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Loved it loved it loved it. My favourite revenge book/ movie till now has been Count of Monte Cristo, where he plotted revenge for 20 years in the jail. An English movie with Henry Cavill as Monte Cristos son was masterfully done.
This drama now comes close second for me. Truly a literary, direction and acting masterpiece. What’s better was how the author chose to cast less well known actors. So not only this drama as great in highlighting social issues, but also in uplifting careers of well deserved actors such as Jung Sung Il. I wish all Korean dramas were like this.
A lot of people are loving Song Hye Kyo in this (I liked her too). But to me the true heroine was our badass white haired Author Kim Eun Sook. she wrote something straight from her heart. Wonderful.

Age is not gender is,,. It’s a problem if the woman is older for a lot of people. It’s that simple.

Yes in Bollywood all the heroines are mid twenties and all heroes are mid sixties and no one has a problem. A couple of years ago a movie came out called Ki and Ka where the heroine was just two years older and people went berserk.

Those people are mostly teenage girls who hate older women. You can see it all over TikTok and Instagram about how girls hate older women. They bitch and verbally abuse their moms, their mother in laws, their teachers. The only person they seem to care about is that super old defenceless 100 year old grandma in the nursing home. I really wish to understand this evil psychology that young women have.
The reason I am saying I want to understand is because when I was in my teens (I am in my mid to late thirties now) I too hated older women with a vengeance. What drives this I don’t know but this is a trend as old as time where young women absolutely hate older women. Thankfully this hatred gradually subsides by the time you are in your late twenties. Is it internalised misogyny who knows… 🤷‍♀️

I am not triggered. Why would I be. I am just saying that stereotype is a problem with media industry which limits an actors role. That’s why they do things to appear older. For example in clean with passion for now, Kim Yoo Jung had kissing scenes which she did to break away from her girl next door image. You will see it often with male and female actors who are first cast as teenagers since adult roles are where money is at. That’s why they try to break away from such roles. Daniel Radcliffe has said many times that being typecast as Harry Potter limited his future roles. I also remember Daniel Radcliffe came in a play called Equus which had very explicit scenes because he wanted to break away from the teen image. Unfortunately he has not been very successful. I was just talking about trends I have seen with actors.

Actors after choosing to play high schoolers purposely chose roles where they are adults and with older actresses. It expands their range and stops them for being stereotyped as playing only the teenager till they are too old and they phase out. One example is Darren Barnet from “never have I ever”. He is 30 now but has played a teenager so long that he gets no other role. Noah Centineo was smart and he cast himself against an older actress in the “Recruit” so that no one mistakes him for being a high schooler anymore.
Lee Do Hyun is also a very smart and intelligent actor who knows to have longevity in acting he needs to play older roles.

Yes because all that you said, Ha Do Young needs to do for the child that’s his. He needs to kill for her (which he did), heal her mother wound, and live for her. Raise her. Such a parent can never afford to be in an intense all consuming relationship. That would be irresponsible. So I laud the author for going where she did.

And I can tell you based on what I have seen. People who suffer mentally don’t want to live long because each and every moment is awful for them. And she would be unable to do anything drastic to herself either. If she attempts to commit sui@$e even then the jail authorities will stop her. So she is well and truly checkmated. She has no option but to suffer for decades in teh jail losing her looks her health everything

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 🤦‍♀️