Lollllll. Wow. Bye, Im Sung-hannn. Ick. I think this is a case of good riddance.

Hahahahaha :D

Is it nok I should be emberest, I actually enjoyd the ginseang story??

And now let's make this into a k-drama. A black comedy about a nutty scriptwriter who reins over broadcasting companies because she is a ratings queen.

Im Sung Han writer-nim and MBC Drama Department, thank you for providing me entertainment and laughs in otherwise a boring usual day today. JB, thank you for translating everything and providing your insights! I LOL'ed so hard and tried to keep my straight face and sanity...

Writer-nim, enjoy your retirement!! :)

Ha! I actually really liked New Tales of Gisaeng Story, super loved the otp too. But yes, the story also went sideways towards the end when the story focused on ghost swapping bodies, hahaha, it went from makjang to comedy. It was my love for the otp that made me finished watching the drama till the end.

LOL such a major diva. Almost root for her for pissing off MBC.

Huahahaha this is so funny. I can't believe this is really happened.

But in all seriousness what's wrong with MBC management lately? They're so unprofessional from how they handle Lee Taeim-Yewon scandal and now this.

So clearly, the "King of Dramas" has a spinoff ready made, the writing team just needs to reunite to make it - everybody ready for that Anthony Kim cameo??

I have a feeling she'll be back but she's going to come back in the most dramatic way possible.

I remember that story, I thought it was hilarious. I remember wondering what writer Im Sung-han was on and where I could get some.

Personally I think this new drama is simply a contest between MBC and writer Im Sung-han to see who can be crazier.

I heard that It was due to her husbands death that led to her writing more out of control stories.. It sorta makes sense since The gisaeng drama was actually pretty good & not over the top. Princess Aurora was also written after her spouses death. Maybe it's her way of coping with it? Not sure if it's true though.

i read about this yesterday and i totally approve.

it's really sad that a writer can only use her gift to write these sorts of shows. makjangs all have their own place, but im sung-han's brand of makjang is just—unreasonable. and infuriating. it takes "억지" in makjangs to a whole new level (where no common sense and logic exist).

thing is, i really believe that writers are what they write, largely speaking. some of the philosophies iterated by some of her characters make me wonder if they're just the writer's own personal views, or else why does every character in said drama end up agreeing with such preposterous views? at the risk of being spiteful, did her husband's suicide unhinge her completely?

i remember watching see and see you again with my family when i was young, and i don't think that show that could be branded as makjang. it was a pretty clean, chaste entertaining family drama overall, though not without its own flaws. that and miss mermaid are two of several shows that stand out for me in my childhood drama viewing experience. i remember them fondly, flaws and all. it's both sad and satisfying to see how the writer could end up like this.

Makjang its really frustrating i hate that genre

After reading this I read a little bit more on the drama and writer Im... (or ex-writer Im)

She has quite a dramatic life besides writing drama (and it's kind of sad and strange and scary)

From Wikipedia:
Im met assistant director Son Moon-kwon[15] while filming Dear Heaven, and the couple married in January 2007. They later collaborated on Ahyeon-dong Madam (like the protagonists, Im and Son also had a 12-year age difference), Assorted Gems, and New Tales of Gisaeng.[16]
On January 21, 2012, the 40-year-old Son committed suicide by hanging himself from a staircase with a necktie, at his house in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province.[16] Im was the one who found him, and she requested the police that the death be kept a secret from his family and colleagues. News about Son's death broke nearly a month later on February 13.[17][18]
In March 2012, Son's family filed a ₩50 million lawsuit against Im for psychological injury because she told them of his death three weeks after the fact, and held the funeral secretly, preventing an opportunity for family and friends to pay their respects. In an interview, Son's sister alleged that her brother and Im were married in name only (in order to further Im's career), and never lived together in their five years of marriage.[19] Finding it suspicious that Im lied to them that their son had died of a heart attack, and doubting the authenticity of his will,[20] Son's parents asked the police for a re-investigation, in case of foul play. In October 2012, prosecutors cleared Im over her husband's death, and officially ruled Son's death a suicide.[21] The psychological injury lawsuit is ongoing.

EEEP.....

The bad thing is now that I have read both of these articles I want to go back and watch her work.... I want to see these crazy situations play out. I have never been able to watch the long makjang type dramas, so I will probably never actually get around to watching them but these articles did entertain me quite a bit. I kind of don't want her to disappear, so we can continue to see the drama behind the dramas...

Finally. The trash has settled in the bin for real. And I hope for the sakes of our mental capacities they stick to their words or there'll be hell to unleash. Plus, recently I've been not liking MBC as much as I don't really approve of KBS as well...

"Miss Mermaid" was the first drama I knew (though I didn't know that she wrote it) plus the first time to know of Jang Seo-hee. All I knew then was that it had high ratings, though didn't know the story at all (it was renamed "Irene" here in my place), but didn't know it would've been that long...hmm, I think the network cut some scenes out (which is the usual treatment by the 2 leading networks for imported foreign dramas, snip-snapping off scenes deemed unimportant by management...)

My mother really enjoyed "Dear Heaven / Love In Heaven", and was surprised to learn that it written by this trashy person. Plus I first caught a glimpse of her Death Note in that drama when the lead's foster mother's friend died suddenly due to "brain tumor". XP

And now, YES! Voila la poutain. And I hope for her the sake of propriety her niece join in the retirement spree as well, as she is obviously riding along her aunt's "popularity" or otherwise, and didn't even deserve to be called an "actress".

The next news should be hw this woman will find a source of income, since that money she greedily took will run out faster than you can say "karma"

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Now I don't know which one is more amusing to "watch": this trash among all trash...or the Huang father-son vs. SME debacle.

I bet she will be trying to suck up to SBS pretty soon.

I actually liked Gisaeng Story...though the ghost was a VERY confusing and WTF plot point

I watched New Gisaeng Story, and unfortunately for me, I found the story boring. I expected the female lead's journey in becoming a Gisaeng to start rather quickly in the drama, but it didn't happen right away until I was maybe 1/3 into the drama. So I thought the storyline was very slow... Maybe it could've been better if there were less episodes.

Thank you for this. Good information and an entertaining read.

I'm one of those who has enjoyed her dramas for quite some time. She's the one who used to work with her husband and had quite the dramatic scandal regarding his death. The extreme craziness actually started after his death, she doesn't have anyone to ground her and keep her crazy scenes short and far in between like in the past.
I honestly have been hanging by a thread on this last drama, but just when I'm about to throw the towel she gets back on track..... I feel like a fool!?

"Her stories are frequently outlandish and her plot points randomly thrown in without rhyme or reason, but she knows how to push buttons. Accordingly, viewers have tuned in. She was called the Makjang Icon for her outrageous plot turns and the controversies that always accompanied her, but wore that title with aplomb for the most part."

- This kind of stuff hasn't stopped some K-dramas from being huge hits.

I have seen all her recent work, and Midnight Sun has been her most rational series. No spirits, dog dying ( I was crying when Hunk died in Aurora) and cancer cells. I have a feeling that MBC must had a hard time controlling Midnight Sun from going crazy. She is crazy, but she is a good writer, at least this time. Never say never again.