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oooh...you 're so insightful.
Did you watch the entire series?
If so, why?

This type of brainless moralizing is prevalent on MDL.
And it does appear that dear Angelo above is unable to differentiate actors from characters they play or worse, wants actors punished for playing unsavory characters.
Comments like Angelo's are mainly performative, so we'll know how righteously superior they are to the scum like me who enjoy dark plots and bad behavior portrayed well on screen.

The tell is that these weirdos watch the entire show rather than making the sensible choice a truly offended person would, which is to stop. lol

Why didn't you stop watching?

Because if they weren't shady, lying, cheating boys who bury their heads in the sand, there would be no story. Why do people ask this question so often on MDL? If you don't like the characters and their behavior, don't watch.

Thank you!

lol

Please put this massive spoiler under a spoiler tag. Thanks.

Hello. I looked on NF. There are TWO films there titled, "Maharaja" and both are from 2024. Could you please specify which one you are referring to? Thanks.

Please put this massive spoiler under a spoiler tag.

I did too and thus I dropped it soon after. There's really no reason, if you know what's coming that early on, to sit through this thing.

lol Like when you really have to go but have to hold it for two hours, and then finally make it to the bathroom and....ahhh...? :)

I agree the film is terrible and the Caucasian dude is god-awful, but where are you getting "white privilege and condescension?"

There is no way I can watch this film.
The Caucasian lead is also (coincidentally, I'm certain) the screenwriter and he is a terrible actor.
Not many things in film annoy me more than directors/writers/producers who cannot act, nonetheless doing so anyway and thus, destroying their creation.
Not many other things in film annoy me more than screaming queens who can't act, OVER-acting their queen-ishness and thus, taking us all over the cliff with them into hellfire and damnation.
Christopher McCombs cannot act.
I will never know if he can write because I can't bear any more of this audience member abuse, to find out.
The second lead, the handsome, built mixed-race dude, is slaying me with that deep, resonant voice but again, I'll never hear more of it because I cannot stand the other guy. Just awful.
It would be nice to see him unclothed, but a scene of these two making love would destroy me, and not in a good way.

So out after 16 minutes.
Yes, you can learn all of the above about a film this bad in 16 minutes.

Dropped.
1/10

Curious as to what BL you watched and what you thought of it.
The overall quality has dropped over the last year or so, unfortunately. I don't bother with Thai BLs past 2021, as every one I've tried turns out to be garbage made for the fluff and unicorns crowd, which is sad, given that Thailand pioneered BL dramas. All of the first ones I watched were Thai, which was great fun because they had all completed airing, and thus I could binge-watch. That's all I did for about two months. :)

There are a lot of custom lists on my profile page if you're interested.

Please share any recommendations you think I might enjoy. I will do the same. :) Take care.

Hello.

I mis-wrote above. Where I said "pre-2020," I meant to say "POST-2020." I'm American (please forgive me for Donald Trump-I did NOT vote for him) and am familiar with a great many pre-2020 Hollywood films, but not many international films of that same era.

I discovered Asian cinema/dramas just five years ago and became a fanatic almost immediately. I joke that perhaps I was Asian in a former life, as generally speaking, I connect emotionally and psychologically with Asian actors/characters much more powerfully than with Caucasians of my own ethnicity (German from all sides). This is a fascinating development; before 2019, I could count on one hand the number of Asian films I had seen in my entire life. By now, I have seen hundreds.

Actually, I stumbled across the BL drama world first, which quickly led me to the wider universe of Asian cinema. I don't watch many dramas. I find most of them drawn out and tedious. I rarely watch anything from China as my small boycott in protest of their ban on gay media.

So interesting that you've studied in and will return to Japan to live. I avidly follow international political, cultural, and entertainment news, but have physically ventured outside US borders only to Canada and Mexico. I salute your adventurous spirit!

You write well. It is unfortunate that most of what you write is delusional.

"... but your definition of it seems to be ‘protect the accused, vilify the accuser.’" How can I "vilify the accuser," ? We are prevented from knowing who she is.

KK has ALREADY been "cancelled." His guilt or innocence doesn't matter in the slightest. I'm sure you are glad of that. You're not interested in justice; for people like you this is just another opportunity to make yourself feel morally superior. Ummm...you're not.

Yeah...you seem pretty desperate to me.

For the record, the only show I've seen KK in is the BL he did. I am not some crazy fangurl. I am, however, sick to death of seeing Knetz crush people like him and drive them to suicide.

With his group membership gone, his agency firing him, his loss of endorsements, and his very freedom in jeopardy, this young man has already been wrecked. What need is there of a trial? It will make no difference. He has already been pronounced guilty and punished severely. The charges should be dropped, and you can wait with bated breath for him to take his life.

Hi May.
I don't care what you think.

You aren't waiting for facts, you're already referring to this accuser as a "victim."

There's a big problem with your "waiting for the court to decide schtick:" Kamimura Kenshin's life and career have already been destroyed, and there is no going back. Any observer of KJCNetz culture knows that.
Meanwhile, we have no information about the accuser's identity, as it is kept private. If KK is found innocent, she'll go on with her life, unscathed. His life is over.

This is the main reason there are so many celeb suicides in Korea/Japan: once you're accused, the damage is done. There is no going back. If the law were fair regarding sexual matters, we'd know who she is, too. That would be fair.

uh huh...oh, I see.