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Love Lee Seol. "....and above all, I wanted the opportunity to work alongside senior actor Namkoong Min..." promises more than just "The Husband" alone in every scene. Here's hoping Lee Seol gets to play a significant role, right alongside Namkook Min

He plays that simmering-ly malignant character so well! (Currently watching My Royal Nemesis) Maybe it's the elfish smirk that gets me...

Sure. But that is a completely different thing to having your face so photoshopped, it's unrecognisable.

Agree. Kang Mi Na is in EVERYTHING. She should be instantly recognisable, but these images have been modified so much, it's hard to 'see' her.

At ep 8 and finding this just so enjoyable. I won't be back here for a bit, to avoid any spoilers. But this is definitely the antidote for me, this week

There is always some suspicion that political leaders in SK will use particular (sympathetic to their cause) media organisations, to create 'false stories' and 'disinformation,' to misdirect public scrutiny. And then will use their power to apply pressure to both police and prosecution. There were many claims by opposition govt., and members of the public, along these lines, during Lee Sun Kyun's investigation. But obviously the accused members of govt., deny it and there's never any evidence. It's a bit like a widely accepted conspiracy theory.

Chosun Ilbo, also report that Kim Sae Ron's family's lawyer has been arrested as an accomplice.

On another note...things you write here, can be collected as evidence for defamation cases. And you can be charged with defamation for those words...it pays to be circumspect before you publish your comments. Stating your hate can have consequences for you, not just for the harm you're causing to others.

It's unlikdly it's targeted. There will be more celebrities making statements like this in coming months - I mean Cha Eun Woo, Kim Seon Ho, Lee Hanee all in the past few months. And more names last year.
It's all after tax law changes by the govt.,around the "entertainment agencies"; then a stated final date for getting your tax stuff in order; and then announcements of a crack down. Honestly it's not even a controversy/scandal at this point

Teasing. It's called teasing. Are netizens so sensitive they can no longer recognise slightly sarcastic teasing?!? It's these interactions that make the show watchable.

Yours is an interesting perspective. And my question is: Why is there a portion of humanity that actually wants this and is, one could argue, successfully pursuing it? We are very weird creatures 😶

I can't help but think Hollyweird has been doing this awhile; with the relentless remakes and reboots and endless comic book hero movies - no need for a real life, creative scriptwriter when the stories have already been used to train the systems

Writers too! How many people use it to 'create' even simple paragraphs now. I think we've been exposed to AI quite a lot already, with scripts being quietly AI generated

I can't stand AI stuff either. I can't really fathom how there's even a market for these productions! Doesn't 'AI face' give people the hee-bee-gee-bees? It's pure uncanny valley for me.
It seems like an even worse progression on from actors whose faces can't emote due to cosmetic procedures, into the complete dehumanising of human stories. So disturbing.

Thanks for the update on Tian Tian. I honestly found it both interesting and entirely puzzling to read that ."..she has come to realize that public figures do indeed need greater public scrutiny."
She is a victim of an undeserved public shaming (I remember even when the earrings were revealed to be fake, she was slammed for having fakes) And her take away is that it's still her fault and she should grow up and accept that being a public person means she deserves greater public scrutiny!?!

My takeaway...how do we develop more empathy? How do we teach compassion? How do we learn that we don't own other people - parasocial relationships notwithstanding, idols, actors, artists do NOT owe us anything. .

TBF, this is directly translated from South Korean media - nothing to do with Lily Alice. It's very much the norm in SK, to make comment about people's weight and appearance.

...her extremely slender figure, with bones seemingly visible...
Love Song Hye Kyo but I can't believe ANYONE wants to be described thus. Skeletal frame is a toxic beauty standard by ANY cultural measure.

For a romance and comedy, this has just SO MANY deaths. I was not ready for just how much. Leaving this as an open comment as a warning to others.

Thanks for your gatekeeping. And for telling me who I am and what I can and can't understand.
Art released to the public, is open to interpretation, regardless of what the creator states. You clearly have a STRONG opinion. It's yours...

I LOVE IU. But the first 15mins of this is just so trope-filled...
I think it's going to be an eye-candy, brain-extraction, popcorn view....for total escapism only.

I agree it's urban fantasy. Taiwan is so great at making shows with naturalistic acting!
But I don't agree Xian Xia is garbage...just a genre that's not to your taste maybe