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A sweet little noir binge with very good dialogue -- 2020, 5eps at 50mins ea. Set in the sepia tones of the bar business, XX (because a woman owns the bar! not because of any weird rating!) feels like one of those serendipitous accidents of perfection.
A great little revenge drama with psychological victories instead of punches and slaps. The XX Bar is a retro speakeasy, a great territory for a workplace romance. Bae In Hyuk plays the caring careful romantic lead that you have been waiting to see him as. Lovers meet after work on a terrace next to one of those coffee vending machines now disappeared entirely.
The manipulative gaslighting behavior of those who cheat is on full display here, especially by several ex-boyfriends who keep coming back, dancing and flailing, to maintain control of the situation by undermining the confidence of the women they hurt.
Ahn Hee Yeon (aka Hani) and Hwang Seung Eon play best friends broken up by a cheating seducer of a boyfriend -- both beautiful, vulnerable, angry and more resilient than they know. Lee Jong Won, now doing ML roles, here does a pitch-perfect gay roomate parfumier, funny and sweet and just campy enough, just an edge.
Have a good time -- watch this!
A great little revenge drama with psychological victories instead of punches and slaps. The XX Bar is a retro speakeasy, a great territory for a workplace romance. Bae In Hyuk plays the caring careful romantic lead that you have been waiting to see him as. Lovers meet after work on a terrace next to one of those coffee vending machines now disappeared entirely.
The manipulative gaslighting behavior of those who cheat is on full display here, especially by several ex-boyfriends who keep coming back, dancing and flailing, to maintain control of the situation by undermining the confidence of the women they hurt.
Ahn Hee Yeon (aka Hani) and Hwang Seung Eon play best friends broken up by a cheating seducer of a boyfriend -- both beautiful, vulnerable, angry and more resilient than they know. Lee Jong Won, now doing ML roles, here does a pitch-perfect gay roomate parfumier, funny and sweet and just campy enough, just an edge.
Have a good time -- watch this!
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