Michelle Topham

I despise everything about the woke culture (and I"m a former decades-long left-winger but not anymore, as the "woke" have destroyed anything good about being left-wing). They also tend to be the most racist, bigoted and homophobic people, while screaming "RACIST, BIGOT or HOMOPHOBE" at everyone who doesn't agree with their narrow, hate-filled look at the world.

Look at how they treat black people who are Conservative -- all of a sudden they are called "white supremacists" (not sure how that works?) and "Uncle Tom" because the black person disagrees with the insanity of the left-wing.

Sad to see what the left-wing have become but I have zero interest in being part of it anymore.

Really looking forward to seeing what happens when she eventually finds out. He really is a vile person -- lazy, a liar and has zero respect for his wife.

And yep, you are correct about blocking the Arab spammers. Then they are just bitching to themeselves. Off to do that now :)

I think we will get much more about the missing mother sub-plot as that is not only important to Gu Won, but has obviously helped create who he is. I'm also looking forward to him annihilating the sister, as she is an absolute cow :)

And sure, the business related stuff isn't completely accurate, but it's a rom com so I don't expect it to be. Besides, have you watched any of the top American rom coms? Most of them wouldn't know "authentic" if it slapped them in the ass. :)

Sorry, I just realized, I'm responding to someone who set up an account TODAY just to complain about King the Land. Go away. I have better things to do with my time.

It's funny to me because I have ZERO tolerance for people who get "offended" because ONE CHARACTER in a drama isn't written the way THEY think it should be written.

So then we get the fake "outrage" for days, until they get "offended" about something else and move onto that.

Besides, the view held by hundreds of millions of people around the world nowadays is that Arabs are suicide bombers who go around blowing other people up because THAT is how Arabs are usually portrayed in western films/TV shows.

Would you prefer THAT characterization of your culture, or one in which an Arab prince is funny, sweet, really nice to the woman he likes, and a genuinely nice person?

We could do with a decent kiss in a Korean BL drama. So tired of the dead fish lips :) Maybe we should start a Jun Ho petition -- hahahaha.

So you don't like that the Arab prince was portrayed as funny, sweet, kind to women and a truly nice person? Wow, you must really want the world to hate Arabs.

There aren't any problematic scenes. Just a few Arabs "upset" that an Arab prince drinks alcohol and likes girls. And btw, the Arab prince character is fabulous -- really funny, great banter, and a genuinely nice guy.

It's one of the best dramas this year so far. Definitely watch it -- chemistry between the two leads is fabulous, the humor is genuinely funny and every show whizzes by so fast it's that enjoyable.

Yep. All the latest people "offended" are doing are causing even more people to watch the drama to see what all the fuss is about. Google 'The Streisand Effect'. Drama companies LOVE it when people are "offended" as it guarantees the success of a show :)

It's one of the most popular K-dramas Netflix has ever had, and what's even funnier it's in the Top 10 in almost every Middle Eastern country. :)

Different drama, different set of people "offended" today. Don't worry, they'll be "offended" about something else next week. :)

The banter was fabulous, wasn't it? Especially in that last scene when Samir was leaving. You could tell deep down that not only the characters actually liked each other, but the actors did too.

Loving this drama more and more. Episodes 7 and 8 were hilarious, and the actor who played Samir was fabulous, especially in the scenes where he was bantering with Gu Won. Excellent drama, very well-written, truly funny and the chemistry between Jun Ho and Yoon Ah is off the charts.

"An arab would never know Korean" -- stereotype much. Plenty of Arabs speak Korean -- South Korea is one of the world's most important economies, and does a massive amount of business with Middle Eastern countries. Sorry, but that is an extremely ignorant comment.

That's why they had him do the 'coat flip' as he walked away :) Very funny homage to his past historical drama :)

It's because he's an actual actor unlike a lot of the random foreigners K-drama production teams rope into being in dramas. It's the same all over Asia -- I was once offered a tiny role in a Thai TV series when I lived in Bangkok simply because I'm American : ) -- production teams are constantly on the look out for 'foreigners' for small roles in movies/TV series, and it is surprisingly difficult to find them, as few professional western actors choose to live in Asia.

He's Indian, but has lived in Korea for over a decade. Went to university in Seoul as a Drama major -- learnt to speak fluent Korean in a couple of years, has been speaking it fluently for over a decade -- so that's why he sounds Korean :)

Agreed though -- he's funny, acts very well. He was also superb in Squid Game.

What you say is absolutely correct.

I worked at one of the Top 3 global accounting firms in Bangkok for a couple of years (I was a corporate trainer not an accountant, but trained everyone from first year accountants to the partners of the company), and what you say about formality is the same there too.

The correct term of address must be used at all times, along with the appropriate respect paid, and not one Thai would ever not adhere to it.

All over Asia, (I lived in Asia for 15 years, and will be moving back there soon : ) formality and "respect" is incredibly important as there is strict hierarchy within just about every business that must be adhered to or the lower level employee will reap the consequences.

In the large multi-national corporations like the one where I worked, that hierarchy is even stricter.

Even in tiny mom and pop businesses though, it is made obvious from the minute a new employee starts work who is in charge and how they must be treated. In Thailand, Thais are used to it and, I would guess from conversations with Thai friends, usually prefer it to the western way which they find "disrespectful".

Sure, they might not agree with everything a senior tells them to do, but they also know if they work hard and confer the appropriate respect, they will eventually be in that position and it will be their turn to be "respected". :)

From my travels throughout Asia, I would guess that is pretty consistent around the region.

Personally, I preferred it as well. As the enormous lack of respect shown by so many westerners towards other people nowadays has been extremely detrimental to western society, IMO.

I'm guessing it's only available on Prime in Asia, as I'm in Austria and it's not available here either, which means it's probably not available anywhere in Europe on Prime.