Take Care of the Young Lady (or aka The Fair Lady) is pure cotton candy fluff of the wealthy and the poor. One exceedingly popular take on this was Boys Before Flower. Like Boys Before Flower, Take Care of the Young Lady includes a fantasy mansion filled with servants that's the residence for Kang Hae Na, the misbehaved heiress to the largest corporation in South Korea.
Enter Dong Chan, a guy in debt to loan sharks and who borrowed the money to pay off hospital bills for his mother. Alas, the mother passed away despite all of Dong Chan's efforts. But Dong Chan isn't a mere goodhearted and pure guy (not at all like the Jandi of Boys Before Flower). One of his past professions was being a night club host, a gigolo who lured older women to spend money buying him drinks; one of his nicknames is Di Caprio (after Leonardo). He takes on the job of becoming Hae Na's person butler, staking his liver and kidney on a promissory note to the loan sharks, with the hope that he can seduce Hae Na into paying off his debt.
The person who's been helping Dong Chan with a place to sleep is Eui Joo, a round-faced girl with big eyes and an aspiring shoe designer. As to be expected, Eui Joo has a crush on Dong Chan. The fourth person needed to fill the usual romance square for Korean drama is Tae Yoon, a human rights lawyer who showed up to a blind date set up by Hae Na's grandfather with the ulterior motive of convincing the corporation to rethink a golf course that would damage the environment.
It's weird seeing Yoon Eun-Hye playing the spoiled princess role of Kang Hae Na. I just finished watching her being fresh, poor, and naive in Coffee Prince where she seemed such a natural in that role. I am just having a hard time seeing her play the Paris Hilton of Korea.
Right now I am of two minds about the clothing in this drama. There's a part of me that understands that this is candy...but if it's candy, shouldn't the clothes be even more over the top? Plus, that hair style on the male characters...eech. And I wish they should shave the fuzz off Yoon Sang-Hyun (who plays Dong Chan). It's distracting and makes him look like he didn't wipe his mouth after eating.
The best aspects about this drama is that it's light and fast-paced with some funny scenes.
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