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painfully straight
it is i, the niel.
can we first acknowledge the fact that the entire basis for the two characters getting together is because of green going after tine? it is a flat-out problematic representation of a flamboyant gay man and is a weird portrayal of queerness in general. not to be a party pooper, but it perpetuates the stereotype of queer men being predatory, which is not the vibe guys.
with that out of the way, my real problem comes in the form of every other thing this show has going on. it was rated a 2 (generous) since 2 is in the title. i'm giving it 1 star for each straight man in the main couple. the chemistry between these two guys was like if you smashed two ken dolls together and pretended they were kissing. sarawat was kind of just there the entire time. he's supposedly interested in tine well before they start "fake" dating, but the whole nonchalant approach feels like a cop-out for bad acting.
these two business bros aren't into men. i'm sorry. you can't just put two actors on screen and justify it by them both being "attractive" when they literally cannot act or pretend that they are interested in each other. even if you argued that this is tine figuring out his sexuality, the whole timid, shy approach does not work for tine when he is clearly seen actively pursuing his female love interest. it just doesn't make sense for his character.
the acting...as i've already said... is questionable. win certainly does a better job than bright. if he hadn't been acting with bright, win could've sold this a little bit better. also, i cringe every time i think of bright's singing because of his performance of heather by conan gray. this is unrelated, but if you haven't seen it, i do recommend checking it out (it's hilariously bad). aside from that, bright just plays into being attractive without putting forth any real skills to interact with the other characters in the scenes. i know that's part of his character and the writing, but also, he's the epitome of "go girl, give us nothing". it makes the entire show feel central to him, when frankly, i just don't care.
it's not like any of these actors were working with the most incredible, groundbreaking story, but this could've been a cute little thing if some adjustments were made. as it is, you're done. watched the whole thing. in essence, it was dropped. no wonder why it was a covid hit. if you had literally nothing else going on in 2020, sure. even then...no.
thanks guys!
best,
the niel.
can we first acknowledge the fact that the entire basis for the two characters getting together is because of green going after tine? it is a flat-out problematic representation of a flamboyant gay man and is a weird portrayal of queerness in general. not to be a party pooper, but it perpetuates the stereotype of queer men being predatory, which is not the vibe guys.
with that out of the way, my real problem comes in the form of every other thing this show has going on. it was rated a 2 (generous) since 2 is in the title. i'm giving it 1 star for each straight man in the main couple. the chemistry between these two guys was like if you smashed two ken dolls together and pretended they were kissing. sarawat was kind of just there the entire time. he's supposedly interested in tine well before they start "fake" dating, but the whole nonchalant approach feels like a cop-out for bad acting.
these two business bros aren't into men. i'm sorry. you can't just put two actors on screen and justify it by them both being "attractive" when they literally cannot act or pretend that they are interested in each other. even if you argued that this is tine figuring out his sexuality, the whole timid, shy approach does not work for tine when he is clearly seen actively pursuing his female love interest. it just doesn't make sense for his character.
the acting...as i've already said... is questionable. win certainly does a better job than bright. if he hadn't been acting with bright, win could've sold this a little bit better. also, i cringe every time i think of bright's singing because of his performance of heather by conan gray. this is unrelated, but if you haven't seen it, i do recommend checking it out (it's hilariously bad). aside from that, bright just plays into being attractive without putting forth any real skills to interact with the other characters in the scenes. i know that's part of his character and the writing, but also, he's the epitome of "go girl, give us nothing". it makes the entire show feel central to him, when frankly, i just don't care.
it's not like any of these actors were working with the most incredible, groundbreaking story, but this could've been a cute little thing if some adjustments were made. as it is, you're done. watched the whole thing. in essence, it was dropped. no wonder why it was a covid hit. if you had literally nothing else going on in 2020, sure. even then...no.
thanks guys!
best,
the niel.
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