Cliches VS. Non-Cliches In What's Wrong With Secretary Kim

Whether we like it or not -- we can't avoid cliches, can we? You've been watching some K-Drama and you probably find that there are cliches mixed with non-cliches. Sure, not every K-Drama ends up with a dying male or female lead (though I wonder why it usually happens to the female in some of the K-Drama), it's become more cliche to have a gutsy female protagonist (even when the TV series is a comedy), childhood crushes (and yes, Mi Soo has now seen it that her childhood crush was her boss all along), a love triangle between siblings (which is happening to Yong Jun and Seong Yun), some rich guys who do stuff that commoners do and the whole it's not meant to be a year long aren't a surprise, right?

What's not to be expected? Well, one cliche that got kicked out was that there's really no parental conflict when it comes to Yong Jun's choice for a bride. I mean, sure the cliche of sibling rivalry is still there but what I find refreshing is the absence of parental conflict. For example, early episodes has Yong Jun's mother actually considering the fact that Mi Soo could be her ideal daughter-in-law -- all the while there's the somewhat unintentional breaking the fourth wall when Mi Soo's sisters think that Yong Jun's parents are the stereotypical Korean drama parents. Yet, Yong Jun's mother's only concern is not having grandchildren so it's okay for her to have her son Yong Jun marry Mi So.

When would a parental conflict be expected? Maybe if it's Mi Soo is a loose woman, a prostitute or a bar girl like in the Chiung Yao-like Taiwanese series called Madame Chin. But no, Mi Soo is a professional career woman that you can respect and would make a good wife for any big time businessman. IMHO, she'd be ideal bride too! Maybe Mi Soo could have become a successful businessman if she didn't become a successful corporate office employee. But here, it's a good thing that Yong Jun's parents aren't matapobre which is a Spanish/Filipino word for rich snobs who look down at the lower class. 

The only thing that really bothers the parents is the ongoing sibling rivalry and love triangle between brothers. How will that be resolved? I just can't wait to see the conclusion and we've got this week and the next two weeks to conclude the plot.