TA tries to short the payment.  Does the quick flick of eyes break the fourth wall?  He often stares people down.

• Discussion of SJ’s house, cleanliness.  HW always feel comfortable there – shows her poor background.  Is it generally clean?  He had to scrub the floor for HW.  A discussion on whether he is a clean freak (no).  He wipes soybean oil on his pants and drinks from the water bottle.  The bathroom status – grimy or not?

• The motorcycles, and when SJ rides them.  One is from the delivery service and one from the cafe under his apartment.

• YW becomes toned down and loses her strength in the story.

• Watching for the pianists who stand in for HW and SJ.  They are shown from the back and hand close-ups.  Ep 2 at 30 minutes.

• SJ’s mom ran the restaurant and then the ahjumma took it over.

• Kang observed HW distinguishing the altered piano sound (with a tuner’s hammer left in it and didn’t appreciate her skills.

• A piece of music sounds different when another pianist plays it, or when people doing a duet switch places.

• Discussion of whether to sound or unsound the gong.  Gong vs. temple bell.