Go Yoon-jung's 'nosebleed' stopped by Gu Gyeo-han.. A 'redemptive narrative' amidst a grim reality [Moja Mussa]

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In "Everyone is fighting their own sense of worthlessness" (hereinafter "Moja Mussa"), Gu Gyeo-han and Go Yoon-jung brought laughter and tears to viewers through a redemptive narrative.

In the fourth episode of JTBC's Saturday-Sunday drama "Moja Mussa" (directed by Cha Young-hoon, written by Park Hae-young), aired on the night of the 26th, Hwang Dong-man (played by Gu Gyeo-han) and Byun Eun-a (played by Go Yoon-jung) shared their emotions and built emotional solidarity. Byun Eun-a revealed that she felt overwhelmed by immense anger, despair, and helplessness, to the point of wanting to take her own life, which caused her to suffer a nosebleed. Meanwhile, Hwang Dong-man calmly explained that he constantly spoke to drown out the loud voice of a monster whispering in his ear, "You have no value."

In the second round at the kimchi stew restaurant, Park Kyung-se (played by Oh Jung-se), still seething with resentment, pinned a message to Hwang Dong-man that was neatly summarized in seven points. Hwang Dong-man simply stated that he was nothing more than a person with no talent or humor, and advised him to continue living consistently with the bravado of someone who never learns their lesson. If cherry blossoms had scattered on a warm spring day, Park Kyung-se's harsh words might have been read like a love letter, but inside Hwang Dong-man, a fierce blizzard raged.

CEO Choi Dong-hyun (played by Choi Won-young) once again bullied Byun Eun-a. When she pleaded that she found the revised script, adjusted by director Lee Jun-hwan (played by Shim Hee-seop) with a B-grade sensibility, much more entertaining, it triggered Choi Dong-hyun's anger button. On top of Choi (CEO)'s insult, senior PD Choi Hyo-jin (played by Park Ye-ni) also scratched her, telling her not to mistake a brief spark of recognition for talent and to shake it off.

By the end of that day, Hwang Dong-man was so paralyzed by sleep paralysis that he wouldn't even stir when delivery arrived, while Byun Eun-a once again suffered a nosebleed so severe that her towel was soaked. When Byun Eun-a called Hwang Dong-man and asked him to tell a funny story, he excitedly recounted tales of sleep paralysis. He lamented that he had no one left to fight, so he had to fight even with sleep paralysis, but since he refused to fight, even sleep paralysis seemed flustered and slipped away. At Hwang Dong-man's comfort to not fight the things that cause hardship but let them pass, Byun Eun-a laughed through her tears. Hwang Dong-man even recounted an episode from a screenplay interview for the final round, where when asked why he wanted to make movies, he choked up and said, "All for One, One for All," meaning global solidarity where one can find oneself in others across the globe, and despite his tears and snot, he chuckled. With all that talking, Hwang Dong-man gained "power," and Byun Eun-a's nosebleed magically stopped.

Byun Eun-a had always avoided people who treated her poorly, but this time she resolved to stand up to them. She warned Choi Dong-hyun not to confuse having power with being arrogant, and declared that she was not meek or weak, leaving the office with a confident resignation rather than a formal letter. Before that, she had also confronted Choi Hyo-jin, telling her to at least be openly enthusiastic like Hwang Dong-man, and meticulously pointed out her hypocrisy.

Hwang Dong-man also went to find Park Kyung-se and directly denied the prejudice that people who cannot resolve their issues are always unhappy. He also boldly declared that he was not as unhappy as they thought, and that he had no intention of stopping the jokes that made him feel he existed or reducing his speech. However, the appearance of his older brother Hwang Jin-man (played by Park Hae-jun) dragged the situation into an unexpected turn. Hwang Jin-man, who intended to handle it himself, punched his younger brother in the face, and ultimately, all of them were taken to the police station.

The climax of the day came with a chaotic ending at the police station after a series of disturbances. When a police officer asked about their occupations, Hwang Dong-man's pupils, who had a "unemployment trauma," trembled violently. At that moment, Byun Eun-a appeared like a savior and, on Hwang Dong-man's behalf, referred to him as a "film director." Byun Eun-a's single word, which removed the stigma of "useless" and gifted Hwang Dong-man with his most shining title, filled his heartbeats with an unfamiliar thrill.

A scandalous article about national actress Oh Jung-hee (played by Bae Jong-ok), who was set to star in the film "My Mother," which is expected to attract 10 million viewers, broke out. It claimed that 23 years ago, when Oh Jung-hee was unknown, she had left her young daughter alone, and it was uncomfortable to see her, a actress with no blood relation, named Jang Mi-ran (played by Han Sun-hwa), cooing and doting with her daughter. The current Byun Eun-a, who was looking meaningfully at the "My Mother" poster, overlapped with 9-year-old Byun Eun-a, who had survived alone, eating and sleeping without telling anyone, fearing her abandonment by her parents would be exposed. Whether the "I-eung porridge" that caused Byun Eun-a's nosebleed syndrome was Oh Jung-hee, or whether their narratives fueled curiosity, remained a mystery.

"Moja Mussa" airs every Saturday at 10:40 PM and Sunday at 10:30 PM on JTBC.

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