Gender Bender

5Three's a crowd: Palace machinations come to a head when skeletons tumble out the closet and bad blood brews into tragedy.

South Korea's #1 box office sensation is finally booking its play date here in Singapore!
Set in the 16th-century Chosun Dynasty, KING AND THE CLOWN tells the tale of two impoverished minstrels who take a gamble with their lives when they satirize His Majesty in the streets of Seoul.
Arrested by court officials and later - by a turn of events - conferred as royal jesters, the minstrels struggle to break free from the tyrannical king's reign of terror...

Object of Desire: Beautiful Gong-gil - he of fair skin and petal lips - inspires the king's temporal lust, much to the chagrin and jealousy of the latter's consort.

>> S. Korean actor/model Lee Joon-ki is presently his peninsula's hottest property (who's Bae Yong-jun?). When KATC out-gunned BROTHERHOOD in all-time ticket sales, the 24-year-old Busan native's popularity, too, experienced a meteoric rise. Lee's portrayal of the effeminate Gong-gil, in particular, raised eyebrows and makes one wonder: if all men are as 'cross-sexual' as he is, then who needs Harisu?

Other androgynous male celebrities like former F4 member Vanness Wu (left) and homegrown singer/composer Huang Yida (right) pale in comparison to Lee.