So Not Worth It is a comedy sitcom about a quirky group of international students living in a college dorm together and follows all of their relationships and the strange adventures they get involved in.
The students include the RA Se Wan (Park Se Wan), Jamie (Shin Hyun Seung) from America, Sam (Choi Young Jae) who grew up in Australia, Hyun Min (Han Hyun Min) from South Korea, Minnie (Minnie) from Thailand, Carson (Carson Allen) from America, Hans (Joakim) from Sweden, and Terris (Terris Brown) from Trinidad.
So Not Worth It is done in the style of a sitcom, so it has a bit of a different feel than a regular kdrama. It’s a quick and easy watch with only 12 half hour episodes. This series is very light and is primarily a comedy. Most of the comedy wasn’t really to my tastes, but it did have moments that I found funny.
I do have to mention the show has an awful laugh track used throughout it though. It was seriously unneeded, and I definitely felt like it took away from the comedy.
Mostly we see the students get involved in a variety of crazy and troublesome situations that have humorous results. There are a few slightly more serious topics sprinkled throughout the show, but it sticks heavily to the comedy category.
The show has a lot of newer actors, so some of the acting was a bit green. Luckily, the sitcom style of the show works well for newer actors, so I don’t think it was that big of an issue.
It was also nice to see such a diverse cast which is certainly rare in kdramas. We have students from all over the world of various nationalities. It’s great watching them all come together in one drama.
There is also a romance arc between Se Wan and Jamie. This develops over the course of the show and becomes pretty prominent about midway through. This arc had that standard rom-com feel with the getting off on the wrong foot, misunderstandings, and eventually growing close as feelings develop. I enjoyed seeing this fun little relationship take shape.
Since a good chunk of the humor wasn’t to my tastes, the situational nature of the show did make it feel draggy for me despite my like for the characters and the cute little romance. I think if you like the comedy style though, this could be a great and unique show for you because it has such a light and fun feel to it.
My Rating: 6/10
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Well… I guess I should watch it sometime, am curious about the diverse cast and ‘that cute little relationship’😁
I’m excited about that move of diversity in a Kdrama, and think I would love to see it more in future, but am also worried and hope that it won’t take away our ‘Kdrama-ish’ in Kdramas 😄
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Yes, I really enjoyed seeing such a variety of people of different nationalities in this drama 🙂 I think a lot of us have a similar worry to you about losing that classic kdrama charm, particularly with the Netflix type shows. Luckily, in this case, the show definitely feels like a Korean sitcom. While I didn’t love the comedy for the most part, I would say it retained its charm 🙂
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That’s good to know 😊
And thanks for your honest review too.
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You’re very welcome! If you decide to watch it, I hope the comedy works better for you and that you enjoy it 🙂
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Thank you dear 😊
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I enjoyed this one especially the cast but I have to say I will give it the same rating as you. I also disliked the awful laughter as well. It seems like they were trying to be like the American comedy sitcoms but it didn’t work for me either.
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Yes, the cast was really nice here, very quirky and fun. That laughter track though! Why?! It definitely didn’t help, especially when the comedy didn’t really land for me as a whole, lol.
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I’ve been wondering about this series. I watched the trailer and based on the comedy, decided to skip it (I dislike the genre) but I was initially interested because of the diverse, international cast.
It’s a shame they used a laugh track. Makes it seem like an attempt to sell the show to Korean audiences, but also as a way to compensate loses for the series as a ‘gag’ if it didn’t gain popularity.
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The cast was definitely appealing in this one, and the characters were very fun and quirky, but comedy was really not to my tastes. And that made an already bad laugh track even worse! lol. Those who like this kind of comedy will probably enjoy the show though 🙂
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Yeah, I might not like it then because I’m not a huge fan of comedies in general. It sounds very interesting though!
(Except the bad laugh track lol. I can’t believe a show in 20202-2021 is using a laugh track lol.)
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Yeah, this one is heavy on the comedy with little plot, so it you may not like it much. And yes, it’s crazy that some shows are still using laugh tracks. And if you’re going to use one, at least use a halfway decent one that isn’t so obnoxious! lol 😂
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Tried this one for the international cast and light fare but couldn’t get past the laugh track and weak plot lines. Definitely interested in something similar in future if done better. Please no laugh track!
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Yep, the laugh track was just terrible! I too will be hoping for better attempts at this in the future 🙂
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