Teacher, make your own dramas without second leads. Let's see if anyone watches.
Sigh. Reading isn't exactly your strong point, is it? I never even remotely suggested that all men outside of Asia are fat & ugly; I asked only about YOUR men.
Here's the thing: this a public forum, not your personal safe space. If you state your opinion, I'm free to challenge it, and vice versa.
Now that you've lied again about not replying further, want to go for 3X, you're out?
Teacher, make your own dramas without second leads. Let's see if anyone watches.
No, I'm a straight guy. Unlike you, I don't "fangirl" over 1st or 2nd MLs in Asian drama-land that don't even know or care I exist.
Are you even Asian yourself? Aren't any of your own men your type? You take care of yourself, too. Enjoy fantasizing & fetishizing Asian men who wouldn't even give you the time of day, let alone a second thought IRL!
Teacher, make your own dramas without second leads. Let's see if anyone watches.
"Obsessed," huh? Do you usually flatter yourself so easily? It was just two brief replies to two comments. You just responded to my two comments. Are you obsessed with me?
Maybe you're not used to getting even an iota of attention? Broken home? No friends? Out of work?
If you need attention, you could always fantasize that LBL's 2nd ML knows or cares you exist.
On the other hand Chen Xing Xu impressed me here. Yes, his acting still barely hits average, but compared to his…
Of course, CXX graduated from the performance arts department at CAD. Why else would I even bring it up if he hadn't studied acting? And what "transitioning" to professional acting are you talking about? He's been acting since he was three. Like Wu Lei, CXX was a famous child actor in China.
As an adult, CXX received critical acclaim & awards for his first leading role (in Goodbye My Princess) fresh out of acting school. I guess, you're (unintentionally) correct, "his works speak for themselves lol." So do your opinions.
im curious what dramas you consider good if you think this is the “worst.” maybe it just wasnt your type but…
Wait, you originally said that it was the WORST cdrama you've ever seen. Then you said it's only the WORST in its category. Now you say it's only bad compared to MOST cdramas.
You keep backtracking because you got repeatedly called out for being full of it. Instead of admitting that you vastly overstated your case, you decided to dig a bigger hole for yourself.
Did the C-ent industry manipulate the Netflix numbers as well?
So, to not waste your time trying to make me understand, you just wasted your time trying to make me understand. Gotcha!
And by "wake up," do you mean ideologically, as in being "woke?" Or colloquially speaking, something like "you better recognize!?"
Last but not least, are your ad hominem attacks really necessary? "Trump cultist," seriously? Come on, you can do better.
Not only did you completely evade my challenge to your claims about ZLH's alleged "racism" & "misogyny," but also you deflect by tossing personal insults my way.
Ok, let me throw your own words right back at you: "Oh, a word of advice, insulting your opponent personally is an admission of losing the argument."
CXX graduated 1st in his class from Central Academy of Drama, one of the two most elite acting conservatories…
Did you conduct a scientific survey? If so, in which peer-reviewed statistical academic journals (if any) did you publish your results?
Not to mention, even if he weren't recognized to be a great actor, that doesn't imply he's a "subpar" actor. The fact alone that you claim his acting skills to be "mid," by definition, contradicts your very own argument. "Mid" means mediocre or average; "subpar" means BELOW average: in other words, LESS THAN "mid."
Last but not least, I was talking more about his acting in a particular role (GMP) than him as an actor per se.
Do the academies focus more on theory over practice? Possibly, but presumably his experience as a child actor counts as sufficient practice.
P.S. To answer your question, I'm on a chair. (lol) I usually sit when I post online, don't you? Well, now yk.
I have one big issues with cxx: his lack of charisma. many mid actors achieve peak popularity by making up for…
CXX graduated 1st in his class from Central Academy of Drama, one of the two most elite acting conservatories in China. He filmed Goodbye My Princess fresh out of acting school, for which he received high critical and audience acclaim in his leading role.
Given how competitive the C-ent industry is, coupled with the fact that he's represented by his own family instead of an established agency, by virtually any reasonably objective metric, his acting is at the very least more than "subpar."
But perhaps, your opinion should carry more weight than the collective opinion of dozens of professional critics as well as hundreds of millions of audience members.
It passed review and got its distribution license Two weeks ago,only airing date is what people are waiting for.
The OP of the thread in which you replied blocked me, so I can't see that thread when I log in, which is why I'm responding to you here.
To answer your question, I likely don't know as much as you do about what SWL went through in the industry. I'm not particularly interested in the private lives of C-drama actors, including SWL, because I mostly appreciate their acting and respect them as artists.
That said, I don't see how any of that is relevant to my argument, which was that wishing for the "downfall" of the C-ent industry is counterproductive because that would also lead to the downfall of C-dramas in general, and SWL's career in C-dramas in particular.
Ok, now that I've stated my case, I do remember something about his early struggles in the industry from an interview he gave on some kind of talk show, whose host was a lady in her 40s or 50s, I guess.
This was a few years ago when I first got into C-dramas, so I don't recall the exact details partly because it's been a while, but mostly because my Chinese isn't very good, especially back then.
