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Good Dentist, Bad Result
The cast reads Mark, Ohm, Jimmy, Poon, View, and Khao. All skilled actors. What went wrong. Jimmy, Poon, View, and Khao filled their roles well. There was nothing to fault in their performances. Believable, not over the top and none onscreen more than they needed to be. Jimmy felt 100% comfortable in this role and was a joy to see. Poon has perfected the art of being sincere and clueless while being very cute. I can never get enough of him. So nothing to fault here.
Mark and Ohm. Sigh. They're great, but sadly, in most of this script, they're not great together. Mark proved the quality of an actor he can be with his versatility from Only Friends to High School Frenemy. Tho here it felt like he knew the lines, but the delivery was dead. He didn't connect well with the character he played. Ohm also did well with his roles in Last Twilight and Kidnap. Here, not so much. Personally, bar one time in the entire series, I felt nothing for him. They're chaotic and funny outside of the roles in real life. The connection is there, so they fit well as a couple. In the series, it comes across as two comedians trying to outdo the other's act. Then that leaves the script.
The idiotic, nonsensical script.
After a night where neither remembers what happened, they wake up in bed. There's no real shock factor. After deducing something may have happened, they're ready to jump right back in. Really. I have mixed feelings on his reason for becoming a dentist. His brother dies and he assumes the same dream, to make his mother happy. Questionable. Sant's mother abandons him. Yes, there is no other word for this. She leaves him by the dentist and disappears for years. Yes, she fell on hard times and took a while to recover. Once on her feet, what was the reason for no reconciliation with him? Pride? She watched him grow on the TV. Seriously! Where was his happy time? She comes back, and he is supposed to forgive. True to Thai logic, he forgives the years of trauma because his grandmother wishes for this before she dies. Then, grandma would have had to prepare to die with this unresolved. What unrealistic writing is this? They made her a monster and then tried to make her a saint. Kak proceeds to try to win over Yada, a confirmed girl lover. Who comes out to their family in a stage production? Apparently, here they do. Though the show is about a good dentist, there were times it felt like the 11 episode were more about dental health than a love story.
Don't get the wrong idea. There were times the humor did come through. Sant offers 'seconds' to encourage Jay to return home faster to which Jay promply turns around and promises to 'make it quick, he still has time'.
JimmySea moment felt perfectly in place. Jay and Sant discussing openly everything that was an issue and understanding each other. Thankfully at the end, Jay and Sant finally felt like a real couple. Where ever they were, they would be happy.
I want more of MarkOhm. They're good together and with the right script, they could be magical.
Mark and Ohm. Sigh. They're great, but sadly, in most of this script, they're not great together. Mark proved the quality of an actor he can be with his versatility from Only Friends to High School Frenemy. Tho here it felt like he knew the lines, but the delivery was dead. He didn't connect well with the character he played. Ohm also did well with his roles in Last Twilight and Kidnap. Here, not so much. Personally, bar one time in the entire series, I felt nothing for him. They're chaotic and funny outside of the roles in real life. The connection is there, so they fit well as a couple. In the series, it comes across as two comedians trying to outdo the other's act. Then that leaves the script.
The idiotic, nonsensical script.
After a night where neither remembers what happened, they wake up in bed. There's no real shock factor. After deducing something may have happened, they're ready to jump right back in. Really. I have mixed feelings on his reason for becoming a dentist. His brother dies and he assumes the same dream, to make his mother happy. Questionable. Sant's mother abandons him. Yes, there is no other word for this. She leaves him by the dentist and disappears for years. Yes, she fell on hard times and took a while to recover. Once on her feet, what was the reason for no reconciliation with him? Pride? She watched him grow on the TV. Seriously! Where was his happy time? She comes back, and he is supposed to forgive. True to Thai logic, he forgives the years of trauma because his grandmother wishes for this before she dies. Then, grandma would have had to prepare to die with this unresolved. What unrealistic writing is this? They made her a monster and then tried to make her a saint. Kak proceeds to try to win over Yada, a confirmed girl lover. Who comes out to their family in a stage production? Apparently, here they do. Though the show is about a good dentist, there were times it felt like the 11 episode were more about dental health than a love story.
Don't get the wrong idea. There were times the humor did come through. Sant offers 'seconds' to encourage Jay to return home faster to which Jay promply turns around and promises to 'make it quick, he still has time'.
JimmySea moment felt perfectly in place. Jay and Sant discussing openly everything that was an issue and understanding each other. Thankfully at the end, Jay and Sant finally felt like a real couple. Where ever they were, they would be happy.
I want more of MarkOhm. They're good together and with the right script, they could be magical.
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