JTBC ‘Mojamusssa’. Studio Phoenix·SLL·Studio Flow
What made them dance?
JTBC Everyone Is Fighting Their Own Worthlessness will today (the 9th) unveil the full story behind the much-discussed scene viewers were so curious about: Koo Kyo-hwan, Go Youn-jung, Oh Jung-se, and Han Sun-hwa linking arms and dancing by the night sea.
In a highlight clip released before the first broadcast, JTBC Everyone Is Fighting Their Own Worthlessness (directed by Cha Young-hoon, written by Park Hae-young, produced by Studio Phoenix·SLL·Studio Flow, hereafter “Mojamusssa”) captured a striking moment in which Hwang Dong-man (Koo Kyo-hwan) and Park Kyung-se (Oh Jung-se), who seemed impossible to mix, dance arm in arm against the backdrop of the night sea, drawing buzz. Notably, their dance floor also draws program PD Byun Eun-ah (Go Youn-jung) and top star Jang Mi-ran (Han Sun-hwa), as well as the eight-person group members Park Young-soo (Jeon Bae-soo), Lee Jun-hwan (Shim Hee-seop), and Lee Ki-ri (Bae Myung-jin), all turning out and heightening curiosity about the story behind it.
What stands out is the shift in the relationship between Hwang Dong-man and Park Kyung-se, who had shown the culmination of “in-group loathing” and bristled whenever they met. Until now, Hwang Dong-man, standing beside the successful Park Kyung-se, constantly felt anxious and could not turn off the “red light” on his emotion watch. Because he absorbs the feelings of others like a sponge, the moment he sensed someone disliked him, he fell straight into anxiety. However, in episode 7 airing today (the 9th), Hwang Dong-man gains certainty that, at least in this moment, Park Kyung-se does not dislike him, and he turns on the “green light” on his emotion watch. Viewers are fired up to watch live to see whether the long-running in-group loathing finally ends and the two return to their once-inseparable best-friend days.
The dynamic between Byun Eun-ah and Jang Mi-ran is also a can't-miss point. Earlier, Jang Mi-ran sharply criticized Lee Jun-hwan's script “Scary Woman,” creating tension, but Byun Eun-ah countered with “hatchet” feedback, saying the protagonist best suits Jang Mi-ran, who has an animalistic allure and does not know how to use her head. Outwardly they set up a sharp confrontation, yet inwardly they felt a peculiar attraction to each other for their candor. Through this night-sea gathering, their relationship enters a new phase. The concrete story of how people who seemed unlikely to get along laid down all their thorns and came together is a detail that piques curiosity.
In particular, their dance recalls the ending of the film “Zorba the Greek,” in which they instead danced freely at the very scene of failure. This scene, with characters who have hit rock bottom, drunken and shoulder to shoulder, captures the moment they burst their pent-up emotions and savor liberation. Letting go of sharp-edged tension toward the world and coming together is expected to bring smiles to viewers as well.
The production team said, “In truth, at this age, going through a second and third round and even going to see the night sea is hard to explain with ordinary stamina,” adding, “Please look forward to the story of what kept them dancing late into the night and what made that hot energy erupt.”
Episode 7 of “Mojamusssa” airs today (the 9th), Saturday at 10:40 p.m. on JTBC.
