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ugh. She's a mediocre talent nepo baby. It's amazing how gullible audiences are to pedestrian talent, as long as it comes from a prominent family of entertainers. She wears the same dour expression in every role. Same thing happens over and over in Hollywood. And she is not the least bit beautiful, not even close. Gross.

You can't even spell out "NUDE?" Good god. lol

Meh. Got bored after about an hour...I'm out.

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lol

Great casting. That's all I can say for this. The convoluted plot is great, but at the end we find it's all just a huge, clumsy, bait and switch. I've seen far, far better thrillers. The rating above is absurd.

5/10

Work on your "ignoring" skills. Normal people don't reply to comments they've ignored. :P

Perhaps this will help: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ignore

I'm a fan of all three leads. I'm also bored to tears.
Out at about 40 minutes.

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Thank you for "strengthening my position." :) I appreciate it and agree with everything you said above. Politically, I consider myself a left-liberal, somewhere short of far left. I'd have to research the definition of "Libertarian" to know the difference.

I'm American. Are you?

Just finished watching "Match Play" stitched together as a film. Go watch it NOW. Despite its low budget and vertical format, it is one of the best BLs I've seen, and I've seen them all.

This dude is going to be a huge star.

Wow. I'm not even going to preface this statement with "considering its limitations due to budget and format," I'm going to go ahead, come right out and say that this is one of the best BLs of any kind, in any format, with any budget, that I have ever seen.

Lee Tae Hyung as Gu Jae Yeon may have to go to the top of my list of fave BL actors, that's how good he is. JaeYeon is a rare and compelling BL character. LTH has the "IT" factor in spades; he is effortlessly charismatic, with a powerful screen presence, easygoing charm, and overwhelming sexual energy...I don't know if that's what he's like IRL, but it doesn't matter because his character here has all those qualities and more. I couldn't stop looking at him...soaking him in, just as his persistent future other, DoHa, does throughout the series, starting out slow and confused but with increasing confidence as things progress.

The two have a stunning, uncomplicated chemistry from the very beginning, and it only grows.

I just now finished watching this and I'm gushing, so I'll let it soak in and maybe say more later, but this thing is a real achievement. I was able to see it with the episodes stitched together almost seamlessly as a two-hour movie. Once I got used to the format, which took a while, those two hours flew by. I wanted the show not to end.

I look forward to what's coming next, because the show certainly ended as if it were a prequel to much more to come. I hope so! I'd love to see it redone with a big budget, as a full-fledged production rather than in Instagram format or whatever the hell this is, and then move on with more story because this could go in great directions and a much longer length.

Bravo to all involved!
9/10 (In a more watchable format this would be a 10/10.)

I guess it makes you feel better to imagine I'm some sad, stressed-out person. Pretty sure you're projecting, based on your comments and replies to me. Maybe take your own advice. French kisses to you, too, Tish.

You know, the thing more embarrassing than your lack of self-awareness is that you're an arrogant, censorious, unthinking authoritarian and either don't know it or don't care.

"Far too often, what passes as "art" doesn't make me stop and think. We should prune them to let the few real gems shine through..."...said every authoritarian dictator from the Catholic Church to Hitler to Stalin to Mao-Tse-Dung to the Supreme Leader of Iran to Vladimir Putin to Donald Trump and many others before and among these.

Also, it's no surprise that a LOT of art doesn't make you stop and think. That's as much a shock as the sun rising each morning. Just what I'd expect from your previous comment. People like you and Chairman Mao don't like to have your biases challenged.

Let's see, Officer Doodle, WHO decides what should be "pruned," YOU? The vibe of your reply that you'd be entirely comfortable working as Kim Jong Un's "pruner" up in Pongyang is creepy as fuck.

"... you don't get to shut down the dissemination of art just because it makes you uncomfortable" That's your opinion."

No, Officer Doodly-Pants, you DON'T get to do that, except in your fantasies of life in Pongyang working for Dear Leader. Wow, you're wacked.

Finally, I'm pretty sure you know my comments are clever and original, which is why you so weakly attempt to denigrate them. Censorious morons like you and Donald Trump are not known for their creativity, which is part of the reason you and Donald have no problem squashing the creativity of others.

Seriously, p**s off, Fascist.

GREAT to hear from you, Maggi. And I'm happy you're spending time with friends. Blue Jasmine...with The Blanchette, yes? I may have seen it and liked it in the theater long ago. Is that the one in which she's a raging alcoholic? There's a scene is which she's agitated about something she brought on herself, drinking straight booze, bitching at someone else, and among all this she drops the aside "...fuck why isn't the Xanax kicking in?", yes? I laughed out loud like a maniac at that line because it's such an accurate, hilarious depiction of addictive thinking.

As in "I've been abusing booze for years and have a great tolerance to it, I've been abusing Xanax for years and require ever-higher doses to get the effect, I know booze increases anxiety and I know booze disrupts the effectiveness of Xanax, but I'm fucking PISSED that my booze AND my Xanax aren't working, dammnit!!!" lol

As much as I defend Woody against all the morons who insist against all evidence that he molested Mia's crazy adopted daughter (they don't generally know that Woody never adopted her because that would require knowing things), I haven't seen many of his films. I saw "Annie Hall" and was so put off by that character and Diane Keeton's portrayal, that I never again gave much thought to seeing his stuff.

I don't care for Keeton in general, but if you haven't seen "The Other Sister," I highly recommend it.

I'm glad you approve, Neamenlove. :)

This reply to me was rude and unnecessary. Please apologize. Also, please learn to UNDERSTAND written English before replying to comments written by people who use it.

