Joyce_Tyler

In most k-dramas the cops are either grossly incompetent, or their efforts are stifled by superiors who have been bribed by politicians, gang lords, or chaebol families. And since this drama wasn't about the incompetence of the cops, but something much deeper, perhaps your appreciation of cop dramas in which the cops are 100% pleasingly on the ball got in the way of your understanding of what was really going on. As for the acting, there's no accounting for taste.

Sounds like this drama isn't for you and you should probably just move on.

When a lead actress is this accomplished and this committed to a role, and she has gone this far to bring her character to life, and when the director and cinematographer understand that she should in no way be impeded from doing so, the result for me is always 10/10. And I give it that rating even though the ML needs to work on his face acting.

Excellent analysis and very well said.

I'm really looking forward to watching this. I saw the French movie on which it is based and I'm wondering if the Japanese version will be as funny in the same way or in a distinctly Japanese way.

Agree.

It's streaming on Netflix U.S. Problem is Netflix U.S. previously streamed the original French series and those interested in the genre already watched that.

On Instagram Asian parents post videos of their babies and toddlers and in some of them the kids do kiss them on the lips.

Well said.

I think unless the same director signs on to a season 2, Go Hyun-jung wouldn't either. From the interviews I watched, they apparently had a wonderful working relationship which, according to GHJ, meant that the director let her do whatever she wanted. LOL.

It only takes a few trolls giving it a 1 rating to bring down the rating.

The Great Queen Seondeok (for which she won a Baeksang award even though she was the anti-heroine & not the title character); Sandglass (which blew my mind); Spring Days (not great but addictive); and Daemul (a.k.a. Big Things - for which she won another Baeksang award).

Have you read anything about the director of this drama? https://kisskh.at/people/29883-byun-young-joo

I mean an epic shocker. A Hitchcock shocker. One that would show our queen from three separate camera angles cackling maniacally for the final ten seconds of the show. (I know the project you're referring to. "Return?" I watched it and kept wondering what changes were made that caused her to react in a way that could've cost her lots of money and legal problems. I actually thought she'd be blacklisted after that or, at the very least, that SBS would never hire again. And yet, here she is, starring in an SBS drama. Ha!)

Are we being set up for an ep. 8 shocker?

Exactly.

You're reacting the way the creative team wanted you to react.

The director of this show would not have accepted the job if trans people are villainized in it. Believe it.

Closed- or narrow-minded or just plain prejudiced people will always long for the days when dramas didn't dare "go there." Thank goodness creative artists don't listen to them and the SK government doesn't censor k-drama content.

Thanks for your comment. I think the director, with Go's help, is sending the message that gender issues should NOT be a taboo topic; that allowing a patriarchal mindset to prevail rather than prosecuting the guilty is wrong and can lead to antisocial behavior on the part of the victims. K-dramas have begun to address SK's societal issues more strongly, and imo that's a good thing.