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Two Steps From Heaven

Essex

Two Steps From Heaven

Essex
Secret Garden korean drama review
Dropped 4/20
Secret Garden
2 people found this review helpful
by Two Steps From Heaven
Jun 29, 2023
4 of 20 episodes seen
Dropped
Overall 3.5
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 2.5
Rewatch Value 1.0

It’s overrated

If you’ve watched The Glory or Goblin or Descendants of the Sun then you should know that Kim Eun Sook, the screenwriter, is one of the top in the drama industry as her dramas consistently garner high ratings. However, Secret Garden is a decade old therefore it’s understandable that it followed the same format as other popular dramas of that period. Dramas like Boys Over Flowers, The Heirs, and a handful of other which were premised on toxic masculinity and docile women.

Similarly, the production values were mediocre with terrible color saturation and cinematography. I kept at it due to the many fawning reviews on MDL but it got to a point where I just couldn’t bear seeing the ML consistently berating the FL or a FL who had zero self-respect. I wish someone would remake this because there is something unique about a FL who’s a stuntwoman and I would like to see that aspect explored more thoroughly.

Anyway, it’s watchable if you don’t mind the above-mentioned details.
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