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Cinderella Who Saves Herself
I have put this drama on my plan to watchlist since it was released around Dec 2024. However didn’t get to it as was so busy that period. But recently a friend recommended this again and I binged watched it in 3 days.
This is really good, love how this was done, overall gave a high ratings of 8.5/10 on plot, acting, editing and costume. It’s marketed as a Rom Com but the story definitely has lots of seriousness as it explored some societal taboos at that period. Some themes include:
unequal treatment to slaves, class system in those times of Korea, society expectation on women, gender diversity and challenging the norms of a traditional society, etc.
2024 was a year of emergence of strong female leads being seen on screen, saw it in both k drama and c drama.
The story in brief without much spoiler, but don’t read this if you intend to watch it:
The female lead (FL) begins life as a slave but, through a twist of fate, took a noble lady’s identity and rises like Cinderella—rescued, married, and given a chance to pursue her dreams. She ends up marrying a man who can never truly be her husband(because of his biological differences), while her heart belongs to another idealistic man who sacrifices everything for his dreams, then gives them up for her.
Ultimately, it’s her kindness and good deeds that earn her a pardon from her hidden identity, allowing her to live happily with the man she loves, fulfill her dreams as a woman legal advisor for the poor, reunite with her long-lost father, and finally have a complete family.
This is really good, love how this was done, overall gave a high ratings of 8.5/10 on plot, acting, editing and costume. It’s marketed as a Rom Com but the story definitely has lots of seriousness as it explored some societal taboos at that period. Some themes include:
unequal treatment to slaves, class system in those times of Korea, society expectation on women, gender diversity and challenging the norms of a traditional society, etc.
2024 was a year of emergence of strong female leads being seen on screen, saw it in both k drama and c drama.
The story in brief without much spoiler, but don’t read this if you intend to watch it:
The female lead (FL) begins life as a slave but, through a twist of fate, took a noble lady’s identity and rises like Cinderella—rescued, married, and given a chance to pursue her dreams. She ends up marrying a man who can never truly be her husband(because of his biological differences), while her heart belongs to another idealistic man who sacrifices everything for his dreams, then gives them up for her.
Ultimately, it’s her kindness and good deeds that earn her a pardon from her hidden identity, allowing her to live happily with the man she loves, fulfill her dreams as a woman legal advisor for the poor, reunite with her long-lost father, and finally have a complete family.
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