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Tigers Sniffs the Rose - It's the gift that keeps on giving (Tencent, Viki, Disney and Iflix)
Update: Best drama of the year, and in my opinion only eclipsed by Love Like the Galaxy. Better than Pursuit of Jade.
I believe there was a campaign to destroy this drama, because the negative commentary does not add up frankly. It is great in ever aspect bar none. Episode 34 alone makes the entire drama worth watching. It is cinematic brilliance. You don't know what you are missing.
BIG MISTAKE! IF YOU DECIDED NOT TO WATCH THIS DRAMA!
I don't know who, what or why people panned this early on. But if you bought into the negative narrative -- It's all a lie.
A part of me feels like this drama was sabotaged on purpose!!
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST DRAMAS OF THE ENTIRE YEAR, SO FAR!
And way too much inaccurate nonsense is being spewed throughout the web about it without delving deeper into this drama. If you aren’t watching it, you are truly missing something wonderful! Meng Zi Yi as Mu Wan Yao/Princess Dan Yang is both illuminating, astonishing and captivating in this role. Li Yun Rui as Yan Shan is transformative, stimulating and intellectually soothing in his portrayal. Additional FL Shen Jia Yu is both riveting and engaging as Chun Hua, and supporting cast member Quan Yi Lun might as well be a lead; his performance is arresting and emotionally charged.
It’s as if the director Zoe Qin, is painting this this story on a blank canvas for us. Every shot is a well-placed brushstroke. The imagery, the symbolism, the colors all coming together in one delicious and stunning spectacle. The script is intelligent, and well thought out. Every actor in this drama is bringing it to the table, and showing up with purpose. And of course, there is veteran actor Hou Chang Rong who is always a delight to see. As well as character actress Zhang Yue (Love Like the Galaxy, Fireworks of the Heart, The First Jasmine). Not to mention the OST is interwoven throughout beautifully, and the costumes designs are otherworldly adding to the depth and breadth of this painting. The Post production work on this is bar none some of the best.
THE ONLY MISTAKE this drama may have made (and I say may have, because I was fine not doing this) was not opening up with a portion of the events that happen in episode 8 from time stamp 19:20-23:44 and then again, from about 26:36- 28:14. If they had used these sequences with Meng Zi Yi’s character narrating over the latter timestamp portion with the below narration -- I’m betting most of you would be singing a different tune about this drama:
“That’s me, Princess Dan Yang, and the man I am escaping with is the man that will be not only my trusted confidant, but my true north... However, to completely understand our story we need to go back 3 months earlier. To the time before either of us knew who we would be to each other and what part fate would play in our lives”
I challenge those of you who dropped this drama after the first episode or two or even 3. To go back and watch episode 8 from the timestamps I have mentioned, with those words by Princess Dan Yang over the second sequence in your head. Then watch it from the beginning. For those of you who have not watched it based on others panning of it, I suggest you do the same. Because the rest of this drama from episode 8 on, is luxurious and one of the best gifts the drama goddess has given us yet.
It is one thing to drop a drama because you don’t like a genre, style or tone; I can accept that. But if the genre, style and tone are good; and you like the actors, I think it’s worth one’s time to delve a little bit deeper before dismissing a drama. The only error that the production team made in my opinion was not starting out with this hook to grab people’s attention. This drama is exquisite all the way through.
I believe there was a campaign to destroy this drama, because the negative commentary does not add up frankly. It is great in ever aspect bar none. Episode 34 alone makes the entire drama worth watching. It is cinematic brilliance. You don't know what you are missing.
BIG MISTAKE! IF YOU DECIDED NOT TO WATCH THIS DRAMA!
I don't know who, what or why people panned this early on. But if you bought into the negative narrative -- It's all a lie.
A part of me feels like this drama was sabotaged on purpose!!
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST DRAMAS OF THE ENTIRE YEAR, SO FAR!
And way too much inaccurate nonsense is being spewed throughout the web about it without delving deeper into this drama. If you aren’t watching it, you are truly missing something wonderful! Meng Zi Yi as Mu Wan Yao/Princess Dan Yang is both illuminating, astonishing and captivating in this role. Li Yun Rui as Yan Shan is transformative, stimulating and intellectually soothing in his portrayal. Additional FL Shen Jia Yu is both riveting and engaging as Chun Hua, and supporting cast member Quan Yi Lun might as well be a lead; his performance is arresting and emotionally charged.
It’s as if the director Zoe Qin, is painting this this story on a blank canvas for us. Every shot is a well-placed brushstroke. The imagery, the symbolism, the colors all coming together in one delicious and stunning spectacle. The script is intelligent, and well thought out. Every actor in this drama is bringing it to the table, and showing up with purpose. And of course, there is veteran actor Hou Chang Rong who is always a delight to see. As well as character actress Zhang Yue (Love Like the Galaxy, Fireworks of the Heart, The First Jasmine). Not to mention the OST is interwoven throughout beautifully, and the costumes designs are otherworldly adding to the depth and breadth of this painting. The Post production work on this is bar none some of the best.
THE ONLY MISTAKE this drama may have made (and I say may have, because I was fine not doing this) was not opening up with a portion of the events that happen in episode 8 from time stamp 19:20-23:44 and then again, from about 26:36- 28:14. If they had used these sequences with Meng Zi Yi’s character narrating over the latter timestamp portion with the below narration -- I’m betting most of you would be singing a different tune about this drama:
“That’s me, Princess Dan Yang, and the man I am escaping with is the man that will be not only my trusted confidant, but my true north... However, to completely understand our story we need to go back 3 months earlier. To the time before either of us knew who we would be to each other and what part fate would play in our lives”
I challenge those of you who dropped this drama after the first episode or two or even 3. To go back and watch episode 8 from the timestamps I have mentioned, with those words by Princess Dan Yang over the second sequence in your head. Then watch it from the beginning. For those of you who have not watched it based on others panning of it, I suggest you do the same. Because the rest of this drama from episode 8 on, is luxurious and one of the best gifts the drama goddess has given us yet.
It is one thing to drop a drama because you don’t like a genre, style or tone; I can accept that. But if the genre, style and tone are good; and you like the actors, I think it’s worth one’s time to delve a little bit deeper before dismissing a drama. The only error that the production team made in my opinion was not starting out with this hook to grab people’s attention. This drama is exquisite all the way through.
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