Be Positive Explained

Alt Name:Positive Physique
Genre:Web series
Drama
Romantic comedy
Director:Lee Byung-heon
Starring:Do Kyung-soo
Chae Seo-jin
Lee David
Country:South Korea
Language:Korean
Num Episodes:6
Producer:Choi Yoon-suk
Choo Hyun-sung
Runtime:10 mins
Company:Samsung
Cheil Worldwide
Network:Naver TV Cast
JTBC2

Be Positive is a South Korean web series starring Doh Kyung-soo, Chae Seo-jin and Lee David. The web drama was produced by Samsung, and intends to send a message of support to the younger generation. The drama aired on October 31, 2016 at 17:00 (KST).[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The web drama started airing on JTBC2 on March 1, 2017.[7]

Plot

A story about Hwan-dong (Doh Kyung-soo), a film major who is preparing for his graduation project as a movie director. His script wins a grand prize, but he faces difficulty after difficulty while trying to finalize the film. He asks his ex-girlfriend Hye-jung (Chae Seo-jin) to play the main role in his production. She is understandably surprised at his bold request but in any case, she agrees. He completes his production with success.

Cast

Main cast

A film major who aspires to be a film director.

Hwan-dong's ex-girlfriend who was quite a successful actress once.

Hwan-dong's best friend who dreams to become a film producer.

Supporting cast

Reception

It was reported that Be Positive became the second most watched web drama ever with 21.83 million views in just two weeks of its release, following Falling for Challenge (which was also produced by Samsung and starring D.O.'s bandmate, Xiumin), which has over 24 million views.[12] [13] On November 22, it was announced that the web drama surpassed 30 million views, making it the fastest web drama to reach this number of views within 18 days from its release, making it the most watched web drama of all time.[14] [15] As of December 30, 2016, the drama's views from Naver, Daum, Facebook and YouTube surpassed 50 million views. The web drama became the most watched in 2016 on Naver.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 삼성, 2016년 웹드라마 10월말 공개… EXO 도경수(디오) 주연. sisaweek.com.
  2. Web site: 채서진, '긍정이 체질' 출연 확정…엑소 도경수와 호흡. 2016-09-25. naver.
  3. Web site: 도경수·채서진, 웹드라마 '긍정이 체질' 호흡..10월말 공개. 2016-09-25. naver.
  4. Web site: 삼성, 네번째 웹드라마 제작 - 울산매일. ko-KR. 2016-09-25. iusm.co.kr.
  5. Web site: Update: EXO Member D.O.’s New Web Drama Announces Air Date And Title. jun2yng. 2016-09-19. Soompi. 2016-09-25.
  6. Web site: '엑소' 도경수 웹드라마 '긍정이 체질', 10월 말 공개. 2016-09-25. naver.
  7. Web site: ‘1주년’ JTBC2, 웹드 ‘첫 키스만 일곱 번째’ ‘긍정이 체질’ 편성. hubnews.co.kr. 2017-03-15.
  8. Web site: '엑소' 도경수, 이병헌 감독 웹드라마 주연 맡아. 2016-09-25. naver.
  9. Web site: EXO’s D.O. to star in new web drama. 2016-09-25. The Korea Herald.
  10. Web site: 채서진, '긍정이 체질' 출연 확정…도경수 옛연인 역 [공식]]. 2016-09-25. naver.
  11. News: 이다윗, '긍정이 체질' 출연확정…도경수와 두번째 호흡. 2016-10-22. naver.
  12. News: 엑소 멤버 출연 `긍정이 체질` 등 웹드라마 강세. 2016-11-16. 국제신문.
  13. News: 컨스TV. 2016-11-16. 컨스TV. 2016-11-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20161116225628/http://www.constv.co.kr/index.php?gb=all. dead.
  14. News: 엑소 도경수 주연 '긍정이 체질', 3천만뷰 돌파..웹드 신기록. naver. 2016-11-22.
  15. News: "웹드라마까지 터졌다"..엑소 도경수의 눈부신 배우 성장기. naver. 2016-11-22.