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I have to leave a review mid-way through the drama - It's so good!
I don't write many reviews on MDL, but this drama is so good I had to write something down about it. I really don't know know much about autism spectrum disorder other than what I learned watching Love on the Spectrum. But it seems that Park Eun Bin has really nailed the portrayal of Woo Young Woo, with all the little quirks that apparently come with ASD: liking things lined up and organised, her little ritual for going through doors, etc. Her mannerisms really seem to be in line with how someone with ASD would act; if this is not the case then my apologies.The writing is also amazing. I'm really not that into the legal procedural stuff so don't have much of an opinion on that. I am mostly interested in the interactions between the various characters, and those interactions are amazing. I cannot wait to learn more about how these characters ended up where they are.
Perhaps I'm an old softie, but I find myself with tears in my eyes at least a couple times an episode; sad tears, poignant tears, happy tears, touched tears! It's been a while since a drama has played my emotions like this. The crazy thing is that it's not heavy-handed at all (or at least doesn't feel that way; perhaps the writers know exactly what they are doing!)
The last thing I'll say is that I am already rewatching episodes and I started watching this show less than a week ago. This show is crazy!
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Amazing acting, amazing music, amazing story. Loving it!
A breathe of fresh air is what this show is. It will make you feel all sorts of thing. You will feel good, feel like crying, feel proud, be entertained, and I think it’s mainly thanks to the female lead.The female lead does an outstanding job in portraying someone with autism. She is the best who’s mainly carrying the show but of course the supporting characters are pretty good too.
The male lead is too cute. He is your typical nice guy character. The chemistry with the female lead he has is also very cute.
Before I started watching, I was hoping that they don’t force in a love story in this because of the female lead’s character. This could have been a story of her journey of being autistic while pursuing her dream of becoming a successful attorney. But now after seeing the male lead, I feel this will be cute. I am still not against this show not having a romantic angle. But let’s see how it goes.
The most interesting thing to look forward is *spoiler perhaps* is seeing the two women who head the law firms. I feel like one of them is her “dead” mom. But that remains to be seen.
Overall, yes. It’s a feel good must watch show which probably won’t disappoint you if you decide to give it a shot! :)
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This show was really cheesy and corny, which a lot of Kdramas are unfortunately guilty of. Always trying too hard to pull at the viewers heartstrings and be funny. Very low brow. I said what I said!
Attorney Woo is an unrealistic portrayal of autism. With horribly exaggerated stereotypes and you could feel the main lead actress struggle to portray this character, with her forced looks and cutesy quirks. Fl seemed more slow and child-like than an actual genius. One wonders how on earth did she graduate from a top law school if she can't even walk through a revolving door smdh. Utterly ridiculous! I have noticed this same ignorant portrayal of autism in other Korean dramas. "It's okay to not be okay" anyone?? But the difference is this drama has this "autistic" character as the main lead and not a background character. And in Kdrama land that means a cringy potrayal of an over grown person acting like a 5 year old that just dropped their lolly pop for 16 excruciating episodes. Some are stronger than I, because I could not do it, and dropped this drama.
I did however skim future episodes and it looks like this show is your typical procedural law show with new cases and clients each episode. Boring! I get enough of that at home with American dramas lol. And you can tell the creators of Attorney Woo thought they were doing something different and groundbreaking. I imagine the writers meeting going something like this.
Writer A: "Let's do a procedural law show "
Writer B: "But that's typical and been done to death!"
Writer A: "But this would be a procedural with a twist. The main character is a young female lawyer, but...dunn..dunn...dunn..she's autistic!"
Writer C: "My God man, you're a genius!"
Writer A: "hehe I know." *devilish grin*
Oh and we all know a Kdrama wouldn't be a Kdrama without you guessed it ROMaNcE!! Who cares if it's thrown in as an afterthought, adding nothing to the plot. It will be forced down the viewers throat every damn time whether they like it or not, and Att. Woo is no exception. I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't a second couple that no one gives 2 fcks about included in this show too. But alas, I will never know...
