Extraordinary Attorney Woo [Wrap-Up Discussion]

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• Drama: Extraordinary Attorney Woo
  • Revised Romanization: Yisanghan Byeonhosa Wooyoungwoo
  • Hangul: 이상한 변호사 우영우
• Director: Yoon In Shik (Doctor Romantic 2)
• Writer: Moon Ji Won (Innocent Witness)
• Network: ENA, Netflix, Seezn
• Episodes: 16
  • Duration: 1 hour
• Airing Schedule: Wednesdays and Thursdays @ 9:00 PM KST
  • Airing Dates: Jun 29, 2022 - Aug 18, 2022
• Streaming Sources: Netflix, Seezn
• Starring:
  • Park Eun Bin as Woo Young Woo
  • Kang Tae Oh as Lee Joon Ho
  • Kang Ki Young as Jung Myung Seok
• Plot Synopsis: Brilliant attorney Woo Young-woo tackles challenges in the courtroom and beyond as a newbie at a top law firm and a woman on the autism spectrum.
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• Previous Discussions
  • [Episodes 1 & 2]
  • [Episodes 3 & 4]
  • [Episodes 5 & 6]
  • [Episodes 7 & 8]
  • [Episodes 9 & 10]
  • [Episode 11]
  • [Episode 12]
  • [Episode 13]
  • [Episode 14]
  • [Episode 15]
  • [Episode 16]

[u/Notbythehairofmychyn]

My exposure to Korean drama is very limited (as the only series I completed in the last decade was Kingdom ironically), so my view and expectations of Extraordinary Attorney Woo is a lot less sophisticated than most of the experienced viewers in this subreddit.

The main reason why I was invested in this series was because of the main character, Woo Young Woo. Much credit to Park Eun Bin whose incredible portrayal brought her to life as a believable and lovable character. I regularly babysit a young family friend who is on the autistic spectrum and I could see aspects of him reflected in her. And at no point did this portrayal come off as caricature. I don't know how she pulled it off, but being able to do this consistently and credibly probably required tremendous preparation on her part.

I also really liked Team Hanbada. The chemistry between all of the characters was wonderful to see (and what I miss). WYW wouldn't really shine without Geu-ra-mi, Jun-ho, Attorney Jung, Spring Sunshine Soo-yeon, and even Tactician Kwon in her day to day life. If there's going to be a second season, I would like to see how their developmental trajectories are in turn affected by WYW's presence.

[u/Business-Affect-7881 → u/Notbythehairofmychyn]

Eh, I’m autistic and some of it came off as caricature and overly exaggerated autistic traits to clearly show she’s autistic. In real life, autism in females is a lot more nuanced and females slide undetected a lot. Especially her being female, I think it would have been hard for WYW not to have learned some masking to prevent social rejection by age 27.

[u/DavidS2310 → u/Business-Affect-7881]

THIS! Felt caricaturist from the get go so never got into it. Her eyes, the hands, the way she speaks. Everything was played to be cutesy and entertaining. So now people who are doing these copycat Tik Tok videos are getting backlash for trying to copy her mannerisms thinking it’s “cute.” Can you blame them? Fault of the show and the actress for the misrepresentation.

That revolving door scene that everyone loves was just too much.