Celeb Five: Behind the Curtain: Four Women Making a Mockery

Korean culture has had international reach in so many areas: K-pop, K-drama, K-horror, and Korean food. But is there K-comedy? The women of Celeb Five definitely think so. So who will make the most convincing argument on K-comedy's behalf? Will it be Shin-young who tickles her castmates with stories of her 110-year-old grandmother? Or how about Bong-sun and her bleaker riffs on her suicidal father? Will Young-mi spice it up by initiating a new fetish around K-breasts? Their leader Eun-i is hoping to pool these collective sensibilities, concepts, jokes, and talents for a new Netflix special but will there be enough material to justify a making-of video too?

Or is the 55-minute-long Behind the Curtain, in fact, the special itself? Will the various shenanigans we witness this foursome perform over meals and drinks, inside cafes and cars, wearing sweatsuits and bridal gowns build to the breakthrough they crave? One restaurant owner peaking from the kitchen is convinced. You get the feeling that the faith of these improvisational performers in each other and themselves is deep. Me? I need to wait until the actual special. Unless... this mockumentary is it? In which case, I'm still willing to wait for what they do next.