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If you look with hatred, every grass is a weed. If you look with kindness, every person is a flower
One refreshing drama! We have a good number of school drama but almost all of them focus on the students meanwhile Black Dog focuses on the teachers. Probably, Black Dog is more suited to be called as a workplace drama that’s set at school as it focuses on the teachers’ life and struggles and school politics. Ha Neul (Seo Hyun Jin) finally got hired but only as a short term teacher at her old high school. She had it hard to blend in with other teachers because there was rumors of her being hired due to her uncle’s position at the school. Slowly, she got accepted by the crowd and the accusation was proven to be false. She also bit by bit proved it to people that she’s a great teacher not only at teaching but also at bonding with her students.
The early eps were a little bit slow to my liking but the pace picked up later. I liked that everything was calming and healing. At some point it felt relatable too. Some people might think it’s boring due to its laid back nature, not too fast pace, no drama and all but in my opinion it’s exactly one of its charms.
It wasn’t hard to get attached with every character. The writing for each character was great making it easy to understand their point of view. Not all character’s action was good, for example when they went against the majority (or what we wanted/expected) it wasn’t hard to understand their decision. There was no right or wrong in this drama but more like different point of view. Therefore, very pleased to say that there’s no bad character in this drama. It’s all about perspective. By the end of the series, I ended up rooting for each character.
The plot was something realistic –even though I doubt any education institution would let their teachers go to battlefield without any preparation (Ha Neul’s first day at school). But other than Ha Neul’s tragic first day, everything else was something that I think could occur in real life school. There was no romance in this drama but it didn’t lessen the excitement at all. It was purely the teachers’ journey of becoming the better them and guiding their students to get accepted at their preferred university.
The cinematography was great and sleek. The acting was great from every cast. I also liked the post production work. There were many silence scenes especially during emotional scenes. For me it really accentuated the emotion, delivered better what the writer wanted to show.
>Overall<
A nice slice-of-life drama. Might be a little bit plain for some but for me it’s definitely one of the most comfortable dramas in 2020. The bonding between the teachersXstudents and also teachersXteachers were very nice to watch and it also served as one of the highlights.
The early eps were a little bit slow to my liking but the pace picked up later. I liked that everything was calming and healing. At some point it felt relatable too. Some people might think it’s boring due to its laid back nature, not too fast pace, no drama and all but in my opinion it’s exactly one of its charms.
It wasn’t hard to get attached with every character. The writing for each character was great making it easy to understand their point of view. Not all character’s action was good, for example when they went against the majority (or what we wanted/expected) it wasn’t hard to understand their decision. There was no right or wrong in this drama but more like different point of view. Therefore, very pleased to say that there’s no bad character in this drama. It’s all about perspective. By the end of the series, I ended up rooting for each character.
The plot was something realistic –even though I doubt any education institution would let their teachers go to battlefield without any preparation (Ha Neul’s first day at school). But other than Ha Neul’s tragic first day, everything else was something that I think could occur in real life school. There was no romance in this drama but it didn’t lessen the excitement at all. It was purely the teachers’ journey of becoming the better them and guiding their students to get accepted at their preferred university.
The cinematography was great and sleek. The acting was great from every cast. I also liked the post production work. There were many silence scenes especially during emotional scenes. For me it really accentuated the emotion, delivered better what the writer wanted to show.
>Overall<
A nice slice-of-life drama. Might be a little bit plain for some but for me it’s definitely one of the most comfortable dramas in 2020. The bonding between the teachersXstudents and also teachersXteachers were very nice to watch and it also served as one of the highlights.
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