So Not Worth It

So Not Worth It season 1 brings a group of students together. Each character offers a different but flagrant personality; the series feels like an ice cream store, with all the flavors set out, and you wonder which ice cream will stand out better for your taste buds. It isn’t easy to decide a favorite character in So Not Worth It, as they are all incredibly engaging and flavorsome.

There’s a laughing track (I don’t believe it’s a studio audience), but I did wonder if it was necessary. At certain moments, I tried to imagine what the story would feel like without the canned laughter, and I concluded that I’d find the punchlines funny anyway. It doesn’t deter from the comedy, so it’s hardly a strong criticism — sometimes laughing tracks encourage audiences to believe something is funnier than it actually is, but there’s nothing wrong with feeling amused — So Not Worth It is not a laugh-out-loud experience, but it does tickle the soul. There’s so much chaos and ridiculousness between these young characters that the only option is to enjoy the ride.

The cast is brilliant; you can tell they had a wonderful time presenting a vibrant yet sometimes dysfunctional community. The K-Drama series represents young adult life — the dramas, the missed and successful romances, the life lessons, and the innocence of the beginnings of adulthood. There’s nothing uniquely serious in the story, and even when there is, it’s humored with good comedy writing. Audiences can watch So Not Worth It with the confidence that writers understood what each character represented and why they make that representation.