Cheesy, hammy, and corny. A full meal of hilarious silliness, in fact. It was clearly tongue in cheek. The father was clearly playing for laughs. Its not good, but it’s amusing, if you curb your expectations.
they took a week off, which is possibly the stupidest thing ever. It’s due out on the 7th (the 8th here in Aotearoa). That’s six days, ten hours, and fifty-five minutes away, according to MDL.
Myeong Gyun can actually act. I’ve seen him in a few very different roles, and he was authentic and compelling. It’s also nice to have an openly queer actor who is skilled, playing queer roles. I’ve noticed a lot of straight actors don’t have to skill to act past their straightness when intimate in queer stories. They’re terrible in terms of both representation and immersion. Myeong Gyun is worth following, as he levels up.
We are marginalised, and through most of my life queer actors have had to stay closeted to get any kind of role, so yes, I take issue with casting non-queers in queer roles, generally. An actor like Taecyeon being cast as queer is understandable though. He’s a really extraordinary character actor. When an actor can bring something really exceptional to a role it’s time to reserve judgement of a casting until you’ve seen the performance. If he phones in his performance, or can’t play queer convincingly, then I’ll admit I’m wrong, but I really don’t think he will. It’s the mediocre straight actors playing queer roles that really are homophobic, given the queer talent available to producers. I wrote an article about this a few weeks ago:
I wonder if Minato would have indulged if Shizuma hadn't shown up. No one wants to be the parent in the relationship.
I feel like he’s lived in a spiral for a while, and wouldn’t stop on his own. Eventually he’ll get worked over so badly he’ll end up irreparable. Right now he’s clearly tempted to accept his own lovability, but keeps self-sabotaging when his faith in Shizuma wavers. It’s so frustrating to watch. I’m similar, but I sabotage things much earlier, before it’s going to really hurt anyone, and I don’t endanger myself the way Minato does. Abuse has made me self-isolate, but not taken away my sense of self-preservation. Minato’s situation when Shizuma turned up after the calf delivery was headed towards major damage. My knee-jerk reaction to that is really strong. If he ends up getting wrecked by creeps like those he was drinking with I won’t be able to watch this. I need for Shizuma to win in the next episode, and pull Minato out of his pit.
It’s gone from a healthy arc of emotional repair to a total nosedive. Minato is the walking example of self-sabotage, despite having found a total green flag. I just want to kick him in the shins.
How is it Jack's fault that his annoying fans invaded the place unannounced and uninvited?
It’s not his fault. It’s his responsibility. They aren’t the same thing. He has to take the blame because his insisting on being there is why it happened. He and his management are responsible for any problems stemming from that. It’s a liability that comes from inserting yourself into the running of someone else’s business. His management would have liability insurance to cover financial fallout, but the good will is what he’s had to fix personally, in order for his contract with them to go smoothly.
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