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If romance is not a big part of the storym it's intersting that the ML & FL actors are married with a kid IRL :)

Happy for her that she can make this choice. Better to quit the industry than feel force to quit living.

If Ko Chia Yen was the only actor in the cast I knew, I'd still watch it. Sakaguchi Kentaro and Lee Joon Gi (in that order) cement this as must-watch for mme

Who am I to argue with an empress? :)

Anyone know where to watch this - it says Youku above, but searching it for it on Youku comes up empty

I feel your pain. :)

That is one HELLUVA CAST - Shibasaki Kou, Mitsushima Hikari and Odagiri Joe?! Astonishing

Two episodes in and bored rigid already. I had been hoping for a story arc where each learned from the other and grew in the process. Instead, we get irritating clown judge (a man, of course) always being right and conscientious stickler judge having to always klearn from him, never the other way round.

I'm just starting this, and really want to see it through, but does the voiceover narration continue through the whole Drama? I absolutely HATE that technique and won't be able to endure it for 24 episodes if it keeps going

After 6 eps I've come to the conclusion this is actually a mystery. The mystery being "what the HELL is Yasuda Ken's character doing?"A second mystery would be "what's the point of her useless waste of space sister?" Introduce both those characters to the White Truck of Doom and this show might have promise.

The whole show is Shrill, noisy, and tonally chaotic and contradictory. BUT, I need to find out if any of its sound and fury actually signifies SOMETHING, or makes any kind of sene so I will keep going.

Thanks for the correction!

That was a biopic, about a real person, and not a revenge story

At least a couple of the actors actually look like they might be rugby players

A very interesting article, thanks. I've actually only finished one of the Dramas you mentioned (and only started one other), but the one I did finish is one that shoiuld have carried a trigger warning:

The end of the STP in "King2Hearts is STILL a criminal outrage. Even worse is that it's the diect result of an extension. Because they added a couple of episodes, they need "dramatic" stuff for filler. So we got that horrible, HORRIBLE end to the STP arc. The senselessness and pain still stings me to this day, way more than 10 years after first watching it.

SO pleased that we separately though of piña coladas! I would say a gentle critique of fairy tales rather than criticism, after all, its literal title is something like "fairy tales part 2" , acknowledging its place :)

You describe it as "short format (11 ep)" yet say you've watched 37 out of 37 episodes? 37 is not 11, and it is not short, either

YES! She was also great in Summr Break, playing a VERY different character

I hope you're right. That's what I'd LOVE to see. But after having watched more than 300 KDramas, I still fear that the "anti-alcohol' doctor will be 'converted'. The fact that the FL character is implicitly praised for her high alcohol tolerance, which is presented as a BENEFIT of having grown up in a family of alcoholics, is a worry. If you're right and I'm wrong, I will be very, very happy

The casting sounds interesting, the concept sounds ghastly. she "drinks better than men as she grew up in an alcoholic family. " - aaaargh! When will SK stop glorifying alcohol abuse in Dramas, while vilifying those who do overindulge? I'm prepared to bet that the Drama will end with the doctor seeing the error of his ways and realising that alcohol is awesome and everyone should drink more - A LOT more🙄

By the way, the 2024 KDrama Crash references BTS very early in its opening episode. It was an obvious gag line, but it worked and raised a chuckle.