Thank you for writting this. I think all the people wondering why the victims doesn't talk sooner should read…
When I found out you can face possible jail time for under the guise of defamation for TRUE facts in SK I was so shocked. The system is really designed keep things quiet and protect the rich/powerful instead of those are seeking true justice.
The thing is, we all watch dramas here where people fight injustices and applaud these on screen heros, but when it comes to real life people want to always protect the perpetrator and shame the victims without realising how few options these victims really have. Real life victims are treated like the criminals and the idols like Gods that can do no wrong.
And more so in this particular case- the victims were still in school when this happened- adults barely understand what options they have when facing assault of any kind, what then these children? Why are people so shocked they are speaking up now when they are grown up, feel that their trauma needs to at the very least be acknowledged? What could they have possibly done as children too traumatised/ashamed to tell an adult, or if they did were told to pretend it didn't happen otherwise it would hurt them more than Ji Soo?
I seriously don't understand people crying about "you guize are going to cancel oppas career and its not fair!1!!!1" - what about the lives of ordinary people he ruined and never seemed to have apologized for? How is his career worth more than the lives of other humans?
What he did was a crime and he deserves punishment like any other normal citizen would face for their crime. Calling…
Yesss! I hate when people are asking for someone to be held accountable for THEIR own actions people think it's bullying. Ofc its not ok to make death threats/verbally abuse anyone that goes without saying.
This goes beyond Ji Soo to be honest, it really needs to spark some change in Korea's schools and the culture of silence around oppression. And people who are reasonably asking him to be held accountable (even in the smallest way because lets be honest this is never going to see a trial) is NOT the same as cyber bullying.
You have my total support. "History is not a teacher, but a warden: it does not teach anything, but only punishes…
Yes! If you don't feel the consequences of your actions you will never stop the vicious cycle you are in. Also I can't with the my oppa/unni could never crowd. Read this today: "morals before idols" and it can't be clearer.
What he did to others extends far beyond just bullying. It was downright cruel and disturbing. Not to mention…
"I can't even begin to imagine having a past like that and thinking it would be a good idea to start a career in the spotlight." - I feel like people who commit crimes like his think they are untouchable in some way, that they can get away with anything because they have for so long. Even his apology reeks of "oh no I got found out" instead of true repentance. If he truly understood what he did was wrong before he would have reached out and apologised to the victims long before this all broke out. And even then it is up to the victims if they want to forgive him- it's not up to him. He's just damn lucky this will never go to court but it really should, esp the sexual assault stuff.
I am the kind of person who would say, "I told you so" and who would say it again, and again, and again. The reason…
"And I hope I never have to read another "I am sick of #MeToo and cancel culture" again." THIS. I can't believe that was ever even said. And also really does cancel culture even do anything? I can't think of many celebs that were actually "cancelled" unless they committed real crimes that landed them in legal issues/jail?
For people who whined about being "sick of #MeToo and cancel culture"- I hope you understand why these forms of protests are now taking place around the world. Esp in S.Korea where the law really seems to be geared towards keeping victims of such things silent. You can literally can get punished in SK for defamation even when the facts are true: "... South Korea’s Penal Code describe various “crimes against reputation,” including defamation, defamation through printed materials and insult...However, truthful statements can also lead to criminal liability. Individuals who defame others by “publicly alleging facts” face up to three years’ imprisonment. In these cases, the defence of truth is only available to defendants who can demonstrate that their communications were made “solely for the public interest.” Individuals may also face up to a year imprisonment for “publicly insult[ing] another”."
So for those crying "cancel culture" evil and oh my oppa/unnie could never + why don't these people go through court/reveal themselves with proof of identity : there are actual laws that prevent them from speaking up. Also cancel culture rarely work- at most people disappear from the public eye (esp if they are male) for a few years and then make their come back with barely any consequences. E.g. in the case of the Burning Sun scandal YG is doing great and has not really been affected, most people have already forgotten and moved on despite the pure evil that was exposed through the allegations.
Will there be false accusations made by people towards celebrities for no reason (e.g Tablo), yes- but they should be treated as you would anyone else, with neutral caution, without resorting to crying about "cancel culture" and stanning up for your fav, because your fav is still human- and humans can be wonderful but they can also be evil.
I can't explain why, but I loved season 2 more than Season 1. Season 1 was great and all, but it always felt like there were elements missing. This season was great, perhaps cause Seo Woo Jin is more likeable than the ML in the first season or perhaps as a viewer you trust and love Kim Sabeo more. It was a fun ride and I binged through this in 2 days.
