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I'm not "rude," I'm direct. Your article is rude in that it is insulting to any drama-watcher with the capability of independent thought. So no, I won't "work on that." Lots of commenters who don't like being directly disagreed with use the old "rudeness" thing. If you can't handle direct and strongly worded replies to your articles, maybe you should work on THAT, eh?

If your "intention" was what you say it is, which I don't believe, then you are really bad at editing your own work and understanding what your words convey. Why in the world should there BE a difference between fiction and real life? IS there a difference? ALL of the slights you mention in your piece take place, guess where, IN REAL LIFE. People kiss people on the cheek or lips while they're sleeping. Oh my god, lock them up! They fall in love or crush and do things they otherwise wouldn't do and for the most part it's not a big deal. Everything you wrote about has been going on since the dawn of time and most of it is just part of the games people play when it comes to love and romance. That weird definitional list of the "right" and "wrong" ways to conduct oneself is a great example of how people like you would cut the heart out of drama which requires conflict, questionable/weird/inconsistent behaviors and much more to be interesting. When a suitor follows someone home secretly because they're too shy to say hello but want to know where they live, that's interesting. When they say "hi, may I kindly walk you home so I can get to know you openly and above board without violating any of the rules of consent laid out by a writer at MDL?" that's boring.

Your reply to me indicates you wrote one thing while meaning something entirely different, which is just...weird. Which is why I don't believe you. Although I will admit it's bizarre that you would rail on Addicted: Heroin as you did and then rate it as a 9/10. Maybe you really ARE that unaware of what you feel and think. Maybe you actually did respond to the series in ways that rate it a 9, but your SJW heart won't allow you to admit to yourself what it is that interests you and turns you on. Like I said above, just stop watching dramas and you won't be so offended by all the issues of consent that torment you. But you don't want to do that, do you? You LIKE the very things you spend this endless piece preaching against.

Well, you're not the first prude to be secretly turned on by that which you claim most offends you. lol I have an idea: When you're ready to admit it, write another article about why these issues of consent are a big part of what draws you to these dramas. That might be an interesting read.

hmmm...why has no one watched this movie?

I ended up not really identifying with either or both of the MC, as both are full of shit in significant ways. Which I guess is usually the case in real life though, eh?

Paolo should not have gone to the wedding at all since he wasn't going to be acknowledged as who he was to the bride's brother. He didn't do a damn thing regarding the filming anyway. Better to stay away and avoid all that angst, knowing his BF is too much of a coward to come out of the closet, let alone treat him with respect. And the partner needed to leave the relationship anyway, since he couldn't get over Paolo's indiscretion after more than a year. That said, Paolo never did confirm that he was NOT in love with the guy he cheated with, so I guess the answer is that he was but he wouldn't say it and truly ask for forgiveness. Rather than say "I'm sorry," he wants to rush into a wedding. And I guess the BF wants to punish him by NOT getting married.

The opening sex scene is hot, and I'm all for sex scenes, but even I was wondering what is the point of a 20 minute shagging scene at that point? To establish intimacy? If so, that's about the only kind of intimacy they really have.

I would have left Paolo anyway, for the incessant smoking, smoking, smoking and for not trimming up that gross stubble on his face. I often think actors smoke as a cheap trick to evoke thoughtfulness or emotional angst, or passage of time...especially of late it seems almost every gay flick I see has a main character who smokes like a chimney and while it's certainly not unheard of, people don't smoke as much as they used to because it, you know, kills you.

You seriously need to get a life and stop watching dramas of any kind whatsoever.
Good drama comes from human frailty. Good people sometimes do questionable things and bad people often do so, and sometimes NO ONE is "called out" or "punished" for it. That is part of life. Life is nothing BUT shades of gray and there is no topic or behavior that should be off the table in drama, especially not most of the silly little slights you mention in this ridiculous article.
If everyone acted perfectly in every situation, wtf would be entertaining or suspenseful or rewarding or suspenseful in any drama? They would all be Disney Channel fluff pieces, which is clearly what you want and where you should seek out the type of drama you are looking for.
Most of us don't watch dramas to be "taught" about morals and right and wrong and all that good stuff. We already know. Seeing some of our values violated on screen is a big part of what makes drama powerful.
God, so sick of this type of SJW cliche "consent" writing, and yet it just keeps coming.
In general, the messier, grittier, more transgressive and challenging a drama's plot is, the more I and millions of other people enjoy it. I hope the production companies remember that and don't cave to this prudish pressure to sanitize every drama. BORING.
Despite all your whining about Addicted: Heroin, it remains near the top of all lists of most popular and most-watched BL dramas. All of the aspects of the show you complain about are precisely why it is so popular. Most of us know not to run out and buy a house next door to someone we're crushing on or force them to kiss us without being told not to just because we saw it in a show.
Jesus, your article is a joke. As I suggested, stop watching ANY of these dramas and seek out the kind of pablum you're looking for on Disney or some Christian network.

