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To Tingle or Not to Tingle...
Me: Make Me Tingle did what a romcom should: entertained, brought laughter, gave butterflies, and finished with a dopamine hit of happiness and sweetness.
The Good:
• One couldn't ask for more charismatic leads. Nam Ji Hyun as Kong Yeon Su was relatable and admirable. Although the FL had lived a rigid life of rules, and her personality had been shaped by it, she had internal bravery to move outside those boundaries. She did it with gentleness but firmness. Kim Jae Yeong was the broody, self-sufficient ML, Dokgo Dal, whose narrow view of sex (physical only) was challenged by the FL (whose narrow view of sex had been shackled into views of compliance and duty).
• As much as I appreciated the FL's character arc from the suppressed, obedient daughter, I relished the ML's character's growth from repression to amusingly clingy.
• I laughed aloud at the table scene when the ML met the FL's family. The undercurrents were deliciously comical.
• The build-up for the Edvard Munch bit may have been too long, but I appreciated the payoff.
• The script felt fresh. It omitted many of the normal tropes. There were misunderstandings, but they weren't dragged on for an eternity and were plausible. Even the love triangle was handled well. The 2ML was likable and decent and acted the way a good friend should. Instead of going for cheap laughs (there were a few, I will admit, but not nearly as many as there could have been with a less capable writer and the topic of sex toys), the script was surprisingly thoughtful.
• There was no real villain or any dead bodies in the drama. No underhanded tricks in a struggle for corporate succession. How refreshing!
• It stuck the landing. I'm always edgy when it comes to the final episodes of a drama. Will it finish well? Will it finish at all? I hate those imagine-your-own-ending endings. This finished well.
The Bad:
• Once again, a drama presented child neglect and harshness as misguided love. I'm tired of this trope, as it doesn't ring true. What parent would allow his child to misunderstand him for 30 years without once showing some tenderness or care?
Warning: Gentle Viewers, this may not be the drama you want to introduce Nana to as her entry into K-dramas. Especially, at the beginning, the viewer felt the FL's embarrassment and discomfort when dealing with her sexuality and her introduction to sex toys. Having said that, nothing in the show was lurid or crude. Meaningful topics were discussed in a reasoned manner, with all sides presented. The drama was less about sex and more about making choices that are meaningful and authentic to one's life and having the courage to make them.
The Good:
• One couldn't ask for more charismatic leads. Nam Ji Hyun as Kong Yeon Su was relatable and admirable. Although the FL had lived a rigid life of rules, and her personality had been shaped by it, she had internal bravery to move outside those boundaries. She did it with gentleness but firmness. Kim Jae Yeong was the broody, self-sufficient ML, Dokgo Dal, whose narrow view of sex (physical only) was challenged by the FL (whose narrow view of sex had been shackled into views of compliance and duty).
• As much as I appreciated the FL's character arc from the suppressed, obedient daughter, I relished the ML's character's growth from repression to amusingly clingy.
• I laughed aloud at the table scene when the ML met the FL's family. The undercurrents were deliciously comical.
• The build-up for the Edvard Munch bit may have been too long, but I appreciated the payoff.
• The script felt fresh. It omitted many of the normal tropes. There were misunderstandings, but they weren't dragged on for an eternity and were plausible. Even the love triangle was handled well. The 2ML was likable and decent and acted the way a good friend should. Instead of going for cheap laughs (there were a few, I will admit, but not nearly as many as there could have been with a less capable writer and the topic of sex toys), the script was surprisingly thoughtful.
• There was no real villain or any dead bodies in the drama. No underhanded tricks in a struggle for corporate succession. How refreshing!
• It stuck the landing. I'm always edgy when it comes to the final episodes of a drama. Will it finish well? Will it finish at all? I hate those imagine-your-own-ending endings. This finished well.
The Bad:
• Once again, a drama presented child neglect and harshness as misguided love. I'm tired of this trope, as it doesn't ring true. What parent would allow his child to misunderstand him for 30 years without once showing some tenderness or care?
Warning: Gentle Viewers, this may not be the drama you want to introduce Nana to as her entry into K-dramas. Especially, at the beginning, the viewer felt the FL's embarrassment and discomfort when dealing with her sexuality and her introduction to sex toys. Having said that, nothing in the show was lurid or crude. Meaningful topics were discussed in a reasoned manner, with all sides presented. The drama was less about sex and more about making choices that are meaningful and authentic to one's life and having the courage to make them.
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