Like the first season this one has everything, great characters, comedy, romance, drama and really thoughtful writing. Definitely recommend watching.
beauty inside (the movie)... dont know how the drama is... the classic, mood of the day, be with youmr,queen -…
Chicago Typewriter is one of the best Kdramas I have ever watched second only to Misaeng. Highly recommend it! I keep going back to MDL page on CT all these years later just to say how much I love it.
It has a grade of 8.6/10 so I don't know about what hate you are talking about. But we all have different opinons,…
Agreed. I get that people love a drama and want to defend it (I feel like that sometimes, but then remember not everyone HAS to love what I love lol). And yeap, like everyone else I love slice of life dramas and thought this was going to be great but was quite bored from this one, but you only get to know that after watching a drama!
One word: Bland. I usually am this biggest fan of character/dialogue driven dramas (eg Misaeng) that don't rely on heavy plot lines to drive the story but wow I could not get in to this drama. I did really like the script but the story failed to pull me in. There should be some spark, some purpose to a drama and this weirdly started with it and then quickly dissipated in to nothingness. After 11 eps I am dropping it. The leads have no chemistry together, and its not cause I'm even expecting any skinship, there just isn't any. They have a nice friendship and that's ok but nothing more. The ML seems to have no presence on screen (through no fault of his own, the drama takes anything that made him interesting and just makes him seem like an empty shell...which I get might be the point before building him up again but 11 episodes later there is nothing to pulling me to keep watching). The second leads were definitely far more interesting to watch and I really liked how weirdly psycho but caring Dan Ah was. Her character was what kept me watching for as long as I did tbh.
It's a shame cause I really really wanted to like this drama given all the praise in the reviews and comments below but this just was so bland for me.
(Don't come at me I know there are a lot of fans who love this show but it's not a personal attack on ya'll just my feelings).
Very cute and sweet drama. The romance between the main leads was adorable and worth watching and none of the…
Also the dubbing in a lot of scenes was horribly inserted. Seriously I hope they have a better production crew for the next season cause this team did one of the weakest jobs I have seen for such a highly rated drama.
Very cute and sweet drama. The romance between the main leads was adorable and worth watching and none of the side characters/stories annoyed me like cdramas have a tendency to do. However like everyone else has mentioned this could easily have been a 25-30 episode drama instead and that would have really raised the ratings for me.
Although I really don't support the blind patriotic love they have for China (re: massive human rights abuses going on there atm) I appreciate that they as individuals wanted to represent their country. But they really tried to ram that idea down our throats via multiple flashbacks of the same scenes, shouting and overacting as substitute to show passion (I'm looking at you all the random yelling between Team Solo). This drama also really suffered from the repeated montages of the same thing and then suddenly not showing the real competitions that viewers would want to see (at least on the Netflix version we don't get to see some scenes that makes the editing seem realllyyyy weird). I couldn't help but feel that they couldn't schedule every cast member on the same day/time for shoots and so a lot of scenes seemed weirdly edited. E.g. DTs scenes were mostly inserts to make it seem he was in the team but all the shots were him alone. There were quite a few production flaws which is a shame because the actors did a pretty decent job most of the time.
I did love the friendship and solidarity between both Team Solo and K&K and really want to see the second season from DT's POV. Overall worth a watch for just the main leads, the romance was really all fluff and what I came for (and I love drunk Tong Nian!)
sidenote on something said in episode 13:Women do not sort out things based on emotions, we are logical as well.…
Yeah I hated that line of argument in this. Humans are one dimensional beings based on their gender. Men and Women both make decisions logically, emotionally and most of the time a mix of the two. For a drama that had a male lead as a statistician they should have been able to explain the nuance in this instead of the lazy writing they had for this.
An ok drama that was really hard to get in to. The first few episodes are really boring and you really have to force yourself to not roll your eyes at the female lead. She is really not the sharpest tool in the shed and although she matures slightly throughout the drama the character development isn't amazing. ML was good, he was able to portray warmth, coldness and confusion but this drama would have been so much better in half the episodes and less boring filler scenes.
I really do hate how one dimensional best friend characters are in dramaland, even though they had their own story line every time the FL had issues her friends would pop up and if they had issues she would be there for them for 3 whole secs and then its back to her issues. I get it she's the FL but the friendship was so unconvincing and a lot of dramas are plagued with these issues. Luckily the sister's story line was fun cause of the man pursuing her and they had good chemistry.
Side rant: It is NOT OK to push a restaurant/chef to cook off the menu, it's ok to ask but totally not appreciated if the guest throws a temper tantrum like the main couple did in one of the episodes. As someone who has worked in F&B for ages, this can disrupt the entire flow of the kitchen and also cause issues if other customers see and copy. Also if the chefs aren't sure of the dish and still made to make it- the customer always blames the restaurant so this scene reallllly annoyed me.
The one thing I have to give props to is the OST - it was solid.
