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I know a lot of people find the original better and in some ways it was good like the FL's family and her relationship with her brother. But she was split up with the ML for more episodes than they were together. And it dragged towards the end. I definitely think 41 episodes was overkill. It was tiring waiting for them to get back together unlike this Thai version. I'm actually glad they shortened it. The FL's brother was a hypocrite in the cdrama towards the end and it made me hate him. At least that aspect was subdued in this version. I'm glad they managed to cover the essence of the story in 16 episodes. I'm happy it was actually cut down. The time apart wasn't as bad. For the most part, I enjoyed it even though it's far from perfect.

Thanks!

Actually, I am implying that it WAS for the male gaze and to possibly attract western men who wouldn't otherwise touch a kdrama to watch. Even in Hollywood, I won't say that productions haven't forced female leads to expose more than they were comfortable with. Sharon Stone spoke about how she was coerced into removing her underwear for the Basic Instinct scene with the claims that her groin would be censored. That is why I never take such scenes at face value. Plus Korea doesn't have the strongest of laws to protect women in cases of rape, revenge porn, hidden cameras and the like. People want to talk about normalizing bodies but at whose expense? I'd rather not normalize such scenes if it means keeping more women safe tbh.

The reaction might seem over the top because so many of us are probably into kdramas because of a cleaner content. If I watch a drama about couples, I can understand there might be sex. If I watch a drama about killers, I know I'll be seeing blood. And often times I ask those watching about things like torture or gore. But I am used not seeing blatant nudity in kdramas so it caught me off guard. And I've noticed this to happen more often with Netflix shows. With American movies, I was always checking the parental guide before starting one with my family. I didn't need to do that with kdramas so I've been a bit spoilt. Of course, that's just the icing on the cake as their content is quite good.

I have watched a number of kdramas and some kmovies where the topic involves sex or nudity so that isn't the problem either. It's the way sex is presented. More than sex, the scene felt more like an excuse to include a naked female while deliberately avoiding her male partner's nudity. If you want to normalize bodies, sex, masturbation, etc, do it for both. Why cover the man and expose the woman? If one has to speak on the psyche of the character, again the female isn't needed at all since the male was actually alone. Again, he was completely covered and censored in that scene. Why this discrepancy? She could have also been completely covered in that scene without losing the commentary of the moment.

Korean dramas are popular indeed which is all the more reason why Netflix's inclusion of sex and nudity in it's Korean dramas feels like a gimmick. Their other gimmicks include splitting up a season into two so that people extend their subscriptions. I have often complained about this as well but no one has gotten offended over it like the way people did over the mention of the sex scene. lol.

I've also noticed that this series didn't really have any impactful female presence. Though that's not always required to the story but it doesn't really fill me with confidence that they weren't just using and disposing female characters as it suits them. This show certainly felt different from the other productions covering similar topics. Sensitivity on various matters seemed to be quite lacking. However, I am not saying that the "sex scene" ruined everything. I'm glad so many comments are highlighting it. Had I read the comments beforehand, I could have avoided watching it with family. :) Overall, I found the series entertaining.

Overall I enjoyed the series (barring the sex scene) but something doesn't really feel complete about it. For a justice/vigilante drama, it feels a bit weak. During the second half, the ML was almost sidelined. Normally I'd give this genre an easy 9 but this time an 8 is more appropriate.

You seem to have lost your marbles. No point explaining logic to someone who is themselves obsessed with sexualizing them. But I'm glad Netflix is catering to you. You can just watch Korean porn if that's your thing. Or maybe you can watch some sex-positive shows and see the difference between selling nudity and normalizing sex.

I can't take someone seriously who rated this series 9.5 after watching 1 episode. Take some deep breaths next time before writing a response.

Your level and my level are clearly different, isn't it? I didn't watch evil dead, wrong turn, I skipped SAW series after the first movie. If you don't consider shows I mentioned bad then clearly my tolerance is lower than yours. So my point stands.

You can add Squid Game to the list as well.

The "sex scene" was more of a female nudity scene because they deliberately hid the male's groin. No one wants to see the male genitalia? Why the inequality? Might as well show us both. It's female nudity that sells and of course Netflix will insert it in kdramas to "attract western audiences" as if the west can't enjoy a show otherwise. I ran way from "western shows" for the very reason that I wanted to be able to watch all kinds of genres with family without the random nudity and sex thrown in. But I keep forgetting to check for kdramas from Netflix for nudity. Ugh. And yes, before anyone tries to point this out, too much gore and torture also bothers me which is why I usually take a break from those shows. It's why The Worst of Evil is still on hold. It's why I was skipping scenes from The King of Pigs. It's why I took breaks while watching The Game of Thrones and watched the sanitized version (censored scenes) on youtube of several seasons. And quit The House of Dragon after episode 1 because it didn't feel worth continuing and I don't want to be desensitized to brutality. But at least with gore and such shows, you have an idea that it's coming. But A Killer Paradox is not advertised as a sex show so it annoys me more because it is unexpected. That's the difference. Not hating on the series itself. Just Netflix.

Did Bale die or not? I'm still confused.

She can't blame her father and her ex so she put the entire blame on Jae Won. Even got her husband murdered. So much for love.

Wasn't it Yoon Jin who was recording them? Thanks for explaining. Their dialogues were so confusing. I was wondering how he was responsible for her losing the child. And I thought she already knew that Sang Beom took her friend in by force. Her father should have just told her her man's reality instead of dragging Jae Won into it.

Argh. What a disgusting man.

Yes, this sounds right. Ugh.

Can someone explain the 10 month flashback? What was happening? What was Yoon Jin arguing about her father about?

No, he actually wanted to confess to the other girl and used the FL for practice. It was an awful twist. But it's watchable. At least you know it's coming so you won't feel as bad as I did.

Maestra: Strings of Truth (perfume bottle is shown)
Find Yourself - ML comments on the FL's perfume
His and Her Secrets - perfume is mentioned

I had to rewatch the final episode because it had been an year and I truly forgot what I disliked. :P
So the FL's friend whom she likes leaves the other girl he's helping shift and runs to the FL's house and as soon as she opens the door, she confesses that he likes her. Then he gives her a blue rose asking if she'll accept his confession and just as she was about to say she also likes him and take the rose, he laughs and says he was practicing his confession for the other girl on her. I thought that was extremely cruel. And later that night, she decides to confess to him but because of his reaction, she has to pretend she was just giving him an idea on how to confess his feelings. So it was a second gut punch for me as a viewer. I really felt bad for her. They tried to make it up at the very end but the practice confession by the ML left a bad taste in my mouth.

Even her friend was close to her and was right there but did she do anything? And the husband was on call with her but even if he knew what was happening, by the time he had reached, she would have already been attacked. Just because we walk outside of our homes doesn't give anyone the right to murder us. What if you are crossing the road and the crossing light turns red. Does that give the car stopped at the light the right you run you over just because you didn't finish crossing on time? The same way, just because she drank, it doesn't give anyone the right to hurt her. We need to stop making excuses for rapists in the same the way that we do not tolerate other crimes.

She was obviously not of sound mind. Plus she was in a position where she could not refuse but that still doesn't give anyone the right to assault or harm her in any way. Say you take a nap on public transport during the day, does that give someone the right to steal from you or touch you inappropriately just because you were not vigilant and CHOSE to sleep?