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| 'Tomorrow With You' is a soap opera that aired on tvN in February and March this year. |
By Korea.net Honorary Reporter Stephanie Pradnyaparamita
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“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why nosotros telephone phone it the 'present.'”
-- Bil Keane
Among the publish of Korean lather operas that receive got been aired on TV, "Tomorrow With You" (내일 그대와) (tvN, 2017) is 1 that actually caught my intention. Despite the fact that the ratings were non every bit high every bit "Guardian: The Lonely in addition to Great God" (쓸쓸하고 찬란하神 도깨비), tvN’s previous lather opera inward the same fourth dimension slot, at that topographic point are valuable lessons that tin flaming go larn from this show.
"Tomorrow With You" is a romantic comedy in addition to of course of written report fictional exhibit that consists of xvi episodes. It aired on tvN on Fri in addition to Sat nights. The storey is well-nigh Yoo So-joon (played past times Lee Je-hoon) who has the powerfulness to move into the hereafter past times riding a underground car to a mysterious spot betwixt Seoul Station in addition to Namyeong Station. He gained this powerfulness later on a tragic accident at Namyeong Station that killed his parents. Ever since, he has been able to move to the future, dorsum in addition to forth, in addition to fifty-fifty purchase or conduct things from the hereafter to the present.
In this show, Yoo So-joon married Song Ma-rin (played past times Shin Min-ah), a lensman from an online have on store. To brand a long storey short, everything that happens betwixt Yoo So-joon in addition to Song Ma-rin has already been foreseen past times Yoo So-joon, fifty-fifty their marriage, which seems to receive got been made inward a rush later on he saw a pic of them inward a wedding ceremony clothing in addition to a suit. Not exclusively marriage, but he tin flaming also foresee accidents, the condition of the relationship, in addition to fifty-fifty his fourth dimension of death. Even though it's a romantic comedy, viewers experience empty every fourth dimension they lookout adult man the show. Every scene inward the exhibit is dark, fifty-fifty inward scenes that receive got house inward wide daylight.
After watching this show, 1 of my lecturers posted these questions on her social media account. Have yous e'er wondered how yous would experience if yous already knew the future? How would yous experience if yous already prepared for everything, fifty-fifty for hard situations that mightiness come upwards up? Would yous nevertheless experience the excitement of a happy moment? Knowing the hereafter is quite an ability, but at that topographic point are a lot of things that would go sacrificed inward the present, similar whatsoever sensation or satisfaction that 1 may have, because at that topographic point would no longer go a mystery. Just similar inward the show, Yoo So-joon mightiness forbid some problems that would come about inward the future, similar a scene where he chooses an expanse for his fellowship to investment. However, is he satisfied amongst the result? Does he nevertheless experience the excitement or joy, similar when he gets married? Would it go at the same degree if he didn’t know beforehand?
"Tomorrow With You" is a skillful illustration of what Fritz Perls (1893-1970) called the “here in addition to now”. Perls was a psychiatrist in addition to psycotherapist, born inward Germany. The “here in addition to now” is Perls’s term for a individual amongst a salubrious personality. According to Perls, a individual amongst a salubrious personality lives inward in addition to from the acquaint moment. Having some excogitation for the hereafter is of import because it's 1 of the ways to grow. Not to forget the past times is also a thing, because the past times may conduct lessons. However, never allow your guard downwards because of also much anxiety for the future, nor also many regrets for the past.
In the early on days of his marriage, Yoo So-joon went to the future, to closed to iii months later on they were married, in addition to he saw his sorrowful life because his human relationship amongst his married adult woman wasn't going well. After that, he went dorsum to the present. He seemed to go stressed that he mightiness confront such a future, fifty-fifty though inward the acquaint he had a happy newlywed life.
There was also the episode where Yoo So-joon knew that the hereafter Song Ma-rin would say him to acquire out her every bit presently every bit he got dorsum to the present. The stressed Yoo So-joon ruined his acquaint life. This caused the acquaint Song Ma-rin to say him to pick out betwixt her in addition to the hereafter Song Ma-rin, who the acquaint Song Ma-rin considered to go “another woman.”
This lather opera lets us reverberate upon the importance of the present. The hereafter may go important, but living our electrical current life in addition to pregnant every unmarried 2nd that nosotros receive got is the most important. Such “here in addition to now” people experience condom inward their electrical current life in addition to acknowledge that the life that they receive got is reality. They immerse themselves inward the everyday happenings closed to them in addition to position earnest pregnant to it. Experiencing whatsoever impulse, excitement or increased adrenalin is skillful to receive got inward one's electrical current life, inward the hither in addition to now.
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