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Scrlt_Pimpernel

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Scrlt_Pimpernel

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Perfume korean drama review
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Perfume
4 people found this review helpful
by Scrlt_Pimpernel
Aug 31, 2019
32 of 32 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.5
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
This review may contain spoilers
This drama IS a tad over the top. Its characters are very expressive and comedic, with a story line that was farfetched. However, it cracked me up AND made me feel for the characters at the same time. Shin Sung Rok was great as the male lead. I’ve only seen him play villians, so this was a nice departure for him. Plus Ha Jae Sook finally got to take a (semi) lead role as the plus sized love interest, which was refreshing. Now here’s for the some what controversy nature of the story… She’s plus sized but uses this perfume to magically transform into not only a thinner version of herself, but a younger version of herself. So unfortunately it plays on the fat tropes and ageist aspects of Korean society that many of us in Western society don’t exactly appreciate in this politically correct society. But I did note that for a Korean drama, they weren’t as bad with the fat jokes as I thought they would be. Don’t get me wrong, there were fat jokes. But I think it’s the way that they handled them within the story and with the character, while still maintaining her dignity as a person and the respect that the love interest still had for her despite her weight. In fact, besides physically noticing a difference in her weight when he was lifting her, it seems like her being plus sized was not really ever an issue for him as far as loving or respecting her went. His biggest problem was feeling torn that he thought he loved “two “ people, the skinny version of her and the older fat version of her. Because apparently weight gain and 20 years will make you look that radically different in the face that people don’t recognize you're the same person. Again there was a bit of unbelievability in the plotline. Overall I was satisfied with the drama though, the comedy aspects and the romance aspects. Even the ending was satisfying because she stayed real to who she was and didn’t magically revert back to a younger thinner version of herself. I liked the character growth and the fact that he loved her truly for herself, which would be the her now not the her from the past. It’s definitely worth watching, I probably won’t watch it again. But it wasn’t a waste of time and I would recommend it
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