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HIStory: Obsessed taiwanese drama review
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HIStory: Obsessed
73 people found this review helpful
by adrien
May 9, 2019
4 of 4 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 2.0
Story 1.5
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
This review may contain spoilers
There's a part in me that appreciates wickedness, so I don't necessarily fault the show for its ugly illicitness, but they try to sell it as romantic and that is wrong. There are repeated sexual assaults culminating in a scene where the perpetrator eventually tells his victim that he would kill him if he didn't return his feelings. This turns into a consensual love scene.

It's called Obsessed, fine. I feel like it may have worked had they both been so equally possessive and twisted, but they weren't and the result is a power imbalance and the dynamic is ultimately abusive. The narrative sells the abuser's actions as all in the name of love. There's no self-awareness.
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