The Legendary Life of Queen Lau (2022)

Intrigant plot but the tone becomes quickly unbearable

The plot might seem interesting: an arranged marriage between the future emperor and the (chubby and not very attractive) daughter of the Highest Councillor.

But the tone of the drama, whimsical, even comic, with many overplayed characters, repetitive coincidences, becomes painful, more than funny! The OSTs are in the same tone (shifted to accentuate the Comedy aspect). The apotheosis is the end in Bollywood's style...

Moreover, this romance between the emperor and his wife does not show real chemistry. There are no cute or intimate scenes! In short, I couldn't believe this couple.

I watched it untill the end of curiosity, but even if I like ML, I will certainly not rewatch this drama.
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Le plot pouvait sembler intéressant : un mariage arrangé entre le futur empereur et la fille (dodue et pas très séduisante) du plus Grand Conseiller.

Mais le ton du drama, fantaisiste, voire comique, avec beaucoup de personnages surjoués, des coïncidences répétitives, devient vitre pénible, plus que drôle ! Les OST sont dans le même ton (décalées pour accentuer l'aspect Comédie). L'apothéose, c'est la fin Bollywood ...

De plus, cette romance entre l'empereur et sa femme ne montre pas de réelle alchimie. Il n'y a aucune scène cute ou intime ! Bref, je n'ai pas réussi à croire à ce couple.

Je suis allée au bout par curiosité, mais même si j'aime bien le ML, je ne visionnerai pas ce drama à nouveau.

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Everyone is a walking meme

I've been waiting for this for a while, mainly cause of FL and also cause I wanted the haters comments to blow up in their faces. And I'm glad it did!! I had expections and I was not let down. From the comedy, to the acting and the production quality everything was satisfactory. Expect for the controversy regarding the Japanese clothing.

The chemistry between the couples were good like even the secondary couples made me root for them. Would have liked more romance tho. Most of the characters being a shipper for the main couple. I like how no one is necessarily the villian, regarding the FL father, I genuinely thought he was downright evil but his relationship with the FL mother and main leads was so cute to watch. It's definitely not a serious show, the dialogue is witty which makes it a easy watch. I died laughing a couple of times.

The characters actually got some decent character growth, the FL started as a lovestruck girl and was oblivious to anything except the ML but she learnt to hold her ground with issues she cared about. Her smile and laugh is so infectious. I love how the ML fell for her without even realising, and he fell hard. The way he winks just cracks me up.

The OST is good and catchy, caught myself humming it a couple of times.

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