A Bland Tasteless Beige
As avid drama watchers, I believe we are all used to watching certain themes, tropes and plot lines repeat themselves. Sometimes, they are just average, sometimes, they surprise us. This time, it disappointed.
When I first heard of this drama, I simply heard that the actors were cast together and a simple description of the plot. Perhaps, I went into this with better than average expectations, since I knew the actors had a wide range of acting skill, and the plot had interesting niche's that are popular with many societies, but still under represented - gaming, rock music, comics etc.
This drama took all those exciting opportunities and made the most boring bland show ever:
- the niche hobbies were thrown away and only appeared when needed to prove that ML was "different" and most of the show it wasn't a FL loves ML for his quirks, but 15/16 episodes it was FL "tolerates" ML's quirks. I thought it would be such a great opportunity to show girls too are interested in games and comics, but instead they made her so stereotypicaly boring, even though most bullied kids have a hobby to release their frustration.
- the bullying and family issues were useless and held no value. The family issue got solved in the last ep because two people saying something apparently made someone go 180 degrees in their entire personality? The bullying added no value, empathy or any sort of character growth. Usually these issues hold some learning experience, instead they just created unnecessary drama and waste of viewers time, one that could've explored their relationship dynamics more.
- the jokes and tropes were so stereotypical to the rich male, poor female theme, when they had SO many more to explore - gaming tropes, young bf older gf tropes....
This was so disappointing, because even though drama's like "Business Proposal" or "What's Wrong with Secretary Kim?" are a repetitive beige, they're a soft, warm, comforting beige that makes you feel nice inside. If it hadn't been beige, if it had actually delved into those under-represented niche's with lore and references we'd get, it could've held so much potential.
The acting was restricted to the boring and uninteresting characters the writers made, so even their talent couldn't outshine this mess. The music was forgetful, and the only salvaging moments were the 2nd couple. Overall, I regret starting this drama, and the last four episodes I had to watch 2x speed just to get through them.
When I first heard of this drama, I simply heard that the actors were cast together and a simple description of the plot. Perhaps, I went into this with better than average expectations, since I knew the actors had a wide range of acting skill, and the plot had interesting niche's that are popular with many societies, but still under represented - gaming, rock music, comics etc.
This drama took all those exciting opportunities and made the most boring bland show ever:
- the niche hobbies were thrown away and only appeared when needed to prove that ML was "different" and most of the show it wasn't a FL loves ML for his quirks, but 15/16 episodes it was FL "tolerates" ML's quirks. I thought it would be such a great opportunity to show girls too are interested in games and comics, but instead they made her so stereotypicaly boring, even though most bullied kids have a hobby to release their frustration.
- the bullying and family issues were useless and held no value. The family issue got solved in the last ep because two people saying something apparently made someone go 180 degrees in their entire personality? The bullying added no value, empathy or any sort of character growth. Usually these issues hold some learning experience, instead they just created unnecessary drama and waste of viewers time, one that could've explored their relationship dynamics more.
- the jokes and tropes were so stereotypical to the rich male, poor female theme, when they had SO many more to explore - gaming tropes, young bf older gf tropes....
This was so disappointing, because even though drama's like "Business Proposal" or "What's Wrong with Secretary Kim?" are a repetitive beige, they're a soft, warm, comforting beige that makes you feel nice inside. If it hadn't been beige, if it had actually delved into those under-represented niche's with lore and references we'd get, it could've held so much potential.
The acting was restricted to the boring and uninteresting characters the writers made, so even their talent couldn't outshine this mess. The music was forgetful, and the only salvaging moments were the 2nd couple. Overall, I regret starting this drama, and the last four episodes I had to watch 2x speed just to get through them.
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