Anyone else think "Ron Angeles" sounds like a porn star name?

Exactly what is your problem with nudity and sex? People are often nude and they often have sex. Why would those two fundamental aspects of being human put you off from a drama? Of course it always depends on how those aspects are presented/styled, but that is true of all facets of a fictional story. Who are the "others" who are doing "soft core porn?" I would like to check those shows out.

Perfection. One of my all-time favorite shorts. Great acting.

That image of Gi Tae dancing in the tunnel at film's end is a classic. So is the image of him running down the forest trail naked in his bare feet.

9.5/10

Stick to the Disney Channel and maybe Animal Planet.
Ever see a movie involving murder? Robbery? Extortion? Kidnapping? Blackmail? Conspiracy? Fraud? Assault and battery? Those are all criminal acts too. They make for great drama, just like "caustic" relationships do. Now WHY do you think this relationship had become caustic? Do you think it was ALWAYS caustic? Or do you prefer movies that don't require thought? Give me a break.

This movie is amazing. The acting is top-notch. Direction: wonderful. Story: fascinating, funny, horrible and heartbreaking. Heart-broken, desperate people do bad things sometimes. What they do makes for great drama.

There are LOTS of movies where everyone ends up redeemed and all is well and fluffy. Go watch them.

We actually haven't seen much from the MC, considering the material. Endless unanswered questions. Why take on such a sensitive and complex issue when you know you have less than 2 hours to do it justice?

For me, this started out different, intriguing, kind of weird, very interesting and then became progressively less of all those things with each successive episode. By ep 4 we had "marry me" balloons and electric lights in the shape of a heart like in 30 other BLs.

Did the two personalities meld into one or do they remain distinct? I don't know.
How'd we get from Noah storming out of the pool room to him on WZ's lap on the couch? I don't know.
What did Noah mean when he said "I give YS to you?" See first question above.
Does this make WZ a child molester when he has sex with YS the five year-old? I have no idea.
Where does Noah get his dark brown clothes to change into when he takes over? Who knows?
Does Noah actually have worse eyesight than YS? You got me...
How is it that a 20 year-old has a psychiatry practice? Hell if I know.
Why was there a side couple when there was barely time for the main story? Good question.

This was so interesting and funky when it started and then became all fluffy and dull...6/10. The 6 is for the fascinating premise set in eps 1 and 2, even though it was all for naught. Otherwise, it would be a 4 or 5.

YES YES YES. I loathe LOS for that very reason. It was powerful and headed in all the right directions right up until the ending and then farted in our faces. So over bullshit like that. It made ZERO sense. This one isn't nearly as bad, the ending just comes off weak and lame, limping across the finish line a mere shadow of what it was in the beginning when we had wide-open BJs going on in the pool house and Nack rubbing himself while watching that handsome asshole Petch being serviced.

That is NOT what the commenter wrote. Where did they say ALL GAY MOVIES MUST END HAPPILY? There was very little realistic about the end of this movie, Nack's sudden affection for his hateful mother and Toy's bizarre behavior are just two of the more glaring examples.

Agree about the ending but in a lot more ways than just the Toy thing. Yes, he DEFINITELY was after Nack and then all of a sudden he wasn't. I think it was bad writing, basically. The show started out really sexually bold and then lost its nerve along the way, just like Toy. And when will one of these guys tell the other when their mom calls them and lays that "stay away from my boy" guilt trip on them? And let's not forget: TOY GAVE NACK A BEAUTIFUL CROSS PENDANT NECKLACE. This is not a standard gift for your buddies. Stupid writing.

I watched this about a year ago, now again tonight. I'd forgotten a lot about it, probably because I wanted to. lol

I really dislike the ending of this thing. We have Nack apologizing and groveling to his hateful, selfish, standard-BL mother who had him on a one-way bus to Hell. We have Toy pretending to be straight and dating some poor deluded young woman, suppressing his feelings for Nack. We have Nack with no love life, still suppressing his feelings for Toy, and every cliche out of the self-help books thrown at us and Nack in the last ten minutes.

