Amastris Dratwka

Why are you posting about this on another drama's page? Take that to AoS 2, public Feeds or the Forums for discussion. It's not appropriate to post here on this drama.

I'm not sure where you get your information, BUT the consulate of Canada participated in his trial to make sure it was fair. The CCP would never release info stating 'crimes committed in our nation are punishable by our laws regardless of citizenship' if they believed he still had Chinese citizenship rights. That's not how the CCP works...the CCP even established ILLEGAL police stations in OTHER nations to help harass and/or kidnap expats they want to repatriate back home. If the CCP agreed with your take, they wouldn't have allowed Canadian officials in the court room. He's doing his time, and as a citizen of Canada ALONE, he'll be deported back to the country of his citizenship, CANADA... It's also one of the reasons why AFTER the ruling, the CCP randomly discovered he didn't pay his taxes to the tune of millions of dollars so they could claim to LEGALLY confiscate his assets. Since covid and the slow crash of the Chinese economy, the CCP has been doing this to a lot of rich Chinese, be it actor/actresses, or heads of corporations... as if ALL these people had the power to obfuscate millions of dollars at tax time every year from the CCP... Like, what took them so long to figure it out???? It's all a game...

Bottom line: He'll do his time for the his crime. He won't get any of his assets still left in China, and keep only what his mother was able to shift out of the mainland to Canada or elsewhere. She'll be best to stay out of China, and, with the Canadian govt's oversight of him as a citizen, he'll return back to his HOMELAND when his time is up.

BTW... his mother was smart to have him renounce his Chinese citizen at 10, and make him a Canadian citizen. Without that, the CCP can claim him as there's, as they've recently been pushing, otherwise he would have simply disappeared completely, instead of the Canadian govt there to insure his safety...because right now there are a LOT of Chinese entertainers who are being forced by new CCP laws/rules to renounce their citizenships elsewhere in order to continue to be able to work in the Mainland. Like Arthur Chen who has become extremely popular. His dad is the director Chen Kaige and they are now US citizens. Arthur was born in the USA in 2000. Now that he is developing his career in the Mainland he's renounced his American citizenship. Hong Kong especially since 2021 has been trying to force dual citizens to renounce their citizenship, especially from Canada since it and Australia are some of the more common places Chinese emigrate to...

Where does NN have 3 older brothers??? She has only 2 brothers, her older brother Cheng Song, and her twin brother Cheng Shao Gong. Besides, what does the number of boys have to do with her number as a female??? There are 5 women under the matriarch in the family: her mom Yuan Yi, her aunt Shun Hua, Cheng Yang's mom - Ge Shi, & Cheng Yang. Ge Shi is no longer a part of the family since she divorced Cheng Yang's dad Cheng Cheng, making only 4 ladies under the grandmother, Mrs. Cheng- Yuan Yi being oldest, Shun Hua being second, Cheng Yang being 3rd, & Shao Shang being 4th:

https://mydramalist.com/character/cheng-shao-shang-niao-niao -- refer to sidebar for relationship context.

Even in the patriarchal system, if there is no male of equal age, the matriarch becomes the head of the household. NN's grandmother has 3 sons. 2nd son is divorced. They have a daughter Yang Yang. 3rd son is married with no kids. 1st son is married with 3 kids, 2 boys & 1 girl. Thus, 1st son & 2nd son's wives are considered 1st lady, & 2nd lady, but since they're married that title comes first. YY is older than NN so she is 3rd lady, and NN is 4th lady.

No that's not the question... the question is the hypocrisy because --FACT-- when she transforms in the last 3-4 episodes --- which most of these women never bothered to get around to watching cuz they 'dropped' it--- to the Goddess she's anything BUT cutesy and baby-voiced because THAT is the story.. the character she plays... and likely how she was directed.. and that has nothing to do with her ability to act.. and I don't care whether you think he is good looking but not your style because that is also irrelevant to HER ability to act...because she is a damn good actress to play cutesy, serious Goddess, and possessed by a man all in one role...

Oh yeah, and BTW... she did her own damn voice dubbing but Dylan DID NOT... his voice was dubbed over by 王保顺 , voice actor Wang Bao Shun... so, OBVIOUSLY that's EXACTLY how the DIRECTOR wanted her to sound!! So, knock it off with this... oh she's a shit actress with a bad voice and he's a good actor doing his job.... it's hypocrisy and double talk.

