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Is it me or is this drama edited to drag it out longer than it should be? Like a close up of the eyes closing, then the face with the eye closing. Everything seems slow-paced and dragged out and nothing really happens anyway as the script seems sparse.

Six episodes of wash, rinse, repeat, and flashbacks. I appears as if the storytelling wants to rival Netflix with a local spin.

I agree that the situation is bittersweet for her because she can't have her cake and eat it too. But her bottom line is that she wants to have a certain type of lifestyle and she has to make difficult choices to do so and live with the consequences. She's got grit. I still think her emotions toward Saeroyi are ambiguous and she doesn't make them clear - this I see more as a flaw because it's as if she is stringing him along.

Why do you think Soo Ah abandoned her morals? She always was willing to do what it takes to achieve success - not rock the boat. That is her moral standard. We may perceive it as a flaw but most people respond this way to make money and survive.

Thanks for the article. I wanted to check out the main lead's other works after Find Yourself. However, this story is absolutely ridiculous. Had to drop it after three episodes.

Major girl crush on this woman. SHe's stunning and talented.

The dumbest show on this side of the calendar.

Okay. I signed in to MDL after about a year's time to write on Baron Chen's page. The reason: every once in a while, I get these moments of "that guy is really hot", "he's got a big ego", and "he's such a bad boy" after I saw an interview he did (saw it a year ago and it obviously left a huge impression). I just wanted to give a shout-out to him here. Just before posting this, I checked him out online and realized that he is actually the son of a famous/infamous triad leader - now deceased.......... me in shock........ have I seriously been fangirling a real bad boy? (T^T) In any case, I still like his rogue-ish charisma.

They use the same estate as in Royal Family.
It seems that the K drama industry has lost a lot of their pool of okay actors to the military, or something else. The pool these days for talented young actors is pretty dry imho. The male lead here is a significantly weaker actor than the other actors in the show. Sigh. That's so disappointing. I also couldn't stand the lead in WWW (I didn't mind his performance in My Ajusshi but that is as far as I have seen of depth from him) and now he is in another show coming out, and don't get me started on the lead for Class of Lies ( I can count his range of expressions on one hand).

I think the situations would have made sense if they went down a darker road but instead it was very tame. I still love the execution - I thought it was really well done.

Take a chance to see this amazing drama if you are on the fence about. It's a great piece of storytelling. Really, the ending was okay but the journey was incredible. Every week, without fail, I would check it out before the subtitles came out. Props to Jasper and Puff Kuo for their delivery - which by extension means props to the directing. I'd been convinced of Jasper's capacity since six years ago and it's a pleasure to see him grow and Puff Kuo has matured so well as I can tell from her last two TV productions. Anywho, if you end up binge-watching this, let me know how it goes. I'm curious to see if the experience is as good as the weekly wait.

I love these two but somehow I don't want to get my hopes up. It's the vague teaser.

perfect choice for actor

I think we have different ideas on how logical the character setup is and that is absolutely fine. I did have more than this reason for not wanting to continue but I hope you enjoy the rest.

the men did fit a certain standard and it was families that came together in the past not a man and a woman. and really, the politics of it all is not what i'm trying to address. the male lead as well as the female lead did work within particular social circumstances in that drama that were believable. in this historical romance, as i was pointing out, the female lead in this drama acted the way she did without realistic consequences which made it less beleivable. certainly, a female character could be portrayed as she is but the actual consequences should have a level of believability even if it is not simply a dramatic rendering of actual history. in moon embracing the sun the consequences and restraints for the ml and fl actions were written into the story. though it was fiction, it had a level of believability around the characters. while watching this, i kept asking to myself throughout both episodes how can she act that way and not face any consequence...does this mke sense? it's not about expecting women to act a particular way, it's that it was impossible for her to act that way really.

Whether or not it's a historical romance, the character should fit the setting in a believable way. A female character like that in a Joseon setting without consequence makes little sense. If you look at Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Moon Embracing the Sun, etc, they are of a similar nature to this drama and though the females are strong in their own way, they are believable characters. They are strong despite the limitations of their circumstances. Yes, there is a layer of the cross-dressing and fantasy layer respectively -similar to the fictional elements of this drama, however, the character themselves make sense to a believable. I get the #metoo era sensibilities, which are good in many ways and is shaping the stories that are being told, still, the lack of social restraints that the character faces despite her apparent nature is 1) a false portrayal of what women faced during that time and place and 2)feels forced. An alternate universe would make more sense. Knowing the history and appreciating it for what it is, I can only suspend disbelief up to a certain point for entertainment purposes. In any case, I have seen both dramas that you recommended.

It's pretty, glossy, and lighthearted but I find it difficult to continue this one. The female character makes absolutely no sense for the time period even if we are trying to write with a modern sensibility. I also honestly have yet to see a SSK drama where she feels authentic in the role. CEW needs more growth actor. Sigh.

Thanks for sharing these sentiments. I totally encourage embracing diverse - and dissenting - opinions which can only contribute to an enriching community.

perhaps. i didn't read it that way.

i don't think so. just pointing out a particular issue.