InspectorMegre

Low Life shows criminals doing criminal things and winning and being "cool". How can that be "good" by any definition??? Low Life violates the principles of true storytelling and is just yet another Hwood sensationalistic crude story without any meanings, messages, or depth. you are not going to learn anything to better your own life..

and shows why true kdramas might become extinct as the global audience - with its training in watching cheap sh.t like Low Life - is so used to watching meaningless stuff that it keeps asking for it - and kdrama ppl want $$$$$ so they produce that, and kdramas go to TRASH. True kdramas might be totally extinct in a few years.

True kdramas follow the principles of real storytelling: PART 1: FLAWS, PART 2: OVERCOMING BY PERSONAL EFFORTS PART 3: TRANSFORMATION AND HEALING ON PERSONAL AND COMMUNAL LEVEL. Such stories are full of messages about how to better your own life, how to BECOME the best person you can be. It is like a spiritual training manual. THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF REAL ART AND REAL STORYTELLING.
Very often such stories are hidden bc the elites kill and destroy spreaders of such self-empowerment knowledge. Aesop tales, Brother Grimm fairy tales, Rumi and Hafiz poems from Persia, etc etc etc are all hidden spiritual teachings. Any good fairy tale is :) Read Seven Arrows by Homeyostas Storm, for example :) And then there are counterfeits, like Carlos Castaneda :) Finding the true story and true art is very difficult :)
Right now, the only ppl reading this far are some censoring trolls, and a rare person who has spiritual aspirations :) Most people are in the mindless gray masses category and have quit reading this at all lmao

The lucky thing is that all people, regardless how ignorant they are, have an ingrained thirst for REAL knowledge, and so ... real storytelling couches that into fun stories, like kdramas :) so everyone can take home how much they can take from it :)

True kdramas are super creative, and have a WAY of telling the story successfully - a true kdrama is based on portraying deep complex dark concepts with compassion and lightness, on TRUE ACCEPTANCE and also of TRUE INTENT TO MOVE ON FORWARD, and all if it is shown in fun and humorous ways that are catchy and memorable, and also sweetness and warmth that is GENUINE and thus catchy and memorable

True kdramas show the path to peace, harmony and joy on Earth and show practical steps and attitudes to make it happen. That is possible only bc kdramas shy from no topics and S Koreans are known to curb their government and have made significant progress on their own.

Cdramas and Hwood hypnotize you into believing that the evil happenin is so powerful that it must stay. Hwood and cdramas avoid MANY topics - too many topics!!!!! - as if plague, and are used in societies where ppl are intentionally luled to have no interest in changing anything. The art is really like a bottle of alcohol, it just puts you to sleep....

So many westerners watch cdramas precisely bc they are so similar to Hwood :) Same oppressive lul the brain concepts :)

And now kdramas are getting infested with this attitude of - ah lets not talk about that, let's watch this flashy piece of media and turn the brain off and have fun -
and that will lead to terrible consequences. S Koreans are gonna lose their culture, and the world will be even more deeply infested with Hwood - and cdrama :) ideas

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Historical notes: Koreans overcame their own slavery (30-40% Koreans were slaves until a few hundred years ago) and also colonization of Korea (in the far past, by Chinese empires, and most recently, 50 yrs of Japanese coloniation). Somehow they still managed.

Compare that with China, which has never managed - from empire and opium epidemics chaos, straight to communism.... And compare that with the USA - come in, genocide the original inhabitants, grab all land, then build it by free labor of the slaves you kidnapped and brought in, then get into a decadent spending culture and maintain it by stealing all over the world and keeping ppl at home busy with doing shopping, recreational drugs, mass video games, hookups on swiping apps, etc..... and the recent kill of small businesses and home owners.... BY DEFAULT, China and the USA can NEVER produce anything meaningful bc there are just too many topics they cannot possibly talk about... There are very few governments that really want to teach people to live a better life, but some are a lot worse than others :)

Mad Concrete Dreams is the story of how Nacism started, or any other hideous thing done by "good people" who were given a chance to do bad and got totally obsessed with greed and kept going.

