The first thing I thought of was Romance Town (로맨스 타운), a Korean drama from 2011.
Extremely short synopsis: This is an ensemble comedy about live-in maids at a well-to-do cul-de-sac, their obnoxious bosses, and one housemaid who wins big at the lottery and has to keep it a secret from everyone she knows. Interesting enough premise, and not really a bad show at all overall, but it lost a bit of steam as it went along. These things happen.
I think this show wasn't as successful as it could have been for two reasons:
- Number one, bad title-itis. You'd expect a show called Romance Town to be oozing with sassy love triangles or something, yeah? Well the only really strong romance at play is that between people and their money. So in other words, it's really a show about friendship, loyalty, and greed. Which is maybe more interesting than sassy love triangles and birth secrets or whatever, but a bit disconcerting when you go in expecting something else.
- Reason number two: Identity crisis. This show tried to be a lot of different things—what's that saying? "Jack of all trades, master of none?" I don't want to give major spoilers, so all I'll say is figure out what your message is and stick with it, show.
Romance Town is one of those shows that survives mainly on the merits of its cast (who are HILARIOUS, by the way.) The plot... I've forgotten many of the finer points now. But do you know what I do remember? Some of the songs that were featured repeatedly on the show. Weird how that works. Here, I've placed a few I found on YouTube after the jump for your listening enjoyment.
