Wannabe (2022)

Interestingly themed drama... But what's up with the cast? If I'm not anxious to watch more of someone, then it's Non Chanon and Marina Sadanun (suffered enough with their previous roles). The only positive thing for Non Chanon, trying to look like a rapper (heh), would be to at least finally get a proper haircut. That could only do good to his overly feminine face, but no. And him wearing couple of braids (seriously) ponytailed on the top of his head, that "surprisingly" did not make him look cool, lol. Same with Marina Sadanun. That girl should be awarded a title of Miss Bland: there hardly was ever anything even remotely rememberable about her except it's repeated everywhere that she's a sister of one other actress (Margie), which after all is not important to me as a viewer. But I guess they need to repeat it because she doesn't resemble her at all and because there's nothing interesting about HER. When I watched her in opening credits, trying to move around and make "rap" gestures, I had to smirk.

First episode (it's 49 mins only) shows us little about the characters. There's the main rapper who looks lame (as he's portrayed by Non Chanon) but hates his dad so at least he's got something to rap about, his friend there just likes to chill but he is tense about becoming someone... Then there's schoolboy being bullied, but liking a girl who likes him back, but as a friend only... She wants to become famous, if he wants to hang out with her in the future, he'll have to become famous, too. This MIGHT work had the schoolboy actually be the younger version of the main rapper, at first I thought we were watching his past flashbacks which would explain his intense need to become famous, but no. So, we just watched a bundle of characters doing this and that. So far no major story.

I might give this a chance to see how it will develop in later episodes but I don't like the cast. And to continue a series, EITHER story or cast must engage me. Nearing the end of the episode Marina Sadanun started singing and I was like: Okay, enough NOW, lol.

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