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The Crowned Clown starring Yeo Jin Goo and Lee Se Young!

This drama isn’t new (it came out on TvN in 2019), but for some reason I just hadn’t taken the plunge on it till last night, and hunny let me tell you IT IS GOOD!!

It’s a pretty basic concept – there’s a crazy king who’s paranoid about being assassinated, and there just so happens to be a local circus clown that looks EXACTLY like him! I believe, it’s loosely based off of King Lear by Shakespeare, but I haven’t read that play yet.

So, naturally what’s a crazy king to do but force the clown to assume his identity and die! in his place.

But, with a king slipping further and further into madness and a goodly clown with a heart of gold, who will capture the heart and loyalty of the people and retain the crown in the end?

I haven’t finished it yet, I’ve only just finished episode 6 (of a 16 ep show) and Yeo Jin Goo just had an IT Crowd moment with himself in the street.

Or was it more of an It’s Always Sunny moment?

Anyways, I’m super stressed and excited to finish it and would highly recommend it!

Yeo Jin Goo’s acting is just *chef’s kiss* SUPERB!! He’s one that I had mixed reactions about when I first started Hotel Del Luna, but as I’ve seen more and more of his stuff (the kid is a total child actor superstar btw!) I’ve just fallen completely for his acting!

It’s over on Netflix now, and it was on Viki in the past, so if you wanna get as obsessed as me then go and give it a go! xD

Night!!