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Yes, but the question is why feminizing men and making them look softer makes them more appealing to Korean girls/women?
As a woman, it doesn't make them more appealing to me. When I see an actor with bright red lipstick I feel repulsed or, in the best case, amused, it seems ridiculous to me.
Of course all actors all over the world wear makeup to minimize flaws and enhance their features, including lipstick, but it is of a more neutral, natural colour, so that they look as if they didn't wear any.

You do know that the Joseon period extended up to almost the 20th century, right? It's the longest dynasty in the world. At some point Korea stopped being isolated and started getting "exotic" Western stuff. We also saw glasses with champagne and Western-style opera singers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseon#16th–19th_century

The Joseon period was a 505-year period in Korean history when the Joseon dynasty ruled from 1392 to 1897 - almost reached the 20th century.

Because they even put feminine lip colours on men, LOL. They are weird that way.

The actors are not anything to write home about, the plot is far from original (apart from the "hotel" idea, which is new) and the humour not really funny. I don't dislike it, but I think it's average. A bit like Hwarang, but Hwarang had some interesting actors to hide the nothingness of the screenplay.

I like her, but she has some mannerisms that she carries in all her roles. My Dear Citizens, Devil Judge, here... They make her characters feel more or less the same although they are not.

This golden key is not very well kept. She should have put it in a little simple white cloth bag and keep it more deeply inside, not sticking out so obviously.

Which character is the one you are referring to?

Well, some of the men, I mean "flower boys" look very girly too, and not when it's a gender bender.

You're right. They would have to build a Western-style palace or something. It will be cheaper than renting Versailles and filming there.

I haven't read the webtoon, but if he's transformed into a bird, I don't see how they can do it without CGI, LOL!

You have a point. Sometimes screen writers only get some inspiration from the source material and make lots of changes, but sometimes they don't, so we have no way of judging what would happen in this instance. Unless he has been shown a detailed synopsis and the first 3-4 episodes and they are outstanding, he also cannot be sure of the outcome.

I am sure that if they cast a big name like Lee Jong Suk, they will change the screenplay so that his role becomes equally important to the female lead. He wouldn't accept it otherwise, and thus the balance might be better in the drama than in the webtoon.

He was blond for a while. Of course I prefer him in his natural colour.
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/90/b9/17/90b917117ee0dea2903a5838cb18005b.jpg

Sageuk? This doesn't sound as a sageuk at all. More like the Eternal Monarch, maybe set in the past. When the Empress goes to the West, the whole setting will be Western, right?

Maybe they will give it a facelift. We'll see.

Although it doesn't sound as a historical drama at all. I expect he wll be dressed a bit in the style of Lee Min Ho in The Eternal Monarch.

From what the article says, it's not a sageuk but a fantasy drama. Even if the Eastern Empire is portrayed sageuk-style, the male lead plays the Western prince, who belongs to a totally different world.

You know, few people read books and many watch movies and TV. Maybe it's for that reason that when something is in a novel there isn't much noise, but if it's made into a movie or TV show then it becomes a huge matter.
This happened with "The Last Temptation", a novel by Greek novelist Nikos Kazantzakis. Some little fuss when it was first published in 1955. Fast forward to 1988 and its film adaptation by Martin Scorsese as The Last Temptation of Christ (starring Willem Dafoe).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Temptation_of_Christ_(film)
It took the director years before the green light was given, because of protests from religious organizations. And even when it finally came out, many video rental stores declined to carry it for rental, as a result of the film's controversial reception. In Athens (Greece) there were huge demonstrations by priests, monks, nuns but also regular people who tried to put the movie theater on fire! It was terrible. Yet all those people had said nothing about the book, which had been circulating for more than 30 years and deemed a classic of Greek literature.
It also speaks of the greater visual impact and instant spreading of movies and TV compared to that of books.

Yes but a technical glitch and a freezing of video is something that can happen. It was used, from what I understand, in a humorous manner. I don't see how this is not representing accurately?