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The thing is, we all watch dramas here where people fight injustices and applaud these on screen heros, but when it comes to real life people want to always protect the perpetrator and shame the victims without realising how few options these victims really have. Real life victims are treated like the criminals and the idols like Gods that can do no wrong.
And more so in this particular case- the victims were still in school when this happened- adults barely understand what options they have when facing assault of any kind, what then these children? Why are people so shocked they are speaking up now when they are grown up, feel that their trauma needs to at the very least be acknowledged? What could they have possibly done as children too traumatised/ashamed to tell an adult, or if they did were told to pretend it didn't happen otherwise it would hurt them more than Ji Soo?
I seriously don't understand people crying about "you guize are going to cancel oppas career and its not fair!1!!!1" - what about the lives of ordinary people he ruined and never seemed to have apologized for? How is his career worth more than the lives of other humans?
Ofc its not ok to make death threats/verbally abuse anyone that goes without saying.
This goes beyond Ji Soo to be honest, it really needs to spark some change in Korea's schools and the culture of silence around oppression. And people who are reasonably asking him to be held accountable (even in the smallest way because lets be honest this is never going to see a trial) is NOT the same as cyber bullying.
THIS. I can't believe that was ever even said. And also really does cancel culture even do anything? I can't think of many celebs that were actually "cancelled" unless they committed real crimes that landed them in legal issues/jail?
"... South Korea’s Penal Code describe various “crimes against reputation,” including defamation, defamation through printed materials and insult...However, truthful statements can also lead to criminal liability. Individuals who defame others by “publicly alleging facts” face up to three years’ imprisonment. In these cases, the defence of truth is only available to defendants who can demonstrate that their communications were made “solely for the public interest.” Individuals may also face up to a year imprisonment for “publicly insult[ing] another”."
So for those crying "cancel culture" evil and oh my oppa/unnie could never + why don't these people go through court/reveal themselves with proof of identity : there are actual laws that prevent them from speaking up. Also cancel culture rarely work- at most people disappear from the public eye (esp if they are male) for a few years and then make their come back with barely any consequences. E.g. in the case of the Burning Sun scandal YG is doing great and has not really been affected, most people have already forgotten and moved on despite the pure evil that was exposed through the allegations.
Will there be false accusations made by people towards celebrities for no reason (e.g Tablo), yes- but they should be treated as you would anyone else, with neutral caution, without resorting to crying about "cancel culture" and stanning up for your fav, because your fav is still human- and humans can be wonderful but they can also be evil.
Like the first season this one has everything, great characters, comedy, romance, drama and really thoughtful writing. Definitely recommend watching.
It's a shame cause I really really wanted to like this drama given all the praise in the reviews and comments below but this just was so bland for me.
(Don't come at me I know there are a lot of fans who love this show but it's not a personal attack on ya'll just my feelings).
Although I really don't support the blind patriotic love they have for China (re: massive human rights abuses going on there atm) I appreciate that they as individuals wanted to represent their country. But they really tried to ram that idea down our throats via multiple flashbacks of the same scenes, shouting and overacting as substitute to show passion (I'm looking at you all the random yelling between Team Solo). This drama also really suffered from the repeated montages of the same thing and then suddenly not showing the real competitions that viewers would want to see (at least on the Netflix version we don't get to see some scenes that makes the editing seem realllyyyy weird). I couldn't help but feel that they couldn't schedule every cast member on the same day/time for shoots and so a lot of scenes seemed weirdly edited. E.g. DTs scenes were mostly inserts to make it seem he was in the team but all the shots were him alone. There were quite a few production flaws which is a shame because the actors did a pretty decent job most of the time.
I did love the friendship and solidarity between both Team Solo and K&K and really want to see the second season from DT's POV. Overall worth a watch for just the main leads, the romance was really all fluff and what I came for (and I love drunk Tong Nian!)
I really do hate how one dimensional best friend characters are in dramaland, even though they had their own story line every time the FL had issues her friends would pop up and if they had issues she would be there for them for 3 whole secs and then its back to her issues. I get it she's the FL but the friendship was so unconvincing and a lot of dramas are plagued with these issues. Luckily the sister's story line was fun cause of the man pursuing her and they had good chemistry.
Side rant: It is NOT OK to push a restaurant/chef to cook off the menu, it's ok to ask but totally not appreciated if the guest throws a temper tantrum like the main couple did in one of the episodes. As someone who has worked in F&B for ages, this can disrupt the entire flow of the kitchen and also cause issues if other customers see and copy. Also if the chefs aren't sure of the dish and still made to make it- the customer always blames the restaurant so this scene reallllly annoyed me.
The one thing I have to give props to is the OST - it was solid.