wth are you talking about? There's one stabbing that sets up the rest of the story. Be sure to put up a tag reading…
If you think my reply to you qualifies as "a pile of garbage on fire," you are WAY too hyper-sensitive to be anywhere near a computer attached to the Internet.
People's alleged "triggers" are THEIR responsibility, not anyone else's. It is not the rest of society's job to tip-toe around their inability to cope with reality. If someone really is that sensitive, they shouldn't be watching, listening to, or reading any form of storytelling. Even many children's stories contain violence of some sort.
Also, I'm going to challenge your assumption that feeling "sick" at the sight of some fake blood in a drama is necessarily a bad thing. Just last night I watched the excellent 2009 Chinese film "City of Life and Death," which deals with the horrific war crimes of all kinds perpetrated upon the people of Nanking, China by the Japanese army in 1937. I spent 2/3 of the film watching through my fingers, my stomach in knots, tears occasionally coursing down my cheeks. What happened in Nanking is unspeakable, and the film's portrayal of it made me feel "sick."
To which I add..so what? Feelings are what dramas and comedies and everything in-between are made to produce in the people who watch them. If I had gotten to the point where I felt SO sick I didn't want to keep watching, then, guess what? I could have TURNED IT OFF and stopped watching. This is not rocket science.
I chose to keep watching because, like many other viewers, the negative emotional and physical responses I was having in response to the content of the film was more than worth the expanded awareness of what those Chinese people went through. Watching the film is also a form of bearing witness to atrocities committed against others, so that I will carry those feelings forward and do or say what little I can to ensure it never happens again.
This idea that anyone has the right to an expectation of never having an unpleasant feeling while encountering art is new in the last 20 years and as stupid, and even dangerous, as it is infantilizing. Dangerous because it threatens the free expression of ideas, thoughts, feelings, and everything else we are equipped to experience.
These lists of "trigger warnings," which are really just spoilers disguised as care-taking for emotionally unstable people, should at the least be behind a button you have to click on to see "tags." Instead, these lists are inflicted upon all of us at the bottom of most synopses, where they are not always easy to avoid.
How about a "trigger warning" for those of us upset by trigger warnings, eh? When do I get one of those?
Very nice. A new BL sub-genre is born: SEXY FLUFF.
Enjoyed seeing Shun Yu's assertive side emerge after he understood their relationship and that he was not just a toy for the General Manager. In fact, an entirely unseen, robust, fun-loving, and damn-near butch element of his personality burst thru in the finale and it was a delight to behold. His confrontation with Mama President was golden.
Speaking of which...I felt sorry for the actress playing mama. They costumed her in such a ridiculous, but amusing and inappropriate-for-business outfit that I had to laugh. Sequined, sparkling micro-miniskirt and sweater to show off her huge, top-heavy boobs and her little bird legs. lol
Lots of filler and manufactured, idiotic miscommunication in eps 4-9, but the charisma and acting of the two leads, their obvious chemistry, and especially the radiant presence and comic/dramatic timing of the uber-charming Hsiao Hung, pulled this thing up from the 4/10 I probably would have given it with lesser leads, to a solid 8/10.
wth are you talking about? There's one stabbing that sets up the rest of the story. Be sure to put up a tag reading…
One fake stabbing that's not shown up close, followed by fake blood flowing in one scene out of a three-hour show is not "gore," it's a staged, acted-out stunt that's over in 30 seconds.
Close-ups of extremely realistic, long-form torture, beheadings, axe murders, actual, live animal slaughter, and genital mutilation might qualify as "gore," but those aren't present here.
You made a show of your sensitivities with your OP. I responded. That's what happens in comment sections.
As for your plea for an "injury" tag...good god, would a toe-stubbing qualify? Why is anyone owed a content warning about an "injury?" There are injuries in cartoon comedies.
"unfairly detained" and what exactly were the Japanese doing in Manchuria between the years 1932-1945, huh?
They were doing all sorts of war crime, atrocities, murders, torture, rape, you name it, as under orders to do, which excuses none of it. However, you do not triumph over your adversaries by behaving in the same animalistic ways they did.
The war was over. Treaties were signed. The POWs were supposed to have been returned to Japan, and they weren't. So yes, they were "unfairly detained.
Vengeance only creates more vengeance in return. The cycle had to be broken, which is exactly what the U.S. did in the way it dealt with its post-war occupation of Japan. America remade Japan from a feudalist, Samurai-code, macho, life-is-cheap, society into a peaceful ally and trading partner by treating its people and enlisted personnel with restraint and empathy. With, of course, the exception of quite a few barbaric higher-ups who gave the orders, who were executed. I don't agree with that; they should have been jailed for life, but that's how it went down.
After what Japan did to the rest of Asia, and given how many American deaths it was responsible for, on top of the Pearl Harbor attack, would it have been wise to seek revenge and torture everyone to death? No. No, it would not.
OK. I respect your apology to Maggi. I'll stop haranguing you. You're right, it's good to change and it's great you're willing. Have a great night or day, depending on where you are. :)
By the way, I'm a long-time MDL friend of Maggi's, so that's why I came down on you so hard. oops.
Wow. You are incredibly dull, as well as rude. The actress in question LOOKS no more than 45 at a stretch. She has not been made up to look older, at all. This is not high school, where 16 year-old girls are cast to play 50-year-old women because, well, that's all there is to work with. There are plenty of older Asian actresses who could have been cast in this role, but weren't.
