Golden Era of Daughters-in-Law

I Hearts "Golden Era of Daughters-in Law", which just finished its run on Channel U.


It basically tells the story of Mei Zhen, an employee of an apparel company, who marries her colleague Fu Xiu. Fu Xiu's family owns a 60-year-old eatery selling pigs trotters, while Mei Zhen is from an affluent family - her father owns an atas French restaurant. Fu Xiu's family is run by his grandmother, who is the matriach of the family - Xiang Xin. She is one scary and formidable woman who often "bullies" her daughter-in-law aka Fu Xiu's mother, Mei Shun. Becaue Fu Xiu's family is traditional, Mei Zhen is expected to live with her in-laws. After years of being ill-treated by her mother-in-law, Mei Shun looks forward to having a daughter-in-law to bully, but it turns out she is not exactly as formidable as her mother-in-law.

Mei Zhen has an elder brother, Ren Yu, who dropped out of business school to learn to be a film director. He ends up falling for Fu Xiu's younger sister, Fu Nan, a script-writer who does not care about appearances, often appearing in owl-like glasses. Talk about confusing family dynamics.

This show is damn hilarious can and so realistic. It can make me laugh as well as cry. I love it to bits. And it really shows the diversity of Korean women - how they can work, and yet cook and clean and how respectful they are to their elders. I think Korean wives are the new Jap wives. Haha. I didn't watch all the episodes, but sometimes I followed the drama on 8Days or through advertisements.

Everyone should watch this show. Go get the DVD, watch it online or something. It's really good. =) ***** out of 5 stars!