As I said earlier, I don't like digging into the private lives of Chinese actors or any other celebrities, but SWL's interview came up in my YouTube algorithm (probably because I was watching Go Ahead at the time).
IIRC, SWL put a lot of pressure on himself to succeed as an actor because he wanted to help support his working-class family who were struggling financially. Apparently, it got so bad that he was losing sleep and his sister had to come stay with him to help ease his anxiety, not to mention transition into the industry. But he got a support role within a year and a starring role within two years in the industry.
But that's neither here nor there with respect to my argument, which is that the wished for "downfall" of the C-ent industry isn't going to do SWL any good.
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Here's the thing: this a public forum, not your personal safe space. If you state your opinion, I'm free to challenge it, and vice versa.
Now that you've lied again about not replying further, want to go for 3X, you're out?
I bet you're not even Asian. My guess is that you watch Asian romance dramas because your own men are fat & ugly like you.
Oh, and didn't you say you wouldn't reply to me any further? Are you a liar as well as a loser?
Are you even Asian yourself? Aren't any of your own men your type? You take care of yourself, too. Enjoy fantasizing & fetishizing Asian men who wouldn't even give you the time of day, let alone a second thought IRL!
Maybe you're not used to getting even an iota of attention? Broken home? No friends? Out of work?
If you need attention, you could always fantasize that LBL's 2nd ML knows or cares you exist.
As an adult, CXX received critical acclaim & awards for his first leading role (in Goodbye My Princess) fresh out of acting school. I guess, you're (unintentionally) correct, "his works speak for themselves lol." So do your opinions.
Why it took you (almost) halfway through the drama to figure this out is beyond anyone with half (or at least 13 out of 28 parts of) a brain!
You seem to only like C-dramas that remind you of K-dramas. Or C-drama actors that remind me of K-drama actors.
On second thought, stick to Korean dramas PERIOD.
You keep backtracking because you got repeatedly called out for being full of it. Instead of admitting that you vastly overstated your case, you decided to dig a bigger hole for yourself.
What mid af trolling!
And by "wake up," do you mean ideologically, as in being "woke?" Or colloquially speaking, something like "you better recognize!?"
Last but not least, are your ad hominem attacks really necessary? "Trump cultist," seriously? Come on, you can do better.
Not only did you completely evade my challenge to your claims about ZLH's alleged "racism" & "misogyny," but also you deflect by tossing personal insults my way.
Ok, let me throw your own words right back at you: "Oh, a word of advice, insulting your opponent personally is an admission of losing the argument."
GAME. SET. MATCH.
Not to mention, even if he weren't recognized to be a great actor, that doesn't imply he's a "subpar" actor. The fact alone that you claim his acting skills to be "mid," by definition, contradicts your very own argument. "Mid" means mediocre or average; "subpar" means BELOW average: in other words, LESS THAN "mid."
Last but not least, I was talking more about his acting in a particular role (GMP) than him as an actor per se.
Do the academies focus more on theory over practice? Possibly, but presumably his experience as a child actor counts as sufficient practice.
P.S. To answer your question, I'm on a chair. (lol) I usually sit when I post online, don't you? Well, now yk.
Given how competitive the C-ent industry is, coupled with the fact that he's represented by his own family instead of an established agency, by virtually any reasonably objective metric, his acting is at the very least more than "subpar."
But perhaps, your opinion should carry more weight than the collective opinion of dozens of professional critics as well as hundreds of millions of audience members.
Your observation is on point; I couldn't quite put it as eloquently.
What I appreciate about Li Xian's acting is its range & versatility. LX is essentially a character actor in a leading man.
If you're interested in modern cdramas, I'd recommend Meet Yourself.
To answer your question, I likely don't know as much as you do about what SWL went through in the industry. I'm not particularly interested in the private lives of C-drama actors, including SWL, because I mostly appreciate their acting and respect them as artists.
That said, I don't see how any of that is relevant to my argument, which was that wishing for the "downfall" of the C-ent industry is counterproductive because that would also lead to the downfall of C-dramas in general, and SWL's career in C-dramas in particular.
Ok, now that I've stated my case, I do remember something about his early struggles in the industry from an interview he gave on some kind of talk show, whose host was a lady in her 40s or 50s, I guess.
This was a few years ago when I first got into C-dramas, so I don't recall the exact details partly because it's been a while, but mostly because my Chinese isn't very good, especially back then.
As I said earlier, I don't like digging into the private lives of Chinese actors or any other celebrities, but SWL's interview came up in my YouTube algorithm (probably because I was watching Go Ahead at the time).
IIRC, SWL put a lot of pressure on himself to succeed as an actor because he wanted to help support his working-class family who were struggling financially. Apparently, it got so bad that he was losing sleep and his sister had to come stay with him to help ease his anxiety, not to mention transition into the industry. But he got a support role within a year and a starring role within two years in the industry.
But that's neither here nor there with respect to my argument, which is that the wished for "downfall" of the C-ent industry isn't going to do SWL any good.