Ep 16 scene they surround and accusing the consort is eerie reminds me of a story I read about a small-town ritual…
I mean, we already know what FL saw in that fateful night, so this cannot be the final conclusion of it all. Also, there might be truth to what concubine Mei said here intentions were. Sure, she might have misjudged the effects, but maybe she didn’t and someone meddled in the ‘recipe’.
One episode per day is really hard to endure… I’m vacillating between rewatching episodes and searching for trailers and snippets from future episodes. Just go back to the 2 episodes per day schedule, already!
Obviously I wouldn’t want this to happen, and also as this is a drama, with ample plot armour and ‘suspend belief’ coincidences, but the actual question that lingers in my mind is: what if the rescue from the brothel would have been “too late”? How far would have ML’s love gone? Would FL have ended her life like the female family members, or placed a higher value on living on? As I said, I’m all here for this rugged Cinderella story. Realistically, though, many women (and men) surely faced such choices. (I love that in the Opera singer you have a woman who “survived” the musical buereau after a similar fate like FL’s. Makes me somewhat question the Shen family women’s choice in ep 1)
Vaguely speaking here too I also think one lead doesn’t quite embody their character. Even the littlest gestures…
True. I guess one would need to know the movie, context and characters to fully grasp, what I’m conveying with this line from the Big Lebowski. Oh well, never mind.
Am I the only one who thinks that fl laks facial expressions in this drama,like I've seen her other works and…
Well she has to hold it together, not show her true emotions regarding family in front of family and not let her sadness take over. She has to wear a mask, where her emotions just shine through at times. She portrays that well imo.
So wait! She marries Li congxin and Yan rui lets her?
Plus: she does not scheme her way out of it. I really wonder how they are going to explain that development… And she looks like she feels wronged for being prevented from marrying SML ?!?
Xu Kai's makeup is so light here, that it feels like there's not any at all in the first place. I wonder, what…
I’m glad, though. I don’t care if a “natural look” is inauthentic for higher classes in ancient China, I’m so happy to see it. One of my greatest gripes with historic C-dramas is the intense use of make up. (Same with the European 18th century. I don’t know on what drugs these guys and girls with their white powdered hair and chalked faces were to find that attractive…)
My understanding is that - unfortunately - singing, dancing and sexual exploitation went hand in hand. I guess when you were an entertainer with any contact to men, the rationale was that “there is no virtue to protect”, and you couldn’t complain when exploited. In that case, there’s then simply no penalty for s. exploitation, so it is a given it will happen. (My guess).
To me a courtesan has very special education (e.g. well read) and doesn’t just get rented by the night via a brothel (at least in the European context). But in any case I’d count that as prostitution, too.
the director clearly is good at action scenes. halfway Ep 15 on, they know he's really Shen Run, Wei heard the…
That is my question. I took his “you don’t recognize me” from earlier ep as he knows her. Then him seeing the coin in her hand means realizing she has not forgotten him (though she does not recognize him) But if the coin made him recognize her, it could explain how despite the attraction he kept some emotional distance an could bring himself to use her, like almost pushing her in the arms of SML to get to talk to his father… (the jade token is a big thing, though, but ok, he needs to protect his “tool/blade”, she is valuable for his schemes )
I’m not sure what the truth is here, I hope it gets revealed.
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As I said, I’m all here for this rugged Cinderella story. Realistically, though, many women (and men) surely faced such choices. (I love that in the Opera singer you have a woman who “survived” the musical buereau after a similar fate like FL’s. Makes me somewhat question the Shen family women’s choice in ep 1)
But if the coin made him recognize her, it could explain how despite the attraction he kept some emotional distance an could bring himself to use her, like almost pushing her in the arms of SML to get to talk to his father… (the jade token is a big thing, though, but ok, he needs to protect his “tool/blade”, she is valuable for his schemes )
I’m not sure what the truth is here, I hope it gets revealed.