While watching this show only 1 question arises in my mind. How come tvN approved this script ?? There is no fun,…
"Neither it doing well internationally nor its giving high ratings to channel," this is patently false considering that ratings wise it has been going between 3-4% like most other dramas airing on the Monday-Tuesday bloc (https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Delightfully_Deceitful/Episode_Ratings). Also, not sure how you can claim that it's "not doing well internationally" when it has only been released on TVING and VIU, which mainly target Asian audiences.
But do people watch something purely based on its rating? How about ignoring them, watching a couple of minutes…
MDL's search engine has the option of filtering out content based on ratings so this does end up having an impact on whether an user watches or not a drama/film/entertainment show. This leads to the human factor - which I mentioned before - where users either down vote or up vote without any criteria or even having watched the show (something which is made noticeable in the comment section).
MDL needs to implement a system that prevents its users from manipulating the rating of shows that are still airing since it ultimately detracts people from actually watching and appreciating them. The current rating of 7.6 is unfairly low and makes no sense when you put into consideration the entertainment value as well as the cast of actors involved. Not to mention that in south Korea it has been doing ok ratings wise (3.7% on the latest episode).
I understand that it's easy to be duped into believing south Korea is a rosy society through watching k-dramas but any cursory glance at news from outlets like Korea Herald or Hankyoreh will provide you with countless articles on women being socially punished for expressing themselves or affirming to be feminists, a spy camera and revenge porn epidemic that is tolerated, a MRA movement that backs the current presidency which is doing everything to make women's lives harder, and the whole labour market that effectively exploits women's labour and casts them aside as soon as they get pregnant and automatically favours men when it comes social mobility.
Western countries have similar problems but the scale is much different, and it is abundantly clear that the extreme nature of this misogyny system is manifested by how people refer to the country as hell, and why south Korean women in general are refusing to have children.
Actually it would be great for there to be a historical drama where the leading female character is domineering and uses her power to punish the historically accurate portrayal of male nobility as abusively misogynistic and evil as it perfectly parallels current south Korean society.
the female lead acting reminds me of Shin Se Kyung
Good to know, she got back pain from carrying "Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung" and "Run On" on her shoulders (with assistance from Choi Soo Young in the latter one) so seems to me this is a good reason to watch this drama for Jeon So Nee.
Really wish currently airing dramas had more active moderators to filter out unnecessary comments like users here constantly bringing up the leading actress' age -- it's clearly a demonstration of misogyny and contributes to nothing.
A very low effort bait comment.
Western countries have similar problems but the scale is much different, and it is abundantly clear that the extreme nature of this misogyny system is manifested by how people refer to the country as hell, and why south Korean women in general are refusing to have children.