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The perpetual infantilization of the female character won't stop...
"Speed and Love" reminds me a lot of the cdrama "Hidden Love", for all the wrong reasons LOL.
These dramas, in my opinion, share the same negative points:
- The weird aspect of the female lead's performance. The actresses and teams behind these dramas clearly did everything possible to infantilize the fl character. This is very disturbing to watch a full grown woman acting like they are 12 ...
- The creepy aspect, where they walk a very fine line between emotional inc-st with the characters initially seeing each other as brother and sister. What is this strange obsession, devoid of depth and any real psychological exploration?
"Speed and Love" was interesting for three reasons:
- The chemistry between Esther Yu and He Yu is not only undeniable but also very intense.
- He Yu's performance is what saves the drama in terms of the realism of the emotions portrayed. It's clear that he put in a lot of work to embody her character. His acting was really good.
- The directing & production were very refreshing! The tones, the colors, the atmosphere, everything was a pleasant surprise. It's quite rare to find modern cdramas without unpleasant or annoying filters.
Here are few others flaws the drama had :
- Esther Yu's acting was more interesting in my opinion during the second half of the drama.
However, overall she exaggerate her facial expressions far too much to appear cute, and also to made us believe her character had a childish attitude, but it clearly looked unatural and repetitive.. Tbh, it was unbearable and disconcerting to see her act like that, just as it was for me to see Zhao Lusi do it in Hidden Love...
- The writing of the drama was boring and very basic. The dialogues were truly disappointing.
Conclusion : the drama was most def problematic and basic but the scenes between the cp were pretty cute when they were acting naturally, thanks to their nice chemistry.
Another forgetable drama ~
These dramas, in my opinion, share the same negative points:
- The weird aspect of the female lead's performance. The actresses and teams behind these dramas clearly did everything possible to infantilize the fl character. This is very disturbing to watch a full grown woman acting like they are 12 ...
- The creepy aspect, where they walk a very fine line between emotional inc-st with the characters initially seeing each other as brother and sister. What is this strange obsession, devoid of depth and any real psychological exploration?
"Speed and Love" was interesting for three reasons:
- The chemistry between Esther Yu and He Yu is not only undeniable but also very intense.
- He Yu's performance is what saves the drama in terms of the realism of the emotions portrayed. It's clear that he put in a lot of work to embody her character. His acting was really good.
- The directing & production were very refreshing! The tones, the colors, the atmosphere, everything was a pleasant surprise. It's quite rare to find modern cdramas without unpleasant or annoying filters.
Here are few others flaws the drama had :
- Esther Yu's acting was more interesting in my opinion during the second half of the drama.
However, overall she exaggerate her facial expressions far too much to appear cute, and also to made us believe her character had a childish attitude, but it clearly looked unatural and repetitive.. Tbh, it was unbearable and disconcerting to see her act like that, just as it was for me to see Zhao Lusi do it in Hidden Love...
- The writing of the drama was boring and very basic. The dialogues were truly disappointing.
Conclusion : the drama was most def problematic and basic but the scenes between the cp were pretty cute when they were acting naturally, thanks to their nice chemistry.
Another forgetable drama ~
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