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Female centric drama will only work if they use a very good actress for the lead role
I can't believe I couldn't finish this drama and has to drop it at episode 32. I usually like this kinda big family dynamic and women empowering drama (Blossom, Blossom in Adversity, The Glory, The Sword and The Brocade, Story of Minglan).
My very honest opinion, I think they selected the wrong actress to play Rong Shan Bao. I am actually quite disappointed because this is my first drama of Gul and she is quite famous, I thought she is a veteran actress. I compare this female character alot with Zhuang Han Yan (from The Glory, played by CDL), both character is similar in a way that they could hardly show any emotion, cunning and a lot of scheming involved. It is a very hard role to portray and CDL did it so well.
I actually don't know if it's the character or the actress problem, because in this drama RSB has no growth and no weakness, so this makes her a very very dull FL to watch. The other sisters (except the 3rd) has more growth than her. 2nd sis's story and growth is more interesting to watch than the FL's.
As for the romance, there is a lot of cringy moment instead of romantic moments, the chemistry just couldnt work. I felt Neo Hou tried his very best to charm everyone but it felt as if he is multiplying with zero from FL, everything turns into zero. LOL
The cringe moments were when the FL did the seducing like a man, lifting ML's chin like a girl and ML is turning red and shy like a girl. OMG I just had to look away every time they did this.
A friend who finished watching told me that it's ok for me to stop at episode 32 because moving forward there is not much value added to the story.
My very honest opinion, I think they selected the wrong actress to play Rong Shan Bao. I am actually quite disappointed because this is my first drama of Gul and she is quite famous, I thought she is a veteran actress. I compare this female character alot with Zhuang Han Yan (from The Glory, played by CDL), both character is similar in a way that they could hardly show any emotion, cunning and a lot of scheming involved. It is a very hard role to portray and CDL did it so well.
I actually don't know if it's the character or the actress problem, because in this drama RSB has no growth and no weakness, so this makes her a very very dull FL to watch. The other sisters (except the 3rd) has more growth than her. 2nd sis's story and growth is more interesting to watch than the FL's.
As for the romance, there is a lot of cringy moment instead of romantic moments, the chemistry just couldnt work. I felt Neo Hou tried his very best to charm everyone but it felt as if he is multiplying with zero from FL, everything turns into zero. LOL
The cringe moments were when the FL did the seducing like a man, lifting ML's chin like a girl and ML is turning red and shy like a girl. OMG I just had to look away every time they did this.
A friend who finished watching told me that it's ok for me to stop at episode 32 because moving forward there is not much value added to the story.
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