"In order to chase after her dreams, Qiao Na aborts her own baby" Seriously?
It's a common trope, I also saw it in a couple of kdramas I watched, which I would say were good (and had nice reviews on this website). Now, if they would just release the drama and actually let us see the implementation... or at least tell us that it is delayed or won't air.
Damn this drama is full of toxic relationships…lol
Well, to be honest we have yet to see the drama, so I would wait to see it (if it will ever be released) before making a definitive assertion, the abortion trope is certainly not new, and toxic initial relationship are pretty much the premise of any romance/melo... the assumption is that they will then converge towards healing and love. With Divorce Lawyers it was certainly the case, and the writer is the same (though I must say that in that drama, like in Forecasting Love and Weather, Suspicious Partners, Fighting for My Way, I didn't like how some undeserving second leads/second characters actually got a happy ending, with the victim (be it first or second lead or secondary character, behaving as if they had no self worth, dignity and self respect... hopefully characterization and writing wise those defects won't appear in this drama, if it is ever released). Regrading the release of the drama, I would have appreciated a "we are not going to air this" or "we will be late" (due to scandals or Covid?).
imagine Angelababy picking a good drama for god sake
Same writer as "Divorce Lawyers"... now, if they could just release it. From Wei Xiubo's wiki page I see that the status is "TBA", but we don't know anything more. Wondering if it's a delay because of the scandals or Covid, I would certainly appreciate if they would release some official communication, but I couldn't find anything of the sort.
Is this even airing anymore? The trailer came out in 2018...
Three years later, no official news, but my sense would be "no". Not sure whether it's tied to Xiubo's scandals or to Covid. My guess would be on the former, given the timing, plus from his Wikipedia page I see that they say that allegedly the scandal delayed the release of a movie he was acting in... of course, to know for sure we would need to have some official communication regarding this drama's status, which I was unable to find anywhere... again, from Xiubo's wiki I see that the status of his latest movies/dramas is "TBA", which is guess means "To Be Aired", so basically no new information.
I mean, technically speaking, maybe if someone procreates at the age of 20, which I don't think is a common occurrence nowadays. People living longer and "adult life" spanning a much larger time period, and all that. Does such a dismissal make sense? Consider "Lust, Caution" where Tang Wei and Tony Leoung had a 20 years age gap, or the kdrama "Secret Love Affair" where Kim Hee-ae is also 20 years older than Yoo Ah-in. In both cases, given the reviews those works received on this site, I would say that missing out on those works due to such an irrational hang up would have been just plain idiotic. Of course, more than a couple of years have passed and *this* drama has still to materialize, which is the real issue here.
Also, consider that they are both adults and it's certainly not outside the realm of possibility. There are real life relationships with similar or even much larger age gaps... I mean, George Clooney and his wife? 17 years. Ellen and Portia? 15 years. Heidy Klum is 22 years older than her husband. Michael Douglas is 25 years older than his wife Catherine Zeta Jones. The actress Sarah Paulson and her wife Holland Taylor? 31 years. Patrick Stewart and his wife? 38 years. Relationships lasting years or even decades with age gaps in every directions. And these are certainly not the only ones (we could continue, from Stallone to Statham, from Sean Penn to Richard Gere), nor the ones with the larges age gaps. This is simply reality, sometimes I wonder what rock people have been living under. There is an actual reality out there where were people fall in love without conforming any rando's prejudiced views. As the above mentioned products demonstrated, an age gap is perfectly compatible with great chemistry between the leads and a great product: what counts is the actors' skills. "Secret Love Affair"'s female lead might have been 20 years older than the male lead, but their relationship in the drama was absolutely believable.
I usually don't have a problem with age gaps but Wu Xiu Bo looks old enough to be Angelababy's father.
I mean, if "Lust, Caution" or "Secret Love Affair" are not clear demonstration that this whole hangup about age gaps is just ludicrously immature and stupid, I don't know what else could convince people. Then again, if someone misses out on those works for such a reason, they are only doing a disservice to themselves. I have already commented on this above, however, given we are talking about adults (so this whole thing seems immature, ageist, superficial, prejudiced, judgmental, patronizing, infantilizing), it's hard to see how it would be anyone's business.
