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Well, look at the bright side: at least it's over!
I recently spent some time watching older Kdramas and now I'm sure Korea has lost its touch because the worst shows of 2020 were far better than the star-studded ones we are getting nowadays. I have to say, I'm really sad about this one. It started out so funny but there wwas simply not enough plot or personality to this show for it to go on for 12 episodes. I know! I'm shocked! Usually, 12-episode dramas are a safe bet, but this one was so substance-less that even 12 episodes were too many for it! This show had a premise that could cover 4 episodes of its runtime. That's it! Maybe they should've made a movie instead...
So funny, the show is supposed to follow a career-driven FL who doesn't have any interest in marriage, but sick of having to give congratulatory gifts to all her friends and family who are getting married (and to advance in her career), she decides to hold a sham wedding to receive some money gifts. Now, I don't want to get stuck on the technicalities but that seems like a bad idea because the cost of holding a wedding is simply not worth the gifts. What if people give little to no money?! Or don't show up at all? A risky plan. Plus, she had to pay her fake husband, too! None of this made sense.
But whatever. It's a kdrama! We accept some silliness.
Okay, but that plot ended in like 4 episodes?! And then that was it?! The rest of the show is just boring, unnecessary drama. And then they had to whitewash a shrew female lead by making it sound like she wasn't even after the money at all, and it's like...okay, you couldn't tolerate an economically ambitious woman for 12 episodes?!
To add insult to injury, this was a bland pairing. No chemistry at all and then the show barely has them go through any shenanigans together to build a connection. Their level of romantic potential was below zero. I mean, why? Why would these two like each other? They were incompatible and not in that cutesy enemies-to-lovers but make it silly and light way. They were simply two people who made no sense together in any shape or form. Their personalities, where they are in life, their issues and hang-ups, none of it was compatible or complementary. And the show doesn't even try to sell it. They just want us to accept their lackluster tropes as an explanation of their love. Seriously, writers need to stop abusing tropes like this. A shorthand for sexual tension doesn't actually invent sexual tension. You can't play a sexy song while shaking a cabbage at the camera and expect people to get horny (idk, maybe that's someone's niche kink but they're the exception here...) My point is, you have to actually work for it. Create a romantic connection. No. Childhood connection is NOT a romantic connection either jkbd,welkwe
I am so mad...the humor was good at first, but that dried up too.
And pathetically, the best part of this show was the second couple. That's just atrocious! Like they had a nice dynamic but the show isn't even about them...
I feel like the main actors failed acting-wise. It's a shame. I don't dislike these people but they looked as in love as two doorknobs. What was that?! If they had good acting moments, then I no longer remember them. Only the bad stuff linger.
The rest...it was a bad show. Skip it.
So funny, the show is supposed to follow a career-driven FL who doesn't have any interest in marriage, but sick of having to give congratulatory gifts to all her friends and family who are getting married (and to advance in her career), she decides to hold a sham wedding to receive some money gifts. Now, I don't want to get stuck on the technicalities but that seems like a bad idea because the cost of holding a wedding is simply not worth the gifts. What if people give little to no money?! Or don't show up at all? A risky plan. Plus, she had to pay her fake husband, too! None of this made sense.
But whatever. It's a kdrama! We accept some silliness.
Okay, but that plot ended in like 4 episodes?! And then that was it?! The rest of the show is just boring, unnecessary drama. And then they had to whitewash a shrew female lead by making it sound like she wasn't even after the money at all, and it's like...okay, you couldn't tolerate an economically ambitious woman for 12 episodes?!
To add insult to injury, this was a bland pairing. No chemistry at all and then the show barely has them go through any shenanigans together to build a connection. Their level of romantic potential was below zero. I mean, why? Why would these two like each other? They were incompatible and not in that cutesy enemies-to-lovers but make it silly and light way. They were simply two people who made no sense together in any shape or form. Their personalities, where they are in life, their issues and hang-ups, none of it was compatible or complementary. And the show doesn't even try to sell it. They just want us to accept their lackluster tropes as an explanation of their love. Seriously, writers need to stop abusing tropes like this. A shorthand for sexual tension doesn't actually invent sexual tension. You can't play a sexy song while shaking a cabbage at the camera and expect people to get horny (idk, maybe that's someone's niche kink but they're the exception here...) My point is, you have to actually work for it. Create a romantic connection. No. Childhood connection is NOT a romantic connection either jkbd,welkwe
I am so mad...the humor was good at first, but that dried up too.
And pathetically, the best part of this show was the second couple. That's just atrocious! Like they had a nice dynamic but the show isn't even about them...
I feel like the main actors failed acting-wise. It's a shame. I don't dislike these people but they looked as in love as two doorknobs. What was that?! If they had good acting moments, then I no longer remember them. Only the bad stuff linger.
The rest...it was a bad show. Skip it.
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