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Dark Blue Kiss thai drama review
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Dark Blue Kiss
4 people found this review helpful
by Pecbounce
Aug 15, 2020
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
This review may contain spoilers

Simple show with great protagonists, awesome parents, and problematic friends

The plot is very straightforward but relies on the villain's lies and the misunderstanding trope to move the plot. There aren't any stereotypes or caricatures. The moments between Kao and Pete are very sweet. The acting is pretty good. Non is a very convincing brat. Kudos to the actor. There's no awkwardness at all and no excessive use of slow-motion scenes. It's realistic in showing accepting parents (Pete's father and Kao's mother), the fear of coming out, how only the person coming out can decide when to come out, how more is expected of LGBTQ people as if to compensate for their sexualities. I also love that Sun asks Mork who's going to top and who's going to bottom tonight because most couples are versatile.

Now let's talk about an exclusively BL problem that never happens in books/shows/movies made by and for LGBTQ people: Pete refers to Kao as his wife, probably as a joke because he usually calls him his boyfriend. June, on the other hand, always calls Kao Pete's wife. Sandee, who I really liked until near the end, also called Kao the wife. Why? Because they perceive him as the bottom? If Kao had the time to express that gay people are expected to do more to compensate for their sexuality, why didn't he correct his friends? When will it change? Until same sex marriage is legal? Stop imposing your world views on us. All I can say is this show is already great but do better. Curiously, Sun's brother is the only one who used "husband" to refer to a gay man.

If I were to rewatch, I'd probably just watch the really sweet scenes between the two main couples.
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