Perfect Crown an imperfect tale about love like a sole amber in the dark.
The generational trauma ended with Wan's decision. A title can be a trap when you are a revolutionary at heart. Loved the relationships of the drama, the loyal attendants of Wan, the assistants, the step sibling couple. I could understand Huiju's dad too, he saw both of his kids support each other when they needed each other the most putting aside their rivalry and that is all that matters, love beyond the facade of fame and money.It's the love in the relationships we see and the actors who portray that love so beautifully that makes the drama special. The love and care of attendants who become family, the love of a guilty dad, love of two similar pure hearted people, love that doesn't need affectionate words or label, even a step sibling and sister in law can love just as much as a parent, in their own slightly unhinged way, love of a mother who realises the strength that her child has hidden inside of him. Love that's hidden in a rebel who withstood the test of times.
Wan was righteous from the get go and that's so beautiful. I hate that the writer reduced Min to a petty jealous villain when the chess scene set him up to be a calculating person. I'd have liked it better if it was just his excuse that he did it for Huiju but his main motive was the power and control he craved that his seat in the Cabinet provived over the nation and the crown. It helped him see himself beyonf his inferiority complex that he harboured ever since school days but he could never say it out loud beacause of the power dynamics of Ian being a royal and his dad being someone who loyally serves the crown which cost him his life in the accident where the queen died. So that made him hungry to run the scenes from his seat and validate his feelings as the crown was merely the puppet ofnthe cabinet. That would have been so much better for the story. I guess thats all you can fit in a 12 ep format. Maybe 14 ep could have cleared a lot of stuff like who killed the queen as it was hinted that it wasn't an accident?. Who set fire during Yun's bday banquet? What did Ian and his brother talk about before his wedding day that led to the fight? At last his elder brother was set up as a coward and pretty 1 dimensional. Atleast show us how heir dad fed into him too that he had to be the king as the eldest son. So he did die accidentally in the fire that Irang set right?
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Twinkling Watermelon is like the Umbrella when the Sun rays burn you, a comforting feeling.
Twinkling Watermelon is one of my favourites this year. Underrated in my opinion, it deserves so much more love. The casting and their acting is phenomenal starting for minor character to major ones. We were foreshadowed how Yi Chan's youth was his last chance to shine and Eun Gyeol despite his efforts couldn't undo the accident but through his trial and errors we navigate through the lives and struggles faced by our parents which are very similar to our own but due to the gap in terms of age and communication we feel like our problems are greater, beyond repair and hurt the feeling of our parents. Just like Eun gyeol and Eun yu we get a glimpse of life and see it in a brighter lens, relationships may sour over time if we can't communicate better and They sure teach us how to do that.The best dad and son awards of the year goes to YI CHAN & EUN GYEOL.
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