This thing started out amazingly straight-forward and pretty graphic about sexual matters when it comes to high school-age boys. But as the show progressed, it lost its nerve and became more and more coy and proper. NO WAY would Toy and Nack have shared a twin bed at that stage of their crushing on each other and not fooled around. Toy started out knowing exactly what he was doing in regards to Nack and lost all his nerve and conviction too, just like the film.

And by the way, Mom, your son has pink bedsheets and lavender curtains. Get a clue.

I very much dislike the lady-boy bitches stereotype. That one main one was like a stereotype of a stereotype, plus vicious, mean and hateful. When Petch pushed her to the floor in the restaurant that screech she let out was like a wild animal. Red lipstick? Really?

Petch is amazingly handsome. And Toy...that is the most remarkable transformation from dork to hot, sexy, handsome stud with a killer smile that I have ever seen. I liked his character a lot until the script went south and took him with it.

Also, too, hello? Principal? Teachers? Boys are blowing each other in the pool house and no one seems to mind. I mean, I don't mind, but I don't know that it's a good look for an institution of learning.

I'd swear I watched this online about a year ago with english subs but can't recall where.

Looking forward to this. Hope it's as gritty as Bangkok Love Story, though there is a lot about that film I DON'T admire. The poster certainly has an edge to it. lol

Same here.

Totally agree about the line of work we're talking about here. But your take on SW in the car surprised me, as I took him to be a figure of KH's imagination. He's still thinking about him even though he's gone. Hmmm...will have to rewatch with your theory in mind. So do you think SW never quit working for the recruiter at all? If SW had gone his own way and gotten out of the business then how would the recruiter get hold of him? Or are you saying it was a setup from the beginning, and that SW was online recruiting other dudes for the business that night they first met up? Interesting. So do you think he really had a cold? Is there any significance to the cold? If not, why have it in the plot? And if SW had been recruiting KH from the get-go, why would he have left the second night without finishing the job and urging KH to come to work with him? You think he knew KH was that smitten with him in one day that he would come searching for him under the bridge? That seems like a stretch. It did seem odd that SW had apparently kept his smoking a secret, and he went out and bought food for KH's place so apparently he had $$$. BUT...SW also seemed surprised and caught off guard that KH had sought him out under the bridge so if that was part of the plan, that doesn't make sense.

Thanks for your comment. You've given me so much more to think about and of course I'll have to watch this a time or two more to see what I think.

Please do check out the actor who plays SW here in "Journey To the Shore," which I just watched last night and am still recovering from. Excellent. Even a notch above this one in power.

Excellent short. I have such respect for writer/director/actors who can tell a story in so much depth in so little time. I completely relate to Ki Hyuk's loneliness and hunger for connection, and it would be compounded mightily in his circumstances. Some people find a kind of cure for loneliness in avoiding connections in the first place, which is what I think is going on with Sang Woo, who apparently recently worked the job KH is now beginning and I think we know what that is.

So melancholy and perfect.

The actor who plays Sang Woo is incredibly gifted. He blew me away in "Journey To the Shore," which I watched last night and am still recovering from. Do yourself a favor and check it out but have plenty of tissues/paper towels ready. It and the actor are how I found my way to this film.

What did you think? How did your tissues hold up?

Hey dan. I'm with you, bud (?). My eyes are sore today from all the intense crying last night and I remember I was thinking about this film as I fell asleep. Thankfully I don't recall any stressful nightmares. I'm with you on suicidal ideation too...I was already doing that at about 9 years old. I expressed them once to my parents while crying and got back-handed across the face for it so that shut me up quick. All the more reason you'd think I would have caught one commenter below's interpretation of the ending. I think I have a strong streak of hope that tends to blind me to clues in films sometimes, but I ususally catch them on second watch.

I have thought about this a lot since discovering Asian/European gay cinema and BL: why am I drawn to and "enjoy" material that can be emotionally devastating? Maybe it is cathartic after the pain subsides, maybe it is validating of what I already feel and have been through like you, and perhaps you and I and many others simply must FEEL, be it joy or despair. To do otherwise is to not live.

I think I need to keep my distance from this one for a week or so, then come back for a re-watch. It is a masterpiece.