The Story of Us is a 2016 Philippine romantic melodrama television series directed by Richard Somes, starring Kim Chiu and Xian Lim, together with an ensemble cast. The series premiered on ABS-CBN and worldwide on The Filipino Channel on February 29, 2016, replacing On the Wings of Love.
Macoy Sandoval (Xian Lim) and Tin Manalo (Kim Chiu) are childhood best friends-turned lovers who grew up together in El Nido, Palawan and dreamt of a better life for them and their family. However, circumstances will drive them apart when Tin goes to the U.S. to meet her estranged mother (Zsa Zsa Padilla). Separated from each other, they are forced to make it on their own, driving them further apart until their relationship crumbles.
A melodrama is a dramatic or literary work in which the plot, which is typically sensational and designed to appeal strongly to the emotions, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Characters are often simply drawn, and may appear stereotyped.
In scholarly and historical musical contexts, melodramas are dramas of the 18th and 19th centuries in which orchestral music or song was used to accompany the action. The term is now also applied to stage performances without incidental music, novels, movies, and television and radio broadcasts. In modern contexts, the term "melodrama" is generally pejorative, as it suggests that the work in question lacks subtlety, character development, or both. By extension, language or behavior which resembles melodrama is often called melodramatic; this use is nearly always pejorative.
