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Very Flawed

It’s a shame; the story could have been nice if it weren’t for the many flaws it has.
Even if it was a web novel adaptation- a drama is a different format, some events that may look fine in the web novel will look out of place in the drama format. were there even screenwriters? its their job to adjust things to fit the drama format.
and Even though it’s a fantasy, it should still make sense and be coherent.

Let me mention the flaws or annoyances i noticed:
- The show is called The Tyrant’s Chef, they shouldve shown some acts of tyranny at the beginning to introduce him.
- after some denial FL realised she is actually in joseon (ep1) but she kept denying it later on
- Queen Dowager's grey gache (wig): seriously? without being too strict on historical accuracy because she wouldnt wear it - especially not at all times... there were only black ones because they symbolized youth among other things, why would she wear grey? to look even older?
- why did they force facial hair on kitchen men? it looked so fake on some of them
- i felt kinda disoriented seeing some actors i'd seen before doing very similar and memorable roles: Park Joon Myun as a court lady in "under the queens umbrella", and Jung Kyu Soo in "the face reader".
- even though FL was in joseon she kept using french and english words until the end when explaining dishes, i felt she was talking to us the viewers not her listeners.
- some cheesy romance and the generic falling together thing.
woahhh episode 9 was a big downgrade
- even after FL was proven innocent the prince mother kept stalling and doubting her risking her son's life - FL made a magical dish- with just a spoon the king felt energy flowing and the dying prince was back to life.
- i did like the reaction to the good FL dishes and found them funny when they showed them once in a while, but they showed them TOO much in the ming competition that i didnt like them anymore.
- right when things feel peaceful what do historical dramas use to make you anxious? poison ✔️ (generic)
- in episode 11 the king's grandma regained her LONG lost sanity after eating a chocolate 😂 LOL
- In episode 12, the FL was being defended beside the king, and then, out of nowhere, she was on his uncle’s horse on the other side🤷🏼‍♂️
- FL side of love was rushed at the end.
- the way she talked to the king was inconsistent, sometimes so bold and sometimes too shy even in similar situations.
- since she knew the history she could've told him about people plotting against him but she never did.
- an explanation on how the king time traveled is missing.

The acting in general was excellent, FL was alright but sometimes not convincing, the ML was amazing 👏🏼

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