We are watching MCD concepts in real life now with WWW3 bombing in Iran, genocide in Gaza, global destruction of nature, incl, global warming and 6th extinction of species, etc.

MCD although it looks "fun" is a super deep insight into human psyche and what happens when you get tempted to abandon the universal principles of good karma (in the West and Middle East, these are couched under "moral principles").

MCD ML is a "good ordinary person" who is a good householder, a good neighbor, a good citizen in general, trying hard by honest means..... and who, given a chance, does monstruous things.

He loves his wife and daughter and is good to his friends and neighbors. So how far does this "love" and "good friend and neighbor" stretch under the right conditions... ? Where is the line between driven to succeed and being overcome by greed and selfishness?

So if you are going to compare MCD with anything, it has to be something equally deep and meaningful.

See my reply below

Disney-made drama produced in Korea titled "Low Life" is so shallow, it can never be better than this drama bc it glorifies true criminals. LOW LIFE IS JUST A FLASHY BOMBASTIC DOCUMENTARY ON STRATEGIES CRIMINALS USE TO WIN. That does not even qualify to be a drama or a movie bc there is no transformation nor deeper messages ever.

For those interested in a deeper exploration of WHAT MAKES A MEANINGFUL STORY, I put it into a spoiler below.
A quick test: if you liked Pursuit of Jade or Dynamite Kiss or Practical Guide to Love, or Low Life, then you are not interested in reading the spoiler :)

I am positive that WOTI was deeply romantic and the ending was supposed to be the two of them getting togheter, and was abandoned bc the audience at the time was AH SO WORRIED about age difference pairs - it was insanely stupid audience protesting...

So WOTI "won" by showing two realistic endings, one healing to the core, and one showing how sticking to bad karma leads to disaster.

I am not sure if you are going to catch the deep meaning of TDLOMK bc it is a true kdrama, it shows the muck, and then it shows the suffering from it, personal efforts to overcome, larger healing involving community and personal relationships, and transformation. It is 100% opposite than say Low Life, which is about how evil thrives.

TDLOMK and WOTI are healing transformational stories in the tradition of real. MEANINGFUL, uplifting, transformational storytelling. That is why kdramas used to be so popular.

Now kdramas are infested with Hwood, and cdramas are counterfeits of kdramas with the Hwood twists.

Low Life is essentially a Hwood piece, and those and practically all cdramas are to lul ppl into hopelessness and complacency and hypnotize with flashy sensationalistic scenes.

It is like night and day. I am not sure if you can tell the difference though since you wanted to watch Low Life. One test will be - did you enjoy Pursuit of Jade? If you did ... then go watch Low Life and dont think too much :)

So good luck :)

In Low Life, they are all criminals from the start. Low Life is just a flashy documentary of strategies criminals use to win. There is not a single "good" character. There is no transformation. It shows how criminals survive and thrive. To me, Low Life is a typical Hwood sensationalistic piece, glorifying crime and showing no hope for any progress. The overall message is EVIL ALWAYS WINS just like in Hwood pieces. The only other alternative in Hwood is a totally obviously delulu "good wins by sheer luck". Always HOPELESS and stuck on the message "evil always wins, and you can only fantasize otherwise".

In Low Life, they are all criminals from the start. It is just a flashy documentary of strategies criminals use to win. There is not a single "good" character. There is no transformation. It shows how criminals survive and thrive. To me, Low Life is a typical Hwood sensationalistic piece, glorifying crime

FL is a woman-child, as is often the case in asian dramas.
It is inherent deep sexism, creating plot by the stupidities of emale character.
This cheap cheesy type of plot should be obsolete in year 2026 yet here and in many other current dramas FL is a young woman who is portrayed the same way like in 50s.....

The only progress in recent kdramas is to have the woman be competent professionally and good at her job. But emotionally, spiritually, and street-wise, FLs are CHILDREN in adult bodies. This is one of the rare but deep flaws of kdramas.

