Story: Claire is a massive K-Drama fan who by some crazy miracle gets sucked into her favorite drama "Taste of Love." She then becomes a Facilitator, someone who works behind the scenes to make sure the characters get their happy endings. She's introduced to fellow Facilitator Seth who quickly shows her the ropes and recruits her. See, something bad is happening in Dramaworld, and the story is in major trouble. It's then up to Claire to get it back on track so our beloved characters get their happily ever afters.
Pros: I thought the story was enjoyable, and I was certainly engaged with the story. I laughed and shouted at my screen in frustration, and there WAS A TWIST THAT I WASN'T EXPECTING, so that was pleasantly surprising. The best part was the portrayal of your stereotypical K-Drama characters and the tropes, and I found myself nodding and laughing as all the best parts of a K-Drama that make you roll your eyes were pointed out. You have the hot, but arrogant leading man, the sweet leading woman, the secondary shady woman, the second male lead, the overbearing mother, etc. The way they poked fun at the tropes was great too. For example, rushing to a help a guy after he's hit by a car will cause him to fall in love with you at first sight, there's the "magnetic pull," where drunken piggyback rides are galore, female characters will always be saved by a male suitor before hitting the ground from fainting or tripping, the "mandatory" hot show scene so the leading male can show off his abs, flashbacks that cause time to stop, dreams can be manipulated to further the story, etc.
Cons: I wanted more character development. Not necessarily with the characters of "Taste of Love" since their roles were that of your cliched drama characters (and their memories are reset when their drama comes to an end, with them adopting new personalities and stories for the next drama), but more with Claire and Seth. Of course this is a 10 episode 15-20 minute series so I can understand the lack of development.
Overall: It's a fun, creative comedy series to watch if you're not looking for anything serious or gut-wrenching. I will say that for a short show it pulled me in, and even had a few surprising twists and a pretty great cliffhanger that has my hopes high for a second installment; and maybe even some more character development. I mean the possibilities are endless.
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Now each episode is about 17 minutes long including the credits but FOR ME the drama didn't feel rushed at all, the drama is about a girl named Claire Duncan who is absolutely addicted to watching her all time favorite Korean Drama "Taste of Love" and wishes she could live in a world exactly like that, when suddenly she finds herself in the so called "DRAMAWORLD" where she meets another facilitator by the name of Seth Ko who's a waiter in which you think wouldn't hurt a fly but is he really all he seems to be?
The drama is basically everything a person addicted to Korean drama's would want to experience for themselves and might have you wishing you could be apart of a so called drama or one of your favorite actors movies/drama but that might just BE ME.
I've rated the Overall and Re-watch Value on this high because it's short, funny (in my opinion) and the majority of it is in English which is something you never see in the Korean drama world.
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Ou vai dizer que você nunca pensou em quão incrível seria estar no meio de um triângulo amoroso com o casal protagonista do seu drama preferido? Quer dizer, eu nunca, mas vou começar a imaginar isso a partir de hoje!
Claire, a "não protagonista", representa muito bem aqueles que amam dramas. Ela é apaixonada por esse ator e conhece todos os trabalhos dele, briga com o drama quando as coisas não dão certo e, quando ela entra no tal "Dramaworld", faz de tudo pra ajudar o casal principal a ficar junto. Pena que isso não funciona.
Ela é muito exagerada, meio desesperada como a gente que assiste, quer que sua lógica seja ouvida e isso confunde um pouco os personagens do drama. Tanto que, no fim, as coisas terminam de cabeça pra baixo, mas acho que essa era a ideia desde o início, certo? Fica muito na cara que ela vai deixar tudo de pernas pro ar, típica heroína estabanada.
Num geral, é uma história divertida de assistir, bem curta - os episódios tem média de 15 minutos -, bastante clichê por conta do conceito, mas você consegue se identificar. É quase como uma sátira aos dramas no geral, eu gosto de pensar que a pessoa que teve essa ideia conhece muito bem o coração do adolescente apaixonado por dramas, porque essa ideia deu muito certo!
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