‘Office Workers’, Super-speed Comeback with Season 2… First Guest Jo Jung-seok
Coupang Play Series
Since its first public broadcast in February, ‘Office Workers’ has been receiving rave reviews from viewers for heralding the birth of a unique office comedy.Thanks to its explosive popularity, it is making a comeback with a second season just six months after the previous series was released.’Office Workers’, which closed its sales amid rave reviews calling it ‘the laughter cure for Korean office workers’ and ‘the laughter evangelist for real office workers’, has been a hot topic of conversation for six weeks as an unprecedented hyper-realistic office comedy.
In the midst of this, Jo Jung-seok, an all-rounder who has been active in various fields regardless of genre and work from acting to singing, is set to take charge of the first episode of ‘Office Workers’, which has returned with a revamp for Season 2, with fresh laughter.In particular, as he is known to the public as a ‘trustworthy actor’ who crosses the screen and the living room with his stable acting skills and unrivaled presence, expectations are high that he will present a fresh spectacle with his possessed tiki-taka with the DY Planning family and his unrivaled ad-lib development.
‘Office Workers’ is a show with a cast of eight people, including DY Planning’s CEO Shin Dong-yup, AZ manager Kim Min-kyo pursuing ‘MZ beauty’, single woman manager Lee Soo-ji, ‘sandbag manager’ Kim Won-hoon caught between his superior and junior, employee Ji Ye-eun who has returned as the juniors ‘military discipline leader, rookie assistant manager Hyun Bong-sik with peerless visuals born in 1984, rookie Cha Jung-won(Car the Garden)with abilities that surprise even his seniors, and passionate professional rookie Shim Ja-yoon(STAYC Yoon), who have perfectly transformed into office workers and presented unprecedented laughter with their push-and-pull wit and ad-lib battles with the gorgeous star guests.
The cast’s dazzling ad-libs freely switching between their main and sub-characters, the star guests ‘realistic reactions, and the amazing sight of the cast and guests trying their best not to trigger a’ laughing warning ‘showed the power of the birth of a unique comedy genre that is rarely seen in existing office comedies.
‘ Office Workers ‘has been well-received for its realistic workplace culture, including the commute scenes of real office workers, the aftermath of company dinners, lunchtime scenes, battles overtime, complaints about forced overtime, and uncomfortable company dinner culture.It ranked first in Coupang Play’s popularity from the first episode of Season 1, and then rose to first place in viewership ratings(Source: Consumer Insight)in its second week of release, thereby breaking various popularity indicators and creating a syndrome-level popularity.It is curious to see what kind of workplace culture the show will portray with laughter in Season 2.
The office comedy Coupang Play series ‘Office Workers’ Season 2, which stimulates the corners of your mouth and makes you look forward to the ‘laughter hunting show’ just by declaring that you will go to work this summer, will be released only on Coupang Play every Saturday at 8 PM starting August 9th.Anyone who is a Coupang Wow member can watch it for free on Coupang Play.
Reporter Yoonna Choi com Donga.com yyynnn@donga
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