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They were there because Kluen was an idiot who learned social interaction from dramas and thought this shit was romantic 🤣
Seriously, though, P'New wanted them to do "baby kisses". I remember Dunk saying in one interview that Joong is a good kisser, but P'New held them back. P'Tee, on the other hand, told them to go for it. And went for it they did.

Just look at the kissing scenes and you'll see the difference 🤣
You're right, Dunk seems more confident and sassy irl than his characters. Maybe they should let him play someone like that. Sassy binch and lovestruck himbo, that would suit them well.

You have a point, but I think GMM doesn't have that many shows with socially awkward characters. As long as Joong gets to play reserved characters, it sorta works, but if they tried to cast him as, for example, a soul-of-the-party, that would be a disaster.
They're both young, it's only their second series together, so who knows, maybe in time they'll improve, or find a director who can work around them. HA already has a different style than SIMM, so it seems like GMM is trying to find them a niche.

I think if they haven't said anything it's gonna stay at 10 eps.

In Dunk's defence, Zo is supposed to be awkward and dorky, so I don't mind his acting. I think he fits the role. I know that in shows and movies when people get a makeover, they're supposed to completely change their personalities (a shy girl suddenly becomes a super-confident sexbomb, etc.) but in real life, it doesn't work like that. Zo spent all of his life as an awkward nerd. Of course he's gonna be anxious and self-conscious when Joke puts him in new clothes and people suddenly start looking at him.
I'm not saying Dunk is a great actor. Some of his scenes seemed odd to me, but eh, real people also seem odd sometimes, so whatever. I just enjoy seeing Actually Awkward character on screen.
The same goes for Joong, actually. Not everyone is terribly expressive with their faces, if the emotions feel real, what does it matter if he doesn't make the same expression as every other actor?

I'll be honest, I only became their fan after watching "everyone being done with JoongDunk".

It feels differently when you crush on someone from afar vs. when you get close to them, even if it didn't start as romantic. I can see how Zo would be more relaxed, and therefore bold around Joke.

It seems like an easy and undemanding show, you can watch it weekly without worrying that it will leave you biting your nails until the next ep.

After the cringe and annoyance of the first two episodes, it turned out to be one of the best shows that I've seen recently. I loved almost everything about it.
But I do feel a bit sorry for Tony. He seemed like someone who'd give his all to the relationship, but they paired him with Kat who is not interested in relationships, so I feel like it's not going to work between them.
Also, personally I see the other future as an alternative universe, not just something that got erased as Alex went back to fix his mistakes.

I'm two episodes in and like it so far, but I'm frustrated at the main character. He acts like it's the day after party and can't seem to comprehend that ten years have passed and things have changed. You can't just approach people you potentially haven't spoken to in years and ask if you had sex ten years ago 🤦‍♀️ On the other hand, if you have to ask someone for help, how about the guy who has the keycard to your condo?

To me the series feels like one of the worst disappointments in my BL-watching career.
It started off great. I didn't mind the slow pace, I felt it was good, mature series, even if Pat's character was childish and annoying. I felt that Pat and Jeng's relationship was moving in a nice, realistic way.
But somewhere along ep 8 it started losing steam. The amount of staring scenes was getting to me, and I switched to youtube just so I could skip them. Epsiodes 10 and 11 felt like there was both too much happening, with no proper time to sink in, and there were too many pointless/prolonged moments that just slowed the whole thing down. It was really weird and I thought about dropping the show, but I was so far into it, I thought I could just get it done and over with. Episode 12 picked up, even despite the idiotic 2-years skip, during which somehow neither of them moved on 🙄. I'm really fed up with this trope in dramas and I wish directors would put it to rest. But the episode was cute and fluffy and the actors had really good chemistry, so I liked it more than the previous few.
As for the characters, Pat annoyed me. I get that he was meant to be childish and emotional, but I feel it was overdone. I liked Jeng. JaabJane bored me to tears, and AeKhanun seemed toxic, but hey, if he likes being a doormat, who am I to judge? Not surprisingly, my favorite characters were the old Lovely Writer cast. Bruce as Chot was a delight to watch. Usually in those types of dramas gay people are okay as long as they "appear straight" (or "are not gay except for him" 🙄), so seeing a proper queen was refreshing. And Up as Put was hands down, my favorite character. Put was completely different than Gene: self-obsessed, uncaring, even toxic at times. But I liked that he got a chance to redeem himself in the last ep, I feel like this was the only justification for this stupid time skip (Pat and Jeng's problems could be resolved after a month, but Put needed some time for self reflection).

I know the feeling 😂

Something in my Room was ok, but you have to watch the uncut version, as the cut one is a mess. They really removed a lot of important stuff from it.

Up was really good in Step by Step. Completely different character than Gene, but I was genuinely impressed by his acting. The first 6-7 ep of SbS were brilliant, even though slow burn. It just goes downhill from there and I spoiled myself the ending so I don't expect it to pick up X'D

I'm halfway through that show and while it started off great, now it's getting worse with each ep. Oh well, at least Lovely Writer is still one of my favorites 🤷

Not worth it, imho. It mentions some difficult topics, but doesn't offer any resolution, most side plots just fade away. And the romance isn't that great either, Force and Book may be great friends, but they have as much romantic chemistry as a glass of water. And the ending actually has a similar vibe to Cutie Pie.

This show should get some reward for the most "close your eyes and think of paycheck" NC scene in history. It was even more awkward than EarthMix in Moonlight Chicken.
I think it's useless to push actors to do things they're not comfortable with. If they're uncomfortable, we're uncomfortable, and that's not the point. Plus, some of the best and most beloved shows had nothing more than kisses and no one complained.
Not saying A Boss and a Babe could be one of the best shows, the writing was still terrible, but the NC scenes made it even worse imho.

I think uncut episodes are also on GagaOOLala. They're over 1h 10min long.

I barely paid any attention to this series, but then I watched behind the scenes.
1. It's directed by the same guy who made Lovely Writer and Step by Step.
2. They mentioned discussing social issues.
3. Joong said their roles are more mature than the ones they've done before.
Now I'm intrigued!

Representative Kim and the Department Head should be a side couple. They had such great chemistry in ep 1, but it didn't go anywhere, I feel robbed.