Download Subtitle Jewel In The Palace3/19/2021
I would advise to avoid Poh Kim, but there is not much alternative now that we cant obtain the US DJG editions anymore, so it is better than nothing.By continuing to use the site, or by selecting Accept All, you agree to both our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.If you wish, you can go to Cookie Preferences to manage cookies.
![]() She was even given by the king the title The Great Jang-Geum The story of her checkered life on her success and breakdown as well as her love story beautifully unfold. The series, The Great Jang-Geum, is an extended historical drama set in the sixteenth-century court of the Korean Emperor. It tells the story of a real historical figure, Jang-Geum, a girl who grows up as an apprentice cook in the royal kitchens and rises to prominence within the palace. The affairs of the kitchen and the royal household are depicted as matters of the most grave import; the factional struggles and battles over hierarchy and preferment among the Kitchen Ladies are vicious and at times murderous. In this hostile world, the virtuous Jang-Geum is constantly tested and always prevails. The production values are high: the photography, the interiors, the outdoor locations and especially the costumes seem carefully and expensively done. The point, though, is the storytelling, and that has the elements of a nineteenth-century novel: obscure parentage and hidden identity, a clear distinction between good and evil (with occasional surprises), a sub-plot of forbidden but chaste love, and comic minor characters. Even the rhythm of crisis and resolution and the end-of-episode cliffhangers fit the mold perfectly. Compelling writing, a very competent cast, and frequent Iron-Chef -like cooking sequences make the hour-long episodes go by too quickly. The only fault may be that Jang-Geum, like Esther Summerson in Bleak House, is too perfect. Its not an insignificant fault, but perhaps its unavoidable if things are to be kept chugging forward through the sprawling, extroverted plot without getting bogged down in anyones subjectivity. The Great Jang-Geum is projected to run for about sixty one-hour episodes, aired at a rate of two per week. A steady two episodes per week for half a year without interruption makes for a longer and more concentrated viewing experience than what an American drama series can provide, which seems meager by comparison. The result is that watching The Great Jang-Geum becomes part of ones life; it adds enormously to the pleasure to have someone to talk with about the story as it unfolds. It might be most accurate to think of it as a high-class soap opera, but with much tighter plotting and better production, and without the aimlessness, absurdity and desperation that the voracious open-ended soap opera format seems to engender. ![]() Could it be a labor of love, a purely disinterested act of cultural outreach Whatever the reason, I salute the effort. I do have both the US and also the Singapore version by Poh Kim. The picture quality is compressed from the 18 D5 discs in the bright, clear US version, to either 14 D5 or 7 D9 discs in the Singapore versions, resulting in a picture lacking in definition. Worse, Poh Kim have decided to chop certain scenes entirely from their version, leaving the viewer wondering why the sudden and unexplained cut from one scene to another. Why couldnt they have left it alone Money and cheap-ass Singapore production considerations I guess.
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