I saw a few episodes on YouTube, you can try watching it there. IQIYI channel on YouTube. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJmKWYheiYx0&si=kaJxJMUuHTTlvYD1The…
I saw a few episodes on YouTube, you can try watching it there. IQIYI channel on YouTube. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJmKWYheiYx0&si=kaJxJMUuHTTlvYD1The…
Goodness me that was amazing! Just pure fun and entertainment with no filler. The team was just iconic haha, I…
I loved how the teacher, bullies, and parents all got to experience a taste of what they inflicted on their victims. I thought the most realistic part was that most of them didn't really come around even after seeing the point that was being made to them, but it was still satisfying to watch for us, and might just get a viewer's attention who's more sensitive than these too-far-gone individuals featured. 😉 I liked the equal parts entertainment/social commentary. The balance was struck nicely, in my opinion.
Most of the cases in the drama / webtoon are inspired by real life, so you can get the idea 🥲
I continue to be surprised at how often Kdramas portray characters who feel trapped in their lives or jobs. It's a recurring theme, and has been for a while. I don't know how much of it is just the setting that allows for dramatic stories to be told, or if that's an actual feeling many real people in Korea actually have.
As an American, I struggle to fathom that feeling of being so intensely trapped without options. There are always other jobs, other opportunities, other education options that you can pursue; you don't have to put up with crap like I see in dramas a lot, so... I just wonder. How much of that is real? 😳
I feel like the tension between these two has the potential to really sizzle. The leads are both good at going all out in their acting, so this pairing seems like it could be a fireworks explosion! 😅
This is lots of fun, and more thoughtful than I expected. It has a similar vibe to Study Group, and while it is also quite funny in parts, it's less goofy and slapstick.
Entertaining while also critiquing the inefficiency (and ultimately the failure) of systems meant to protect people, the culture surrounding education of emphasizing results, grades and excellent jobs over the growth and cultivation of moral integrity in schools, the horrifying nature of some parenting practices, and the danger of jeopardizing safe spaces for young people to learn and grow if bullying and drugs are not addressed in them.
The part that was most satisfying and which I'd not seen attempted in quite this way before, was the way every bully (whether student, parent, or teacher) got a turn to experience a dose of their own medicine. A few used the lesson to grow, (most) others just grew more resentful and bitter.
If your criticism is that it's unrealistic or over-the-top...well, that's kind of the point.
The ERPB could never exist, just as a politician as good-hearted and upright as Minister Choi Jang Seok could probably never exist, but the issues they highlight are obviously on a spectrum of the real.
The question the drama is posing is: Will we actually address the root problem? Will we just put bandaids on our festering societal injuries and let the wound grow worse or will we do the painful, agonizing, image-destroying work of surgery to bring actual healing and long-term restoration?
There was this thoughtful (though not always perfect) balance of the tension between compassion/grace and punishment. All the perpetrators are given a chance at redemption (and enlightenment is offered through the Dante-like contrapasso punishment the perpetrators suffer), but not everyone takes it.
As Dante highlights, this response to punishment is the difference between Hell and Purgatory. 😉
The 2FL was a cheat. I dont kniw how anyone could like her
Oh, I see. I see what you mean, but I saw her relationship with the 2ML as a "marriage of convenience"/political marriage that always more more about connections than any true attachment they really had. She also got turned off by the 2ML doing all kinds of selfish, shady things once the ML came along, which I thought was understandable.
But I'll admit, most characters in this were pretty flawed so I agree she was not completely blameless. I just enjoyed her more than the FL who got on my nerves the longer she was on my screen. I didn't like the FL (same actress as the FL here) much in Gaksital (aka Bridal Mask), either. I don't know if it was the writing or the acting, but she did not land for me in either drama.
As an American, I struggle to fathom that feeling of being so intensely trapped without options. There are always other jobs, other opportunities, other education options that you can pursue; you don't have to put up with crap like I see in dramas a lot, so... I just wonder. How much of that is real? 😳
Entertaining while also critiquing the inefficiency (and ultimately the failure) of systems meant to protect people, the culture surrounding education of emphasizing results, grades and excellent jobs over the growth and cultivation of moral integrity in schools, the horrifying nature of some parenting practices, and the danger of jeopardizing safe spaces for young people to learn and grow if bullying and drugs are not addressed in them.
The part that was most satisfying and which I'd not seen attempted in quite this way before, was the way every bully (whether student, parent, or teacher) got a turn to experience a dose of their own medicine. A few used the lesson to grow, (most) others just grew more resentful and bitter.
If your criticism is that it's unrealistic or over-the-top...well, that's kind of the point.
The ERPB could never exist, just as a politician as good-hearted and upright as Minister Choi Jang Seok could probably never exist, but the issues they highlight are obviously on a spectrum of the real.
The question the drama is posing is: Will we actually address the root problem? Will we just put bandaids on our festering societal injuries and let the wound grow worse or will we do the painful, agonizing, image-destroying work of surgery to bring actual healing and long-term restoration?
There was this thoughtful (though not always perfect) balance of the tension between compassion/grace and punishment. All the perpetrators are given a chance at redemption (and enlightenment is offered through the Dante-like contrapasso punishment the perpetrators suffer), but not everyone takes it.
As Dante highlights, this response to punishment is the difference between Hell and Purgatory. 😉
But I'll admit, most characters in this were pretty flawed so I agree she was not completely blameless. I just enjoyed her more than the FL who got on my nerves the longer she was on my screen. I didn't like the FL (same actress as the FL here) much in Gaksital (aka Bridal Mask), either. I don't know if it was the writing or the acting, but she did not land for me in either drama.