Nowadays, time traveling is the new hottest thing in manga, internet novelettes, and television. However, surveying both domestic and foreign materials, time travel from present day to various dynasties had all been employed, thus time travel to the future of course became the new focus. Case in point: “Rooftop Prince”, a Korean drama where a Crown Prince and his three men are transported to present day, sends the dynastic Flower Four (F4) of Park Yoochun, Lee Minho, Jung Sukwon and Choi Wooshik to modern times and benefit the eyes of female audiences. This drama is shown on every Wednesday and Thursday night, and is currently playing Episode 14. According to TNS, its audience measurement is at 11.6%. Since initial airing, “Rooftop Prince” has over 19 million views on Chinese PPTV, is ranked third under Baidu television search and with a rating of 8.1.
A large population of Korean drama fanatics are obsessing over Crown Prince Lee Gak. The Crown Prince, who only knew how to play up his spoiled and arrogant attitude, was accidentally transported to modern-day Korea, which is 300 years after their time, with his three men due to a death-threatening chase. Although he had encountered countless embarrassing situations and had a difficult time, the audience was able to see their time and living environment from a brand new angle – those forgotten grandness and conveniences of technology, the busy and lost working lives of modern people, the complicated and twisted relationships between people…
While “Rooftop Prince” is capable of creating laughter every five minutes, it also instigate discussions of current day lives in the audience. Many netizens expressed that “Rooftop Prince” has offered constructive opinions towards how to make bland daily lives interesting, which makes it essentially a nostalgic guide to modern day lives.
Nostalgic Living Philosophy: View Modern Day Lives from an Ancient’s Angle
“Rooftop Prince” describes a Crown Prince Lee Gak from the Joseon era, played by Park Yoochun, who was transported to the modern day Korea 300 years later during a mortal chase resulted from his investigation on the reasons behind the death of the Crown Princess. After traveling to present time, Lee Gak was saved by the woman who lives in the rooftop. He attempts to find the Crown Princess and solve the mystery of time transportation while adapting to modern lifestyle.
The Crown Prince who initially entered modern day society has endless imagination and curiosity towards all the different tools that people use. To him, the world is full of surprises: People can talk through a small box, and can even see each other – cell phones; a box can bring you to an unimaginable height, and every time the door is opened, you can see different people and environment – elevator; a pot of boiling water can produce wonderful delicacy – ramen…
A neitzen wrote, “It’s not until I saw ‘Rooftop Prince’ recently that I realized how interesting our lives are!” In addition, many netizens were enlightened and started a “nostalgic movement”, which claims that if you view your surroundings with a new perspective, life immediately becomes wonderful. They suggest, everyone can attempt to live life (for a bit) using the perspective of someone from a different era or a completely different society/cultural background. For instance, “cotton candy and ice cream are sweet, and the feeling that it melts on the tip of the tongue is amazing…this must be the taste of heaven” and “if you turn on air conditioning, it take about a few minutes and the whole room is nice and cool. It feels as if you are in the deep woods, it’s so impressive”.
Many netizens claims that they actually did find more daily entertainment. “Watching Park Yoochun enjoying his food, it’s my first time realizing how delicious omurice and ramen are!” To sum it up, live as if you are an ancient, and if you are serious about it, you’ve won over life.
A Guide to Nostalgic Life Style
Eat: Using Katana to Cut Steak, Whipped Cream with Soju
Think that your current life is not exciting enough? No worries, “Rooftop Prince” will teach you how to spice up your day. There is a scene where the dynastic F4 eats with others, and everyone is sitting courteously in front of their own food, getting ready to indulge. If this meal continued on the way it was, it cannot be fun – and take god for the ancients, they always bring you surprise. Under the approval of the Crown Prince, Yongsul unleashed his shiny katana, brought the steaks to midair, and cuts it perfectly. This skill of course shocked the modern day people, but with regards to having an appetite to eat the steaks, that’s up to the individual.
In Episode 2, Pak Ha drank soju with the Crown Prince to comfort him, and foamed a mouthful of whipped cream because of the Crown Prince who frowned from the bitterness of the alcohol. After the airing of the episode, it immediately instigated strong responses from the audience, who all praised that whipped cream is the new appetizer for soju. Not long after, the whipped cream in super markets and convenience stores were all bought, and because neitzens’ orders online increased dramatically, there was once where whipped cream was out of stock. In addition, the scene where the Crown Prince sticks straws in a whole row of yogurts that were still in their package and drink from each is also being mimicked by the audience. According to Korean media, many yogurts that were sold by stores individually are now asked to be sold as whole packages to let everyone drink like the Crown Prince.
Wear: Only Wear Bright-Colored Sport Clothes, Remember to Take Off Shoes Before Entering Cars
Still troubling over what to wear this spring? Let the Crown Prince give you the correct answer. In the drama, the dynastic F4 had on bright solid colored sport clothes in red, yellow, blue and green, and also called traffic signal suits. According to the manager of a famous clothing brand, after these suits appeared in the drama, the orders came flooding through and the supplies were once unable to accommodate, especially the red suit worn by the Crown Prince.
Even the canvas shoes were the royal equipment used by the Crown Prince in modern time, but how to wear a pair of sneakers extraordinarily, it really takes imagination. Let’s see how the Crown Prince does it: When riding a bus, the dynastic F4 get on as their handsome appearances stuns all others present. But as their lines of sight moves downwards, the audience realizes that the four are all without shoes. So, if you want to be the star in the spotlight, please don’t forget this, “remember to take your shoes off before your get on the car!”
Source: Sina.ent I Translated by: g.fanns of JYJ3
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