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She is getting better all the time. It's fantastic to watch her acting, she doesn't overdo anything. She has a very serene vibe, which I find enjoyable and soothing. Hope for more lead roles.

Yes, although it's still very conventionally patriachal, it manages to show womens struggles. I hadn't given that much thought to the ex-gf, thanks for that. Personally, if I were God, I'd remove the word cheating from the vocabulary altogether in order to make the world a happier place. But I guess that won't happen in my lifetime. Cheating being a major source of drama and breakups within the dramaworld everywhere, makes the thinking that it is wrong or even criminal like some people claim, too mainstream. But this drama reminded me about a s-korean book I read about a housewife who lost herself to the tedium of housework and child-rearing the point of loosing her mind.

Awaken was so well written I'm going to watch other dramas by this writer.

Excellent, I don't know how I didn't watch this earlier. Not a boring moment. Really well written. The plot is interesting to the max, since these kinds of things (cruel brain experiments with unconsenting subjects, artificial prolonging of the life span) are based on real incidents in not so distant past. If you get interested in the experiments, there's a documentary Minds of Men in YT. And, 100+ year olds, Kissinger, Rockefellers and Rotchilds are very much still on top of the invisible influence pyramid.

I agree. They were both good but Lee Min Ki was phenomenal.

I agree. I don't really see the point of Joseon Attorney, for instance. Forbidden Marriage, Our Blooming Youth and Secret Romantic Guesthouse are okay to watch. but not serious. what's the point of having a historical setting when the plot has nothing to do with real history. The Red Sleeve was 11 on a scale of 1-10.

Six Flying Dragons and Tree With Deep Roots. Also have basis on real historical figures, which make them all the better imo.

People who like The Glory will not enjoy Oasis.

Doo Hak is usually the one doing all the punching. The drama isn't very simple in terms of good guys versus bad guys. The genre is tragedy. Tragedies have been written since always.

I won't ever be able to understand the current obsession with revenge. Or that people find revenge dramas fun. But to each their own.

There was zero incivility in the correction. Pls take a look at the comments section of Kill Boksoon and you'll get the gist of the usual style in MDL (aka wishing other commenters dead)

I don't think there is, actually. Outside of dramas, in the real world. In any case, not around the world. Show me the statistics. 99 % of killings are done by people with weak impulse control. People who have substance and mental health issues, who have a poor family background. Not well-to-do members of the society. Drama is drama, but criminal psychopaths are a very rare species.

Highest of all time would mean higher than any other drama ever.

One of the key scenes was when Soo Yeon said, "for 2 hours I could be more than a mother and a worker". In those moments she was able to be more of herself and explore more of what she could be. Personally, I expected the drama to be even more liberal since I'm all for freedom and not ownership. We are all different persons when meeting a new person, learning about new dimensions in ourselves. Yes, it can be quite emotional and mutually supporting and not just a superficial game as with Yoon Gi. The way people people are expected to restrict their exploration of themselves and of others and of the world is quite clear in the comments. But coming from another direction, those restrictions do not make much sense and that's why expected this to be more liberal. But there were good insights and definitely no glorification of cheating. Also I was stunned by how good Song Ji Hyo was in this drama.

Just as with Reborn Rich, people here mostly ignore all of the historical context. Only interested in whether boy gets girl. As if this was just a flawed and failed version of What's Wrong With Secretary Kim. How can people write about the drama as if the characters existed in a vacuum. When Cheol Woong was tortured by the secret police and forced to become an informer. When Doo Hak's sister was similarly tortured and is even in a relationship with the student opposition movement leader.

Prior understanding of the cultural context is a must.

This may come as a big surprise to you, but people have their own tastes and opinions. You have yours, I have mine. Capisce?

Just as with Reborn Rich, people here mostly ignore all of the historical context. Only interested in whether boy gets girl.

prior understanding of the history is a must, imo. Nothing conventional here, tragic undertones.

completely agree.