K-drama Review: Business Proposal
Show: Business Proposal (2022) Writers: Han Seol-hee & Hong Bo-hee Director: Park Seon-ho Length: 12 Episodes Tropes: Bait & Switch, Fake Relationship, Office/Workplace Romance My Score: My original score was 3/5 but on a re-watch I upped it to 4/5 Description: Pretending to be her best friend, Shin Ha-ri (Kim Se-jeong) shows up to a blind date to scare away the potential suitor - and instead discovers he's her new CEO, Kang Tae-moo (Ahn Hyo-seop). Tae-moo is being pressured to marry by his grandfather, so when he uncovers her deception he makes a very different kind of proposal: to hire Ha-ri as his fake fiancee. This was the second K-drama I watched, and I didn't enjoy it as much as I would have if I'd watched it later in my K-drama journey. I have no idea why I chose this to follow Crash Landing on You , except perhaps that Netflix proposed it - which was a tad unfair to Business Proposal , because how could a light-hearted, at times silly...