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Isn't it just?

I liked this and think it's quite underrated. The story, acting and look of the drama were all excellent. I get that the MDL audience is skewed towards teenaged/older/elderly people who've never been in a relationship and who think that running around funfairs for dates and sterile kissing is 'romantic' or people who think that all dramas ought to be morally upright, but that doesn't do it for me. I'm more concerned about acting, story arc, enjoyment. And this fired on all cylinders. I didn't find the main/overarching story as interesting as the side stories, and the hairdresser husband was so egregiously unpleasant that it was jarring, but some of the others were really entertaining. My favourite was 'lunchbox wife', closely followed by headache wife.

So, is Kang Hoon playing the Professor Friedrich Bhaer equivalent?

I don't imagine its entirely a 'romance' drama but, clearly, the FL will be slurping over a (much?) younger man again , as part of the plot, or those tags would not exist. And when I say slurping, I, of course mean "staring a lot, with no expression, to a romantic tune".

I don't think either romance spoils the story, but it doesn't enhance it either. It's, as you said, unnecessary.

I didn't dislike her (either the character she played, not the actress - one of my favourites) at all, but I do think the 'romance' was shoehorned in and unneccessary.

I've only seen the ML in two other things - both fairly awful - but he really shone in this. What a delightful film.

They don't specify in the drama. In history she died of liver cancer, albeit at a relatively young age.

It's about as 'deep' as a puddle.

Toxic characters, crappy actors, very naff product placement.

I notice PPL more in crappy shows, e.g. 'so moist!' in How to Be Thirty. Sometimes good shows really labour it - the crappy instant coffee in Shopping King Louie, for example, but I mind that less.

Definitely two different dramas (Black Knight, the Man who Guards Me is the current one and a very hard watch). https://kisskh.at/25809-black-knight

I think that one of the problems is that the makers of the drama wanted to (quite cynically) exploit both (a) the audiences who wanted the romance between teacher and pupil and (b) those who didn't and wanted it to be 'about math' (sic) or revenge etc. So while, as others have pointed out they didn't actually get together when he was still a kid, there were lots of 'romantic' scenes (the long minutes gazing into each others eyes which never happens in life as well as drama outside of putative romances) that made their way into all the trailers. I suspect viewers in both camps were disappointed but particularly the romance seekers.

Weirdly enough it didn't frustrate me.. It became so egregiously bad that it was almost amusing. Each episode I wondered how much wordless, emotionless, slack-faced staring both leads could pull off and I was never not disappointed.

Kim Mo Mi is an ordinary, 50-something office woman who, despite her very attractive appearance wants to mack onto 30-something men, so needs to convince them that she's of a similar age. She, therefore, takes to internet broadcasting with her face covered with a mask.

Joo Oh Nam is Kim Mo Mi’s coworker. He lost his mum as a young lad, seeks a mother figure and harbours a one-sided crush on Kim Mo Mi. As a character who, bizarrely, feels inferior about his appearance and lacks presence in general, Joo Oh Nam’s only source of joy is watching internet broadcasts. He will get swept up in an unexpected incident with Kim Mo Mi.

I think it's legitimate to judge all three.

You'd love living in a police state then. "You are allowed to speak but only if you say things I approve of" is totally their bag.

I love the description of MIDIGB. But it really should have referred to the terrible dialogue, too. All the FL ever says is "What?" with that "I think I'm having a stroke" look.

I think people can read what you actually wrote, e.g. "gross" and "disgusting" and make up their own minds.

Byleth - you're currently on another page describing an older man/younger woman drama as "gross" and "disgusting" while accusing others of hypocrisy? https://kisskh.at/article/wi-ha-joon-to-work-with-kim-go-eun-and-nam-ji-hyun-in-little-women