Transformative Despite 25% Content Cut
This story changed how I consume Chinese stories 80+ and 2.5 years later:
1st time waited for drama since filming / 1st time read translated novel
1st time feel cheated given 25% episode cut - Neflix please license complete
1st time understanding idol status changes viewer perception of unhealthy/toxic relationships, growth, etc. (Love For You good example where reviews/comments focus mostly on childhood rel. issues not dysfunction)
Half * off due to very rushed ending compared to novel that detailed 4 emotionally & professionally challenging years FL lived after returning home (& ML to lesser extent). If only watched drama, I would think FL pushover, based on last 3 episodes referencing 2 shallow years (only nod to pandemic ruining her business was sanitizer). Plus cut meeting his parents.
Finally, since never more relevant to any C drama watched to date: I've yet to become desensitized to censorship, which besides delaying release by 1-2 years vs K drama: allows extreme violence/crime, emotional and physical abuse, bare living subsistance etc. YET removes romantic/intimate scenses to point of G/G+ (Find YourSelf and You Are My Glory would not pass now). Plus not unform so wonder does one idividual do entire drama, teams etc.
Disclaimer: realize many modern drama viewers prefer no romantic relationship, or if exisits should show no intimary and/or passionate behavior - then don't watch - as hundreds of other choices so leave a few for us. Interesting how many shared being "uncomfortable" watching even with 1st time intimacy coordinator use.
1st time waited for drama since filming / 1st time read translated novel
1st time feel cheated given 25% episode cut - Neflix please license complete
1st time understanding idol status changes viewer perception of unhealthy/toxic relationships, growth, etc. (Love For You good example where reviews/comments focus mostly on childhood rel. issues not dysfunction)
Half * off due to very rushed ending compared to novel that detailed 4 emotionally & professionally challenging years FL lived after returning home (& ML to lesser extent). If only watched drama, I would think FL pushover, based on last 3 episodes referencing 2 shallow years (only nod to pandemic ruining her business was sanitizer). Plus cut meeting his parents.
Finally, since never more relevant to any C drama watched to date: I've yet to become desensitized to censorship, which besides delaying release by 1-2 years vs K drama: allows extreme violence/crime, emotional and physical abuse, bare living subsistance etc. YET removes romantic/intimate scenses to point of G/G+ (Find YourSelf and You Are My Glory would not pass now). Plus not unform so wonder does one idividual do entire drama, teams etc.
Disclaimer: realize many modern drama viewers prefer no romantic relationship, or if exisits should show no intimary and/or passionate behavior - then don't watch - as hundreds of other choices so leave a few for us. Interesting how many shared being "uncomfortable" watching even with 1st time intimacy coordinator use.
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