The only thing Jaemin (Hwang Je-sung), an entertainment manager, cares for other than his ex-wife Koo Hara (voice by Kong Hyo-Jin) is his job — caring for his clients (the actors and the actresses), coaxing them into making decisions, and generally suffering for them. One of his clients, Hyuk-Kwon (Park Hyuk-Kwon), is obsessed about whether he needs to say teat or nipple while auditioning (it’s a long story so don’t ask why that became his main concern, that’s what he is and that’s one of many reasons why Jaemin’s life is so hard). Jaemin’s sisters and their spouses, who are gathered to celebrate his birthday, keep telling Jaemin to reunite with Hara in a very nonchalant manner (since they are also very busy with their own personal relationship issues). And, of course, Hara doesn’t seem to care about Jaemin even though she never cuts Jaemin’s call off.
This is you’ll see from the first two episodes of the first season of Indie Sitcom Read My Lips. The first season of Read My Lips was released on vimeo for free begining in May with the last episode released in July. Every character, every situation, every moment, and every line in Read My Lips is awkward, weird, and sometimes even bizarre. Yes, it is hard to watch people doing these stupid things but it is not easy to hate any of them, or to look away from the screen during any of these moments. Through brief interviews inserted during the episodes, we can understand more about their real mind, which is honestly (and endearingly) embarrassing. As many of you may notice, Read My Lips is Korean indie film version of the television series The Office but has its own charming sense of humor and world.
The following article is from a twitter interview with the director Yoon Seong-Ho, conducted in July. Ten official questions and answers (and additional sister questions and answers) were asked, each question and answer was contained in one twit in Korean and later translated into English. Continue Reading…
