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Better than expected but the ending was a bit of a let down
Taste follows the story of group of teens that apparently have too much time on their hands as I never see them study which is funny considering they are in cram school.
Most of them are rich/come from influential families/or whatever. Then we have Bambi, our main main lead.
Bambi chases fame and isn't afraid to be an absolutely shitty person to reach said goal. We never see her character evolving because I'm pretty sure the writers want her to stay a shitty person. The thing is with these kind of people is that you can respect their game, you can respect their drive and ambition. You can hate and admire them. But they are usually not written like Bambi which makes it even more infuriating. These kind of characters usually do not hide they are cut-throat assholes or admit so freely once they get "caught".
Bambi, on the other hand, does something really shitty, lies about it, then cries about how sorry she is, makes herself look sooo miserable and then just keeps being shitty. There is a certain edge missing to her. It feels less calculated and more like impulsive teen does thing because she can - which to be fair - is what teens probably do in real life.
Considering this was Mabelz first role, she did really well. I was skeptical at first, but she was quite natural.
The story also follows the other people of the group. So we see Diesel, an influential politician's son who, in my opinion, has the most intriguing story line and characterization. He's some asshole with a complex background story that fucks with his brain in ways he can't comprehend. He finds comfort in this one girl who also stands politically for everything against his dad. Funsies!
Well, they develop a sweep whatevership that sorta ends with Diesel's demons making him do questionable shit.
You don't really root for him, but you also end up pitying him. IMO, the most interesting character. Phuwin did great, but yeah the kssing scenes with women were so awkward, it made me cringe.
We also get to witness the stories of some of the others, but at this point I have talked about the biggest story plots in Taste.
The other's aren't as maddening.
Overall, the story is intriguing enough to fill 8 episodes. More would have been way too much. The ending fell kinda flat, tho. Bambi is upsetting at some point. You really don't wanna root for her. The cast did well, though. Even though sometimes their random English lines would be delivered weirdly, it didn't really flow naturally.
In conclusion, still enjoyable enough. Especially if you wanna see Phuwin play a completely different chracter from Peach (Mee and Thee) which he played in the same year.
Most of them are rich/come from influential families/or whatever. Then we have Bambi, our main main lead.
Bambi chases fame and isn't afraid to be an absolutely shitty person to reach said goal. We never see her character evolving because I'm pretty sure the writers want her to stay a shitty person. The thing is with these kind of people is that you can respect their game, you can respect their drive and ambition. You can hate and admire them. But they are usually not written like Bambi which makes it even more infuriating. These kind of characters usually do not hide they are cut-throat assholes or admit so freely once they get "caught".
Bambi, on the other hand, does something really shitty, lies about it, then cries about how sorry she is, makes herself look sooo miserable and then just keeps being shitty. There is a certain edge missing to her. It feels less calculated and more like impulsive teen does thing because she can - which to be fair - is what teens probably do in real life.
Considering this was Mabelz first role, she did really well. I was skeptical at first, but she was quite natural.
The story also follows the other people of the group. So we see Diesel, an influential politician's son who, in my opinion, has the most intriguing story line and characterization. He's some asshole with a complex background story that fucks with his brain in ways he can't comprehend. He finds comfort in this one girl who also stands politically for everything against his dad. Funsies!
Well, they develop a sweep whatevership that sorta ends with Diesel's demons making him do questionable shit.
You don't really root for him, but you also end up pitying him. IMO, the most interesting character. Phuwin did great, but yeah the kssing scenes with women were so awkward, it made me cringe.
We also get to witness the stories of some of the others, but at this point I have talked about the biggest story plots in Taste.
The other's aren't as maddening.
Overall, the story is intriguing enough to fill 8 episodes. More would have been way too much. The ending fell kinda flat, tho. Bambi is upsetting at some point. You really don't wanna root for her. The cast did well, though. Even though sometimes their random English lines would be delivered weirdly, it didn't really flow naturally.
In conclusion, still enjoyable enough. Especially if you wanna see Phuwin play a completely different chracter from Peach (Mee and Thee) which he played in the same year.
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