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KAVO

So Cal USA

KAVO

So Cal USA
My Day philippines drama review
Completed
My Day
2 people found this review helpful
by KAVO
Feb 19, 2021
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 4.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 2.0
This review may contain spoilers

Been There, Done That

This drama comes from the Philippines but it mimics the BL formula so often seen in Thailand. Indeed, it reminds me of the popular Sotus Series where the leads being the story hating each other and remain so dysfunctional that it stretches credibility these two would ever go out on a second date. Screenwriting 101 says that your main characters should be likable, or at least show a glimmer of redemption value. Also borrowing from the Thai BL formula, there's a lot of cartoon-like, farcical secondary characters, many with offensive stereotypes. That's too bad, because I think this could have earned an 8 or 9 for story if they'd created more realistic sub-characters. Aside from the cliche characters, even the cliche scenes are here, including the tiresome one of our heroes waking up in bed together in gay panic. On the plus side, the cinematography is first rate -- almost too good for this production. Sky's (Miko Gallardo) monologue in the final episode in the rain is beautifully shot (rain is extremely hard to photograph, by the way) and Miko gives a heartfelt performance. If you get turned off to the silliness of the first 11 episodes, please at least watch this scene. It's the highlight of the series. Too bad the rest of the production didn't measure up. One final observation: It's a pretty sad state of affairs when an episode (8/4) gets an "R" rating when the only thing that happens is two boys kissing.
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