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hmmm...
I comprehended the plot quite readily.
The editing was great. I liked that it kept me on my toes without needlessly confusing things.

What didn't you understand? Perhaps I can help.

Episode 2:

Wow, who expected THAT when Soo Hyuk took off his shirt? Holy god.
I live for the melancholic, depressive vibe of the opening credits animation.
This show is building beautifully, and has that Strongberry vibe which reaches my gut but which I don't have words for.

Am I supposed to be buying that rather frumpy woman who apparently kicked Yae Doon out of her apartment, as his GIRL FRIEND? No...just no. His auntie, his older sister maybe, but his...GF? No.

Could you be more specific about the mannerism you're talking about? To me, it's just the shape of his face, and he has a prominent jaw/chin line.

You specifically said this drama "justifies or glorifies" women's cheating....never mind, it's clear you have no idea what you're talking about and your hilariously bad ESL is not helping.

Thanks. You're not.

That might be why I didn't have a mental breakdown, weirdo.

Oh, you can tell a great deal about an author by what they write. Is that really news to you? And you left quite a few clues in that doozy of a comment above.

Yeah, the cringe over the top gangster couple in the first quarter of the film were just annoying. All I saw were two actors pretending and getting off on themselves pretending; didn't feel like real characters at all. I hate that kind of lame BS. Which is why I'm taking a break right now. I'll decide whether to finish this or not sometime later. Right now I'm thinking not. Eyeball martinis? Really?

Stupid.

So why don't you add one?

This show obviously didn't "justify" cheating to YOU, so what's your problem? That the rest of the audience isn't as intelligent and sophisticated as you and might be tempted by this drama into having an affair in their real life? Get over yourself.

Why do you feel the "cheating" was condoned?

Oh you poor, self-righteous, judgmental know-it-all. It must be hard for you to go through life as a perfect person, while all around you others are failing to live up to your own level of perfection. Gosh, the daily agony you must suffer.

But at least you got to leave this comment to let the rest of us know how flawlessly you live your life.

Curious: How old are you?

It's telling that you didn't write "IUD is pretty, TALENTED, and successful."

But yeah, I lay awake each night stressing over IUD's bad acting.

Another BS comment.

Nowhere above did I write or imply that everyone does NOT have the right to express their opinion here, now did i? Having made that clear, we thus render your first paragraph nonsensical, responding to things you imagined in your head but that I didn't express.

Your second paragraph is likewise befuddling, as no one here, least of all I, claimed we do NOT see the world from different "levels and different angles." No two people on Earth see the world exactly the same. It's odd though, that you go so far as to say we "have no points of contact." You have absolutely no way of knowing that; you're simply being melodramatic.

So that takes care of the second paragraph.

"And that's OK too," an attempted addendum to a pointless assertion, is itself pointless.

ONE out of five sentences in my reply to you assessed YOU, and that assessment was made based on your statements regarding the film. Are you saying it's not fair game to draw conclusions about the authors of comments based on the content of what they write? If so, well, you're wrong.

You're remarkably sensitive for someone as snotty and supercilious as you were in your know-it-all reply to the OP.

I don't know...this seems suspicious. Isn't it possible that a Korean actor who effectively portrays a character who is a drug addict just might have done so because they ARE a drug addict in real life?

Shouldn't the mud-slinging, yellow-journalism, rumor-mongering, boundary-free Korean press start digging into Ji Sung's personal life, from the time he was born, to determine if he ever took drugs, knew anyone who did take drugs, saw drugs, looked at drugs, read about drugs, dated someone who knew someone who took drugs, carried a trash bag with a used joint in it he didn't know about to the trash, or was in any other way within ten miles of weed, hash, coke, whatever, and if so, shouldn't Ji Sung be investigated to the full extent of the law, dragged in for interrogation, court appearances, and hounded daily in the press until we know for CERTAIN he never had anything whatsoever to do with a drug or anyone else who ever had anything to do with a drug? Just to be sure, you know?

And if he denies ever having used drugs, shouldn't the fact that he feels he has to deny it mean that he feels he has something to hide, and that too should be investigated? I mean come on, Korean Psycho Celebrity Suicide Machine people, do your job!

Meanwhile, let's be sure to ignore all the Koreans barfing SOJU in the alleyways of Seoul every night, because god knows Korea, with one of the highest rates of alcoholism in the world, has nothing to fear from booze.

If what you say is true, and just because the government is on some whacko anti-drug kick doesn't mean the public is buying it, then I am OVER-estimating the Korean public, not underestimating them. In other words, I'm assuming them to be wiser and more sophisticated than they are.

Here's the most stupid of many stupid things about this anti-drug hysteria in Korea: ALCOHOL is a drug, yet abusive, binge drinking, on an almost nightly basis, is an accepted aspect of Korean business culture, and Korea's rate of alcohol abuse and consumption is among the highest in the world. Can you say SOJU, anyone?

So where, I ask, is the Korean government's crackdown on alcohol and binge drinking, which causes FAR more damage to Korean culture and economy on a daily basis than a year's worth of Korean pot-smoking could ever do? This old-fashioned, ignorant, anti-science idea that says booze is OK no matter what, but "drugs," which alcohol is one of, are nasty, bad, evil, and must be eradicated.

Why is it OK to vomit in the alley way on the way home most nights, but smoking a joint in your living room, mellowing out and going to bed gets you time in the slammer? It's insane, immature, and ridiculous.

Korea is 40 years behind Europe and the U.S. on this issue, and they need to get their shit together or companies like Netflix are going to take their production dollars elsewhere.

I agree about the sex scenes between the queen/chief. They took on a very mechanical/stiff/carefully-choreographed look after the first two times. That is one of the few negatives in a film I rated 10/10.

Yeah, using the term "groomed" is very trendy right now...did you pick up on that in your SJW course-work materials or off social media?

The king was barely more than a boy when he met the Chief. Grow up.

Which AFF sits near the the top of my Best Gay-Themed Mainstream Films list.

lol What a black/white, Puritanical BS comment.
There is a universe of different types, levels, and degrees of what we presume to call "love." YOU are not the end-all and be-all, final arbiter of what others feel for each other and whether their actions fit your definition of love.

But most of all, regarding this film, you are dead wrong. The King loved the Chief with all his heart, soul, and being...which is why he lost his mind with jealousy and rage when he was doubly betrayed. Many other people in his circumstances would have reacted differently, but this film isn't about them, it's about HIM.