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I think it’s the worst since she will live for a long time to suffer. Others will pass sooner. So it’s literally death by a thousand cuts which is most satisfying

I really like her … hopefully this is a good drama for her

I think if done well this role is great for both the male leads… since the former is typecast as a comedic actor after Waikiki and he was unable to break out of that stereotype. So being an antagonist is a good chance for him to portray his range. Na in woo had a bad last year so this might be good for him too. My only thingy is I hope K Netz have not canceled PMY

He is the first lead. It’s based on a webtoon. He works together with Park Min Young against the male lead who is the villain. So both the male leads are in lead roles. Ones an antagonist ones a protagonist. So I am assuming both will get meaty roles

Did you see the comments on forbidden flower the Chinese drama was a whopping 26 year old age difference and the female lead only 20. The comments were super positive. The only difference was that the male lead was older 🤦‍♀️. People should get over themselves and their hypocrisy and double standards

Everyone loved when Kim Hye Soo played a mom but how dare a fifty year old woman play anything different … you forgot the most common stereotype of an older women. The evil stepmother or the devil mom in law.

But I stay in an Asia pacific country so unfortunately I occasionally do get to see these evil criminal grandpas on local shows.

Yupp since I don’t stay in India I am glad that I can blissfully avoid these criminal grandpas.

He literally used to beat her black and blue. Bollywood is as toxic as a VAT of sulphuric acid.

They get away with murder… remember Salman khan and his killing at least six people… they also got away with terrorism. This is petty crime.

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Half age ? 1/3 rd age. First they starred with women young enough to be their daughters but now they have graduated to starring with women young enough to be their granddaughters 🤦‍♀️

I am an avid reader of super heroine type books such as Sarah J Maas or RF Kuang (poppy war) who always feature extra powerful female with magical suerpowers which can banish kingdoms. It’s nice to read that.
But I also feel from a social perspective the reason why society is patriarchal is because women are considered physically weaker and smaller and ergo they are inferior to men. Which is why I was musing that what if a book author or a drama author wrote a female character who was actually physically smaller and weaker but nonetheless still worthy of thoughts of equality and social respect. And it’s hard to find these characters who embody feminine characters whilst still worthy of equality. I would consider Pachinko feminist since this was about a female who stood against prejudices in her own away. (I read the book did not watch the show so I don’t know what the show showed). But good to discuss this issue and understand how we have differing viewpoints 😊

I agree with you. However people perceive feminism to be anti male somehow despite shouting from the rooftops that feminism is not anti male.
However I don’t think this drama is feminist at all since heavily it uses the trope “not like other girls. “ she is not delicate or feminine, and all delicate and feminine characters are a bit manipulative. This drama is just “IS”. That’s all. A lighthearted breezy fun drama with a whacky oddball heroine and a cute non toxic male lead.

At least then not a jealous melodramatic nonsense of two women fighting over one loserish man please. Have had enough of those… in Bollywood (usually starring sixty year old Shahrukh with twenty year old heroines fighting over him 🤦‍♀️) and Korean dramas and Chinese dramas (cue concubines fighting).

Not really because this drama is an honest critique on Korean society. There are three instances of them showing very negative women prototype characters too
1) the stalker fan base of the male lead who are slut shaming the female lead and totally try to “killer her existence” socially
2) the opportunistic first girl friend of the male lead
3) the manipulative female lead in the last drama the male lead was with who sells him out
On the other hand the female lead is presented with a group of male friends / acquaintances including her colleagues and ex boyfriend who do support her. So there you go, this is a balanced drama. Not too sour not too sweet.
PS : this is no dystopian anti male drama such as the Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood, this is very much a cute romantic story

100 💯 agree to your points. However if the reverse were true where he was 20 and ill and she was 40 and old, people would have opposed vehemently.
I personally love marriage contract with UEE where she is 20 years younger and she is dying too and it’s my top 5 all time favourite dramas.
But what the other commentor and I are sharing is that people have a more open mind if the guy is older and vice versa the comments are vicious. You can check out crash course in romance comments to understand what I am talking about. Just read them once…
this is the dichotomy we are talking about. Both dramas airing simultaneously one 1) both leads are above 40 and age difference is around 10 very mean comments 2) lead one is 20 and one is 45 and the comments are largely respectful. The only difference is that the male is older and hence more socially acceptable and the second pairing where female lead is older is being met with derision and ridicule.

That’s because he is a guy. You should have read the vicious comments on crash course in romance even though they both are above 40, because the female lead was older. Here the age difference is 20 years even then no problem. Age is not an issue if the guy is older and that’s been the case for thousands of years now. Remember King Arthur and his young wife or Othello from Shakespeare or Mr Kneightly from Emma or Rhett Butler from gone with the wind. They are always 20 to 30 years older and people are ok with that. Personally I don’t like this pairing but I do like Mr Kneightley. I also did like the pairing of Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable. I like the old Hollywood classics where the male lead is much older. But in modern settings it’s a bit harder especially if the female lead is barely an adult.

I wish it was GL. The one that Kim Tae Ri was in was based on a book called fingersmith which was written in 2002. I was in high school then and remember how shocked I was when the girl love was exposed in the last quarter of the book. It was not so common then. I also remember then going back and reading most of Sarah Waters’ books. She and Margaret Atwood (Handmaid Tale) write awesome stuff.
Anyways I digress. I would love it if Han So Hee was obsessed with SHK and it’s a dark thriller. Just hoping. Both have done avant-garde edgy dramas off late so this would be awesome.

I agree there would probably be no happy ending. I just wish this drama ended with some message for example she died but successfully brought about a legislation in the area where the school was so that no new kids get bullied and the cycle of horror stops.