'Wild Thing' Oh Jung-se, I Like You [Kim Na-yeon's Diagonal Line]

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[Editor’s Note] Movie and OTT viewer Kim Na-yeon's personal perspective.

Just his appearance triggers laughter. Actor Oh Jung-se truly takes flight in 'Wild Thing', proving his worth once again.

The movie 'Wild Thing' (directed by Son Jae-gon) is a comedy about the three-member mixed dance group 'Triangle', which once swept the music industry but was unexpectedly involved in a scandal and disbanded overnight, as they seize a chance for redemption after 20 years by embarking on a reckless challenge.

Oh Jung-se plays the original 'Gomak boyfriend' and ballad prince 'Choi Seong-gon'. He rose to become a top contender for first place on terrestrial broadcasters through skill and hard work alone, but could not escape being a perennial second-place finisher. Just as he became convinced it was time to reach the top, he ended up setting a record of 39 consecutive weeks in the 2Wi Ra-neun (EVP)position, overshadowed by Triangle's new song.

He reluctantly attends Triangle's first-place celebration party, where he gets caught up in an unexpected incident and disappears along with his dark past. The image of him as a former hunter of women's hearts vanishes completely, and he begins living as a real hunter who deals with dangerous wild animals.

Then a concert offer comes his way, and the deep-seated desire for a stage he had buried explodes.

With flowing long hair and a white shirt, Oh Jung-se possesses the power to generate laughter simply by appearing. The perennial second-place finisher, filled with resentment and jealousy, strikes a slick 'Love You!' pose that contrasts his outer and inner selves, signaling the start of Oh Jung-se-style comedy that is anything but ordinary.

Added to this, Choi Seong-gon's 'I Like You' evokes the emotions of that era with its addictive melody that gets stuck in your head after just one listen and its lyrical atmosphere. His restrained yet sorrowful interjections complete a peculiar charm that delights the ears and constantly makes the eyes laugh. It feels as if an 'laugh button' has been pressed in 'I Like You'; every time the song plays, audiences in the theater burst into laughter.

Oh Jung-se does not calculate or force laughter. Within the work, it spreads like an atmosphere rather than an intention, making it immediately understandable why director Son Jae-gon was eagerly anticipating Oh Jung-se's comedic chemistry.

Twenty years later, appearing in a completely different guise, he runs fiercely toward his unfulfilled dream, and by the time he finally sings 'I Like You' on stage, you will realize that the expression 'laughing until you vomit' is not an exaggeration. While the three members of Triangle at the center of 'Wild Thing'—Kang Dong-won, Eom Tae-gu, and Park Ji-hyun—bring laughter by overturning their existing images in unexpected ways, Oh Jung-se elevates the film's density with his unique, humanizing acting.

Recently, on JTBC's 'Everyone is Fighting Their Own Worthlessness', Oh Jung-se once again proved his true worth by showcasing his characteristic witty and seasoned everyday acting as well as complex inner acting that blends low self-esteem and anxiety. Additionally, Oh Jung-se is currently meeting viewers with another face on MBC's 'Fifty Percent', which is currently airing. It is even more welcome to see Oh Jung-se's 'hard work' in constantly pulling out new characters and delivering unexpected surprises every time.

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