Dropped
Rating: 1/10.
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Heartwarming Addictive drama
10/10 story line & acting. I always appreciate a realistic main topic like such, not that the whole story rolls out necessarily “realistically”…. But the FL being autistic does add a sense of realism and adds twists to the plot. They did very well conveying her life story & incorporating her father and little details & habits of hers into her past and now daily life. I can’t wait to see where this drama goes. Another thing is they did well with channeling into her past and how it affects the dynamic in her daily life and with friends/family. Already loving this drama so much.Was this review helpful to you?
Underrated and one of the best KDrama RN!
Just basing from the first four episodes, the drama already has so much potential with the theme. The casting is amazing, and I especially love the choices for the female and male lead (who is such a green flag by the way). While it could be said that there were some instances of exaggeration and pacing issues, it still remained as a positive and honest depiction of how autism really is for many who are on the spectrum. Another thing I like about this drama is the honesty. Instead of depicting her as some sort of detached white male savant, her intelligence seems very realistic and according to how human intelligence really does function in real life, unlike some certain depictions of autism in western media. In other words, she's smart and tops her class, but she isn't unrealistically smart.I really hope the creators do this drama much more justice in the rest of the episodes, especially since this drama has so much potential to be on the hall of good K-dramas, especially with the Netflix promo, but with the quality we've seen in the first two episodes, I don't doubt it.
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EXTRAORDINARY STORYLINE AND CHARACTERS
Recently the main topics of dramas are generally thrillers, mystery, revenge, and so on dark concepts.It's refreshing to find something light-hearted romance slight comedy and something new in the storyline.
It's nice to see how colleagues of the female lead acknowledge the talent of our female lead woo young woo.
Even if she has autism, she's brave to put her opinion, is cute and a sort out person who is talented and treats everyone nicely.
It's really heartwarming how our male lead Jun ho treates the female lead.
Cast acting, characters and their character development, storyline and everything related to this drama is really nice.
You will like it if you want to watch a lighthearted drama that is really enjoyable to watch and be happy throughout watching hours. CUTE CUTE CUTE :) <3
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A new obession
This drama is just so good. The feel good vibes also makes it light hearted to watch. Having added bits about whales also makes a wonderful childlike experience.FL is just excellent for her portray of the character. Its my new obsession and i rarely get carried away. So i clearly had to write a review even before the drama has been fully aired.
I have seen afew of her works like kings affection, stove league, do you like brahms but this is just the best.
However i can see the many court scenes being too jargon heavy for viewers that might not like court dramas. But if they can sit thru those scenes beneath this drama is a heartwarming tale with comedy bits thus far till episode 6.
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Very tropey. Not bad, but not 'extraordinary', either.
Spoilers beyond this point.If you have not yet watched this show up to Episode 10, I recommend not reading further.
I hate cliche terminal illness plots, I think they're trite and lazy, even more so when the illness is sudden and has no previous foreshadowing. If hints had been provided at the beginning, then I would not have dropped this show. Unfortunately, because of that reason, this drama will forever remain dropped and will stay in limbo until I figure out a way to get past this roadblock. Rating is from before that episode.
I wish we could get more insight into Minwoo's shift in how he treats Youngwoo. I feel like the show is very dramatically portraying him as a bad person without actually delving into *why* he feels that way. Of course, the actions he took against his perceived injustice regarding Wooyoung's "special treatment" were bad and very much ableist, but I dislike how they did not show his view more or have characters that actually combated his views in a way that was helpful to making him understand, instead of brushing his concerns off. Minwoo was a far more polarising character, and that's what made him interesting.
