I have a confession. I am a person who judges everything by it's cover. I judge books, movies, foods etc, all by their covers. I am sure that I have missed out on more than one enjoyable experience due to this horrible habit of mine. Case in point "Secret Love Affair." Apart of me is glad that I didn't discover this drama until I was hard up for something to watch, but I have to say I freaking loved this drama! It was incredible! I laughed, I mostly bawled, I enjoyed classical music, I learned that there was such a thing as piano porn. Over all it was an amazing experience I missed out on having sooner because I didn't like the poster of the drama. Silly, I know.
First we have to talk about these phenomenal characters written by Jung Sung-Joo. Who just so happened to write another drama I judged by the cover "Heard It Through the Grapevine". The story is about Oh Hye-Won played by Kim Hee-Ae. She is an all round gofer for her abusive in-laws. She is married to a less than competent musical professor who is in search of a prodigy to compete with a rival professor. Oh Hye-Won has an amazing ear for piano and she is was probably a prodigy in her own right. She sold her self out in order to become someone "successful" in the musical world. She didn't have the means or the resources to accomplish studying abroad without borrowing money from her boyfriends family and she has been an indentured servant ever since. Oh Hye-Won is what I would call one classy broad. Her hair is always perfect, her clothes are to die for, and she has this flawless grace and elegance even in the most chaotic times. Such as when her mother in law is trying to flush her step-daughters head in the toilet. (That is in the first episode by the way) She speaks softly, she's direct and she gets everyone's dirty business done! That is until she has amazing piano sex with Lee Sun Jae portrayed by the gorgeous Yoo Ah-In.
Yoo Ah-In is a young man from the other side of the tracks. Fortunately for him he had a piano in his house and he developed his incredible talent on his own. Working as a delivery courier, he finds his way in a university where he finds a beautiful piano that he can't seem to fight the impulse of playing. His playing puts everyone in a disarray because he could've inadvertently sabotaged the schools prodigy's performance. As the episodes progress we learn that Lee Sun Jae is an impeccable human being. Minus the the whole, stealing someone else's (contract) spouse. Sun Jae is sweet and naive, but in away that upholds his integrity. He is an example of someone who is completely open to loving someone for who they are. He doesn't really have a filter, and everything he says is truthful. The power of Yoo Ah-In's acting is that he is able to portray a range of emotions of his face that leaves his audience breathless. The visceral pain that you feel when looking at his face as his character experiences loss is incredible. Every emotion whether happiness, anger, hurt, sadness, or longing, is portrayed to an extent that it leaves the squishy sentimental part of you gasping for air. In the other words, you'll be slaaaaaaaayed!
The combination of the these incredible actors playing these magnificent characters left me wishing that I could find someone that I had an incredible connection with. Their performance woke a sense of longing in me that I had never allowed to breathe. The longing of being loved, but more than that,
the longing of understanding someone through a mutual passion. The piano plays cupid and counselor in this drama.
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