This drama is a disappointment and a deception of the viewer.
It started off brilliantly and I was sure that after many years of drought, something good had finally appeared. The humor, great production, blocking, costumes—the plot a bit banal and cliché-ridden, but done nicely.
Unfortunately, around episode 8 everything started to fall apart. The light drama began turning into boredom, and eventually into some kind of political tragedy, and the so-called character development of the heroine turned her into yet another generic strong female lead—and, as usual, undeservedly so. The way she killed the person she killed was so absurd that it fits 100% into the fantasies of naive teenagers and 0% into logic and narrative consistency.
Never mind that. Each episode became more and more boring, irritating, slow, and based solely on talking and suffering. So what happened was a crime against the viewer—the viewer was deceived with the promise of a light comedic romance and got a tragedy instead. And to anyone who says, “you should have read the description,” I say, “get stuffed.” Descriptions lie—I judge based on what I see, not what someone wrote, and those are always misleading, because they cram everything in.
Was this drama entertaining? The first few episodes—yes. Was it, in the end, a waste of time? For someone who doesn’t like boring politics, stupid heroines and heroes, and boredom—yes. My not tragically low rating comes from the really great production quality and those first few episodes that actually made sense.
Unfortunately, around episode 8 everything started to fall apart. The light drama began turning into boredom, and eventually into some kind of political tragedy, and the so-called character development of the heroine turned her into yet another generic strong female lead—and, as usual, undeservedly so. The way she killed the person she killed was so absurd that it fits 100% into the fantasies of naive teenagers and 0% into logic and narrative consistency.
Never mind that. Each episode became more and more boring, irritating, slow, and based solely on talking and suffering. So what happened was a crime against the viewer—the viewer was deceived with the promise of a light comedic romance and got a tragedy instead. And to anyone who says, “you should have read the description,” I say, “get stuffed.” Descriptions lie—I judge based on what I see, not what someone wrote, and those are always misleading, because they cram everything in.
Was this drama entertaining? The first few episodes—yes. Was it, in the end, a waste of time? For someone who doesn’t like boring politics, stupid heroines and heroes, and boredom—yes. My not tragically low rating comes from the really great production quality and those first few episodes that actually made sense.
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