Bisosoup
Munich
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This show had so much potential. From the first episode I was really invested in the main character and was already excited to see how she deals with all these ridiculous beauty standards she has put up for herself and the people around her. I was expecting character development, I was expecting people to address these misconceptions they have over beauty and what makes one worthy of love and attention. I was not expecting however, for it to drag on so much without anything significant happening.
I can't say I remember anything that happened between the second episode and the fourteenth, which makes me believe this show could have been condensed into a six episode series.
The acting was fine, nothing to rave about, I don't think the actors are bad, the dialogue was. I would have loved to hear Kyung Suk to say more than three words an episode, he seemed like he could've been a more interesting character than Mi Rae. I think Mi Rae's character had so much potential to become a stronger and more self assured version of herself by the end of the series, instead they just gave us more of the same in each episode. She did grow a little spine in the last two episodes, and that's why I believe this series could've been shorter.
Another thing that was poorly done were the storylines of Yoo Jin, and Woo Young. With Yoo Jin they got us invested in his bar and his decision to leave home, and it seemed like it was leading up to something big, whether it was a relationship with Jung Boon, or him finding another way to do what he loves. Same thing with Woo Young, more than one time we saw him talking about finding someone to love, and it was heavily hinted it would end up being Hyun Jung, but nothing happened. I didn't want a happy cinderella-story ending, but it was a very poor writing decision to hype something up so much and not follow through with it until the end.
Overall, I think the main problem here is the writing. This could've been a really good way to think and talk about such an important topic, I'm sure it would have helped a lot of young girls who I know watch these shows religiously and probably compare themselves to beautiful actors, and think this is what they should look like.
I can't say I remember anything that happened between the second episode and the fourteenth, which makes me believe this show could have been condensed into a six episode series.
The acting was fine, nothing to rave about, I don't think the actors are bad, the dialogue was. I would have loved to hear Kyung Suk to say more than three words an episode, he seemed like he could've been a more interesting character than Mi Rae. I think Mi Rae's character had so much potential to become a stronger and more self assured version of herself by the end of the series, instead they just gave us more of the same in each episode. She did grow a little spine in the last two episodes, and that's why I believe this series could've been shorter.
Another thing that was poorly done were the storylines of Yoo Jin, and Woo Young. With Yoo Jin they got us invested in his bar and his decision to leave home, and it seemed like it was leading up to something big, whether it was a relationship with Jung Boon, or him finding another way to do what he loves. Same thing with Woo Young, more than one time we saw him talking about finding someone to love, and it was heavily hinted it would end up being Hyun Jung, but nothing happened. I didn't want a happy cinderella-story ending, but it was a very poor writing decision to hype something up so much and not follow through with it until the end.
Overall, I think the main problem here is the writing. This could've been a really good way to think and talk about such an important topic, I'm sure it would have helped a lot of young girls who I know watch these shows religiously and probably compare themselves to beautiful actors, and think this is what they should look like.
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