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Don't Be Shy chinese drama review
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Don't Be Shy
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by ctechperson
May 2, 2022
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 4.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 4.0
Music 4.0
Rewatch Value 3.0
This show was about a cold female CEO with a warm-bubbly male partner. It was a half-hearted attempt, at best.

The FL was cold, but didn't give me a "capable" sense -- she worked crazy hours, but I never felt like she was taking the world by storm. Her interactions with her uncle were particularly lame. The ML was not the warm-bubbly type, but just sort of there. They set him up with a weird disability that I've never heard of, but then we only hear about it perhaps twice again. The chemistry between FL+ML was good while negative/hate, but then suddenly shifted without much warning into CP. I had to blink and rewind... I hadn't seen any clues that either was falling for the other.

The 2ML and 2FL were a great couple. Laugh-out-loud funny.

The first few episodes were much more focussed on comedy. Despite story-line problems, I was really enjoying how silly it was. Best scene: when the ML's home becomes a "for-the-experience" restaurant. That faded in later episodes, and I was watching simply because the series was so short.

The last episode is a left turn out of nowhere. Neither necessary, nor explained. It was a head-spinner. At least it didn't destroy the rest of the show.

Pacing was strange. Sometimes strangely fast (e.g. switch to CP), sometimes strangely slow... like 10 minutes of music and people running around looking for something.

Acting was not memorable -- neither bad nor good. FL lead's crying was better than many other female actresses.
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