This is silly and absurd (how they employ 5 municipal workers just to marry off one guy) but for some mysterious…
😂 😂 Wait until you grow up in a country steeped in Confucianism and you won't find it silly. At least Koreans these days have a choice but back then, being unmarried was a shame for the family and the village. They literally flog the parents or the ones who didn't want to get married - The village chief also received stiff fines. So yes it is silly to YOU.
Just suspend your disbelief - you are a foreign person watching a drama which was not created for you alone.
I find it strange that so far there is no information on the cost of production, I searched everywhere but I can…
Most of the budget in kdramas like 50 to 60 percent goes to the actors' salary. Total the possible actors' salary and times 2 would be a great ballpark figure.
I watched the first episode and it's like comedy political thing . Can't decide if it's worth My time cz It didn't…
It tries to have a little bit of everything that it seems the writers can't yet fully grasp what they wanted. The only thing related to the title so far is the Queen trying to coax his sons to be more aggressive and motivated in some scenes. Majority of the scenes had to do with the usual Confucian struggles to advance family prestige.
I am thinking of watching this drama, do tell me how is it ? well ratings and reviews are already saying that…
Like any sageuk, it is rooted in Confucianism interpreted for personal gains. Thus you see families pitting themselves against each other to advance their family prestige. So while the mother in this kdrama does things that Joseon noble families would have relegated to others, a huge chunk of the show also gives you the usual machinations common in sageuk - lies, deciet, torture etc. There's some romance on the side of the grand princes too.
TLDR The dark comedy tag probably comes from the irony and discrepancies found in series. The funniest thing in this kdrama are the court officials labeling actions as treasonous and recommending to resolve it with actual treasonous actions - and all the king does is glare 😂 The show was hinged on the lack of information sharing - a trope less used in kdramas compared to the worn out "misunderstanding" trope.
There's the usual antics rooted in Confucianism interpreted for personal gains. 1. power struggle to advance family prestige - another terrible result of 2. The old granny who truly believed that as the mother of the son of heaven, it was her mandate to select the next crown prince.
is the romance strong in this one? I tend to steer away from heavy romance
I actually prefer dramas where you know they'll end up being with each other but there's no cheesy lines, proposals or cringe moments. Like they just SHOW you they deserve to be together.
On that note, I stalled this on episode 2. I felt like the events were a bit ktraumatic.
I'd never look at my father the same after killing someone in front of me, man killing in historical drama is…
The complete disregard for human life in sageuk mirrors the Buddhist and shaman beliefs prevalent at the time - i.e. reincarnation. Coupled with Confucian tenets, they seriously believed that adherence to filial peity will ensure a good reincarnation and as long as they die doing their duty, any day was a good day to die.
First, it was the intro that piqued my curiosity. Then I saw the MV and thought it had to be from a movie. Reddit helped figure out which movie. I prefer this ending compared to the Apple of my eye 😅
😂 Everyone thinks her musings about the missing "dragon" in the men's room is funny until they realise that specific eunuchs in Korea had their "dragons" fully removed.
The captain, a certified overachieving know-it-all with a sad past. The lieutenant, a retired boxer and the oldest of the team but somehow the most amateurish and childish - another victim of over superstitious parents. The seargent, a former Olympic contender who can only suck up to his superiors hoping his hard work and familiarity will lead to a promotion. The only woman in the team, temperamental and proud of her social status as a member of the working class - looks at the elite and wealthy with pure disdain. The rookie of the team who may or may not be a chaebol heir and whose observations and comments are best left forgotten.
These are the characters of a "comedy" that tried so hard to elicit laughter through cheap slapstick, gag, dad jokes and overacting it looked like some of them were stoned half of the time. While there were some really laughter inducing moments, they were nothing to write home about.
While office rivalry and bullying were shown and discussed, that these were done in moderation is a breath of fresh air. As a foreign viewer living in a country that does not tolerate bullying and physical abuse and takes gender equality seriously, one can only endure so much of the toxic traits in Korean culture that people brush off as another kdrama plot and do nothing about.
So the family woes began when parents prostituted their daughter off to a wealthy family to recover for themselves their social status through marriage. As a member of Confuciusian society ever conscious of patriarchy, the husband could not bear it that his wife was better at managing the business - even his own father favored his wife. So he threw a tantrum and left the fold only to return with a young boy. He also found that his ex-wife has returned with a kid even though they have not conjugated. What could he do but turn her into his son's whipping girl. Being weak of constitution, the girl could only choose to go amnesiac while the boy chose to compartmentalize his memories thus going full DID. Add in a pinch of identity theft and presto.
The series is an exploration of what happens to the kids when adults make self-serving decisions. When the adults act like toddlers, the actual kids are the ones scarred.
I'm tired of detective tropes where the MC is a jerk and the police are idiots. Sidekick is a pushover it's tiring to watch.
Also the Japanese dramas like this really like pushing for "saving" criminals from unaliving themselves so they could face trial for a crime and be sentenced to death. Waste of taxpayers money and moot considering the notoriety of the Japanese legal system.
Just suspend your disbelief - you are a foreign person watching a drama which was not created for you alone.
I'll wait for when I have absolutely nothing else to watch.
The dark comedy tag probably comes from the irony and discrepancies found in series. The funniest thing in this kdrama are the court officials labeling actions as treasonous and recommending to resolve it with actual treasonous actions - and all the king does is glare 😂
The show was hinged on the lack of information sharing - a trope less used in kdramas compared to the worn out "misunderstanding" trope.
There's the usual antics rooted in Confucianism interpreted for personal gains.
1. power struggle to advance family prestige - another terrible result of
2. The old granny who truly believed that as the mother of the son of heaven, it was her mandate to select the next crown prince.
On that note, I stalled this on episode 2. I felt like the events were a bit ktraumatic.
I prefer this ending compared to the Apple of my eye 😅
The lieutenant, a retired boxer and the oldest of the team but somehow the most amateurish and childish - another victim of over superstitious parents.
The seargent, a former Olympic contender who can only suck up to his superiors hoping his hard work and familiarity will lead to a promotion.
The only woman in the team, temperamental and proud of her social status as a member of the working class - looks at the elite and wealthy with pure disdain.
The rookie of the team who may or may not be a chaebol heir and whose observations and comments are best left forgotten.
These are the characters of a "comedy" that tried so hard to elicit laughter through cheap slapstick, gag, dad jokes and overacting it looked like some of them were stoned half of the time. While there were some really laughter inducing moments, they were nothing to write home about.
While office rivalry and bullying were shown and discussed, that these were done in moderation is a breath of fresh air. As a foreign viewer living in a country that does not tolerate bullying and physical abuse and takes gender equality seriously, one can only endure so much of the toxic traits in Korean culture that people brush off as another kdrama plot and do nothing about.
Ktrauma - 20%
Kdrama - 80%
As a member of Confuciusian society ever conscious of patriarchy, the husband could not bear it that his wife was better at managing the business - even his own father favored his wife. So he threw a tantrum and left the fold only to return with a young boy. He also found that his ex-wife has returned with a kid even though they have not conjugated. What could he do but turn her into his son's whipping girl.
Being weak of constitution, the girl could only choose to go amnesiac while the boy chose to compartmentalize his memories thus going full DID. Add in a pinch of identity theft and presto.
The series is an exploration of what happens to the kids when adults make self-serving decisions. When the adults act like toddlers, the actual kids are the ones scarred.
Also the Japanese dramas like this really like pushing for "saving" criminals from unaliving themselves so they could face trial for a crime and be sentenced to death. Waste of taxpayers money and moot considering the notoriety of the Japanese legal system.
Dropped.