k-dramatic
Italy
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That time the Hong sisters abused Gong yoo
Surprisingly, I didn't watch this drama because of Gong Yoo.
However, after having endured all 16 episodes, I must admit he should be the sole reason for watching it.
If you're intrigued by the synopsis or have faith in the Hong sisters, you are warned that you will soon loose both interest and faith (and of course precious time you could spend binge watching something better).
Personally, I chose this drama because I was craving a tropey rom-com and, after having enjoyed Alchemy of Souls and its perfect use of countless tropes, I felt assured in putting all my trust in the hands of such experienced storytellers.
But, clearly, the Hong sisters must have been drunk when they wrote this one.
The story starts big (haha!) with a clumsy female protagonist who is incredibly lucky in her misadventures and manages to catch the eye of a handsome and cool doctor (Gong Yoo) whom she ends up engaged to and is going to marry soon.
But something is amiss: is he cheating on her?
At the same time she has just begun working as a teacher in a private high school and gained this handsome and cute little admirer who shamelessly courts her: scandalous!
A fatal car accident will upend the lives of these people in unimaginable ways.
Amazingly, all of this is packed into episode 1!
I must admit that I was genuinely excited after watching it: we get the juicy bit, with the affair, and also the forbidden bit, with the teenager that has the hots for his teacher, and an interesting mix of daring moral quandaries to be explored. Yet, just as we delve deeper into the story, things, and characters, become suddenly shallow and generally nonsensical.
At a certain point, halfway through the series, I was done with every single character but still curious on how the writers were going to solve the horrible mess they made and just fast forwarded to the end (yes, even through Gong Yoo's scenes... what a shame!) to the final let down.
Ultimately, there is absolutely nothing I deem savable in this drama. I'll give it a 4 (because it would be otherwise shameful for my beloved Gong Yoo who gave his best anyway) and take it as a sort of unfinished (half-assed) experimentation on themes that will be later explored in more successful Hong sisters' works (namely the soul-swap concept and the pupil/teacher love relationship).
Female Empowerment Score 0/5 the lowest score ever! The female lead becomes so frustratingly annoying that it is painful to watch. Female writers, as capable as these ones, coming up with these insufferable female characters are the worst kind of misogyny.
However, after having endured all 16 episodes, I must admit he should be the sole reason for watching it.
If you're intrigued by the synopsis or have faith in the Hong sisters, you are warned that you will soon loose both interest and faith (and of course precious time you could spend binge watching something better).
Personally, I chose this drama because I was craving a tropey rom-com and, after having enjoyed Alchemy of Souls and its perfect use of countless tropes, I felt assured in putting all my trust in the hands of such experienced storytellers.
But, clearly, the Hong sisters must have been drunk when they wrote this one.
The story starts big (haha!) with a clumsy female protagonist who is incredibly lucky in her misadventures and manages to catch the eye of a handsome and cool doctor (Gong Yoo) whom she ends up engaged to and is going to marry soon.
But something is amiss: is he cheating on her?
At the same time she has just begun working as a teacher in a private high school and gained this handsome and cute little admirer who shamelessly courts her: scandalous!
A fatal car accident will upend the lives of these people in unimaginable ways.
Amazingly, all of this is packed into episode 1!
I must admit that I was genuinely excited after watching it: we get the juicy bit, with the affair, and also the forbidden bit, with the teenager that has the hots for his teacher, and an interesting mix of daring moral quandaries to be explored. Yet, just as we delve deeper into the story, things, and characters, become suddenly shallow and generally nonsensical.
At a certain point, halfway through the series, I was done with every single character but still curious on how the writers were going to solve the horrible mess they made and just fast forwarded to the end (yes, even through Gong Yoo's scenes... what a shame!) to the final let down.
Ultimately, there is absolutely nothing I deem savable in this drama. I'll give it a 4 (because it would be otherwise shameful for my beloved Gong Yoo who gave his best anyway) and take it as a sort of unfinished (half-assed) experimentation on themes that will be later explored in more successful Hong sisters' works (namely the soul-swap concept and the pupil/teacher love relationship).
Female Empowerment Score 0/5 the lowest score ever! The female lead becomes so frustratingly annoying that it is painful to watch. Female writers, as capable as these ones, coming up with these insufferable female characters are the worst kind of misogyny.
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