Because of the age gap I guess, the ML and FL haven't met as kids - finally a way exists for this tiring trope…
I totally agree! Another MDLer, burhaa aadmi, calls that trope Kindergarten Kismet! My skin is currently crawling just writing it...I am gripping on tightly to the fact that his grandmother was still alive when he was 18, so a childhood meeting seems unlikely.
Obviously there are other reasons than money that the fl is looking to have a fake marriage for, but it seems…
I posted earlier, but just saying again, I think FL is more accurately described as being obsessed with fairness and equality. As for the wedding, there is a strict tradition in SK, of giving money packets - at weddings and funerals. You sign your name and how much you gave is made note of. - and the same amount is expected in return, when you have a wedding/funeral/major event. The FL needs to have a wedding before her mother is 'gone', in order to recoup ALL of the money she has given to everyone else's weddings (scene in FL's house, with the box full of cards). FL sees this as ONLY FAIR. PLUS it improves her career progression prospects, as others have noted. I think emotionally, it also ties in with her very complex feelings about her mum, loving and caring for other children, more than her, and is a chance for her to recoup something from her mum. Sorry, overlong response 😬
The cheating ex of the FL has on entirely too much makeup. He got more lipstick than the female characters. The…
I can get chapped lips within 30seconds of a whole ton of chapsticks, lip balms and, after experimenting, lip colours...I always assume that the actor is having the same reaction as me. Here's hoping they use different products as the show goes on.
Thank you for your sacrifice 🙏 I really appreciate you watching these so that now I don’t have to. Except for Princess Princess D - any show described as 'whimsically weird' HAS to go on my PTW list! ❤️
Same. I keep asking for examples of the "vulgar" and "explicit" sex scenes in newer K-dramas because I certainly…
I wonder if people are saying "Westernisation' when they're meaning "Globalisation". Maybe they're really seeing that something is different but can't quite put their finger on it. BUT as you've said elsewhere, cultures don't stop in time, cultures change constantly. So maybe the truth is, when people are decrying "Westernisation" it's actually nostalgia that underpins their feelings 🤷♂️
I agree. I do not see any overt Westernization in k-dramas with the exception of Season dragging. I find many…
That's really interesting. So your experience is actually the opposite of those complaining about hypersexulisation conflated with westernisation. And i agree about the multiple season thing. I am not a fan. 1 and done, tie it all up in a nice bow in the last ep, move on to a whole new story. But that's also why I'm generally not a fan of daytime and family dramas...24 eps is my upper limit 😬
I dont like to cntinue with ep 3. Its so hard to watch the daughter, her acting is not giving me any interest…
Son Na-Eun is usually a fantastic actor BUT (and I really really really don't like myself for posting this) I genuinely think that she's had some unfortunate botox and filler and it's affecting how she can 'emote'. It looks like they've tried to reduce her nasolabial folds, and stop her nostrils flaring. It also stops her top lip, and her nose in general, from moving naturally. Good news is, it will reduce so she'll improve as the show goes on. Ep 4 is already an improvement.
Such an interesting article Suzy, generating SO much discussion. To the commenters lamenting the 'Westernisation' of K-dramas, can you please give me some concrete examples...specific plots, scenes, characters; whatever you've got, I am asking for specifics. I am really interested to understand because honesty I just don't see it 🤷♀️
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The FL needs to have a wedding before her mother is 'gone', in order to recoup ALL of the money she has given to everyone else's weddings (scene in FL's house, with the box full of cards). FL sees this as ONLY FAIR. PLUS it improves her career progression prospects, as others have noted.
I think emotionally, it also ties in with her very complex feelings about her mum, loving and caring for other children, more than her, and is a chance for her to recoup something from her mum.
Sorry, overlong response 😬
Eurkk!
Maybe they're really seeing that something is different but can't quite put their finger on it. BUT as you've said elsewhere, cultures don't stop in time, cultures change constantly. So maybe the truth is, when people are decrying "Westernisation" it's actually nostalgia
that underpins their feelings 🤷♂️
And i agree about the multiple season thing. I am not a fan. 1 and done, tie it all up in a nice bow in the last ep, move on to a whole new story. But that's also why I'm generally not a fan of daytime and family dramas...24 eps is my upper limit 😬
Good news is, it will reduce so she'll improve as the show goes on. Ep 4 is already an improvement.
To the commenters lamenting the 'Westernisation' of K-dramas, can you please give me some concrete examples...specific plots, scenes, characters; whatever you've got, I am asking for specifics. I am really interested to understand because honesty I just don't see it 🤷♀️