This is such a great show to watch.
Thank you for making this comical. It is so funny. It has a lot of humor. I have to laugh about it watching each episode. Great acting and i love the storyline. I really enjoy the characters played by the actors. Mayom does her best performance so far. Chujai is so adorable and funny. She knows what is right and wrong and lets her mother know in her own funny way. You can almost feel the “love”, “sorrow” and “hate” between the characters. It is a great show. So far one of the best I have seen on Thai tv. Cant wait to see how it ends., but i will be sad when it ends as it so funny to watch. Thank you for this.Was this review helpful to you?
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Female Empowerment in a Humble Countryside of Thailand
Gone is the era of old-school lakorns with macho guys/doormat girls, slap-kiss, etc. Thai lakorns, especially from their traditional Channel 3, have gone so far as to empower their female leads, to the point that the female characters are pretty much in control in this drama. Aside from that, this is an exhausting comedy with a steadfast romance of a cute couple with sizzling chemistry.STORY:
Saisamorn wants to be a top actress following the step of her belated father who was a famous actor. She aims her career progress with the upcoming blockbuster movie project "Love Floods the Field" (รักท่วมทุ่ง = Rak Thuam Thung), which is actually a novel source written by Suriyatis (สุริยาทิศ). Because she is a big city girl who graduated overseas, the director sends her to learn about rural living in the countryside where his relatives live who run a palm sugar factory. Off she goes and pretends to be Mayom, and meets two prominent families: the Phanphlai and the Khokkhongcharoen. Long story short, Saisamorn successfully gets the role and an award, but not without so many difficulties, including her navigating her love with the son of Phanphlai: Mana (Ma).
Saisamorn/Mayom and Ma's romance is steadfast from beginning to end.
ACTING/CHARACTER:
This is where I will talk about female empowerment because the female characters here are the bosses over the male characters.
Saisamorn/Mayom versus Mana (Ma)
Saisamorn is a perfect Female Lead in dramaland imo. She is beautiful, rich, smart, independent, and determined. She is also funny, kind-hearted, gentle, humble, and patient. Even though she ends up falling in love with Ma, Saisamorn still doesn't deter herself from her dream of becoming an actress. She even endures hardship because of the abusive treatment by Ma's mother and sister, and the Khokkhongcharoen family.
Ma, although his character is nice, he's quite weak imo when it comes to protecting his beloved versus obeying his mother. Especially since he falls in love at first sight with Saisamorn in the first episode (when she filmed a guest role) and finds out quite early that Mayom is Saisamorn. Only toward the end, he stands up against his mean mother.
Namfah and August have such sizzling chemistry since they collaborated before in Mae Krua Kon Mai.
Phongphaew versus Kusol
These are Ma's parents. The mother is SO mean towards Mayom, not because Mayom is a country girl not worthy to be her son's wife, but because Phongphaew and Jaem (Mrs. Khokkhongcharoen) are besties and they made a pact to marry their sons and daughters together. Not only that, Phongphaew is the most selfish woman in dramaland, because of her gambling addiction she's ready to sell her own family!
Kusol, her husband, is supposed to be the head village. He's nice but he's overpowered by his wife and doesn't stand up as a family man and a head village
The actress who played Phongphaew (Namfon) is a veteran actress who is very good as a villain. As much as I hated the mother, I praised the actress's acting!
Other strong female characters: Sri, Chujai, Krongthong, Phisamae, and Nath
Sri is Ma's younger sister. The drama synopsis says that Sri is a sharp-mouthed woman. She is meanie alright, but still bearable in comparison to her mother. Little Chujai, the youngest in the family, is also a strong female character. In fact, in comparison to her father and brother, Chujai often who sometimes stands up against her mother.
Krongthong, the daughter of Khokkhongcharoen is also annoying with her ambition to get Ma, to the point of making a big lie! I feel like she shouldn't get redemption in the end!
Phisamae is Saisamorn's mom. I love this character! She is a single mother who brought up her daughter. She also built her own company, which became the top publishing industry. Nath is her sister, a film producer.
Other weak characters: Temorn, Saisamorn's father, the director
Temorn is the son Khokkhongcharoen. He's weak at first but Temorn gets a good character growth.
Saisamorn's father, after he became a famous actor was also a womanizer and a gambler until he died.
The director Chat. He actually doesn't want to give the role to Saisamorn but he's afraid she's the niece of the producer and the heiress of the top publishing company. So he lies to Saisamorn that she needs to learn to be a country girl to be accepted to the role.
OST: Main Theme "Love Floods in the Field", an upbeat duo by August Vachiravit and Pearwah Nichaphat (who played brother and sister in the drama).
ENDING (Scroll down belong if you want to be spoiled about the ending of the characters):
Happy endings for the couples: Saisamorn and Ma, Sri and Temorn, and even Krongthong with her lover! Finally, Ma's mother accepts Saisamorn (not because she's a rich girl). The villains got their punishments.
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Came For Meen Stayed For Series
As a fan of Meen from Love By Chance 2, I have sat through the torture of AiLongNhai and My Dear Gangster Oppa with Ping. I know I only made it through AiLongNhai because of the comment section comparing it to Between Us. How Nhai would need ICU for just bumping into something while Team had the whole bottom of his food sliced open and he said he would just walk it off.Ping has the same acting chops of Dunk. Every time he comes on screen, I want to gauge my eyes out and put on noise canceling headphones on. How has he not gotten any better when he’s being paired with Meen? Meen can act.
First off, I have read the webtoon so I have some sort of expectation of it being decent if not great because Meen is in it so I thought Ping must’ve leveled up. The webtoon was fluffy and had less showing of the Oppa’s gang life unlike the series. In a way I am glad they had the gangster parts in the series because then you can see Meen can really act in those scenes.
Ok with all that said. I came here for Meen and Meen only. But then I really loved Saisimom and Mana story. They really made this larkorn enjoyable because they really had chemistry. It was a fun watch without being too exaggerated like most larkorns.
Given that this is a slice of life Thailand series. People shouldn’t come at it with a western slant on it. Otherwise, you have to call out all the faults of American shows which has a lot more shit to show. Some said this series was in the 1960’s or 1970s. So no cell phones and iPads and talentless social media famous people
I love Chujai she’s the most adorable little munchkin in the series.. Mana’s other sister Sri is so entertaining to watch especially who she whips a thug like Te into shape with a glance of a slap in the are. The Chief was so passive that he allowed his wife to be a shrewd and not out control.
That Krong got a taste of bitter pills. The parent got what they deserved in the end. No bail and time serve.
There weren’t any plot holes which is a rarity in Thai series. It’s an enjoyable series to watch. You might lose a few brain cells from both moms screaming at each other or just Mana’s mom altogether.
Meen did a good job acting like the bumbling thug Te.
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Divertido
Infelizmente a Tailandia está longe de produções fortes e consistentes. Lógico, falo isto baseada neste drama. Conheço muito pouco de lá. O drama começou bem, divertido e me proporcionou boas risadas. O meio se tornou maçante e o final alem de qualquer surpresa, foi fraco. Uma pena! Senti um bom potencial nos atores, além de ser uma história agradável de assistir. Mas tudo foi tão clichê e forçado. Acredito que até para dar "selinho" é necessário maior envolvimento entre os protagonistas. No fim das contas, o que era alegre e divertido serviu para me deixar desolada e triste com a baixa qualidade da evolução e conclusão dos personagens.Was this review helpful to you?
