Cha Tae-hyun and Kim Dong-hyun stage a desperate protest on the brink because of "fashion bankruptcy."
tvN Handsome Guys (directed by Ryu Ho-jin, Yoon In-hoe, Lee Seung-hwan / hereinafter "Handsomez") is a variety show in which five men who lacked nothing suddenly become "lacking." It follows the cheerful, hard-fought efforts of the five men as they overcome this ordeal. The raw laughter that emerges in situations of "shortage" and the members' mature chemistry have exploded in synergy and received praise.
In the 42nd episode airing today (25th), the Handsomez Cha Tae-hyun, Kim Dong-hyun, Lee Yi-kyung, Shin Seung-ho and Oh Sang-wook, who have been struck by a lightning-like "fashion shortage" life, are shown struggling to regain handsome visuals ahead of an important schedule: a "fan signing" held at a large shopping mall.
Amid this, after various clothing battles a "fashion gap" develops among the Handsomez members, and they seize a single chance to reverse the situation. They stake their own fashion items on games: if they win they can take a desired item from another member, and if they lose they must return their own item — a "fashion showdown: Handsomez's challenge." Shin Seung-ho, who owns nothing but a shabby white T-shirt, orangutan pajamas and three-striped slippers, flips his competitive switch saying, "At this rate I'll end up naked," and Lee Yi-kyung, joking, says, "I might have to go to tomorrow's fan signing barefoot," drawing laughter. Meanwhile, when the producers say that if someone loses the white T-shirt it will be exchanged for a thermal undershirt, Kim Dong-hyun shouts, "Even better," heating up the atmosphere.
Meanwhile, as the Handsomez members challenge a total of three events — starting with "picking up cellophane with chopsticks," then "blowing out 10 candles with a nose puff," and "flicking snacks into your mouth with a spoon" — Cha Tae-hyun and Kim Dong-hyun are reduced to fits of laughter by reaching "fashion bankruptcy." The younger trio Lee Yi-kyung, Shin Seung-ho and Oh Sang-wook gang up on them and strip them of all their fashion items. Eventually appearing in a shabby thermal undershirt and bright red pajamas, Cha Tae-hyun vents, "Are you going to take all of this? You thieves! I didn't do anything," and the two "ragged pair" Cha Tae-hyun and Kim Dong-hyun, unable even to challenge for lack of items, sit down side by side and choke back tears saying, "Where should we go to complain?", drawing uproarious laughter.
While excitement rises for the wildly funny "fashion showdown: Handsomez's challenge," curiosity soars about whether Cha Tae-hyun and Kim Dong-hyun, who have become "fashion paupers," will be able to finish the fan signing safely.
tvN Handsomez airs every Thursday at 8:40 p.m., and the 42nd episode airs today (25th).
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