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Theory of Love: Special Episode "Stand By Me" thai drama review
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Theory of Love: Special Episode "Stand By Me"
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by Heracin
Apr 3, 2023
1 of 1 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 6.0
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 4.0

Cute and platonic fluff showcasing only the main couple relationship

A cute sequel to the Theory Of Love drama, completely centred on the main couple relationship. The secondary characters are just here for figuration purpose.

The story remains pretty light with a much stronger comedic tone than in the original series. The power balance between the 2 main male lead stayed totally flipped. They have not found a complete equilibrium but overall the story shows how much the protagonists have evolved positively in terms of communication, expressing themselves and dealing with jealousy. It is clearly not perfect (otherwise there would be not plot at all) but it is better.

The main actors keep doing a convincing job. However, the script offers them even less opportunities to show deep emotions and the comical tone of the show can be a bit irking at time. There are also shortcuts taken in terms of production and storytelling: for example, when Off (playing Khai) is doing all his internal monologs, it is clearly a case of "tell" rather than "show". It is obviously the easy road to take: the filmmaking makes the actor's aside informing the audience rather than to have the directing, scenes and dialog doing the work.

The production and the OST continue to not really stand out: it is quite generic and expected for the genre.

I would recommend this to people that loved the parent series, and that want to see more of the relationship between Khai and Third. Do not expect too much of it, it is just cute and platonic fluff.
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