MUSICAL SCENE 1
The musical finally started and the first scene was that of a girl sweeping the floor of a café and then shouting to someone on the side. This first scene was about this girl working at a café and whose recent ex-boyfriend just got married in HongKong. She was pretty upset about it and wrote something on the café blackboard to say “Love is… LIES” because of this incident. Now, ahem, I was really scruntinising this actress because because she doesn’t look at all like the one I saw on the poster. I thought, WOW!! Either the girl has a very successful COSMETIC surgery or ahem, there’s another lead actress who hasn’t shown herself. Really, this gal looks much prettier and younger than the one I saw on the promotional poster!
Then, one month later, (or one week later forgot), the girl recovered from her despair and was back to her cheery self.. until she got a call from her boss who told her that she will be working shifts with another sommelier who knows wine to improve the business. So, daytime it’s café and night time it’s wine bar. She was pretty upset about it.
PS: Please note that how I understand what’s going on is not because my Korean is great hor,, it’s cos dear Lois was beside me just translating some important contents of the musical so I can understand what’s going on. Of course the exaggerated facial expression and singing of the two leads also helped me understand..keke..
MUSICAL SCENE 2
Ah,,, this is where our dear Baby came in!! It’s night time and he came in for his night shift to work at the wine bar. In this scene, Baby was preparing the new look to change the café to a wine bar atmosphere. This is where Baby’s comical acting was so hilarious it makes the audience laugh..:>
Firstly, Baby came in with his confident suave look and then put down his wine bottles at the bar counter and then went to the front of the stage and say:”AHNYONGHASEYO” introducing himself to the audience. The audience replied back softly “Ahnyonghaseyo”. Then Baby show that exaggerated expression squinting at the soft reply and then say again louder :”AHNYONGHASEYO”! Then the audience replied in louder tone “Ahnyonghaseyo”. Finally, Baby looks very satisfied (forgot what he said in Korean), making the audience chuckle in laughter. Keke.
Then he started to do funny things to transform the café into wine bar. Firstly, he rolled up the blind at the bar counter to reveal a whole set of wine bottle behind the cabinet. When he slowly roll up the blind, he humm a bit of lyrics “Norbu li Na Pa so” dadada dum dum dum “as he rolled it up.. The audience were giggling because keke, that lyrics were from SS501 song “Because I am Stupid”.. haha.
He then did a flip of the table cloth so that it turns from white to red. He did it with a “Tada” just like some magic performer. Then he swivled a cup tray to turn it to a wine tray and then click his fingers so that the screen on top change from a café menu to a wine menu. When he did all these like he’s some magic performer, the audience were actually having fun with him like saying “AHHHH” “WOAHHH” loudly when he did all these. Then, baby gave a satisfied scynical chuckle when the audience say “WOOOAHHH” to his “magic” tricks..haha..
MUSICAL SCENE 3
Anyways, I will fast forward the whole plot and just zoom in on the funny parts. Basically, the story line is the female lead don’t like the night shift sommelier because that guy actually tamper with her blackboard about what “Love is”. Because Baby’s character is a cheery fun loving guy with lots of gal friends, he saw the blackboard written by the gal “Love is.. LIES” and then he changed it to say something like it’s not or something and drew a tongue sticking out at the blackboard.
Hence, baby’s character decided to disturb the girl by pretending to be a customer at her day café. This is a very funny scene, because both leads have exaggerated facial expressions and dance moves. The girl fell in love with Baby’s suave character and the fact that he knows how to appreciate her coffee (when in actual fact, he knows of course since he knows the coffee beans they use at the café). Baby was pretending to be suave and then was a bit afraid of drinking her self made coffee, cos afraid she may poison him or something cos he feels she looks like a someone desperate for a guy! You all should have seen Baby’s facial expressions.. it’s SO FUNNY!!! He would give you that roll up his eyes at the sky look when facing the audience or a synical smirk on his face to the audience when he’s pretending to be suave to the girl. Haha. Really! Baby can be a great comedian! The audience was really laughing with Baby when he made those expressions.
And it’s so funny when he finally introduce himself to the girl as “Jung Min” when his real name is “Ji Min”.. Imagine Baby using the name of Jung Min..haha.
Then one day, the gal decided to drop by at the night shift wine bar and Baby had no choice but to disguise himself by putting on the buck tooth and the big glasses. So, in the plot, it goes that Ji Min and the girl became great friends as the girl was seeking his advice about her falling in love with “Jung Min”. “Jung Min” then started dating the girl.
There was this funny scene, when Baby was sitting down reading a book at the café waiting for the girl. This is what he read out with suave:
”I’m YOUR MAN, gue---dae--yo, ummmm,, Ta-da-da-ta, o--neul--do, ummm,,, I’m Your MAN… OH MY GOD!”
And the audience was really bursting out laughing as he say each word with suave and slowly… I guess you gals know by now why,, haha.. he was reading out the lyrics of SS501 song:” U R MAN”.. keke. It was soooo funny!!!
There was also one scene where the two leads were watching a horror film and the real Ji Min with buck tooth told the gal she can take the chance to have skinship with “Jung Min”.. and the gal was really roving her hands all over Baby’s body until the last shot of Baby showing that real shocked look to the audience, with his back against the door, and arms hanging at the side, showing that he cannot stand it after the gal’s roving.. It was so funny! Audience were laughing.
As for the smootching scene, the two leads were having wine and as Baby wanted to kiss her on her forehead, the gal reached up to kiss Baby on the lips.. hiaz… LUCKY GAL!!!
Finally, “Jung Min” discovered he really like the gal and wanted to continue to date her. However, to do so, he has to quit his job as night time sommelier to have more time for the gal dating. There is this scene of the Ji Min with Buck tooth saying goodbye to the gal. The gal insisted on taking a photo with Ji Min to show their friendship. After Ji Min left, the gal felt lost.
Before he left, he gave the gal a box of wine with some instructions of what each wine is for. As the gal read out the gift, I don’t know why, I actually teared at that scene because you can see that the gal really misses Ji Min, whom she actually treasured more.
Then after a few more days by accident, the gal finally found out Ji Min is Jung Min and was angry with Ji Min. Ji Min tried to patch things up and took the chance to wrote on the café blackboard: “Both Ji Min and Jung Min Loves YOU!” for the girl to see.. AWWW SO SWEET!! I also teared at that part. Eventually they patched up and HAPPY ENDING!!!
CONCLUSION:
The whole storyline was very simple with only two leads. However, I was very impressed with Baby’s portrayal of the two characters. Totally different. His body language, the way he walks and talks, all changed totally when he’s into the two different personas. One is a nerdy chatty type, the other is a suave handsome gentleman type. And of course, not forgetting the fact that Baby’s great voice in singing really is magnificent. It blends very well with the girl’s voice. The whole musical was so funny with Baby’s exaggerated facial expressions and of course keke,, hints of SS501 songs..haha..I was also very impressed with the girl’s voice in singing. It was very powerful! In fact, the audience actually gave rousing applause to both the girl and Baby when they finally concluded their act with some singing and dancing. Solo singing first for each of them then finally duet singing together. You can see that the two leads are really appreciative of the audience. As the wooden door closes, you can still see the two leads’s shadows of their arms esp Baby’s waving enthusiastically to the crowd behind the window! Audience all waved back.
The three sessions I’ve attended was all full house with rousing applause. It’s also then that I realize that this musical was done in shifts. Somehow, Baby actually paired up with this girl more than the other one that was shown on publicity before and on poster. The other guy also shifted with Baby too.
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