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A Bad Trip
“Can This be Love?” was one of my most anticipated dramas this year. Unfortunately, it fell horribly flat.Locations and cinematography are undeniably beautiful, but, as I’ve come to expect of Hong sisters’ dramas, characters lack depth. This is the third drama where Go Youn Jung chases her male lead, and it’s the most humiliating, unhealthy, and nonsensical. For me, theirs never felt like a true connection, but rather something imposed upon the male lead after persistent pursuit…It’s been a while since I’ve been this annoyed with a female character.
I also take issue with the insensitive depiction of Dissociative Identity Disorder. After watching a character with DID in “Had I Not Seen the Sun”, seeing it portrayed here as a cute—if inconvenient—personality quirk, feels problematic at best.
I believed “Alchemy of Souls” indicated writing improvement, but after this, I’ll go back to avoiding Hong sisters’ projects.
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