carla

only two episodes, but you can already see the potential. the comic line is excellent, and the mystery that surrounds the death of her parents promises to be interesting too. too bad the episodes aren't released all together.

Despite being used, as a Westerner, to sex scenes and nudity, I really appreciate the fact that there is no overexposure in Asian products. what I really can't tolerate is when it ends up absurd. the representation of completely idiotic women who blush because their boyfriend or husband looks at them. men who are still virgins at forty. in short, there is a substantial difference between delicacy and ridiculousness.

there is a beautiful scene in which the general speaks to her, telling her that there are many things she doesn't know. at that moment you expect a surprise ending, you think that in the end the real villain is someone else. instead it ends in a very obvious way and is the only negative aspect of a really well made drama.

the French original has remakes around the world. this one almost managed to be perhaps more interesting than the original. It's a shame they completely eliminated the lesbian character, who is absolutely central to the story. It's absurd that gay men are represented in such a ridiculous and caricatured way. Korea needs to make peace with homosexuality.

I've taken it again several times but I just can't move on. the characters are too ridiculous and sketchy, when he speaks in Italian I feel terribly embarrassed. mafia clichés are nauseating.

seeing married couples embarrassed because they are holding hands, barely kissing each other on the cheeks is truly absurd. the scene where they change in the car and he risks pneumonia by staying outside and not looking is borderline ridiculous. you can easily avoid nudity or sex scenes without necessarily being so dissociated from reality. It's the aspect that makes me most nervous about Chinese dramas.