Corny Korean drama

my mum's watching this corny korean drama on cable channel 50

they have the most corny dialogue and cliched situation.
in today's episode (i had to watch it as i was eating dinner),
the mother reconciles with her estranged long-lost son.
the son calls his mother 'ma' for the first time in his life.
here's their exchange:

Son: Ma, why didn't you attend my wedding engagement?

Mother: What did you say?

Son: My wedding engagement...

Mother (begins trembling): No...what did you say before that?

Son is quiet.

Mother: Wh..whaat d..did you ca..call me...me? (her voice is now trembling violently and her eyes are teary)

Son: Ma...?

Mother: My son!

Son: Ma!

Mother: Oh my son!

Son (he starts to cry too): Ma...Ma!

Mother (she moves her trembling hands towards son's face) : Oh my dear dear son!

Son: Ma!

Mother: Can I embrace you? (Does she need to ask this unecessary question now?)

They embrace.
More crying.
A soppy and sentimental ballad comes on in the background.

Mother (weeping very badly now): How have I longed to embrace you, my son!

Son (weeping just as badly, muscus glistening at his nostrils): Ma, I'm sorry, so sorry.

Mother: How many times have I told myself, if I could just embrace you, I am willing to die right now, contented!

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Eeuww....such soppiness!

it reminds me of those yucky taiwanese soap operas.
i think one criteria for acting in these dramas is that you must be able to cry a lot,
if you show some mucus, that's even better.
it shows that you are really crying,
and not like lousier actors,
who have to use eyedrops.

there was this equally bad local drama a few years back-
legend of the condor heroes,
starring fann wong as xiao long nu (little dragon girl) and christopher lee as yang guo.

in that drama,
for 80% of the time,
xiao long nu will move around looking forlorn and downcast...
and her only line will be -

"Guo er, ni wei she me zhe yang dui wo, ni wei she me bu ai wo? Ru guo ni bu ai wo, na wo huo zhe you you she me yi si?"*

*eng translation: "Guo er, why do you treat me like this? Why don't you love me? If you don't love me, why should I carry on living?"

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