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If you get on with the first few episodes, you'll probably be like those who give this lakorn glowing reviews. If you don't, give it a miss. It doesn't change. It shifts gears around episode 7 or 8, as Ch 3 sometimes does, but that doesn't last.
It's slow, with a lot of padding and filler, and lacks the zip and zing of the kind of lakorn which skims merrily over every plot hole to develop and explore the emotions. This does focus on emotions - pretty much every story line focuses on relationship woes, the occasional resolution, yearning or jealousy - but somehow it all feels cliched and thin. They don't have the richness or depth of the emotions of a good lakorn.
There's a place for all of that of course. I adore the refuses-to-be-rushed pacing of many Thai movies and would have been happy with slow if it had been less cliched. Not everything has to be heavy, and some Thai directors have a genius for integrating serious issues into comedy without losing lightness. I couldn't see that here. It was more like a wash of Meaning brushed across it now and again.
Amongst it all, there are some good messages about being with someone who supports and values you. It's one of many Ch 3 lakorns which incorporate a nod towards women's issues, from workplace inequality to women's sexual agency and desire. The FL is of course a good girl though, because of course. But it also embraces and perpetuates stereotypes, like the supposedly smart lawyer who's figured out a genius move to win her case but is shown floundering - at length - in the court room for the sake of drawn out drama.
And the cat-fighting, jealousy and bickering between women because of men. Even the struggle to be the first woman partner in the law firm is really about a man.
I've finished ep 12, four to go, and I'm dropping it (again) because it's all gone on too long and the obstacles they're throwing in are contrived and insubstantial. Maybe I'll plod on another day but that's more from a sense of not liking to leave things unfinished than real interest.
But it works for some, so if you get on with the first few episodes you'll likely enjoy the rest. There won't be much to get in your way.
It's slow, with a lot of padding and filler, and lacks the zip and zing of the kind of lakorn which skims merrily over every plot hole to develop and explore the emotions. This does focus on emotions - pretty much every story line focuses on relationship woes, the occasional resolution, yearning or jealousy - but somehow it all feels cliched and thin. They don't have the richness or depth of the emotions of a good lakorn.
There's a place for all of that of course. I adore the refuses-to-be-rushed pacing of many Thai movies and would have been happy with slow if it had been less cliched. Not everything has to be heavy, and some Thai directors have a genius for integrating serious issues into comedy without losing lightness. I couldn't see that here. It was more like a wash of Meaning brushed across it now and again.
Amongst it all, there are some good messages about being with someone who supports and values you. It's one of many Ch 3 lakorns which incorporate a nod towards women's issues, from workplace inequality to women's sexual agency and desire. The FL is of course a good girl though, because of course. But it also embraces and perpetuates stereotypes, like the supposedly smart lawyer who's figured out a genius move to win her case but is shown floundering - at length - in the court room for the sake of drawn out drama.
And the cat-fighting, jealousy and bickering between women because of men. Even the struggle to be the first woman partner in the law firm is really about a man.
I've finished ep 12, four to go, and I'm dropping it (again) because it's all gone on too long and the obstacles they're throwing in are contrived and insubstantial. Maybe I'll plod on another day but that's more from a sense of not liking to leave things unfinished than real interest.
But it works for some, so if you get on with the first few episodes you'll likely enjoy the rest. There won't be much to get in your way.
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