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Gentlemen of East 8th chinese drama review
Dropped 1/40
Gentlemen of East 8th
8 people found this review helpful
by highnoon
Sep 21, 2022
1 of 40 episodes seen
Dropped
Overall 1.0
Story 1.0
Acting/Cast 1.0
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
This review may contain spoilers

20 minutes into the first episode is enough to conclude that this is a shitty drama

What a shitty show filled with sexist and misogynistic beliefs, there's a reason why it has 2.1 on Douban.

The first scene introduced us to the 4 main leads who are all in their 30s dressing up as high school students being punished by their teacher that seriously looks younger than them. The teacher's dialogue was absolute bullshit, oh what you can't graduate if you don't get straight As? Then punishing the ML to run 10 laps in the rain? You would have been FIRED by now, who does that???

Here comes the first set of cringe, the rest of the guys joined in with the ML and they were making the stupidest faces being high out of their minds with BGM playing over them. Then comes the 2nd set of cringe with their dialogues especially the ending where they were like "We're gonna consummate together YEAAA".

NOBODY TALKS LIKE THIS

Then comes the 3rd set of cringe when they were leaving a helicopter wearing suits and sunglasses with BGM and different camera angles and shots to show just how charming all of them are. They were attending a wedding where they weren't even the groom. Who tf does that and how is that showing y'all are ordinary everyday people??? You don't see us folks entering a wedding with a freaking helicopter that probably cost a couple thousands.

Then the 4th set of cringe with the horrible dialogues during the after party. My favourite being Huang You Ming's line where he was having this conversation with a girl.

Him : Where are you from?
Her : I'm from Mexico, do you like to eat spicy food?
Him : Of course, what about you?
Her : I also really like spicy food
Him : No wonder your body is so spicy

Dude what the fuck

Then 5th set of cringe with disgustingness adding to it. It finally introduced us to the FL where she was entering her hotel room and the way her door did not get closed is literally the dumbest shit I've seen. Then ML walks in sleeping next to her, again with romantic BGM. Is it to show that this is somehow sweet and romantic? Then, they both wake up, analysed each other to then scream. Then when they were arguing and shit, they fell and KISSED WTF. I would be terrified if I was the FL, to have a literal stranger sleeping next to you. CALL THE POLICE, at least she did call security.

And how the ML was like "Oh you're a scammer" because the FL wanted compensation. Like dude, you were clearly in the wrong and being creepy, the FL was rightfully upset.

Then the 6th set of cringe. Again, showing just how charming and good looking they are, with BGM playing as they were walking in a straight line at the airport. ML could somehow eat his cup noodles in like an uber and he freaking spilled in in the car. If this was real life, he would have gotten screamed at but the taxi driver even comforted him about it. ????

And I saw other scenes where the FL fell and ML caught her BY HER BRA STRAPS. Could you not have put your arm on her back?? Why do you have to reach down and catch her bra strap?? And them with the whole Zheng Shuang as his first love thing is just funny.

Conclusion : don't watch this drama, it is not worth you time

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