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Did not know that. Thank you 🙏😊

Yes I agree on agendas and wealth. It’s so obvious. And people are also stuck in this “chakravyuh” (sorry I cannot think of a way to translate this word unfortunately) thinking. Also I guess I have watched a lot of court proceedings of other countries - UK, india, USA and sometimes the lawyers do address larger social issues to drive home a point to the jury. The best example I can think of is Matthew macoughney as a lawyer in time to kill, he tells the jury “imagine that the girl who was killed is white”. Another movie is Pink, where the lawyer address the judge by saying “no is a sentence in itself. “ I felt that the vegetable growing lawyer just lacked punch.

I felt something missing in episode 12. What I mean is that Korea is sitting on a demographic time bomb. It’s a tiny country of only 50 million people and it’s population is expected to drop to 36 million by 2070. This is literally a crisis in the making since this affects everything from society to economic stagnation, stagflation, recession etc. Korea has the LOWEST BIRTH RATE IN THE WORLD (imagine amongst 190 odd countries, source: The World Bank, 2020). If this continues, Korea as a country will lose 80 percent of its population by 2130 (according to mathematical simulations).
I don’t understand why this was not highlighted by anyone that this extreme way of penalising workers is making women have less children and it’s damaging. Also don’t jurists rule looking at the implications of a ruling on society also? Why did the rooftop vegetable growing lawyer did not address these issues during jury closing remarks. Just being idealistic without being smart is not helpful.
We see many episodes within this drama of single women (north Korea defector), woman being abused by husband ep 1 and lottery case, but the wider social implications are sometimes missing.
i am sorry if I continue to review everything through an economics or finance lens because thats what I am. However we analysts feel that none of the countries in crisis sitting on a time bomb actually are thinking of it and with this drama, you can see that.

I initially dropped it at ep 1 thinking this was a horrible drama. But I was wrong. This is one of my top romantic dramas. Non toxic hero, not too many scheming people. Overall a wonderful drama. Sometimes the same boring formula can be redone wonderfully to create magic.

Yes I agree, he has written to be very dim. And I liked what they showed in this episode.

Exactly. It’s a business decision and a lot of financial risk is undertaken by the production houses. These kind of shows generate the cash flows which then allow the production houses to have the creative and artistic freedom to sponsor amazing shows such as “dear my friends” (critically acclaimed but maybe not so commercial).

Why is it wrong to have a drama headlined by an actor known for being pretty? It’s a niche just like social dramas (dear my friends), and action dramas (all Lee Joong Gi dramas). People like to watch him. Where I stay in Asia pacific region, I have seen how popular he is. Wherever I went be it a parlour, or a gym or a cafe, I would find girls (South East Asian or South Asian) talk about true Beauty and how much they loved it because of him. That’s all everyone talked about all through Quarter 1 2021. Who are we to judge other peoples tastes and choices. If they like him they like him. That’s it.
Being liked is also a talent since it means that the drama production house will recover its costs if they cast actors who are liked. In these difficult times, return on investment is such a concern for margin squeezed production houses. COVID protocols, advance shooting dramas are affecting them. It’s important for everyone employed in a drama for it to do well. Do read up on what happened to Faith (2012) which bombed in Korea and the director had to commit suicide. People will only cast those they think will Help them recover costs.

Every single actor has a niche, also being a heartthrob is not bad in itself. A lot of it is perception. We like what we like. Sometimes the most popular actor may not be great at acting. We have an Indian actor called Salman Khan who is super popular but is really really really horrible an actor (I will probably get murdered for this statement but I stand by it that he is horrible). It’s that simple

I agree. Love is a give an take and love between two people who are unrelated is full of expectations unlike familial love which can be totally one sided. Her father loving her without expecting anything is very different from what a partner expects.
People really want love in return. Which is why with quadriplegic or paraplegic people, their partners stay with them and as their primary caregivers despite the extreme hard work day in day out, because they get the verbal love, the reinforcements and the emotional connection which they continue to have with their disabled partners. Emotional connection is so so so important
However people being imperfect people tend to do worse in relationships where they don’t receive any reinforcements or acknowledgements or emotional support. Which is why in this drama their love affair should have been shown to be more organic and it’s very insta love here and it detracts from this drama

It’s peoples expectations of male actors. People cast opinion polls in MDL on the hottest youngest “nations sister”, nothing to do with acting. But no male actors cannot be pretty. Why is it difficult to understand that young girls also like to see good looking men on screen. As someone in her mid thirties I am actually so glad opportunity exist for young girls to view the type of actors they want to see on screen due to the OTT platforms. When I was in my early teens I only had access to Bollywood heroes in their fifties, with big bellies (Govinda for instance) romancing younger girls in their twenties. I used to wait for ever for Hollywood movies to drop. While my guy pals always raved about the “newest, youngest, hottest” Bollywood babe. It’s so double standard really.

Cha Eun woo reminds me of Chris Evans when he was young (in his early twenties I mean). People would never look beyond his pretty face and awesome physique and totally dismiss him as an actor. But as Chris Evans has aged and his prettiness has reduced, he has given good performances. Cha Eun woo, I found did ok in the later half of rookie historian. I feel that since he is a idol, and has an “idollily loved by 100,000 girls” image to protect is unable to be too edgy or give his best. I do feel he is a good actor compared to some other good looking boys (they who shalt not be named nonetheless) 😊

More and more I suspect the inevitable is going to happen.

I am Bengali but have no connection to West Bengal in India or Bangladesh 😊.

Very true very true. Agree with you.

Nope 😊. I stay in Asia Pacific, but originally from a place very fast East India, very close to the Myanmar border. Bengali people have stayed for centuries in West Bengal, tripura, assam, Meghalaya (Indian states). In fact the Royal family of Tripura is Bengali. So the Bengali diaspora is not only from Bangladesh 😊.

Is my language they say “sneho nimnogami”, which means that love and affection flows downwards, and the child never loves the parents and sacrifices as much as the parent does, this is the natural way. But it’s sad is it not… 😔

I had a premonition two episodes back that he would be sad. He sacrificed his whole life for her, he has no friends, no money, no career and no family. So it must have felt like a sucker punch to him.

I don’t want to be judgemental here, in face I don’t ever do that. But for a mom to never want to even check in on the child she gave birth to… she did not even know what she looked like. she is a what she is and her behaviour appears to be consistent with how the author of this drama has portrayed so far and it maybe that there is no redemption.
Min woo’s character is quite real to me since I have met such colleagues in real life. Min Woo gives me such strong Deja Vu.

It’s a slow burn and non explicit because 1) she is married 2) both going through existential crisis. They don’t do anything inappropriate at all. Its a hard hitting drama not a feel good one, but a very good drama.

Watch lost, it’s a masterpiece. Extremely slow and at times unhappy though.