love and sex in Playlist Cinematic Universe
This webdrama reminded me of It's Okay To Be Sensitive. Both are about current societal issues regarding sexual education or gender equality. Growing Season seems to be a part of Playlists' somewhat more mature drama lineup, along with My Fuxxing Romance or XX.This drama tries to be serious and show less cookie cutter side of life and romance, but after 5-6 episodes it inevitably turns into typical fluffy webdrama. The beggining plot about main characters preparing a group project is overshadowed by 3 main couples and their problems. One plus is having young adults as leads, as webdramas focused on teens can be very hit or miss. This drama has more R rated content, so older characters are a must.
Pacing is also bit off, first 3-4 episodes drag some plots, then things shuffle fast to another draggy episodes and then rushed ending arc.
Acting is okay, nothing to write home about.
One of the couples is a co-habitating one, and I was bit irritated by how the characters seemingly had progressed, but it was written in a flustrating way. Other two are actually fun to watch, I liked them both.
Growing Season tries to be a bit of educational, more realistic webdrama but that aspect falls flat after couple of episodes.
Watch it if you wanna see an easy to digest typical Playlist fare. Everyone has perfect makeup and trendy clothes and colours are saturated. There are multiple easy to spot PPLs and episodes are perfectly tailored to grab your attention for 10-20 precious minutes. Everything ends well and it's another good day in Playlist cinematic universe.
It's less sugary than their other dramas and conflicts are more down to earth, but what drags it down is the writing.
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