They both did a great job in their characters and showed great chemistry and tacit understanding and played off each other well. It was a great drama with both leads doing their part.

Yes, and South Korea uses the KCD-7.

The WHO doesn't dictate to every nation in the world. They aren't the Imperial Overlords. Just like with covid, the protocols the WHO gave out were either taken or not..and in the case, of the USA, many nations forced their citizens to take an American vaccine or not be part of society. So, whether it's the DSM, the ICD, or the KCD, the scientists involved tend to work together, however, when implementing procedures and such, that is under the purview of that particular nation's legislative body that controls the Health Care practices within their nation.

Additionally, around 2010, South Korean scientists undertook case studies, such as using the SRS on kids entering Preschool, which is based on USA standards. The understanding was that, due to the stigma, many parents would under report symptoms. In the end, it turned out that the parents were more honest than expected and the case study confirmed a probable prevalence of autism of 2.65% as opposed to the 1% in the USA. So, although the stigma remains in the minds of parents that affect their willingness to seek help for their children who suffer, the procedures to discover it are quite similar to the USA. Also, in Korea they use the Korean version of Autism-Spectrum Quotient which is based mainly on the DSM V, not the ICD-11, as well as much of the educational and mental health treatment etc that is provided.

[Edit: as an aside, I'll provide a NYT's article from 2011 discussing the case study just in case you don't believe my words - https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/09/health/research/09autism.html ]

Are we saying that the vast majority of females on MDL are misogynistic? I think this is a little severe and overstated. I don't play into the modern day aspect of 'women hating' as causal for everything.

I worked in the aerospace industry as a project manager for a manufacturing company. This was a position that I was scouted for despite the fact that I did not have a ME license, but a BS in IB, minor in Finance. The entirety of that company's male executives lead me by the hand and taught me everything I know down to being able to write my own routers for production. My 1st boss who hired me got promoted and was replaced with an outside female from another company vs an internal promotion. I never had a worse boss than this woman. She literally yelled at me about my job performance in the hallway of the PM Dept bldg in front of my peers, trying to humiliate me for mistakes I didn't make. I later ended up quitting, and right afterward they fired her...and yes, the male executives apologized to me about the situation, but by that time, the water was already under the bridge, and I lost trust in the company over it.

This was not misogynistic. This is what happens between women a lot, JEALOUSY, and INSECURITY. Women are hard on each other due to their own judgmental attitudes towards themselves and women in general. It's like I said in my first comment, they are merely jealous of the fact that someone else is next to a male they fangirl over. This isn't something new and unique. It's been happening since the dawn of time. It's the story of many a greek or other fable...Cinderella, Snow White...etc... It's not misogynistic though. It's catty women attacking each other over a guy.

In the 50s, autism was deemed a form of childhood schizophrenia characterized by ”atypical and withdrawn behavior,” ”general unevenness, gross immaturity and inadequacy in development,” and ”failure to develop identity separate from the mother’s.” Autism as such has been around since the dawn of time, regardless of when Western doctors/scientists isolated various aspects and further refined the maladies within what Western culture uses as the defining basis, and current version, the DSM V. In this way, Koreans likely continue to use the terminology they have always used within their society, that describes it for their Eastern sensibilities. The word they use for the malady, as you can see by the drama, doesn't change the understanding and treatment of it regardless.

Hmmm... That does seem more reasonable, since it was a little less than a year between when he picked up Bogoto & Vincenzo... They started filming it in January, 2020, but ended with only 40% of it filmed in March of 2020..then 2 months later Vincenzo gets announced, and likely he already had the perfect tutor so picked it up in July, 4 months later. Either way, I have no way to prove it... it just all seems way too coincidental. lol.

Ooo... Maybe this is why he decided to take that project/movie 'Bogota' that was suppose to film there but was canceled due to covid??? Interesting...he's even guided to do stuff by his new love... I always wondered why he decided to pick up that project. lol. It's like everything now makes so much sense.

So happy for him.

