I’m in this drama, and I don’t like it
Have you ever dreamed about being magically transported to your favourite drama? To meet the most interesting characters and have a great adventures with them? Have you ever wondered how would it be to be a part of a great romance, see all of this emotions and fun up close? Dream no more, and watch Dramaworld, because I swear, we’re all a Claire here.
Let’s start off with one thing, Dramaworld is not exactly a drama. It’s a not so subtle tip of the hat towards all the drama fans. And I regret one thing, that I’ve discovered it so late. But maybe it’s better, I could catch all those traps that writers prepared for drama veterans.
The story seems like a fan fiction of a thirteen year old, in a good sense of the phrase. Claire is a massive fan of Korean dramas. To the level that her family doesn’t really want to hear about another role of her favourite actors (seems familiar, huh?). Suddenly, thanks to a magic portal in her phone, Claire is transferred straight into the middle of the drama she’s currently watching. Soon, thanks to Seth, another person who comes from the normal world, Claire learns that she has a special mission to complete. She needs to take care that the drama will end as it should. With a kiss and a happy ending of main couple. Everything seems to be going incredibly wrong so far. And Claire soon messes up by trying to help too much to get main leads together and it’s so relatable because how many times while watching a drama we wanted to speed things up to see the main couple together already?!
But the plot isn’t really important. It’s simple, first, because there’s no really much time to follow it, Dramaworld consist of 10 episodes that takes up around 15 minutes each. Second, the plot is really just a secondary character here. The most interesting here is dissecting the drama tropes that attack us right and left. We have the ones that are openly talked about, like main character’s steamy hot shower or him always catching female lead when she falls. And then we have a second tier with fake sponsorships at the credit scenes or legendary kimchi slap. This drama is just tail made for drama fans and it’s so amazing.
I’ll finish it here, no sense of convincing anyone, this show should be watched by anyone who likes dramas, because it’s just a cheeky wink towards a whole k-drama fandom! It doesn’t need a long review, let’s make it as brief as the show itself, I could write about acting that's not so perfect, rather cheap production or naive plot, but why should I bother. For me this show is about having fun and it done a great job with it. That's why my score for it is very subjective, I wasn't expecting from it the same thing I'd expect from a normal drama, because why should I? It's not a drama, it's just a meta show to treat with a grain of salt.
Go watch it and have fun!
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