PAINT BY NUMBERS

Massive K-Drama Fan... South Koreans are Masters at the craft of compelling stories. Superb acting and off the charts OSTs. So, it pains me to offer some critical analysis of "Love next door". So far the only thing this show is doing well is the wonderful last 5 minutes of the first 2 episodes. The female lead is over-acting to the point of being grating. The male lead comes across as someone who wishes he were somewhere else. The Mothers of each are uninteresting cliches... the writer and director have sacrificed spontaneous acting for hard and fast "Yang style" aggressive females...a trend that is becoming boring. Don't get me started on the cliche characterizations of the Father... and the Male leads "Office" friends make we want to slap them for the over acting Simp portrayals. The only compelling couple is the Reporter and the EMS girlfriend of the female lead. This production is just high gloss "Paint by Numbers" and I blame the director and possibly the writer. It all seems staged and un-organic...
The Producer...director and writer have chosen to overdose on discord & antagonisms creating,,, harmonic dissonance like a song or a symphony with too many notes and to many sharps and flats... I am reminded of my niece who believed one could make a better chocolate chip cookie by doubling the number of chocolate chips and adding an extra cup of sugar.

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