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It is not as bad
I loved the concept of a small, powerless figure becoming the head of a big organisation so much more than I anticipated. Park Changho, being an orphan, an unsuccessful lawyer with no money, tangles up in schemes out of his control, but with a bit of luck and his brain comes out on top, not because he wants to, but needs to.I saw some people saying that he being the mastermind all along would have been amazing, and I just hate that take! The whole appeal of this series is that Changho is nobody who becomes the most influential person in the city. His survival instincts push him to become more calculating, ruthless, and a little bit evil in the end. He never wanted this life, but circumstances and the loss of Miho cornered him in the end. I feel like he became the person he despised at the beginning of the story.
I also want to say that losing Miho was not surprising and something that is almost a canon event for an anti-hero, and Changho is one! He is an anti-hero because he also does everything to survive; he bribes the head warden, beats up Dr. Han, and threatens to harm Kong Ji hun's wife. How is he different from all those prisoners? Not to mention the ending. Even if he tried to fight lawfully, he could not. There was one way for him - becoming an anti-hero. Even in the beginning, his motives were selfish in every way. He could have killed off Choi and dealt with it, but he did not.
The ending made sense to me, but not how they handled it. Yes, it was rushed and there were plot holes because of it and god, it did make me frustrated! The series deserved more.
I also loved one detail, and I honestly have no idea if it was intentional or not. The victims not being shown that much or not getting much screen time reminds you how insignificant they are in the whole storyline. No one did anything impactful until they were the ones affected.
Big Mouth is a reminder that the years of corruption cannot be brought down by one man in a short time, and there is no room to act according to rules (Laws) when no one cares about them. It is like playing chess with seagulls.
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