The main male lead is also a very one-note character. So far, we have barely learnt anything about him other than the fact he used to work with disabled people, and that he is attracted to the female lead. It seems as if his character exists only to be the "protector" or "good guy" towards our main character, and I find that very boring regardless of how cute their scenes may be. Should I ever choose to pick this drama back up, then I hope that this changes. As of this moment, I'm not really interested in seeing how his character progresses; feel free to convince me should you want to, but please remain respectful if you choose to do so.
I feel as if Attorney Jung and Youngwoo (discriminator/discriminated to immediate respected colleagues), or even Minwoo and Youngwoo (rivals to bully) would've been much more interesting dynamics. Age gaps can be an issue for some, as can bully/victim, and I completely understand that being a deal breaker for many people, but even then I feel like they had much more chemistry compared to the actual relationship that was explored in the show. Sorry, Junho, but your personality and relationship with Youngwoo were both too milquetoast for me to actually get any enjoyment out of it. Despite that, I did really enjoy both of their acting, especially Eunbin's.
In general, it seems that there is a lack of nuance and grounded personality when it comes to some of the characters. I don't mind the stereotypical representation of autistic traits, as an autistic character being portrayed positively, especially an autistic woman, is already a big leap for Korea given their popular societal views on autistic people. That being said, the characters can be summarised by maybe one or two personality traits throughout the show, and they don't really amount to anything more than that. This show is very trope-y, though, so it's not too surprising. If this approach is not changed in later episodes, then it's likely my rating will stay at 6.5, or perhaps even drop further than that. Only time will tell.
Overall: likeable and has a lot of good moments, but definitely not a stand out show for me. Has re-watch value, but I may end up skipping certain scenes that I find boring or have writing I dislike. Some of the characters are a bit boring or one-dimensional, and I feel like some of the more interesting dynamics just get shafted by Youngwoo and Junho's cliché moments. Not bad, but not great, either.
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Must Watch! Fresh and We'll Written Series RN!
It is very rare for me to review a series before finishing it, but this is so darn delightful that I cannot stop myself sharing the good news. Of course I will revisit this review when I have watched the whole thing.In the meantime - if you are not watching this you are missing out. Eun-bin Park is simply wonderful as the autistic attorney at the centre of this drama, coping so movingly with the challenges she faces.
Not sure what's better the Autism theme or the acting by the main lead, she is just so cute and funny in her delivering of this character, we will see how this plays out but so far its fantastic.
With 4 episodes in have to say this is the best most enjoyable KD ive seen to date.
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NO MORE DRAMA SLUMP
i was in a drama slump for months, where i just seemed to have no interest watching any dramas, BUT THIS DRAMA SAVED ME!! it was light, funny and wholesome. hopefully, it stays that way till the end.Park Eun Bin is such a great actress, and Kang Tae Oh’s character is luv!! i know there’s gonna be a bit of comedy in this drama when i saw Kang Ki Young’s name on the cast line-up. i am curious tho whether or not there will be a love line between him and Woo Young Woo, because his name is on the poster alongside Park Eun Bin and Kang Tae Oh, so i assume his character will be somewhat important.
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Addicted from only 2 episodes
Park Eun Bin is delightful to watch, I loved her in The King’s Affection and I already love her in this. It’s always interesting to see the media take on the challenge of portraying neurodivergencies accurately. This is a show I think obviously dwells on some of the more extreme aspects but I think they’re handled fairly accurately as far as peoples reactions to her go. They’re showcasing her positive side whilst still giving her real life issues to overcome which I’m excited to see more of.Was this review helpful to you?
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SO GOOD OMG
Yes, YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS. THE PLOT, CHARACTERS, ACTING, OST, OVERALL STORY, IS SO GOOD.Honestly what I’ve watched so far is so interesting! The main character has autism spectrum and I’ve never seen a main character like that! She still continues to fascinate me with her really talented skills, and I love the legal dramas. Literally no episodes were a skip. And the visuals? Hello? The characters have styleee. But yes, I fully recommend this show so far, it’s really well directed and nice graphics.
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