I gave it a try because I love the cast but it’s so ridiculous I don’t think I can continue. I’m perplexed anyone’s conception of heaven would be what it’s like in the show
And I’m convinced at this point that the big budget comes from the government trying to increase birth rates…
You’re indeed not making any sense because your comments have nothing to do my with initial comment. You clearly enjoyed the show and feel deeply about it, good for you! But the same thing is not going to apply to anyone, stop taking criticism so personally.
And I’m convinced at this point that the big budget comes from the government trying to increase birth rates…
Even the abusive husband was awarded with a wife again at the end. During the entire show the writer is trying to convince us that life might be shitty but it’s worth it if you’re married to some “nice man” and in the case of one couple, abusive man who “changes”. Even the “independence” desiring geumyoung ended up married with a child. Never once did I desire to be in the position of any of these women while watching the show. Each and every single one of them was miserable, mistreated and abused for being a woman. The ideal husband gwanshik is essentially one-dimensional female fantasy with no flaws. Any flaw innate to humanity he had (favouritism) was washed down by the end. Instead of being a fleshed human, he was merely “devoted husband”.
I’m not even against marriage or having child child btw. But a reality as portrayed here where a woman exists only as a mother and a wife and the man as the husband is bleak depressing in real life despite how much rose tinted filters this show used. We are being told the women were happy to give up all their dreams and individual hopes for becoming mothers and that they had no regrets, which is self-contradictory because at the same time they try to live through their children and want them to accomplish things they were not able to, proving that “love for children” is not the sole purpose of a woman’s happiness. The only humanity outside of being a wife and mother aesun retained during her marriage was poetry, and even that was dedicated to her children and husband.
I dare say even poverty was romanticised to some extent, portraying the message “as long as you have love poverty is fine :)” the only well-off characters were portrayed as evil and some (aesun’s uncle) had character development and became “good” after becoming poor. In part 4 we find out the only reason abused wife had stayed in the marriage was because of financial dependence and not getting anything in divorce. Yet she returns to her excuse of a husband at the end as a “happy ending”. I see people attacking everyone who’s critical of this show by claiming they have no nuance yet the very same people are incapable of dissecting what they are fed as a moralising wholesome story.
Part 1 was the best and starting from the end of part 2 everything declined steadily for me. I didn’t care for Yang geumyoung nor her love life. The brother was more interesting but his story was rushed and his wife faded into the background. Part 3-4 were just messy sensationalism
They made great job at making moon sori look older but they didn’t even try with IU. She looked like a 30-something year old in tacky clothes at the end.
I enjoyed this show so much at the beginning but the more they focus on geumyoung the less enjoyable it gets. I’m not interested in her love life and the new artist they introduced is boring and not likeable at all. If anything the son is more interesting than geumyoung
I’m not even against marriage or having child child btw. But a reality as portrayed here where a woman exists only as a mother and a wife and the man as the husband is bleak depressing in real life despite how much rose tinted filters this show used. We are being told the women were happy to give up all their dreams and individual hopes for becoming mothers and that they had no regrets, which is self-contradictory because at the same time they try to live through their children and want them to accomplish things they were not able to, proving that “love for children” is not the sole purpose of a woman’s happiness. The only humanity outside of being a wife and mother aesun retained during her marriage was poetry, and even that was dedicated to her children and husband.
I dare say even poverty was romanticised to some extent, portraying the message “as long as you have love poverty is fine :)” the only well-off characters were portrayed as evil and some (aesun’s uncle) had character development and became “good” after becoming poor. In part 4 we find out the only reason abused wife had stayed in the marriage was because of financial dependence and not getting anything in divorce. Yet she returns to her excuse of a husband at the end as a “happy ending”.
I see people attacking everyone who’s critical of this show by claiming they have no nuance yet the very same people are incapable of dissecting what they are fed as a moralising wholesome story.