It's certainly not outside of the realm of possibility, such things do happen, there are real life relationships with similar or even larger -in some cases much larger- age gaps... Between George Clooney and his wife? 17 years. Ellen and Portia? 15 years. Heidy Klum is 22 years older than her husband. Michael Douglas is 25 years older than his wife Catherine Zeta Jones. The actress Sarah Paulson and her wife Holland Taylor? 31 years. Patrick Stewart and his wife? 38 years. They are not alone (Penn? Gere? Stallone? Statham?) and these are not even the largest gaps. From this brief list we have long term relationship lasting for years if not decades, with age gaps in every direction.
Sometimes I get the feeling that people live under a rock or in a cave, but in actual reality, people do fall in love without conforming to any random person's prejudiced views. Again, as the products above demonstrated, an age gap is perfectly compatible with great chemistry between the leads and a great product. It's all about the actors' performance. In "Secret Love Affair" I could completely buy the attraction between the leads, despite the female lead being two decades older than the male lead.
Preemptively excluding from consideration a potentially good drama over an irrational hang up seems to me just stupid, basically shooting yourself in the foot. Again, look up on this site reviews for "Lust, Caution" where Tang Wei and Tony Leoung had a 20 years age gap, or the kdrama "Secret Love Affair" where Kim Hee-ae is also 20 years older than Yoo Ah-in. Both cases where the leads had amazing chemistry, and the movie/kdrama was very, very good. It would have been a shame to miss out on them. The problem, if anything, is that three years later we are still waiting for this drama.
I mean, consider the rating of "Lust, Caution" or "Secret Love Affair" on this site, both of which have 20 year age gaps between the leads and both of which sport incredible chemistry and are all around top notch products. Consider whether it would be worth to miss out on the for such an irrational and stupid hang up. To me, they are material, concrete demonstrations of how immature and irrational this hang up about age gaps really is -then again, people missing out on those works for this reason are only hurting themselves-.
To state the obvious, but at a basic level, they are all adults, so it's not really anyone's business (sounds pretty ageist/superficial). Missing out on a good drama due to such an irrational hang up sounds exceedingly immature to me (on top of being judgmental, and patronizing/infantilizing). Again, in the context of a reality based assessment, consider that the situation is certainly not outside the realm of possibility: such things do happen, there are real life relationships even with similar or even larger -in some cases much larger- age gaps... I mean, George Clooney and his wife? 17 years. Ellen and Portia? 15 years. Heidy Klum is 22 years older than her husband. Michael Douglas is 25 years older than his wife Catherine Zeta Jones. The actress Sarah Paulson and her wife Holland Taylor? 31 years. Patrick Stewart and his wife? 38 years. Certainly not the only age gaps (Stallone? Statham? Richard Gere? Sean Penn?), and certainly not the largest, but as you can see from this brief list we have long term relationship between people that have been together for years or even decades, with age gaps in every direction.
I mean, sometimes I get the feeling that people live under a rock or in a cave, but there is a reality outside their little mental box, where people fall in love without conforming to any random hick's prejudiced views. As the above mentioned products demonstrated, an age gap does not exclude the possibility of great chemistry between the actors and a great product. In "Secret Love Affair", I could very well buy into the leads' relationship, despite her being 20 years older than him. It's all about the actors' skills (and Xiubo, setting aside his scandals, is certainly a good actor; not sure about the female lead as I have never watched anything from her, but she would certainly deserve the benefit of the doubt if they finally got around to actually releasing this drama, plus the writer is the same as Divorce Lawyers, which was an enjoyable drama). I think you might be doing yourself a disservice by preemptively excluding from consideration a potentially good drama for this reason. Which, again, would be pretty stupid/prejudiced, basically potentially losing out on a good product because of a superficial characteristic.
Again, plenty of examples of good movies and dramas with similar age gaps where they made it work believably and the final product turned out to be very good. Consider "Lust, Caution" where Tang Wei and Tony Leoung had a 20 years age gap, or the kdrama "Secret Love Affair" where Kim Hee-ae is also 20 years older than Yoo Ah-in. In both cases, incredible chemistry between the actors and very, very good movie/drama (see reviews on this site for either of them). Would it be worth it to miss out on something similar because of an irrational hang up? Of course, in order to miss out the drama would need to be produced in the first place, and there doesn't seem to be any trace of this product after years.
