Whilst agreeing that sexual harassment is wrong whatever the gender of the perpetrator and the victim, I'm not sure if the examples you give prove the point you are trying to make. The bit with Lee Elijah unbuttoning her shirt etc. 'you are 10cm away from being the same' was to make a point about a specific person rather than a seduction. Hence the repeated comments about 10cm separating 'him' from 'them'. She didn't do it to anyone else. The Market again was making a point and, though they never made it clear how much, at least some of it was a put up job (the Aunties). It also had Grandma coming out and remonstrating with them. It was then pointed out that whilst embarrassing and intimidating (thus making it sexual harassment by most legal definitions) it lacked the true menace that a lot of sexual harassment towards women contains, they reminded us of that with the female associate having to tag along with the football fans to avoid the thugs at the end of the episode. As well as the lingering PTSD of Oh Reum's character Having said all that I thought the bit with the cleaning lady in the loo was completely out of the loop and wrong to the point of arrest. Also as you say the reversal of the roles is too often used as comic relief which normalises rather than criticises the behaviour, which is again wrong.
I've tried this twice now but I can't get past episode 3. Just doesn't do it for me at all, I'm not a fan of medical dramas in the first place and the characters are just annoying which leaves me with nowhere to go. They say third time is the charm so I might try again in a year or two.
First episode was enough for me, too much like a Western drama (there's a reason I watch K drama). Didn't need half the episode to know where it was going either, so was already skipping. Love triangles aren't really my bag so I probably should have left it alone.
People claim this is low key and grounded and avoids clichés: nothing could be further from the truth. It's an…
I sort of agree and yet I keep trying to find somewhere to watch the last few episodes. Loads of clichés hung on the kid and grandpa a storm wracked boat on a sea anchor.
Ueto Aya is gorgeous but the rest of it is just childishly simple especially if you have no real interest in commercial aviation. If you like your humour like that or are interested in being an Air Hostess you might enjoy it.
Terribly over the top and cheesy stuff which is absolutely fun to watch. Leave your critical faculties at home, take breaks as needed and enjoy the ride.
Managed a couple of episodes before dropping this. Cute and fluffy it definitely is but short on all else. Why does she have lipstick on when being a boy? I'm pretty sure ice hockey doesn't work like that. Plot, pacing...DRAMA CLICHES! If unsupported cute and fluffy with pretty people is your thing then this looks like a winner, if you want the cute and fluffy hung on a reasonable scaffold - probably not. Though it does have one of the worst accidental kisses I've seen so perhaps worth watching for that.
Many years ago when sitting on a bus in my home town I encountered a doppelganger. Same hair style, glasses, big nose and ears and even similar clothing to myself. It was... disquieting!
Reading this review (in truth a few of your reviews) is a very similar experience.
I've never gone back and finished this one either.
I haven't finished it yet- got bored by the politics - but I have to agree about Nana. Thought she did really well as a comedy actress and I appreciated her homage to Audrey Hepburn, the hair, the dresses, her face - perfect!
I felt the same too. Mother forever will be my favourite drama. I also really enjoyed Just Between Lovers (but…
I really enjoyed My Mister but I found it a difficult re-watch as so much of the enjoyment is from wanting to know what'll happen next. Mother et al I find very easy to re-watch purely for the enjoyment of the scenes I know are coming. I actually skip quite a lot of First Life when I re-watch it as I don't care for the youngest couple or the last couple of episodes. So I might even swap it out for Gangnam Beauty which I find strangely addictive in it's entirety, as do my daughters. When any one of us starts a re-watch it sucks us all in like Kdrama opium.
Good list I enjoyed all of them on there except Kill Me Heal Me which I dropped a quarter of the way through. She was Pretty was nice but not in my top 20. So swap them out for Mother, which teaches love rather than romance and Just Between Lovers which teaches love and healing. And it'd do for me.
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The bit with Lee Elijah unbuttoning her shirt etc. 'you are 10cm away from being the same' was to make a point about a specific person rather than a seduction. Hence the repeated comments about 10cm separating 'him' from 'them'. She didn't do it to anyone else.
The Market again was making a point and, though they never made it clear how much, at least some of it was a put up job (the Aunties). It also had Grandma coming out and remonstrating with them. It was then pointed out that whilst embarrassing and intimidating (thus making it sexual harassment by most legal definitions) it lacked the true menace that a lot of sexual harassment towards women contains, they reminded us of that with the female associate having to tag along with the football fans to avoid the thugs at the end of the episode. As well as the lingering PTSD of Oh Reum's character
Having said all that I thought the bit with the cleaning lady in the loo was completely out of the loop and wrong to the point of arrest. Also as you say the reversal of the roles is too often used as comic relief which normalises rather than criticises the behaviour, which is again wrong.
Love triangles aren't really my bag so I probably should have left it alone.
Why does she have lipstick on when being a boy? I'm pretty sure ice hockey doesn't work like that. Plot, pacing...DRAMA CLICHES!
If unsupported cute and fluffy with pretty people is your thing then this looks like a winner, if you want the cute and fluffy hung on a reasonable scaffold - probably not.
Though it does have one of the worst accidental kisses I've seen so perhaps worth watching for that.
Reading this review (in truth a few of your reviews) is a very similar experience.
I've never gone back and finished this one either.
I actually skip quite a lot of First Life when I re-watch it as I don't care for the youngest couple or the last couple of episodes. So I might even swap it out for Gangnam Beauty which I find strangely addictive in it's entirety, as do my daughters. When any one of us starts a re-watch it sucks us all in like Kdrama opium.
She was Pretty was nice but not in my top 20.
So swap them out for Mother, which teaches love rather than romance and Just Between Lovers which teaches love and healing.
And it'd do for me.