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This has so many tricks we saw before - the rich family being exploited for their money, and all the power and money games - but STILL it is a brand new UNIQUE story and it is interesting. I have NEVER watched a 100 episode drama like Cinderella Games etc. This is my first and I am enjoying it :)

The pace is fast so it is interesting. Things keep happening. 30 mins episode 5 times per week is cool. I rather watch all of it at once at the end of the week and this doesnt require too much time.
The acting is pretty good. ML actor is the only one that needs to stop pretending he is acting and gets into acting AS IF it is for real.

On the BIG scale of things: I saw Chinese vertical short dramas and movies and I was really concerned about it bc it is total kitch, the acting and the stories are just cheap. Something to stare at on your cell phone while you are taking the subway home, kinda thing.
So I was worried about kdramas, what if the cheap stuff takes over... ??? people can be stupid. WOULD they watch that cheap trash and not watch something higher quality... ???.

However, after seeing this series, I am feeling encouraged and hopeful
I predict that this will stand as a formidable opponent to verticals.

BECAUSE nothing can replace a GOOD story with GOOD acting

and imo nobody else at the moment has good stories, acting, messages, etc as kdramas, K-art is the best in terms of story, warmth, growth, messages, acting, the whole nine yard, the best STORYTELLING of it all, the most sophisticated, classy, interesting, and uplifting.

so I cheer kdramas on into the global victory.

And btw.... Do NOT lose "Koreanness"

e.g the granma in pink here has 1 kg white powder on her face to make her face look white, and FL looks like she has lived in a grave somewhere... so pale.

DONT DO IT. it is racist to expect ppl to look white. I understand going after American advertising $$$$ so why not some pale faces LOL but do not overdo it. Dont try to look Western etc. Look like yourself. One thing to learn from the West though is nice healthy white teeth :) I suggest copying that :) For good health .. And everything else...... well .... be yourself.

Do not become sell yourself to the devil to go after those $$$$ because then you are not gonna be watched as much bc then it is all same all same and then there is LOSS of the CREATIVITY that kdramas and only kdramas have. No other dramas do. Sometimes Thailand might come up with something, like "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" but ... it is hit or miss. whereas, MOST kdramas and kmovies will turn out nice and will make some audiences very happy. Kdramas and kmovies are CREATIVE, UNIQUE stories with meaning and messages and certain WARMTH that no other can have.

So I am curious how this kdrama will go.

And now a deeper dive into this particular drama:
FL is a Queen in her house - she is a spoiled naive brat that has EVERYTHING - at least she thinks so and everyone else thinks so.... She is super weak and immature. ANd yeah the price for that is being naive. And being naive is suicidal for a rich person, targeted by predators. Our FL was so sheltered all her life that she hasnt learned that YET until... she fell into some traps :) NOW LETS SEE IF she climbd out of the hole she dug out for herself.

But ... did you see how her mother treats her brother? If you grow up in a family like that, what kind of twisted idiot WILL you become??? and then how will you outgrow it .... so we got 100 episodes to see how FL grows up.

I like this drama. The plot moves fast. Yeah you can tell the families are toxic and that is why everything happens, AND IT IS DRAMA MATERIAL BC THEN OUR NAIVE FL CAN FINALLY GROW UP :) and hook up with the handsome doctor... ? Will she?

THe handsome doctor is really handsome, ah the white teeth and nice smile! and he is HONEST. He will be a good partner to some good woman. Our FL when she grows up?

ALso, my learning here is that the fruit does not fall far from the tree, we can just see Grandma in pink and we know what her kids could be like... And little tiny Eun Ho KEEPS SECRETS TO HIS PARENTS... woow that is serious...

SO YEAH LETS SEE HOW FL WILL GROW UP FINALLY

just for the record. I think Cheating Husband actor is not good at acting, he clearly pretends. I think everyone else is decent.

yeah the doctor wife is a mystery, why stay there when it is so moronic, why even defend them... ??? BUT SUCH ARE TOXIC PEOPLE IN TOXIC FAMILIES. THis kdrama is hopefully about clearing up all that gook. If it were to just show us toxic people in toxic families doing toxic things forever then we might as well watch Kardashians or Dynasty or something like that, which I would NEVER watch.

I am watching this to see HOW the stupid FL will get smarter and become more mature and wiser, deeper, stronger, better person.

FL is already kind. But she is sheltered and naive, so her kindness does not count. Real kindness is when you have MET the evil and suffering AND YOU ARE STILL KIND. Our FL has not met any darkness inside her or others YET. But she is going to.... starting to :) IT WILL EITHER MAKE HER OR BREAK HER

We got to see how it broke her :) Yeah scenes of answering phone to kidnappers are pathetically self centered egostical .... the "mom" cannot even stay present to save her child... BUT AT THE VERY START, FL IS JUST A CHILD HERSELF :) selfish naive kind delusional child..

and we are here to cheer her on in her fight to grow up. This is kinda modern version of gladiator games LOL Storytelling is always like that... cheering the little meek week immature people to become better human beings....


