Between him and Kwak Dong-yeon, this is the year long-time supporting actors are being recognized and I love it. Now if only Lee Soo-hyuk can join this trend…
Okay slap her on the wrist with a few points on her licence, but leave it at that, we've all done it, some of…
“We’ve all done it” uhh who’s WE? I have never been irresponsible enough to get behind the wheel when drunk and if I can figure that out while completely plastered, so can a rich celeb. She caused serious damage and could’ve hurt other people, not to mention herself. A slap on the wrist would be disgraceful.
Happy to see him onscreen again, but man I wish he’d get to lead his own drama - especially a romance. But in the meantime, I’ll enjoy his bromance or villainous relationship with Nam Joo-hyuk.
Um… they aren’t “White people*”. They are mostly mixed, but still very much Thai.
South Asian person here. Most of us are NOT Eurasian. There is a small minority of them in the entire subcontinent, but they number at barely around ~400,000 people max. Which, if you look at the populations of these countries is…basically nothing. And yet, they remain a highly privileged, overrepresented minority in most areas of society.
So no, we don’t dislike light/pale-skinned people. We just wish they loved darker-skinned people as well. We shouldn’t be oppressed in our own homelands.
I wanted to comment on it but was kinda chickening out because I didn’t want to deal with the people who will…
Genuinely curious here, you do think that America is the only country in the world with a diverse population of multiple ethnic/cultural/linguistic groups? Diversity belongs onscreen in any country where there are underrepresented minorities - and Thailand definitely falls into that category. As a non-American, I can tell you that this isn’t about what racist, exclusionary things you lot are up to in Hollywood, but Asians discussing the state of racism/colourism within their local media.
I wanted to comment on it but was kinda chickening out because I didn’t want to deal with the people who will…
If you think “diversity” is some uniquely American and negative characteristic, then I’m genuinely sorry for you. It’s baffling that you think an Asian country shouldn’t get to represent their own population accurately because your self-centred American exceptionalism makes you only think of this an some “woke democrat” agenda and not Asians wanting to see themselves in their own media.
I wanted to comment on it but was kinda chickening out because I didn’t want to deal with the people who will…
I didn’t mean my comment as an attack towards you specifically, so I apologize if it came off that way.
As for everything you said, YES. You wrote that so perfectly that I really don’t have anything to add. The state of colourism in Thai television is unfortunate and it’s a real shame that so many darker-skinned people and ethnic minorities rarely get to see themselves onscreen because entertainment is basically monopolized by light-skinned and/or Eurasian celebrities. Onscreen representation may not fix the deep-seated issues these people are facing, but there is no denying the power that comes from seeing yourself depicted positively in popular media.
I wanted to comment on it but was kinda chickening out because I didn’t want to deal with the people who will inevitably come out and become defensive. So thank god someone else is also pointing that out lol.
I'm expecting some makeup or prosthetics. But I totally agree it would look really exaggerated and phoney.
Unless the makeup job is exceptional, it won’t look that great. And it’ll be a shame to have to use them in the first place. Both Nana and Go Hyun-jung are such iconic beauties that radically altering their physical appearances seem to be a waste - not to mention that extremely heavy makeup/prosthetics can sometimes get in the way of a good performance.
I know it’s a slippery slope to judge who’s more “beautiful” than another within a pool of actresses (beauty standards change, and beauty is in the eye of the beholder/not objective), but I really do feel like they should’ve cast actresses more… regular-looking for Kim Mo Mi.
“Kim Mo Mi is an ordinary office woman with a severe sense of inferiority in appearance…”
drama: *casts Go Hyun-jung and Nana*
I understand that everyone has insecurities about their physical appearance, but I just have to say that as a viewer, it will be a fucking STRETCH for us to believe these two stunning, out-of-this-world gorgeous women can be seen as “inferior” by any standard. C’mon guys.
So no, we don’t dislike light/pale-skinned people. We just wish they loved darker-skinned people as well. We shouldn’t be oppressed in our own homelands.
As for everything you said, YES. You wrote that so perfectly that I really don’t have anything to add. The state of colourism in Thai television is unfortunate and it’s a real shame that so many darker-skinned people and ethnic minorities rarely get to see themselves onscreen because entertainment is basically monopolized by light-skinned and/or Eurasian celebrities. Onscreen representation may not fix the deep-seated issues these people are facing, but there is no denying the power that comes from seeing yourself depicted positively in popular media.
I know it’s a slippery slope to judge who’s more “beautiful” than another within a pool of actresses (beauty standards change, and beauty is in the eye of the beholder/not objective), but I really do feel like they should’ve cast actresses more… regular-looking for Kim Mo Mi.
drama: *casts Go Hyun-jung and Nana*
I understand that everyone has insecurities about their physical appearance, but I just have to say that as a viewer, it will be a fucking STRETCH for us to believe these two stunning, out-of-this-world gorgeous women can be seen as “inferior” by any standard. C’mon guys.