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I totally agree about the romance here. Which is why I have put this drama on hold. Since she loves whales and is a lawyer, I thought her arc would be very heroic where she will become a spokesperson or champion of environmental causes or neurodivergent people. Basically I wanted something really big (someone like Greta Thunberg for example) but it’s regressing to a romantic story and I lost interest in the plot. This girl has so much potential so much talent so much intelligence… so maybe I wanted her to be a hero.

Don’t go by MDL comments as long as drama ratings are between 7.5 to 8.5. Unusually these dramas are polarising some like some don’t. Usually dramas below 7 are bad. If you like it go ahead. It’s on Netflix so if you have Netflix access is easy 😊

Both and for both I think the actress and her character is not so bad in my humble opinion. I am liking this drama (Cafe Minam) so far.

Oh Yes of course. But Oh Yeon Seo is not bad. She is decent.

She softens up. But to be honest she is a cop, and well they deal with criminals day in day out. So they do become more abrupt. I know people are not liking it but then I felt that her portrayal is consistent with her character profile and it’s circumstances within the drama. If you watch Signal with Kim Hye Soo, she was also rude in the first few episodes.

Where where where to watch this.

Its only after he is 22 I presume when he shares that he likes her. But for her to eventually accept him is another 3 or 4 years at least. I don’t find anything problematic with the content. In all fairness though I think the main reason people don’t like it because of the way the drama production house marketed it as a “scandal” or a “taboo” romance. I think that was a very wrong move on their part. The drama actors, writers or director I am sure had no such intention. But I think the production houses get the final say and they are the ones who messed the “positioning of the drama”

While I wait I will watch the other Indiana Jones / fantasy drama of Xu Kai that’s airing. It looks quite promising too. I don’t have many dramas to watch this year after FLAW (which I loved. I know I am weird). I enjoy attorney woo, but I don’t die of tension when I watch it and I love tension. Example will Joe Keeery live or die in stranger things. I feel this drama (perfect husband) may take us though a roller coaster (will they or will they not be together in the end). I love high stakes romance or sci fi. Maybe this is why so many people want to watch this drama along with the Yang Mi and the Xu Kai factor.

What I meant was the the character has been crafted by the drama writer and director to appear suspicious to the female lead. Of course we know what’s happening

Exactly right. She is a cop and she should be tough and loud too. Especially if there are corrupt and powerful criminals around. Also once she starts believing him, she does soften up. What people don’t realise is that the male lead’s body language looks suspicious. He does not exactly give a “trust me” vibe.

Exactly right. She is a cop and is used to dealing with rough criminals. In hwayugi people downvoted her saying her was too non aggressive imagine. Basically since she is not super pretty (like Soo Ye Ji), or not super young she gets panned. I like her a lot. Also this is supposed to be a tongue in cheek drama anyways. Also you can see her softening her stance once she starts believing in him.

Yes in usual MDL fashion where they will downvote drama if the female lead is older, or has a very aggressive character within the drama.
Only pretty young women or actresses with extreme good acting prowess (Park Eun Bin) get good reviews. I am sure even Park Eun Bin despite being such an amazing actress will get downvoted once she is 35.

Why don’t you watch Indian movies then. Women will have a screen time of less then 10 percent. Are only used as objects and are shown being mistreated by people. The masterpiece is Kabir Singh. Maybe you are in the wrong drama provenance country. Also best part 60 year old men romancing underage women or women at most in their early twenties.

It is my jam too. For far I am not super happy with the other similar romances which have aired this year.

This I totally agree with 100 💯. I have the same problem with attorney woo. She has been presented as this fluffy purple unicorn with zero flaws and dearest heavenly goddess (Attorney Woo not Oh Soo Jae) that people fall in love with. It does disservice to the larger neurodivergent community. It’s also flawed story telling from a technical point where you only have one god like character. Both oh Soo Jae and attorney woo are literally idolising the main character and it’s just too much.
You are an Indian I believe right? This is why I moved away from Bollywood since I am tired of larger than life Salman and Sharukh Khanisms. This is why stranger things is so iconic. Trust me on this people will remember stranger things even 15 years from now and dramas like this and movies which only focus on one character will never stand the test of time.

I think a love interest is important. Since that person who is in love with the female lead is the only beacon of hope for an otherwise extremely gloomy life. If people believe that only men can romance younger women then that’s a different conversation piece that I don’t want to get into. This character needs to be in love with Oh Soo Jae since it makes sense for her character arc to have one Anchor Point in her life. But the guy does not make sense. Even in the scenes where she is not around I still found him with zero personality. I did like him in tales of nokdu though.

Don’t forget hitler committed suicide after killing more than 5 million people. All “human monsters” are cowards. Also to clarify I am not at all talking about people suffering from mental health Illnesses or other social problems who do decide to end life that way. It’s a terrible loss to tthe world when they do so. And they are never never cowards. This is just a specific comment about this really monstrous character in this drama.

That’s because I think a lot of people especially non asians do not understand why children continue to bow down to their parents. The heavy expectations put forth by parents and children having no choice. I actually do know a friend whose mom is just like SITR. It was not even that the guy was younger, it’s just that it was a boy that the girl chose to marry. She threatened suicide so many times. She finally gave in after 10 years that too reluctantly.

Yes I agree. But I fail to understand “why him” the male lead in this drama. He is terrible as an actor, nice looking but not drop dead gorgeous. Even more good looking actors can act unlike him where he seems to just recite lines.

I have loved her since temperature of love and another miss on. In temperature of love she played the listless person with a existential crisis amazingly well. In miss oh, there is a scene where she fights with her mom and I did get super emotional in that scene. It was so well acted.