A Boss and a Babe (2023)

Loved every second of this show!

A Boss and a Babe presents the story of Gun, a CEO, and Cher, his intern, as they navigate a scandalous office romance. The show introduces us to a young and optimistic intern who joins a company and encounters an overbearing, rude, and despised boss. As Cher gradually chips away at Gun's tough exterior, their relationship becomes intertwined with scandal, and faces intense criticism for being inappropriate within the office setting.

A Boss and a Babe offers a delightful blend of witty humor and energetic performances from the actors. It certainly doesn't hurt that Force is an attractive individual—I wouldn't mind having him as my boss (lol!). Although I came across some negative reviews regarding the storytelling and writing, I decided to give the show a chance. Some viewers expressed concerns about the boss making sexual advances toward an intern and the power dynamics at play in their relationship. However, after watching the series, I personally didn't find it to be a significant issue and felt that it actually contributed to the overall story.

My focus was primarily on the blossoming relationship between Cher and Gun, which evolved beyond the boundaries of a typical intern-CEO dynamic. They faced numerous challenges, encountered harsh criticism, and were made to feel as though they shouldn't be together. The show provides a refreshing twist on the enemies-to-lovers trope, complemented by witty humor and Cher's tendency to call out the clichés within the BL genre, which had me laughing and smiling throughout. I particularly enjoyed witnessing the progression of Cher and Gun's relationship in each episode, especially towards the end when Cher took charge of his own life to be with the person he loves.

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Strong beginning but slowly lost its touch

The story started well with both Cher and Gun having depth to their character with a sad and messed up past. Along the way, things got out of hand when they didn't give enough focus to side characters.

Thyme/Time and Thoop were 2 neglected pieces in this story. Till the end, they never showed what went wrong between Gun and Thyme, which means it was a lost friendship that could have actually made the story more interesting. As for Thoop, we don't know what happened with the drug charges, and neither do we know what happened to his stepfather.

The biggest plot hole was when they showed Thoop reconciling with his mother who knew all along that Tian was getting raped by her stepfather. That's a very insensitive way of showing forgiveness. As far as I know, legally, the mother should also go to jail as an accomplice since she never intervened even though she knew that a minor was getting assaulted.

We also don't know why Thi was so hell-bent to win the gaming competition. I mean I understand that he wanted to win but his reaction when they all won't have time to practice made us think there is some backstory or maybe a dream. Instead of focusing on that, the series only showed the cheezy romantic part of Thi and Zo's relationship.

So, overall a good one-time watch if you want to enjoy a light-hearted romance and have a laugh.

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Actually I did stop watching this series after few episodes but decided to give it a try. And I'm glad that I gave this series a second chance. BL series has very set pattern, lead actors meet they fight and they fall in love then they go through some misunderstanding and resolve it to get back together. This series has some different vibe. I love the story it's light and the actors have done a tremendously good job. The pair is so cute and lovely. The cinematography is good. I can just keep on adding positive points but for the experience you have to watch it. Just go and watch this series.

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Wholesome & cute show, but conflict was poorly resolved

In BAAB, it’s clear that Force and Book have chemistry. In fact, BAAB was a smoother watch than Enchante. But on the whole, I didn’t really feel emotionally invested or connected to the characters.

Plus points for the show: Easy to watch, very cute, and filled with wholesome interactions. The show makes perfectly meaningful points on how people may not be who they seem, and how love is really about accepting someone for who they are beyond the surface.

Iffy points: The boss-intern trope wasn't done so well here. This boss-intern tension culminates in a baffling and also somewhat lame resolution. In order to tie up loose ends, the conflicts resolved themselves in rather superficial ways.

Overall, was this a perfectly enjoyable show? Absolutely. But was it GMMTV’s best in terms of writing? Nope.

Full review: https://asianblreviews.wordpress.com/2023/05/25/boss-and-a-babe-2023-review/

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Not unpleasant to watch but lacking in consistency

The story is quite simple but not uninteresting. The subjects are quite modern: acceptance of homosexuality, sexual violence, depression, work relationships. The actors are quite convincing.

Unfortunately, these good points are not enough to erase the problems of this series:
1/ Cher's character is really irritating, especially at the beginning: talks too much to say everything that goes through his head, does too much, takes up too much space. He calms down afterwards but as we had difficulty to get attached to him at the beginning, it remains complicated to be captivated by his story. On the contrary, Gun is very bland. The contrast between the two leaves a strange impression.
2/ Most of the subjects, quite modern, are only skimmed over. We would like to know more and understand the resolutions.
3/ The love story is badly described. We don't understand how they fall in love and especially so quickly.

In summary, this series is rather pleasant to watch but will not leave an imperishable memory.

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It turn out to be a mess!

What started out as a sweet romcom just went downhill....

I understand that there are bound to be issues in relationship but I feel the issues at hand here is unnecessarily complicated, messy and unhealthy!

I don't like how Cher is still not moving on from the past and I hate that Boss has to clear up the mess associated with this! To make it worse, Cher wasn't even an item with Thian. Wth is going on here.

It gets really messy and all over the place in the last few episodes, I started skipping parts and eventually dropped this drama since I just ended up disappointed and frustrated

As I said, it started out really great, I was looking forward to every episoe, I was not skippping any parts, until it gets unnecesarily dramatic.

Force's great acting is what's keeping me to rate this drama above 7!

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FORCEBOOK DESERVE BETTER.

It's not a bad show. I just feel that this might get boring towards the end. Tbh I don't really like this writer director duo. I've noticed that they've worked on star on my mind & between us both of which were very weak in terms of plot and writing. I still haven't completed star in my mind. It got so boring and annoying towards the end. They kept dragging on even though it was just 8 episodes and between us also got really annoying by the last few episodes. The confession was dragged for no reason at all. People only love these shows because of the actors. I waited a year for between us and had really high expectations but I was let down. In fact I really think this writer should find another job. She keeps ruining potentially good shows by bad writing.
I'll wait and see what happens with a boss and a babe.
I feel really sorry for ForceBook . Their shows always air after the biggest hits in the industry. Enchante after bad buddy and now boss baby after my school president. They are always compared and people don't enjoy it as much.
Well I'm looking forward to only friends 'cause I have faith in P'Jojo .I'm sure he will bring out their full potential .

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spegni il cervello guardando questo BL

Consiglio vivamente a tutti di vedere questo BL, maggiormente se si cerca qualcosa di leggero che emozioni a tratti e maggiormente che non si abbiano aspettative molto alte in quanto sia un completo romance.
Di dramma c'è poco e niente e proprio per questo a me è piaciuto davvero tanto.
Genuino, semplice, tranquillo...giusto un passatempo di cui rimanere innamorati.
Non sono attori fenomale ma le loro parti le sanno fare (in quanto non siano parti difficili), peccato che il resto del cast si veda davvero poco e che le storielle degli altri personaggi siano lasciate un po' in disparte, ma ovviamente il focus deve andare sulla coppia quindi mancanza poco importante.
Molto molto bello, consigliatissimo.

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