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A lesson in avoidance
Or should I say shallowness?
It's probably foretelling that everyone in this drama feels empty since that's what I feel I got from it, an empty bowl of nothing. Maybe they're all empty because they're all insufferably self-absorbed. They seem to believe they'll be whole when they're no longer single but they can't even do that because it ads nothing to their lives. That's probably why they're still at the same place at the end.
I guess this is really a male point of view. It was a mistake watching this after having watched the Korean version. There won't be a better way of portraying a "nevertheless" than by the eye of a woman. It's impossible not to compare both versions.
The main feelings I got from the Korean version was longing and excitement - and sometimes anger. The main feelings I get from the Japanese version is frustration and boredom. Everyone seems so bored all the time.
They also managed to make it creepy. The guy from the restaurant looked like a stalker, self inserting in a setting in which he is not much than a stranger and where he clearly doesn't belong. They also decided to make the ML a teacher. WHY WOULD YOU EVEN GO THERE?!?!?! That was a level of unnecessarily creepiness I wasn't expecting. There's a power dynamic there that doesn't allow for an equal relationship. He's also an established artist, something that also puts him above a simple college student. I don't know why they had to go that way.
Despite the plot holes, like FL deciding he was a player before ML even showed any signs of it, most of the plot doesn't make much sense. The only interesting story line was the friendship of ML and his childhood friend. That had more substance than the rest of the show. It's a particular kind of self-absorbed to go impose your feelings on someone currently experiencing a great loss. He was mourning and, yet, someone who said loved him couldn't even have a bit of compassion or empathy towards him? How can you love someone who abandons you when you're in pain? She didn't just abandon him, she shut the door completely.
This might be the least artistic show about artists. We see the director loves photography because that was the main media that got more relevance in the show. Everything was somber and plain. The artists all had one vision. The teachers spoke like parents. No, wood isn't a permanent medium, it even changes according to the level of heat or humidity in the air.
Another thing that bothers me is the only agency we see FL take was shutting ML off when he was at his lowest, further breaking his heart. Her first relationship was him who broke up with her, everyone is deciding everything around her and she's just there, going along with the current. We certainly got a male point of view. Watching this made me appreciate Nevertheless more.
Even the soundtrack from Nevertheless is unmatched. Flawless. We need more shows made by women.
It's probably foretelling that everyone in this drama feels empty since that's what I feel I got from it, an empty bowl of nothing. Maybe they're all empty because they're all insufferably self-absorbed. They seem to believe they'll be whole when they're no longer single but they can't even do that because it ads nothing to their lives. That's probably why they're still at the same place at the end.
I guess this is really a male point of view. It was a mistake watching this after having watched the Korean version. There won't be a better way of portraying a "nevertheless" than by the eye of a woman. It's impossible not to compare both versions.
The main feelings I got from the Korean version was longing and excitement - and sometimes anger. The main feelings I get from the Japanese version is frustration and boredom. Everyone seems so bored all the time.
They also managed to make it creepy. The guy from the restaurant looked like a stalker, self inserting in a setting in which he is not much than a stranger and where he clearly doesn't belong. They also decided to make the ML a teacher. WHY WOULD YOU EVEN GO THERE?!?!?! That was a level of unnecessarily creepiness I wasn't expecting. There's a power dynamic there that doesn't allow for an equal relationship. He's also an established artist, something that also puts him above a simple college student. I don't know why they had to go that way.
Despite the plot holes, like FL deciding he was a player before ML even showed any signs of it, most of the plot doesn't make much sense. The only interesting story line was the friendship of ML and his childhood friend. That had more substance than the rest of the show. It's a particular kind of self-absorbed to go impose your feelings on someone currently experiencing a great loss. He was mourning and, yet, someone who said loved him couldn't even have a bit of compassion or empathy towards him? How can you love someone who abandons you when you're in pain? She didn't just abandon him, she shut the door completely.
This might be the least artistic show about artists. We see the director loves photography because that was the main media that got more relevance in the show. Everything was somber and plain. The artists all had one vision. The teachers spoke like parents. No, wood isn't a permanent medium, it even changes according to the level of heat or humidity in the air.
Another thing that bothers me is the only agency we see FL take was shutting ML off when he was at his lowest, further breaking his heart. Her first relationship was him who broke up with her, everyone is deciding everything around her and she's just there, going along with the current. We certainly got a male point of view. Watching this made me appreciate Nevertheless more.
Even the soundtrack from Nevertheless is unmatched. Flawless. We need more shows made by women.
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