WRITTEN AFTER EP 40:
This is a very engaging kdrama. I was analyzing WHY. I think it is filmed very well. The angles, the cut, etc, it flows, it is done well. I think the acting is great. Even the obviously-pretending ML actor has improved. Oh yeag thre is one more, the drunkard Dr's husband, he also exaggarates but ... its ok. There are some seriously good actors in there, and all characters seem REAL.
I think technically this filming moves between some heavy duty makjang drama with overdoing and exaggeration AND ALSO some quiet deep serious acting, so the mix is very interesting and even the makjang characters seem real because they "fit." Like MIL. That is an excellent actres and her makjang character adds spice and reality, she is just a prick character. She is actually one of the stars of the show, she is the big mouth and pulling hair character, not to mention her wardrobe :) nouveau riche amazing pieces of fashion :) There are other makjang characters who arent such great actors, like her son, but it is ok. THere are other sorta kinda makjang characters done by not so great actors like Seong Wo or or the Little Grandpa, but it doesnt matter, it "passes" it is good enough and hopefully they improve the "realness" of it. And other smaller makjang characters done very well by great makjang acting that makes the character look real, a real brat LOL, like MIL's daughter.

Then there are very deep serious characters done super well by very fine and detailed acting, by actors who make it REAL, it is like you are watching a scene from real life, like Dr's father, or Aunt, or Ms. Lucifer Se Ri, or both Doctors. etc.

And the music I think is good. Unfortunately I watch often at night so have to keep the volume down and so I am sure I miss a lot of music, but the little I hear, was fitting well.

Overall, it looks convincing, we are watching PEOPLE living their lives, not actors on stage, and the scenes are picked so that the story MOVES ALONG, so it is very interesting to watch.

Also, to me personally this is interesting bc FL character is growing up, she is less and less a clutz and more and more someone who takes care of herself and contributes. That is a positive and uplifting message to see characters growing. The drama has a general message of healing and growth, and a genuine and organic growth of the relationship betwen the doctor and FL where they are becoming a team of equals working very well together in a very strong bond with good communication.

Then the tug between desires for "war and revenge" like Uncle versus objectivity, healing, forgiveness, love, like Dr and his mom,
the clash and rift in the criminal section as the criminals discover how they are backstabbing each other behind each other's back LOL
the clumzy attempts and learning at first and then trying and getting smarter by the "good guys" who are so naive and so inexperienced but keep trying... and sometimes succeed in small ways, sometimes try something uselss, sometimes are not carefull, etc... but keep moving on, somehow... bc they keep trying...
and so on, the RIFTS AND CLASHES AND CONTRASTS that keep toying and tugging and creating the story

The plot made out of female stupidity and/or ANIO!!! lack of communication is the most boring plot. Well, except amnesia LOL THere is plenty of great plot to be made by incorporating solving real problems and using good communication.

So this drama is rather low on the boring plot, DOES have interesting plot, and it is filmed well, acted well, and has good music.
The DETAILS are so well scripted so missing just a minute in utmost attention can make you lose a ton of information, so you WATCH carefully :)
FOr example the scene when Dr takes MsDumb out of the psych ward and they run holding hands and she looks at him. That ONE SECOND is so critical to understand that he has already fallen in love and that she noticed him for the first time as a man. And then nothing happens between them for a long time .... it is already ep 40 and there is nothing romantic EXCEPT that she noticed when he put bandaids on her... so... this growing feeling is growing that they are closer and closer on a very deep level. And it started with that run, that scene of 1 second.

Then there are other super important and rather short scenes, like when he tells her to stay to get punished by serving them... and the next scene, she DOES serve them... So there are zillions of very short important scenes that buld up to tell the story that is a really big story. WELL DONE!!!!!

The script is good That is what I should have said already :)
So the script, the filming, the acting, the music, all together, you get a very interesting drama. I am enjoying watching it. I am not a 100-episodes drama person LOL this is my first one :) If something is good, I will watch it. I do love 50-episodes dramas, actually :) and watched quite a few of those. I will watch if it is good. I watched Haunted Palace although I never watch horror. It was worth watching it for other things and I fast forwarded through horror scenes

There is another drama "woman who swallowed the sun" that has a good story but it is not filmed so well and not acted so well, so it is not so interesting to watch. I was thinking a lot why this drama is much more interesting. These are my conclusions so far.