Uhm, I think your speculations aren't quite accurate. She's non-celebrity because she's not performing in front of the screen anymore. She still has a helluva lot pictures in circulation, and it's said she also has a 10 year old daughter. On top of that, it seems she was his Italian instructor for the film Vincenzo, and that's when they started dating. He even said he "loves" her and her dogs during his APAN Awards speech, and she went on his press junket to Singapore for his current drama with him, so I don't know how 'lowkey' and 'girl next door' that really is.
Most of us aren't working in dramas and movies who are lowkey.

It's likely that she's "family oriented" and he doesn't have to worry about the idea of her not liking kids and being with his family, like his former wife, and that's what he realizes is most important to him in a relationship. He made that mistake before and likely won't do it again. That's why you can see that Katy attended weddings with SJK in the past year, unlike how SHK acted when she never went with him and left him to attend family/friend events often alone. So, I don't see SJK 'overcorrecting' here at all. He found a beautiful woman, who WAS a celebrity, but has given that up to work behind the scenes, and so she understands his time commitment to his work etc, who has a daughter, so obviously enjoys family, etc, all the things that seem to be an impediment to happiness from his previous marriage. He GREW UP, lived, and learned, and is attempting to not make the same mistakes with the understanding of the type of relationship that will make him happy.

When we get older, we often learn that, although in youth with think differently, love does not always conqueror all. As a 53 yr old divorced mother of 2 boys who are now 25 and 22 respectively, I totally understand where SJK is coming from and I wish him, his g/f, his former wife, SHK, and their families/friends all the happiness in the world, and a bright future going into 2023.

I haven't finished this but I'm on Ep. 20. Reading the comments section here kinda irks me. It feels so one sided.

In order to show the dichotomy of the 2 main characters it requires the level of 'cuteness' and 'seriousness'. Certain parts just wouldn't be as funny and entertaining. So, I don't get why there's so much ridicule over Esther Yu's character, which isn't her choice since it comes from a novel, and her baby voice, etc. The hate even to say that she isn't a good actress or versatile. Well, how is Dylan's character here any different from Meteor Garden--unfeeling & emotionally repressed bully due to the way his parents raised him?? Dylan is the best at playing that part. It works. Esther Yu's character of working to change a tsundere into someone emotionally stable is much like her character in 'Moonlight', which I really quite enjoyed.

Here you get so much hate about the typecasting on Esther but praise for Dylan and his great 'comedic' acting, etc. It's so typical since the majority of the users of MDL tend to be women. These are the kinds of women with fantasies who hype up eye candy and fangirl over a guy because of his face and body, and with that superficiality, turn around and resent a girl who gets to put her lips on that fantasy.

I'm enjoying this drama quite a lot and it's actually quite a breezy drama that I'm able to binge through quite fast because, even the villain-y messy stuff isn't an irritating struggle to watch. It's hard to find a drama where character's interactions entertain you so much you just want to know what the next thing to happen will be. I think that the supporting cast and their dynamics are okay, and acting is quite decent...but this drama doesn't work without both Dylan and Esther, because they both know how to play their own role plus play the role of their partner. That last part isn't always easy to do...but you see their characteristics and emotional ticks in their acting...even down to Esther's hand gestures, and style of walking. These two must have developed a good tacit understand of each other, and it works well because of it.

For South Korea, who were already the #1 for suicide rates of all developed nations, and that saw their suicide rate increase further during the pandemic, who also has the lowest birth rate in the world, if they want to continue to sustain as a nation of Koreans, they ought to take it seriously. Death is usually jarring.

Actually, South Korea is number 1 for suicide rates for developed nations.

The distinction is important because suicide within underdeveloped nations is considered a different risk than those nations that have the infrastructure, economy, and amenities to sustain a population in a decent manner. Even more important is that since the pandemic not only has Korea's suicide increased again, but it's birth rate has decreased as well and is the lowest in the world.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/suicide-rate-in-korea-rises-highest-among-developed-countries-heres-why/articleshow/94479324.cms

I think this was shelved because one of the leads is Korean. Sad this was produced during a time of high Chinese imperial nationalism. It won't ever see the light of day.

You are one of these people that enjoys being lead by the nose by the CCP. You honestly think the CCP gives a shit about this stuff? They don't.

This man either pissed off the wrong person, refused to do a CCP request, didn't pass his Marxist education properly, made too much money and didn't give enough in donations to president for life, new emperor Xi, or got too popular for the CCP's own good.