If the mother WAS 13 when she gave birth, great, that would make an interesting plot point but, um, it wasn't made.
Your lecture on what acting consists of is hilariously lame. An actress who looks 45 cannot portray a character who is 55 unless there's a talented makeup person involved which, in this case there isn't.
Anyway, enough from me. Maggi is summarily eviscerating you and your stupifyingly silly comment. I love your bit about staring at Maggi's comment for "10 minutes." I'd guess drool slagged from your open mouth as you did so.
I don't take it seriously at all, primarily because there is nothing in it to take seriously in the first place. I can enjoy fluff, silliness, and comedy, but it has to be done WELL. Do you have any standards, or will you watch anything whatsoever, no matter how lame, if it's there on the screen when you activate whatever device you're watching it on?
The counselor received a four-year prison sentence, and given the circumstances of the killings, he could be released sooner than that. Il Woo would be waiting...
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People's alleged "triggers" are THEIR responsibility, not anyone else's. It is not the rest of society's job to tip-toe around their inability to cope with reality. If someone really is that sensitive, they shouldn't be watching, listening to, or reading any form of storytelling. Even many children's stories contain violence of some sort.
Also, I'm going to challenge your assumption that feeling "sick" at the sight of some fake blood in a drama is necessarily a bad thing. Just last night I watched the excellent 2009 Chinese film "City of Life and Death," which deals with the horrific war crimes of all kinds perpetrated upon the people of Nanking, China by the Japanese army in 1937. I spent 2/3 of the film watching through my fingers, my stomach in knots, tears occasionally coursing down my cheeks. What happened in Nanking is unspeakable, and the film's portrayal of it made me feel "sick."
To which I add..so what? Feelings are what dramas and comedies and everything in-between are made to produce in the people who watch them. If I had gotten to the point where I felt SO sick I didn't want to keep watching, then, guess what? I could have TURNED IT OFF and stopped watching. This is not rocket science.
I chose to keep watching because, like many other viewers, the negative emotional and physical responses I was having in response to the content of the film was more than worth the expanded awareness of what those Chinese people went through. Watching the film is also a form of bearing witness to atrocities committed against others, so that I will carry those feelings forward and do or say what little I can to ensure it never happens again.
This idea that anyone has the right to an expectation of never having an unpleasant feeling while encountering art is new in the last 20 years and as stupid, and even dangerous, as it is infantilizing. Dangerous because it threatens the free expression of ideas, thoughts, feelings, and everything else we are equipped to experience.
These lists of "trigger warnings," which are really just spoilers disguised as care-taking for emotionally unstable people, should at the least be behind a button you have to click on to see "tags." Instead, these lists are inflicted upon all of us at the bottom of most synopses, where they are not always easy to avoid.
How about a "trigger warning" for those of us upset by trigger warnings, eh? When do I get one of those?
Enjoyed seeing Shun Yu's assertive side emerge after he understood their relationship and that he was not just a toy for the General Manager. In fact, an entirely unseen, robust, fun-loving, and damn-near butch element of his personality burst thru in the finale and it was a delight to behold. His confrontation with Mama President was golden.
Speaking of which...I felt sorry for the actress playing mama. They costumed her in such a ridiculous, but amusing and inappropriate-for-business outfit that I had to laugh. Sequined, sparkling micro-miniskirt and sweater to show off her huge, top-heavy boobs and her little bird legs. lol
Lots of filler and manufactured, idiotic miscommunication in eps 4-9, but the charisma and acting of the two leads, their obvious chemistry, and especially the radiant presence and comic/dramatic timing of the uber-charming Hsiao Hung, pulled this thing up from the 4/10 I probably would have given it with lesser leads, to a solid 8/10.
Hsiao Hung is going to be a big star.
Close-ups of extremely realistic, long-form torture, beheadings, axe murders, actual, live animal slaughter, and genital mutilation might qualify as "gore," but those aren't present here.
You made a show of your sensitivities with your OP. I responded. That's what happens in comment sections.
As for your plea for an "injury" tag...good god, would a toe-stubbing qualify? Why is anyone owed a content warning about an "injury?" There are injuries in cartoon comedies.
The war was over. Treaties were signed. The POWs were supposed to have been returned to Japan, and they weren't. So yes, they were "unfairly detained.
Vengeance only creates more vengeance in return. The cycle had to be broken, which is exactly what the U.S. did in the way it dealt with its post-war occupation of Japan. America remade Japan from a feudalist, Samurai-code, macho, life-is-cheap, society into a peaceful ally and trading partner by treating its people and enlisted personnel with restraint and empathy. With, of course, the exception of quite a few barbaric higher-ups who gave the orders, who were executed. I don't agree with that; they should have been jailed for life, but that's how it went down.
After what Japan did to the rest of Asia, and given how many American deaths it was responsible for, on top of the Pearl Harbor attack, would it have been wise to seek revenge and torture everyone to death? No. No, it would not.
By the way, I'm a long-time MDL friend of Maggi's, so that's why I came down on you so hard. oops.
Keep going! This is fun!
If the mother WAS 13 when she gave birth, great, that would make an interesting plot point but, um, it wasn't made.
Your lecture on what acting consists of is hilariously lame. An actress who looks 45 cannot portray a character who is 55 unless there's a talented makeup person involved which, in this case there isn't.
Anyway, enough from me. Maggi is summarily eviscerating you and your stupifyingly silly comment. I love your bit about staring at Maggi's comment for "10 minutes." I'd guess drool slagged from your open mouth as you did so.
9/10