After watching today's episode, I have some thoughts.
Some of y'all are idiots for blaming Sang-Ah for getting assaulted. Now, I've been seeing this on Twitter, thankfully a lot of people on here have brains so there's no victim blaming I've seen in the comments... yet. Two- I knew Jung-Won wasn't gonna make it, especially after she basically raped Sang-Ah. But damn, did they have to do her like THAT? 😭 I cried when she died. K-dramas love their doomed Yuri/Bury Your Gays trope. Also, Ha Ji-Won better get that Daesang. This episode was hers and Ju Ji-Hoon's. The acting was excellent!
My big theory on the ending is that we won't see a "winner" or a happy ending. At least not in the typical sense. Because by this point, everyone's greed has turned them into monsters. Sang-Ah has nothing to lose and we're gonna see her out for blood (I hope) after what happened to Jung-Won. Tae-Seop seems to have become a slave to his greed. Yang-Mi is the puppetmaster, Jong-Wook is carefully watching over everything (what a shame), and Jung-Won was a sacrificed pawn. We have 1 episode left to see how everything goes down.
Side note: Again, Yang-Mi is a terribly written villain and her "big motive" was trash. It's giving K from Escape of the Seven, another lousy k-drama villain. 🙄 I hope Sang-Ah's villainy doesn't disappoint because she's now the only one I'm truly invested in, character-wise.
Sure. I recommend trying to rewatch the scene again, he forcibly kissed her and she tried to pull him off. And he still attempted to do so as she struggled. It was only till she hit & shoved him off that he stopped and broke down. This would be considered sexual assault/attempted marital rape.
Personally for me it's a bit hard to rewatch, but this was what I saw/understood when I saw the full scene.
I still recommend watching it, the plot is complex and the actors are doing an incredible job portraying their characters. Nobody here is really a good person, but we get to see why...
Climax is about the link between politics and the entertainment industry and how actresses are treated like bargaining…
It's a very, very different role. I'm not sure if many actresses can pull it off, but she's doing so with ease. Which is why I'm SO invested in Chu Sang-Ah as a character. She needs to win some awards for her portrayal, she's doing so fantastic. It's like she's become Sang-Ah herself. That's hard to do. Very hard. Again I've fallen for her and I will watch any drama that she's in... incredible actress. Beautiful, charismatic, talented, fierce.
Climax is about the link between politics and the entertainment industry and how actresses are treated like bargaining…
I suppose since it (mostly) ruined Tae-Seop's career trajectory, it did the trick. I just don't like that the portrayal of Sang-Ah's same-sex relationships amounted to *that.* But... I am going to blame the political climate & South Korea's conservative culture as a whole on this part. Can't expect perfect sapphic representation when this drama was censored from the get-go.
If what Ha Ji-Won says is true, I hope to God that trauma stops getting dumped on her like sauces on a sandwich and that she finally, truly lashes out somehow. Because quite frankly... she's frustrating. Maybe it's some dark feminist rage fantasy I have, but I really, really wanna see her lash out or fight back. Maybe *this* is the possible climax. I wanna see her take. ACTION!
Additionally, I was also disappointed to see rape used as a plot device in this drama, so far it's pretty unique, but that... eh. 😬 It really solidified my dislike of Tae-Seop. There's no coming back from THAT (speaking from the heart.) That was rough to watch. He was angry and it exploded. Perhaps this is part 1 of the true climax? (Before the denouement? If we're applying storytelling structure & philosophy here? Because that's a very intriguing angle.)
Climax is about the link between politics and the entertainment industry and how actresses are treated like bargaining…
No. What I'm saying is that some of those scenes were purely unnecessary. Not EVERY scene in the show is absolutely pivotal to the plot. It's not even like that with non k-dramas. Luckily this drama is low on the filler content. I'm fine with JW and SA doing the deed, but was a sex tape of them genuinely needed to be released? Honestly speaking. Even that *one* scene in episode 9 (no spoilers) with Sang-Ah and Tae-Seop, did BTS actually NEED to do that? No, he didn't. (And can we not justify sexual assault either? 😁)
Could they have gotten the point of the "toilet scene" across (or something similar) without it being extremely degrading, and, like I said, just piling onto Sang-Ah's trauma? Unless, UNLESS- at some point, Sang-Ah is going to completely snap at some point and just... I don't know, veer into darkness like a Kingdom Hearts character.
If I see anyone trying to justify *that scene* between Tae-Seop and Sang-Ah, in any sort of way I'm going ballistic. 💀 You are free to dislike Jung-Won & Sang-Ah, hell, you can be mad that you got duped. But nothing makes sexual assault okay... NOTHING. Context or not, that's a moral line you don't cross for me. ABSOLUTELY NOT.
I wouldn't consider Zhen Huan a villain. She never actively harmed anyone. All she did was take revenge on those…
Ooooh, intriguing... so I guess she's an anti-heroine (at best.) Also the maids being symbolism & representing aspects of her (and her life) is such a great writing choice...
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Some of y'all are idiots for blaming Sang-Ah for getting assaulted. Now, I've been seeing this on Twitter, thankfully a lot of people on here have brains so there's no victim blaming I've seen in the comments... yet. Two- I knew Jung-Won wasn't gonna make it, especially after she basically raped Sang-Ah. But damn, did they have to do her like THAT? 😭 I cried when she died. K-dramas love their doomed Yuri/Bury Your Gays trope. Also, Ha Ji-Won better get that Daesang. This episode was hers and Ju Ji-Hoon's. The acting was excellent!
My big theory on the ending is that we won't see a "winner" or a happy ending. At least not in the typical sense. Because by this point, everyone's greed has turned them into monsters. Sang-Ah has nothing to lose and we're gonna see her out for blood (I hope) after what happened to Jung-Won. Tae-Seop seems to have become a slave to his greed. Yang-Mi is the puppetmaster, Jong-Wook is carefully watching over everything (what a shame), and Jung-Won was a sacrificed pawn. We have 1 episode left to see how everything goes down.
Side note: Again, Yang-Mi is a terribly written villain and her "big motive" was trash. It's giving K from Escape of the Seven, another lousy k-drama villain. 🙄 I hope Sang-Ah's villainy doesn't disappoint because she's now the only one I'm truly invested in, character-wise.
Personally for me it's a bit hard to rewatch, but this was what I saw/understood when I saw the full scene.
I'm rooting for Sang-Ah to succeed.
If what Ha Ji-Won says is true, I hope to God that trauma stops getting dumped on her like sauces on a sandwich and that she finally, truly lashes out somehow. Because quite frankly... she's frustrating. Maybe it's some dark feminist rage fantasy I have, but I really, really wanna see her lash out or fight back. Maybe *this* is the possible climax. I wanna see her take. ACTION!
Additionally, I was also disappointed to see rape used as a plot device in this drama, so far it's pretty unique, but that... eh. 😬 It really solidified my dislike of Tae-Seop. There's no coming back from THAT (speaking from the heart.) That was rough to watch. He was angry and it exploded. Perhaps this is part 1 of the true climax? (Before the denouement? If we're applying storytelling structure & philosophy here? Because that's a very intriguing angle.)
Could they have gotten the point of the "toilet scene" across (or something similar) without it being extremely degrading, and, like I said, just piling onto Sang-Ah's trauma? Unless, UNLESS- at some point, Sang-Ah is going to completely snap at some point and just... I don't know, veer into darkness like a Kingdom Hearts character.