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I haven't seen BoA in anything before (except about 20 years ago in maybe one or two of her music videos in the early 2000s). If she isn't a good actress, it does not matter much because her job is to make her character be hated. That's not difficult. Her plastic surgery face (be it a result of make-up or plastic surgery) suits this role, in my opinion.

I agree. There was some self-reflection but it just catered to the next story twist. Ji-won doesn't feel like an actual person to me because it is exactly as you write: Her character changes depending on what is needed in the story. The story does not revolve around her. She revolves around the story.

You are right. The yellow press is the best press. We must not criticise them. :)

If you read other people's opinions, I'm wondering why you claimed that "no one" did this, and "everybody" did that. That sounds as if you tried to paint yourself as the only one who wrote about the "good" things, which is not true at all.

I completely agree with you but that quote is actually quite realistic. Lots of people prefer other people to suffer, so they can live the illusion of happiness. They do not practise what they preach. I've never perceived Ji-won as particularily intelligent or self-reflecting.

The question is rather: Why do you take the opinions of random people on the internet by heart? Feel free to share your own opinion like everybody else. However, it would be great if you would allow other people to share their opinions as freely as you. There is a lot of "you" in your comment, and only a few "I".

Personally, I don't feel that Soo-min is suffering enough. Unlike Ji-won, she talks back to her MIL, and she continues manipulating people. Min-hwan seemed to be sad when she told him about the alleged miscarriage. Ji-won mentioned in one of the previous episodes that Mi-hwan is infertile, so Soo-min shedding a few tears means nothing. We also learnt that she seems to have earnt a lot of money with stocks.

I don't care about Ji-hyuk. He's a one-dimensional character. Good looking, good, and into Ji-won. His background story neither explains anything nor does it change anything. I don't see anything good here, it's just neutral information for me.

Yang is the only character I care about because she has a relatable story and she's a sweet, normal person. Unlike Ji-won who is very beautiful, child-free and has a rich boyfriend. Yang has a child, and she has to earn money to support not just her child but also her lazy husband. While Ji-won already knows everything, Yang does not know yet that her husband is a cheater. She's still interesting. I regard the future treatment neutral because a treatment is not a synonym of cure. I know a few people who got treatment for their cancer, and the majority of them died suffering. "Good news" would be that Yang's cancer is gone.

I hope this shows you that other people don't necessarily share the same opinion on what's "good" or "bad" as you, hence all opinions are valid.

The problem are not the normal people. The problem are the toxic netizens who cannot distinguish between the actors and their roles. Their craziness already gets enabled by all sides, and headlines such as "actor x and actor y share an intimate kiss!" just add fuel to their narcissism.

I don't see any problem with the headline of this article, though, as the actor does play the husband.

I don't know the original source, so I don't know which ideas have not been covered yet. As long as the drama is entertaining, I don't care much. To be honest, I don't see (yet) what interesting drama Min-whan and Soo-min could produce. Ji-won and Ji-hyuk are already a couple, and neither the ex-bff nor the ex have any power over Ji-won anymore.

Good to see that she's still sucessful. I used to listen to her music in the early 2000s but I hadn't seen her for 20 years. She seems to have had lots of plastic surgery. Or maybe it's just the lighting and make-up in the drama. I haven't watched ep. 12 yet, so I haven't seen much of her and her character yet.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt this way. I don't like them, and I certainly would not celebrate what they did to Soo-min's because I know they they do that because they enjoy bullying people, not because they really want to help Ji-won. Lots of people here seem to forget: They could immediately turn around and bully Ji-won again.

I don't think that this type of toxic revenge is good for somebody who experienced toxic people for such a long time.

THAT'S BoA????? Good grief, I didn't recognise her. :(((((

True but there are 5 episodes left. They cannot fill them with happy Ji-won and happy Ji-hyuk only.

I found the last 2-3 episodes fairly boring because we already knew all secrets, and the bad guys weren't interested in Ro-hee and/or Myung-joon anymore but were busy with themselves. I also couldn't care less about Hye-eun because her character wasn't complex or interesting enough. The relationship between Ro-hee and Myung-joon also didn't develop further at some point. We didn't learn anything new about Myung-joon even though it was implied that he seemed to have been quite intelligent as a child.

Nevertheless, I found that it was a good watch. Especially, Yoon Kye-sang and Yuna did a great job making their characters feel like actual people who care about each other.

Apparently, the genius project is successful, and the girl seems to have been cloned. Or maybe Ro-hee has a twin sister. It's not quite clear what the last scene means.

Ah, that makes sense. I wished they had made this clearer in the drama that Hee-yeon helped her develop a style. Since Park Min-yeon looks cute and sexy in everything, it was difficult for me to tell when she was supposed to look "ugly". In real life, people don't suddenly change their character/behaviour based on what they are wearing for the first time. It takes some time to grow into a role.

Regarding the HS reunion, I felt the same. She was bullied by those women, and those women tried it again. However, FL acted so self-confident and was even able to make them turn against her best friend within a few seconds. Why would those bullies even believe her in the first place? It's not like bullies are fighters for justice.

Regarding the contacts, imagine being a wallflower and a pushover. Would you go to your boss and tell him that he looks sexier without glasses? I feel that's rather inappropriate, especially in a strict hierarchical society. She wasn't friends him him.

I liked the part where she realised that people treat her differently based on how she presents herself. This made sense in the story (and in real life), and it explains why FL puts effort into her look to be respected by other people.

PMR was makjang, so exaggeratedness is actually expected. The FL got really angry and just wanted to destroy things before realising that her life doesn't end as expected. While most things were "over the top", I found her more believable because, in real life, angry people tend to do crazy stuff. She didn't immediately fall in love with the rich, handsome man. She tried to use him for her revenge.

MMH is more "realistic" in regards to the revenge but the former wallflower became a fashion expert out of the blue, even told her boss that he should get rid of his glasses and wear contacts. Where/when did she grow in confidence?

PMR and MMH are similar, yet very different dramas. I enjoy both but for different reasons.

Yes, these two dramas are similar but not the same. PMR had a visibly lower budget but, to be honest, I enjoyed PMR a bit more than this drama here because PMR had more makjang and craziness going on. Almost nobody likes FL in the beginning. She starts as an annoying pushover who gets her second chance. The focus was less on romance and more on the revenge part. The revenge ending was so hilarious and satisfying.

I think they wanted to have a cool looking scene without putting too much effort into it. For most people, it's probably good enough because they don't know "how it works" anyway.

Ah, thanks for the information. I watched that movie many years ago but I didn't know that its original title is "Single White Female". In my language, the title is "Female, single, young, looking for..." (obviously translated).

Nowadays, race gets mentioned everywhere on the internet, so I thought you tried to imply something else. I misunderstood you.

If you enjoy revenge dramas, you could also give "Perfect Marriage Revenge" a try.