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PENTHESILEA

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PENTHESILEA

Greece
Bed Friend thai drama review
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Bed Friend
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by PENTHESILEA
Apr 25, 2023
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 7.0
This review may contain spoilers

Everything,almost,in the right dose.

We all know the majority of the BLs has the curse of same old clichés & tropes.Bed Friend is not the exception.No originality or uniqueness.As a whole is nothing extraordinary,special or memorable.

But if you break it into smaller parts you will find heartwarming and sweet moments,raw feelings and emotions and great messages.The trope "friends with benefits"is done so right here,unlike some others(cough -Fahlanruk-cough!)

Production is good.Cinematography is beautiful,with some really artistic scenes which added alot.
I really liked the Osts and all music scores,and this was a plus to me as iam not a fan of Thai soundtracks.
Direction was almost perfect.I give extra credits to it because masterfully managed to cover the average/rookie acting,giving the impression of more solid performances.

I know many complained about the long stares and pauses.At first i was annoyed too.But i thought this might be one of the director's tricks to allow his actors to focus more and build their emotions easily.I mean if i was a rookie actor this definitely would work for me.Ofc iam not an actor and i just say BS!

So in terms of acting,Net(King char)was way better than his co-starJames(Uea char)
His performance was natural,his body language conveyed his emotions in many scenes too.
On the other hand,James was perfect for this role mostly because of his physiques.Cute,fragile and let me add feminine too.
(The only alternative i could think was Saint.)
But as the character of Uea was more demanding than King's,James couldn't really support this role as his performance was weak.
He had to portray the victim of sexual assault,domestic violence and harassment in work place.The role was too heavy for his shoulders.
But iam not really complaining and i gave 7,5 stars(above my average rating)because i felt all their hard work and dedication.I do believe those 2 actors have great potentials and and if they pair them in future projects,will definitely improve their acting skills.
And although here,acting is not the best,the chemistry between them is really good.Many-many sparks and iam waiting for the future fire!

The story touches many topics.As i mentioned above the main lead (Uea)has to deal with his many traumas.The one which scarred him the most was ofc the sexual assault by his step-dad.I liked the "talk" about it and how he asked help from a professional psychiatrist to deal with all his issues,the medication he had to take etc.I liked the fact that they didn't present it as a taboo.
The story doesn't really go deep into those issues(to make the drama more melodramatic)neither was superficial (to take those issues in a light or funny way)
As i wrote in the title everything was in the right dose.
Special mention to the educational speech King gave to Uea about health-check,safe sex,condoms and protection.
In my opinion,in every BL or any Drama related to sex,has to have such mentions,openly.

Another plus was the rules setting about their FWB relationship.This is the healthy way to play this kind of games.
Though the rule Uea established (you are not allowed to see anyone else but me)cannot really apply to FWB,Lmao.
But it was a nice detail to show us the "real"King and his true colors and feeling towards Uea.He agreed to it simply because he had already fallen for him and he was heads over heels.
King is such a sweetheart and too softie for a player/casanova.Lol.Sweet caring and protective.
Uea when he is not acting bitchy,he is such a tease!
Their little cosplay (mewao!)was adorable!I know it meant to be sexy,and actually it was for many(not me but still i liked it!)
And here i have to comment about the amount of the hot/sexy/spicy moments this series gave us.It was a pleasant surprise because in every single episode they gave us some juicy scenes,and lets admit it,they are never enough.
In many BLs we have to wait for many episodes to have a kiss or a sex scene.In bed Friend we have in every episode BUT all those scenes always left us craving for more.We have a saying here in Greece.They gave us those scenes with a dropper!
All seemed short and incomplete but i never complained about.

I gave a total 8 because of the small details which made this drama interesting,because of the smart direction and mostly because of the effort behind this project.
Do not judge it harshly,give it a chance and iam sure you are gonna like it!
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