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Medical drama is a drama genre that has its own market and fans. Medical drama is considered by many as an entertaining and educational spectacle. Because, in every medical drama there is always a lot of knowledge to be gained after watching it. Medical drama also makes viewers sometimes have to think extra to understand the storyline of this drama genre. However, medical drama is not only about doctors, patients or operating rooms. Medical dramas also often take the premise of friendship, hospital internal political conflicts and some medical dramas have a very strong and interesting comedy element.

Talking about medical drama, this time CineTV Contest #27 takes the theme “Favorite Medical Drama” Link Here and I want to take part in this contest. There are so many medical dramas that I have watched, but the majority of them are Korean dramas. Yup, Korean dramas often take unique premises with a professional theme, one of which is about doctors. Among all the medical dramas that I like, maybe I will choose one drama entitled dr. Romantic (first season) as my favorite medical drama.

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Synopsis

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Dr. Romantic is a Korean medical drama that aired in 2016-2017 with 20 episodes and 1 special episode. Dr. Romantic received a positive response from the audience, marked by high ratings and praise from critics. The success of Dr. Romantic continued in its second season and still received positive ratings and responses. In fact, there are currently talks for a third season of this drama.

dr. Romantic or Teacher Kim (English version) tells the story of Kim Sabu / dr. Boo Yong Joo (played by Han Suk Kyu) who works as a surgeon at a hospital. Doldam, a small hospital on the outskirts of the city and became the first referral for emergency events on the highway and became the only hospital for the community around the village. The existence of Doldam Hospital which is not economically profitable continues to be under pressure from the director of Geosan University Hospital, Do Yoon Waan (played by Choi Jin Ho) who has special ambitions and a grudge against Kim Sabu.

Doldam hospital is also often a “hospital discharge” for doctors from Geosan University Hospital who do not carry out the instructions from the leader correctly. One of them, Kang Dong Joo (played by Yoo Yeon Seok) who had to be transferred to Doldam Hospital after making a surgical procedure error (scapegoated). Kang Dong Joo then meets Yoon Seo Jeong (played by Seo Hyun Jin) who is his older sister whom he had a crush on when he was an intern doctor at Geosan University Hospital.

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Why dr. Romantic became my favorite medical drama? there are several reasons that maybe I can explain to friends.

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Simple Premise with Perfect Execution: A Battle of Idealism and Business
The premise of “bad guy and good guy” has often been seen in dramas or movies. The dividing line is usually clear and not blurry, as in dr. This romantic. We can see one premise of the story that we may often find in other medical dramas, namely that a doctor who is a genius and prioritizes patients has to deal with hospital management who prioritizes profits and incoming money from patients. These two poles are contradictory but become one thing that we may also see and experience in the real world.

Kim Sabu displays the character of a doctor who is firm, smart, responsive but difficult to compromise with intrigue and politics. Anyone who saw dr. Kim at first would have thought he was an arrogant and arrogant person, but after getting to know him. We know that dr. Kim is a doctor with integrity. His integrity and work system from Kim Sabu has been successfully applied to any employees such as nurses, doctors, etc. who work at Doldam Hospital. They work according to their respective duties. Dr. character. Kim, played by Han Suk Kyu, is one of the most iconic characters in Korean dramas and may have become pop culture in Korean dramas. In fact, Hospital Playlist, one of the most popular medical dramas in the world, also has a special scene about dr. Kim.

Source Picture The conflict and intrigue between Choi Jin Ho and Han Suk Kyu is the most fun to watch

In addition to the protagonist character, the antagonist also plays very cool. Choi Jin Ho managed to show the figure of a big hospital director who is ambitious, arrogant and also very annoying. I think we'll all agree, one of the signs of a successful antagonist is making the audience hate him even more. That's my point!

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Highly Detailed Medical Drama
One of the strengths of this drama is how the director, actors and actresses as well as the crew who manage the set locations can make the audience understand everything that happens at Doldam Hospital. Doldam Hospital is described as a small hospital in a hilly area at first glance it looks remote but the hospital is surrounded by 8 toll roads. Every weekend, thousands of vehicles enter the expressway to go to the casino and the potential for traffic accidents is very high on every weekend. The background of this story is very detailed, so that the audience can understand where these patients came from even though this is only a small hospital in the middle of the forest and remote areas of the city.

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In addition, as my favorite medical drama, dr. Romantic manages to give an idea of how chaotic the hospital situation is, especially in an emergency situation. The scenes of nurses and doctors working hand in hand to save patients look so cool and thrilling. The doctors and nurses at Doldam Hospital also don't think about the background of the patients, all of them are treated equally and are treated according to the level of emergency of the patients.

Every operation scene in this drama is also very intense and detailed. Very exciting, especially as we get an explanation of the operation to be performed. All of these scenes have strong dialogue and chemistry and are aided by the action gestures performed by the actors. I think, the situation and condition of Dolam hospital may be coveted by all patients in this world.

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High Intensity Entertaining Drama
Dr. Romantic is a medical drama that is very complete and built with a very strong story and character. Both the protagonist and antagonist characters leave a deep impression on every audience. The supporting characters in this drama also steal a lot of spots and become one unit. Every episode of this drama has high intensity but still entertaining. Just imagine, in the first episode, we already got a kissing scene which is very memorable for the audience.

This drama is very entertaining, we will see a lot of humorous scenes when dr. Kim scolded the young doctors or the workers at the hospital. There are also many parts of romance and friendship in this drama. In addition, dr. Romantic is also an educational medical drama. All diagnoses about the disease, given a complete explanation that can be understood by the audience.

For me, dr. Romantic becomes a complete drama, educative and also entertaining. In addition, dr. Romantic also manages to balance every element of drama, romance, humor and medicine in a proper and appropriate way.

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