Women's Empowerment
I was expecting this to be just Historical Romance with politics in it, I mean, we can't really avoid politics in these types of settings, but lo and behold, it was actually more than that as you dive deep into it.
The main selling point of this drama is mostly about women's empowerment, as we see our main FL go through a lot of challenges, hard carrying her entire clan without the help of men. Mind you, i'm not the perfect target audience for this drama as i am a man, and when i caught onto what they were trying to sell me on, i find it really annoying at first, as I thought that it was too in your face that yes, women can actually work hard to provide for their family, especially for that era where it would be frowned upon, but as i kept watching because really i'm here because of Zhang Jing Yi, slowly my feelings towards this show changed. I would say it was actually handled or written well, because it's not women's empowerment for the sake of being woke or making a statement. They are uplifting women without trying to bash the other side, and it was told in a good way by showing you the journey.
As for the romance, i can't really say that i loved it, because i couldn't really feel that much chemistry from the Main couple, though there are times when it would make me smile, but not enough to make me giggle. I'm not a fan of ML's acting at all. It's too robotic for me, especially in here, where a lot of women experience a lot of bad experiences, so there will be a lot of emotional scenes, and you compare that to ML, it would really pale in comparison. His own sideplot is actually badass, and it was nice to see how it tied up at the end.
And speaking of acting, the best acting award goes to Lu Yu Xiao, my god, she couldn't be more impeccable here. I've seen her in other dramas before, but her performance here definitely deserves an award. Her character was surely a challenge as she's playing someone who has a mental illness/impairment, but she nailed it.
I am by no means an expert in politics, i'm not even in touch with my own country's politics, but based on what was shown to me here, I fairly enjoyed it. It was a clown fest at first, as politics always is. I like how they kept pulling twists and turns leading up to the resolution of it. I wouldn't say it was bad, but it could've been a lot worse. Probably the best decent ending we can get. I love the last arc by the way, that was definitely a switch up to me, i think that was one of my favorite parts of the drama, and how that ties everything up together neatly.
Overall, this drama is decent in my opinion, again not the right target audience for this, but i can see this being popular amongst women as it was written well. Some parts can be improved, but ehh, that's just me.
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