The CCP is great at bringing up these cases and the netizens love to cast stones, stand in judgment, and be warriors of a narrative solely fed to them by the govt as if they know all the facts.

Why don't you look up the story of The Disappearance of Peng Shuai?

Why did this tennis star DISAPPEAR? Because she took to social media and accused Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of raping her. Did the CCP and netizens attack the VICE PREMIER of their PARTY??? Hell no. They didn't say a word. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DID. The CCP locked up Peng for weeks until the international community, and especially the IOC and WTA demanded to know that she was okay. They forced her to go in front of the cameras to walk back her accusations, likely with the threat of forced reeducation/labor camps.

To this day, A YEAR AFTER THE EVENT, Peng has not been allowed to post on social media and has only been seen public at 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic events. The WTA canceled ALL of its events that were to take place in China for 2022 and said they will continue to do so until there is direct contact with Peng, WITHOUT HANDLERS, to ensure the she is well and SAFE!! The WTA is literally LOSING MONEY over this issue!! They signed a deal with China in 2018 to host all their WTA Finals in China until 2030. The WTA is losing all the investment over this. They are not going to do another WTA Finals in China until the matter clears up!!

So this freaking straight up BULLSHIT line about Emperor Xi's CONSERVATIVE and ETHICAL China and its culture is nonsense. They pick and choose who they PROSECUTE and PUNISH for their behavior, EVEN THE INNOCENT ACCUSER, who gets locked up while her rapist goes free merely because he's not a "role model actor" but actually a TOP RANKING MEMBER of the PARTY!!

So, per the CCP's story the Vice Premier did nothing wrong and this man is paying for sex. Sorry if I don't walk in lock step with the propaganda narrative that the CCP dishes out and act like I know what's really going on behind the scenes. Besides, there is a BIG difference than paying someone to willing do that for a buck verses forcing yourself on someone violently and not paying them a dime. Until the CCP cleans up its own house, I don't give a shit what they say about "CELEBRITIES" that get too big for their britches.

But that point is moot because an International Emmy or People's Choice is in relationships to the USA and not South Korea.

Regardless of commercial tv or online platform, I sill think that King's Affection was problematic. I liked it but some of the plot got convoluted towards the end. That didn't have to do with production budget, ads, etc. That had to do with the quality of the writing....

Well, that's been the case for a long time. In the USA & Canada, the idea that CBS, NBC, ABC, & Fox don't have the same kind of budget for quality and that they don't offer VODs for their series on their streaming sites as well is a bit myopic.

Those channels have had the lion's share of the market for years. It's caused them to slack off. Now they're having to compete with other content creators, so they have to pump up their quality. It's not like HBO came out yesterday~! hahaha...

If you look at the entire list of Critics Choice Awards, there is a plethora of variety, and that is only a good thing because the competition brings out the best in everyone. Just because you have online subs doesn't inoculate from regulations and broadcast runtimes. They also have to advertise themselves.

You have Disney that owns ABC & FX also producing under Disney+. You have MTV that owns Paramount. You have Amazon Prime now producing its own content. You have CBS part of the conglomerate The CW which consists of both CBS as well as Warner Bros groups. Warner Bros owns HBO. HULU, Apple TV+ and Netflix have to compete against those now huge TV/CABLE conglomerations that have moved into their original online streaming territory and I suspect that the conglomerations have a better handle on budgeting/advertising than you could even imagine. Be thankful the little guys can come in at all and get their stuff produced. There's a reason they're coming out of the gates with nominated content. Those conglomerations having held large market shares for so long, have lost touch with what their audience really prefers.

So, yes, they not only can be compared to each other, but they are all being nominated for the same categories against each other in the American awards sphere for that reason.

Yeah, dedicated user is probably accurate. I'm not nearly as addicted as some in my friend's feed, but those folks always keep me entertained so I appreciate they are more passionate than me. They do more of the heavy lifting although, I've spent many a night on a drama I was fangirling over looking up every obscure cast member to make the drama's "profile" a bit more...uhm...complete. lol! 😁

Oh, it's been on my PTW list this whole time... My issues is, I'm still trying to get through the rest of my 2021 list to getting into my 2022 list. 🤣😂😁