Also, consider that they are both adults and it's certainly not outside the realm of possibility. There are real life relationships with similar or even much larger age gaps... I mean, George Clooney and his wife? 17 years. Ellen and Portia? 15 years. Heidy Klum is 22 years older than her husband. Michael Douglas is 25 years older than his wife Catherine Zeta Jones. The actress Sarah Paulson and her wife Holland Taylor? 31 years. Patrick Stewart and his wife? 38 years. Relationships lasting years or even decades with age gaps in every directions. And these are certainly not the only ones (we could continue, from Stallone to Statham, from Sean Penn to Richard Gere), nor the ones with the larges age gaps. This is simply reality, sometimes I wonder what rock people have been living under. There is an actual reality out there where were people fall in love without conforming any rando's prejudiced views. As the above mentioned products demonstrated, an age gap is perfectly compatible with great chemistry between the leads and a great product: what counts is the actors' skills. "Secret Love Affair"'s female lead might have been 20 years older than the male lead, but their relationship in the drama was absolutely believable.
It's certainly not outside of the realm of possibility, such things do happen, there are real life relationships with similar or even larger -in some cases much larger- age gaps... Between George Clooney and his wife? 17 years. Ellen and Portia? 15 years. Heidy Klum is 22 years older than her husband. Michael Douglas is 25 years older than his wife Catherine Zeta Jones. The actress Sarah Paulson and her wife Holland Taylor? 31 years. Patrick Stewart and his wife? 38 years. They are not alone (Penn? Gere? Stallone? Statham?) and these are not even the largest gaps. From this brief list we have long term relationship lasting for years if not decades, with age gaps in every direction.
Sometimes I get the feeling that people live under a rock or in a cave, but in actual reality, people do fall in love without conforming to any random person's prejudiced views. Again, as the products above demonstrated, an age gap is perfectly compatible with great chemistry between the leads and a great product. It's all about the actors' performance. In "Secret Love Affair" I could completely buy the attraction between the leads, despite the female lead being two decades older than the male lead.
Preemptively excluding from consideration a potentially good drama over an irrational hang up seems to me just stupid, basically shooting yourself in the foot. Again, look up on this site reviews for "Lust, Caution" where Tang Wei and Tony Leoung had a 20 years age gap, or the kdrama "Secret Love Affair" where Kim Hee-ae is also 20 years older than Yoo Ah-in. Both cases where the leads had amazing chemistry, and the movie/kdrama was very, very good. It would have been a shame to miss out on them. The problem, if anything, is that three years later we are still waiting for this drama.
To state the obvious, but at a basic level, they are all adults, so it's not really anyone's business (sounds pretty ageist/superficial). Missing out on a good drama due to such an irrational hang up sounds exceedingly immature to me (on top of being judgmental, and patronizing/infantilizing). Again, in the context of a reality based assessment, consider that the situation is certainly not outside the realm of possibility: such things do happen, there are real life relationships even with similar or even larger -in some cases much larger- age gaps... I mean, George Clooney and his wife? 17 years. Ellen and Portia? 15 years. Heidy Klum is 22 years older than her husband. Michael Douglas is 25 years older than his wife Catherine Zeta Jones. The actress Sarah Paulson and her wife Holland Taylor? 31 years. Patrick Stewart and his wife? 38 years. Certainly not the only age gaps (Stallone? Statham? Richard Gere? Sean Penn?), and certainly not the largest, but as you can see from this brief list we have long term relationship between people that have been together for years or even decades, with age gaps in every direction.
I mean, sometimes I get the feeling that people live under a rock or in a cave, but there is a reality outside their little mental box, where people fall in love without conforming to any random hick's prejudiced views. As the above mentioned products demonstrated, an age gap does not exclude the possibility of great chemistry between the actors and a great product. In "Secret Love Affair", I could very well buy into the leads' relationship, despite her being 20 years older than him. It's all about the actors' skills (and Xiubo, setting aside his scandals, is certainly a good actor; not sure about the female lead as I have never watched anything from her, but she would certainly deserve the benefit of the doubt if they finally got around to actually releasing this drama, plus the writer is the same as Divorce Lawyers, which was an enjoyable drama). I think you might be doing yourself a disservice by preemptively excluding from consideration a potentially good drama for this reason. Which, again, would be pretty stupid/prejudiced, basically potentially losing out on a good product because of a superficial characteristic.
Again, plenty of examples of good movies and dramas with similar age gaps where they made it work believably and the final product turned out to be very good. Consider "Lust, Caution" where Tang Wei and Tony Leoung had a 20 years age gap, or the kdrama "Secret Love Affair" where Kim Hee-ae is also 20 years older than Yoo Ah-in. In both cases, incredible chemistry between the actors and very, very good movie/drama (see reviews on this site for either of them). Would it be worth it to miss out on something similar because of an irrational hang up? Of course, in order to miss out the drama would need to be produced in the first place, and there doesn't seem to be any trace of this product after years.