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Selma
Somewhere over the rainbow...
This review may contain spoilers
Messy relationship & recycling
Wikipedia says: Polyethylene terephthalate (or poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET, is the most common thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in fibres for clothing, containers for liquids and foods, and thermoforming for manufacturing, and in combination with glass fibre for engineering resins.
Basically, PET is the material plastic bottles are made of. In this short series, the main characters liken their relationship to a plastic bottle and its cap: how long does it last and if they are going to meet again after recycling.
The drama depicts a relationship: meet, get together, live together, first glitches and then a major one sending everything up in the air. The relationship is told in short scenes over a period of time. That was the first problem I had with this drama: the timeline is not clear: months or years? Eventually we discovered that it took two years for the relationship to go bust(one moves out!) but it feels like it had taken much longer. Logically! Do you really break up with your boyfriend after a year because he does not want to come out to his family? In Japan? After a few years, maybe.... Moreover, they continue living together and seeing new people and still sleeping together. Messy, very messy but they seem fine with it!
The characters are rather sketchy as we never get to know much about them and their past, friends and family: one is bi the other one gay! They are obviously in love with each other but cannot live together. One is getting serious while the other is still behaving like a teen and throwing tantrums and running off in the middle of an discussion.
Production gives off the indie vibe: real and rough and cold (practically no colour to speak of!). Sets a limited to an apartment and a couple of outside shots. The story is straight forward for the most part though the final part has some flashbacks which are difficult to grasp (same sets, similar situation!). There are a couple of scenes after final credits suggesting that maybe they are not as over as they would like us to believe. The ending is open!
Basically, PET is the material plastic bottles are made of. In this short series, the main characters liken their relationship to a plastic bottle and its cap: how long does it last and if they are going to meet again after recycling.
The drama depicts a relationship: meet, get together, live together, first glitches and then a major one sending everything up in the air. The relationship is told in short scenes over a period of time. That was the first problem I had with this drama: the timeline is not clear: months or years? Eventually we discovered that it took two years for the relationship to go bust(one moves out!) but it feels like it had taken much longer. Logically! Do you really break up with your boyfriend after a year because he does not want to come out to his family? In Japan? After a few years, maybe.... Moreover, they continue living together and seeing new people and still sleeping together. Messy, very messy but they seem fine with it!
The characters are rather sketchy as we never get to know much about them and their past, friends and family: one is bi the other one gay! They are obviously in love with each other but cannot live together. One is getting serious while the other is still behaving like a teen and throwing tantrums and running off in the middle of an discussion.
Production gives off the indie vibe: real and rough and cold (practically no colour to speak of!). Sets a limited to an apartment and a couple of outside shots. The story is straight forward for the most part though the final part has some flashbacks which are difficult to grasp (same sets, similar situation!). There are a couple of scenes after final credits suggesting that maybe they are not as over as they would like us to believe. The ending is open!
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