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He gives her a piggyback ride though, and carries her up and down the stairs, so no matter how much he looks like he needs to eat a sandwich, she's waif-thin too like 44kgs +/- 2.. so yeah he's definitely able to carry her, even though he gets super-winded after the effort xD xD

C-dramas with 'professional' main leads wouldn't get high ratings you mean?
Probably right, i mean, i'm a professional and my life is hardly drama-worthy; nobody would watch xD

Autumn's Concerto's (very problematic) Male Lead... he's been mentioned in this article, hence the comparison lol! xD

Oh god, the FL is such a busybody, and a total slacker at work. Her unprofessional a** would be fired within a week if this wasn't a drama, and she didn't have the 'main-character halo' protecting her. Sure, makes for some adorable OTP scenes, but so unrealistic :/ It's 2021, and still we're doing these kinda characters? *eyeroll*
That said, will continue to watch for Ding Yuxi and Yu Shuxin... both are such cuties ^^

'The King's Woman' and 'Goodbye My Princess' deserve special spot on this article. Rather the MLs... such absolute pieces of work, even Ren Guang Xi would seem like an innocent puppy. :P And the dysfunctional and toxic relationships call for a special award before you can utter the words 'Stockholm Syndrome' xD

How? wait.. what?? :O :O
could you DM me the details if it has too much sensitive-politics and diplomacy involved? :')
T_T

OHMYGOD, i remember Nam Da Reum's name being pitched for playing the Magician's younger self.... moooonths back. and OMG it came true.... I think I had this convo with @ponnu! Yayyy! :')

The magician is proved to be suffering from a mental disorder, he isn't really a magician. He was one of those 'genius' kids back in school who cracked under the pressure. His story kinda mirrors that of Ah-yi and Il-Deung's. Ultimately he inspires the two, not to fall off the rails completely (becoming a societal recluse like the magician).. but also 'to stop and smell the flowers by the roadside' occasionally, while fighting for their dreams. The two kids also take up practicing magic tricks as a hobby on the side :')

I think he needs one drama with Han Ji Min (the noona-queen) and we're all set.
If he does ONE more noona-romance, he'll be crowned the next Jung-HaeIn xD

Maybe they won't glorify it this time..... maybe? :D

Definitely a 'more serious' role for DoHyun. He'd do well to stay away from traffic-y high school dramas... honestly because he has the potential for FAR greater things. This will be epic, as premise lands in a morally-grey territory. I don't approve of it, but pumped to see DoHyun in a school uniform once again being seduced by a super-hot math teacher! ^^

Oooo!!... thank you so much! ^^ Yes this does look updated..!
You're right, I LOVE how MDL has a bunch of active writers, we get wholesome content because of you guys! ^^
I have put this on my favorites-tab already :D

YAAASSSSS!!!~~~~

Well, a musical is a sure-shot way to seal its cult-status. Super happy! Seri and Captain Ri are iconic roles beyond the stardom of Son Yejin and Hyun Bin... will be thrilled to see who they cast as the leads :3

The problem is, the creative team did release a statement regarding the use of 'Chinese elements'. Their reasoning was the gisaeng-house was close to the North, hence they believed a lot of travelers from the Ming would visit. This was an okay reasoning till a historian pointed out 'Ming never shared a border with the Joseon under King Taejong's rule'. [Which is partly both true and false.]
This point itself is under contention because Joseon shared borders with the Nurgen RMC (a special autonomous administrative zone of the Ming Empire under the Jurchens, who are ethnically very different from the Han-Chinese of the Ming Dynasty.... Jurchens are the group who eventually set-up the Manchu led Qin Dynasty following the Ming)....
The use of mooncakes, dumplings and century eggs, is only accurate and justifiable if the Jurchens DID eat those food-items in the 1400's, because it's likely the taverns, EVEN if within the borders of Joseon, would have such food items. Haven't dug into food-habits, so I won't conclude further.

I don't believe they have released statements for using Chinese-style clothes, headdresses, and Chinese-style swords.
That's the technical update for now :D

It's a likely guess though. because the real-life event had a very high death-toll of civilians/ protestors. Massacred in broad daylight to be exact.

Preach! \m/
Although, in light of recent events (aka post WW2)... I can understand where the heightened sentiments, the fierce patriotism and the pumped up national spirit comes from. It's true for every major world-power on the Far-Eastern end of Asia. In retrospect to history, their rage and offense doesn't seem so unfounded...

Snowdrop's major issue was:
1. Genuine students of SK demanding for democracy being accused of being 'NK spies'. The ML happens to *actually* be a NK spy as I heard. Obviously it won't go down well with the citizens whose fathers, uncles and aunts were falsely accused to be spies, because they were protesting for democracy.
2. The FL's name Young-Cho, whose name is based of a youth-icon elevated to the status of 'freedom fighter', and she's being reduced to a simple romantic interest. Hence, the flak.
3. The SML is part of an abusive and authoritative police group, which is being glamorized by having this handsome young guy play a problematic character.
As long as YoM doesn't do any of this (very likely it wont).... plus its the 40 year commemoration of the protests.... I don't think it will attract as much hate/ trouble.

But, are we ready to handle another Do-Hyun character dying? I know I'm not T_T

Nope, Snowdrop is based on the June Democratic Struggles of 1987, and this drama is set against Gwangju Uprisings of May 1980. This is also the 40th year anniversary of the civilian protests. They are dramas based on similar-looking but completely different events.