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Cliff Hanger for Eternity
I really enjoyed this drama even on the second watch. I just with they had been able to tie up everything that was left wide open at the end.
It was refreshing to see a drama that made you think while watching it, keeping you entangled in each sub-story - and to deal with difficult issues surrounding mental health and society’s attitudes toward people who suffer from the ailments as well as neurodivergent peoples. Many of the cases were not given adequate time to fully explain their complexities, let alone how long some of those would take to bring someone to the place of functionality again.
Yang Zi and Jing Moran were very wel cast in their roles and played them extremely well. Their chemistry was quite believable and played well into the school crush backstory.
For a change, there wasn’t much of the hysterical crying or overly controlling parent trying to nanipulate either of the leads nor the second leads.
It was a treat to hear Yang Zi sing one of the songs and the OST was truly beautiful.
I sometimes notice odd things in the set or costumes in dramas, and noticed the couch originally purchased for the practice the FL opened started out as orange leather and in later episodes change to either grey or blue fabric.
There were a few misconceptions regarding Bipolar disorder, but there was one thing said that stood out from the mother of the 2ML. She said something along the lines of not everyone needs to be fixed. And this is true. Neurodivergency is not a disease, nor should anyone be debased or institutionalized (basing this on her diagnosis) because they see and feel things differently than everyone else.
Overall, this was a very good drama. I just wish they’d been able to complete the storyline.
It was refreshing to see a drama that made you think while watching it, keeping you entangled in each sub-story - and to deal with difficult issues surrounding mental health and society’s attitudes toward people who suffer from the ailments as well as neurodivergent peoples. Many of the cases were not given adequate time to fully explain their complexities, let alone how long some of those would take to bring someone to the place of functionality again.
Yang Zi and Jing Moran were very wel cast in their roles and played them extremely well. Their chemistry was quite believable and played well into the school crush backstory.
For a change, there wasn’t much of the hysterical crying or overly controlling parent trying to nanipulate either of the leads nor the second leads.
It was a treat to hear Yang Zi sing one of the songs and the OST was truly beautiful.
I sometimes notice odd things in the set or costumes in dramas, and noticed the couch originally purchased for the practice the FL opened started out as orange leather and in later episodes change to either grey or blue fabric.
There were a few misconceptions regarding Bipolar disorder, but there was one thing said that stood out from the mother of the 2ML. She said something along the lines of not everyone needs to be fixed. And this is true. Neurodivergency is not a disease, nor should anyone be debased or institutionalized (basing this on her diagnosis) because they see and feel things differently than everyone else.
Overall, this was a very good drama. I just wish they’d been able to complete the storyline.
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