Not once, in the comment above, did I "call the commenter a moron." In each instance in which I used that word, I specifically wrote "You are a moron IF..." If the reader determines from the latter portion of each statement that they ARE a moron, that is their own conclusion, not something I have called them. Brush up on English comprehension.

It's clear you enjoy playing Comment Thread Officer Giggly here, but don't expect me to take part in your fantasies. I don't care what you think of my comments.

I DO have a lot of opinions, and I'm not afraid to share them. If you don't like them, ignore them. If you can't control yourself to do that, it's not my problem. If you're intimidated by them, or unwilling to share and explain your own opinions, which I'd guess you have a lot of too, that's not my problem either.

The only rational, justifiable limits on speech in a free society are those addressing slander, libel, or the concept of not being free to "yell FIRE! in a crowded theater." Anything else is subjective thought control, censorship, and pure BS. Go live in China, unless you're already there. Russia, Hungary, Cuba, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and other countries ruled by authoritarian governments that squash free speech might also be to your liking.

In the U.S. we also have laws addressing "hate speech," which attempt to address speech that incites violence or creates an imminent threat to the safety and livelihoods of minority groups targeted by said speech. There is a lot of gray in this area, which is why violations are not always easy to prove.

I hadn't heard that "pure blood" Koreans or "half-blood" Korean-Black citizens have been threatened or harmed (hurt fee-fees don't count) as a result of the publication of Get Schooled, have you? If so, please let me know. Nor have I heard of any lawsuits or police investigations alleging such a thing...have you?

As much as I'm sure you'd like to, you don't get to shut down the dissemination of art just because it makes you uncomfortable. That's a big part of what art is supposed to do. Being uncomfortable should cause people to THINK about WHY they're uncomfortable; and to reconsider their assumptions. You probably don't like having your biases challenged though, do you? I know, thinking can be hard.

Move on. Officer GigglyDoodle. You're not needed here.

Oh dear, was that rude?

I agree with almost everything you wrote here. I do not agree with your implication (if this is what you're implying), that the racism in Get Schooled is not portrayed "thoughtfully." In any case, that determination is entirely a matter of opinion.

Sometimes, the most powerful depictions of negative human behaviors in fiction are what draws the most criticism as not being 'thoughtful," precisely because it IS so powerful and challenges people's safe zones and assumptions, to which a LOT of people react defensively.

Finally, there is a great deal of fictional art out there that is not produced thoughtfully. In which case, I stop watching and urge others to do likewise. In a free and open society, there is no Thoughtfulness Board, through which art must pass for approval before it can be released to the zeitgeist. There is a lot of crap floating around out there and I'm glad of it, even though I don't watch, listen, or hear it once I determine it's crap.

You are a moron if you missed the arrogant, racist assumption by the Korean bully in this chapter that he is the ONLY "pure blood" Korean in the school, and bullies the Korean-Ethiopian kid. Perhaps you lived in Korea too long, and soaked up the monoculture there with its inherent fear and loathing of the "other" 3%. You lack objectivity.

You are a moron if you missed the bullying inherent in this asshole's belief that he is the only "pure blood" in the school, as if there is such a thing.

You are a moron if you see that dude as a victim.

You are a moron if you missed the numerous word balloons in the chapter in which other students mock the half-blood student as a "monkey," a n****r, and with various other, wildly racist insults.

You are a moron if you believe no minority Korean has EVER, anywhere, in Korea, bullied a "pure blood," whether for the fun of it, or out of retaliation for bullying they have received.

You are a moron if, in any case, you believe a fictional event or behavior has to have occurred in "reality" before it can be portrayed in fictional works of art. Such a requirement would eliminate half of all drama and ALL of science/supernatural/fantasy fiction.

You are a moron if you believe audience members run out of theaters or away from their computer/TV screen after seeing negative behaviors in fictional storytelling, all in a mad rush to emulate in the real world what they just saw on the screen, rather than being repulsed by it and taking from it the message it sends but that you missed.

Finally, you are an arrogant, censorious moron if you believe that, for any reason, you or anyone else has the right to determine what content is allowed to be disseminated into what should be the free flow of ideas and speech in a free society.

Please respond. I look forward to more of your moronic thinking and writing, so I can mock it accordingly.

I just started this, but had to stop to say that is the most handsome/sexy set of ears I have ever seen. :) After just a few minutes, it's clear Lee Tae Yung is the star here, but the other guy is very good as well. I saw this was shot in the vertical on somebody's phone and thought what the hell and almost ditched it, but as annoying as that narrow screen is, it's shocking how good the actors, story, writing, and direction is...at least so far.

I'm old and stupid about such things, so if someone would explain why this was shot the way it was, I would appreciate it. If you really had to use a phone due to budget, why wouldn't you at least shoot in landscape aspect?

There are a great many delusional people on MDL. :)
A lot of them are probably also the "netizens" the media quotes to whip up these stupid, imaginary, Korean "controversies" and make big bucks on ad sales and Internet clicks in so doing.

What's sad is that so often the targets of these faux controversies, the spineless producers of movies and dramas, bow to the imaginary pressure implied by the hysterical media coverage and start self-censoring themselves based on the complaints of a tiny minority.

For instance, the GS publisher has pulled the Manhwa from North America already. I bet Asia will get to see it though. We have the most loud-mouthed, censorious delicate flowers here in the U.S.

Maggi! After I wrote the comment below, I then saw your name above and realized it was YOU. lol
Now I am REALLY curious as to why you watched until the end.