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Spotted the German. I think most dictionaries don't even contain 0815. Deepl cannot translate it either. "0815 Korean actress" might be misleading or confusing for most non-German speakers. ^^

That's wishful thinking. In reality, we care a lot about looks. Or would you trust a lawyer who looks like a drug addict or a surgeon with dirty fingernails?

Actors do have to look pretty depending on the role. Or do you believe that Ma Dong-seok would be a convincing hot and slim FL in a typical romcom? And, look-wise, who would make the more convincing character being called ugly? An actress who doesn't meet (Korean) beauty standards or the typical pretty actress wearing glasses with a shock of tousled hair and and an oversize pullover?

Why did they have to change the actresses portraying Kim Mo-mi so often? Twice would have been sufficient. I wished we had seen more of the "ugly" Lee Han-byeol. Among all those very pretty actresses in other dramas, it was refreshing to see a unique face like hers. Her acting was also quite good, so I hope she'll get more roles in the future. Story-wise it wouldn't have made any difference to keep her because the "pretty Kim Mo-mi" was completely unnecessary. Apart from a few characters praising her beauty, the plastic surgery didn't contibute to the story. In the end, we got an "ugly" Kim Mo-mi again anyway.

Nana as Kim Mo-mi is pretty but she once again stuck out with her non-acting and her dead eyes. In this case, it was okay but it didn't help that nothing on her reminded me of the previous Kim Mo-mi. It was just a different character who happened to have the same name.

Go Hyun-jung as the last Kim Mo-mi version looked fairly ugly with the ugly make-up. I think with a bit of make-up, she could have portrayed the pretty Kim Mo-mi as well. Her acting was pretty decent, too.

All in all, this drama was okay. It had a few good ideas but it is difficult for me to relate to a character who looks and behaves like a completely different person every other episode. I had hoped to watch a drama about an ugly person becoming famous because people believe that she must be beautiful. Once Kim Mo-mi became pretty, the "Mask Girl" story was basically over.

I totally agree with you. Thank you so much for writing the truth. Feminism is very important to my identity. Being able to call everything I don't like misogynistic makes me feel superior. Everybody who disagrees with me is offensive to feminism (feminism cares a lot about comments on the internet because feminism is a person with feelings and always offended!!!!!) and misogynistic. We need more brave comments like yours, so we can feel even more special. Thank you!!!! 👏👏👏

Woah, this movie was so fucked up. I wished I could claim that this didn't and does not happen in real life. One of the few stories that really made me angry but not in an entertaining way. It was also very graphical. As an avid thriller reader/watcher, I usually don't mind violence in dramas, not even if children get beaten up (it's fiction after all and the child actors are usually not that talented, so those scenes usually look artificial), but this drama shocked me as it felt "too realistic". The scenes were so brutal, and all actors, including the children, were so skilled.

This movie is a masterpiece but I don't want to watch it ever again.

I know quite a few women who would do that until they get assaulted. It's usually the ones who claim it were victim blaming if people recommend not to meet strangers in deserted places. However, these women usually don't make the same mistake twice after having been assaulted. Unlike that police woman who went on to meet the guy again in some deserted place, survived the encounter a second time by chance but still didn't start a proper investigation. Nobody ever questioned her competence in the drama.

A surprisingly good drama with good storytelling and interesting characters. Just the stupidity of the police woman annoyed me. Being stupid once is okay for me but making the same mistake twice??????

I'm surprised by the people who complain about the sex scenes when the drama is tagged with "extreme sexual content". Personally, I didn't find it "extreme" just "surprisingly explicite compared to other dramas". It was no porn, though. Also, the sex scenes make sense because the app is an app where people look for sexual encounters, not for romcom-like love.

The teaser text on this website is fairly misleading because it makes the drama look as if the serial killer were unknown. However, the ML does not hide anything for the viewer. We know the entire time what he does. This drama is about an autistic woman who falls in love with a serial killer, not about criminal investigations.

For 16 episodes, I had been waiting for the big and totally unpredictable plot twist revealing that Lee Kyung Young's character once again was the true culprit. I'm watching way too many K-dramas. XD

1) There is no rise of cheating. Men and women have cheated on each other for millenia. That's common knowledge among people who had at least a moderate education.

2) Men sell their bodies too. That's not just common knowledge but also part of this drama.

3) Prostitution and drugs are illegal in many countries. Nevertheless, there isn't any country on this planet where prostitution and drugs do not exist. A quick research on the internet, which took me about 5 seconds (including switching the tab), gave me the name "Mia-ri". In Korean crime/action dramas, these things are almost always part of the story.

4) If want to see the ugly side of Korea anyway, you could watch Korean crime/action dramas. These things are almost always huge topics in those dramas, especially in the action genre.

I accept your apology, and I want to make clear: My previous comment referred to the "low opinion part" only, not to your arguments.

