Wanthong (2021)

a women who gets involved with two guys and ends up in tragedy....

• Wanthong is a drama that I wouldn’t see myself watching it in the first place just because I don’t like tragedies, but I watched it anyways just because I wanted to try something new.
• I think the casting and the characters were great. I love all the main leads, Davika, Pong, and Shakrit. I have watched at least a drama from each of them and I think they’re all pretty good actors.
• This is my first time seeing Shakrit play this type of rolse so it was pretty interesting to me how he took that role. Chang was just such an terrible and selfish person, throughout the whole drama I just couldn’t stand him.
• Davika, a queen, played her role nicely. While watching this drama, I cried a lot thanks to her acting, haha.
• With Pong, I’m sure most people know him for his role as the main guy who doesn’t know how to only have one women lol, so I didn’t expect much from his character as I already saw this coming from his character.
• The plot was pretty basic, a women getting involved with two men but then ends up in tragedy. It may have been basic, but it was also such a wild story. The ending got me so moody lol, I cried so much when Wanthong “died”, but then towards the end she was shown as not dead.
• The OST is such a beautiful song as the lyrics really conveys the feelings that Wanthong goes through. I may not speak Thai, but the song is so nice that I can listen to it on repeat.
• I most likely won’t watch this drama until I forget what happened in the ending. Because it’s a tragedy, I wouldn’t rewatch it so much too because again, I’m not the biggest fan of this genre. Anyways, great job to all the actors and I hope to see them all work again in a different drama! :)

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A Modern, Tear-jerking Adaptation

I've finished the whole drama ever since I got intrigued by the original literature, "Khun Chang Khun Phaen". When I watched the drama for around 1-2 episodes per day (depending on the mood), I enjoyed it but sometimes I got irritated with Wanthong's character. I couldn't blame her because she gets hurt by a man's ego. The one thing that I liked the most is the ending, though there's a change from the original literature, in which the King implements the laws of gender equality and divorce. I've learned about some of the supporting characters there, especially Kumanthong, which exists in Thai culture and folklore. And as a Filipino who loves Thai culture and entertainment, somehow I loved the series with all my heart. Chakrit's antagonist acting (I first saw him in "Rong Raem Phi" but without subs) as Khun Chang is so good along with Nawat Kulrattanarak (TBH he's my Thai favorite actor since I saw him in "Songkram Nang Fah". Also, I do writing original with him as one of my main leads on my own and as a visual representation of the character) as Khun Phaen. Overall, this drama would become a timeless memoir for me.

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