Some kdramas show women as adults :) as strong, independent, common sense people, with some flaws, and actively trying to make oneself better. My Feed has a list of some of such dramas I watched. https://kisskh.at/profile/InsoectorMegre/feeds/b3vdD1he There must be others too, lmk if you know.

she did..... at the very start of the drama she just got out of long hospital stay and major operation and was very sickly - her hospital bills was the main reason that Min Ju's mom stuck to the chairman as the sugar daddy... remember the scenes she asked her new job for advance, and Chairman gave her money, ... that's how they got together..... and he kept giving her money

oooops the blooper... FakeSR keeps yelling at the police station: CEO CHAE KILLED MY DAD!!!! oooops.....

JH-in-jail scenes are great! he is alive, lively, animated, and that makes him cute! He is usually cold cemented Sourface (that's perfect nickname for JH by @Shinubi No Holds Barred) and that grumpy stiffness makes him suuuuper ugly and repulsive

BUT IT IS SO SAD, for the first time we see JH with some life in his face, he found his mom, AND his mother is a murderer swindler chronic liar sociopath psychopath... and gaslights him like crazy.... JH's karmic load is really huge .... !!!! Is he gonna break from it? ... and how... ?

I cant believe it that his dad would dump HY.... !!?

Why are some ppl frustrated with the ending?? It is a VERY clear ending - FL AND ML BECOME A COUPLE, MIN DECIDES TO COME BACK TO HIS HYONG, the Team survived, and the murderer is on the run in Korea and plans to cause trouble - and plans to meet them again...
So the ending is crispy crytal clear, nothing is open !!!!! it is very definite and specific

I hope not lol She was like a bitch in heat, has a kid in secret with every guy in that town...

Yeah the drama is wasted on JM, who grew up just a little bit..

The drama should have not kept SR away for so long, and there should have been more SR-JH romance bc that is so interesting.

imo SR would find BH terribly boring, they so don't fit... New and improved SR fits with new and improved JH. They both have some inner demons to tame first. SR is ahead of the game bc she met her loving kind mom Suk Hee and some of that love already rubbed off. JH is totally off the track and off the deep end!!!! with his mommy issues

JM - BH fit better :) and the drama should have made JM smarter to make JM-BH scenes more interesting. Fmale lead and BH (and villain HY) are the strongest characters and strongest actors, they carry this drama, they are the staple on the screen, so JM/SR actress should somehow be better used as JM or more frequently used as SR. Then BH can act with JM and any roles except JM. That is a way to keep BH the center of the show and JAZZ UP the FL roles.

The drama relies on having BH on the screen a lot bc BH actor is an amazing, experienced actor and BH is a critical character, without his help JM cannot let a fart.... so imo it would have been good to have more plot with BH and other ppl... eg BH helping SR and JH get together

And for a good thriller, I am now watching 2015 Hello Monster. Tons of amazing actors and really dynamic plot. It does have sexism as usual, maybe slightly less

There are good actors in here so I was waiting to see if there is a message here so I keep checking the drama to see if there is any development - and THERE IS NOT
AND I CAN NOW SAY WITH 100% CERTAINTY THAT THE ENTIRE DRAMA IS TRASH

There are good actors in here so I was waiting to see if there is a message here so I keep checking the drama to see if there is any development - and THERE IS NOT
AND I CAN SAY WITH 100% CERTAINTY THAT THE ENTIRE DRAMA IS TRASH

Wow star studded cast and a great thriller psychological drama - except deep sh.t sexism, FL is made the dumbest person around and too much plot is based in her stupidities and her being a nurse to ML who is abusive and cold towards her - and the only other female characer was super stupid too - REALLY DUMB - didnot leave any messages that she got the fingerprints, did not personally go to other ppls offices but went into a parking lot with her brief - HOW STUPID IS THAT????? DUMB DUMB DUMB and FL also was doing similar dumb stuff - so ML had to save her... STUPID SAME OLD SEXIST TRASH
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actors who look alive, not like skeletons and porcelan dolls like in year 2026 where BMI of 13 is desirable and all actors look lifeless and malnourished... !!!!

I AM WATCHING OLDER KDRAMAS FROM NOW ON

I dont know :) If you were the script writer, what would you put into the script? First of all, does JH knows that BH was adopted???
Let's watch and see what the writer will do :)