What you wrote in your other comment sounded to me as if you actually agreed with what you quoted but you didn't seem to realise it.

I agree with you in regards to the story which is about strict beauty standards and how it affects basically everybody. This wasn't the topic of my first comment in this thread, though. We shared our opinions about the casting only and complained because an actually beautiful actress would have been better to convey the message of this drama.

Well, I've just completed this drama, and I see the positive aspect: That Mary Sue character suited her limited acting skills. It would have been a great disappointment for me if she had ruined a good character.

Yeah, the FL actress is not suitable for this role. She plays both the female and the male part exactly the same: looking pretty or looking like a deer in the headlights. I have to admit that I'm a bit spoiled because of "The King's Affection" where the actress (not this one here) put a lot of effort into behaving like a male.

I don't blame FL for everything, though, because she probably didn't decide on the make-up, and the director probably didn't care that FL wore feminine make-up all the time.

Reading skills are not your strongest skills, are they?

Slakito claimed FL was chosen because she's ugly (compared to other actresses). I argued that she was chosen to promote the (botched) surgery look, not because she's ugly. Why do I think that? Because there are hundreds of actresses who do not look as if they had botched surgery, and who are prettier than FL.

Since you are an expert in Korean society, you know how big the beauty industry is in Korea. And you also know that the Korean government invests a lot of money in certain industries. K-beauty is known for a reason. People from all over the world go to Korea to update their look via plastic surgery. Due to your extensive researches, you also found newspaper articles stating that the Korean government also invests in K-dramas and sometimes gives instruction what is supposed to get promoted.

Nobody here talked about the appearance-based nature of the Korean society. The topic was something else: Compared to other actresses who had plastic surgery, they could have used someone who doesn't look "plastic" but beautiful. Your low opinion of Koreans probably does not reflect reality because if a Korean woman wants, for example, a "smaller face", she doesn't mean that she wants to look like Miss Piggy. She wants to look like, for example, Park Min-young.

However, since plastic surgery is expensive, the botched surgery look is still fine because even if you look "plastic", people see that you were able to afford it. They perceive you as rich, which is important in a society that was extremely poor just a couple of years ago. Or why do you think are Koreans obsessed with expensive luxury most of them cannot afford? Just because?

Ugly and poor is not desireable. This is true in basically all societies on this planet. Ugly and rich is fine, though. Or do you really believe that instagram "models" and their fans really love to look as if a bee had stung them right in the face? They invested a lot of money in that look, so they HAVE to call it beautiful. Everything else would mean that they made a mistake and regret.

And since you are an expert in Korean society, you know that Koreans do almost everything not to lose face.

Wow, I cannot believe it's the same guy I recently saw in "Shadow Detective". He looks like a completely different person with long hair. It looks good on him.

No romance, and the ending is a happy one for the protagonists.

They didn't _make_ FL the worst looking. The actress looks like that. Maybe the Korean government once again sponsored a drama to boost some industry. By telling insecure people that (botched) surgery is desirable, people probably feel the need to look the same. Koreans (and other people) love to imitate the main leads in dramas and movies because being the main lead means you are successful.

There was a time in the West when a certain "botched surgery look" was exclusive for rich people. Then they started to aim for a more natural look. Nowadays, instagram is full of dinghy lips, and average people in their 20s looking like people in their 50-60s trying to look like they were around 30-40 years old.

It's not a bad show. Or let's say: It's not Cha Eun-woo's fault if/that this drama is not the best out there. He portrays a nice, good-looking guy with basically no personality. Acting skills were not needed for this role. He fits the role. The actual story happens between the female characters, anyway, and the actresses are doing a good job, in my opinion. Of course, it's okay not to like this drama.

Unfortunately, once actors become famous, they don't seem to touch BL projects anymore. And if they do, the BL gets censored once it's getting "too hot". See, for example, "The Devil Judge". :(

I have nothing against people who have done too much plastic surgery. Looking like a walking walk socket does not automatically make somebody a bad person. Some people are born fairly ugly, so I understand their desire to improve their look. It's great that plastic surgery exists to improve people's lives. I just cannot unsee the botched plastic surgery, especially on young people. Sometimes, it makes me sad because most people with botched surgery looked fine before.

Almost no K-dramas are realistic, so I don't have any expectations in this respect. To be honest, I'm not that interested in realistic dramas. I'm just interested in a good, consistent and plausible story (without any pedo romance or stupid character which are supposed to be perceived as smart). ML's character was underwhelming but I think the actor did a good job anyway. It's not his fault that the writing was lacking. I also don't blame the FL actress.

I liked ML in "Fated to Love You" (certainly not the best drama out there but, at least, it had a few "crazy" ideas, and ML had a great chemistry with FL), and "Tell me what you saw" (not realistic either but I found it entertaining; FL wasn't stupid either).

I'm putting "Money Flower" on my watchlist now. I hope it's available on Viki in my country. :)