South Korea has a hyperproductive television industry as it is a country with 51 million inhabitants. The series have the status of crown jewels in indigenous television and the fever for the so-called K-Dramas has spread to the rest of the world. And, thanks to this volume of production, a very defined cultural identity and a particular sense of humor, they can develop eccentricities such as the series titled Chicken Nugget, which is pending broadcast on Netflix and which has the craziest argument in memory.
Choi Min-ah (Kim Yoo-jung), daughter of the president of a technology company, gets inside a mysterious machine by mistake. She believes it is an invention that she already knows and has used before: a tool to deal with fatigue and leave there with renewed energy. But, due to confusion and an accident, the device turns her into a chicken nugget. Literally.
Choi Seon-man (Ryu Seung-ryong), the father, opens the door and finds a piece of ordinary breaded chicken, without hair, a mouth or a look that would allow one to understand that it was previously human. Then begins the desperate adventure to once again transform his daughter into a person of (human) flesh and blood and, of course, prevent someone from eating her by mistake or ending up in a cardboard box with other pieces of chicken indistinguishable from each other. them, as the trailer images show.
Chicken Nugget, led by Lee Byeong-heon, has an explanation: it is based on a cult webtoon (that is, an online comic) created by Park Ji-dok. This explains the eccentricity of the proposal, being an idea initially conceived for another artistic medium, and the potential audience it has in South Korea, where a sector of webtoon consumers await the adaptation with open arms.
And will it be good? Will it remain an anecdote? How can this starting point last several episodes? On March 15 we will clear up doubts.
