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Hilarious Satire of BL Dramas
Reading through reviews for this drama made me realize a lot of people don't seem to understand that it's a satire, a very funny and on point one.
The writing is sharp and silly at the same time with jokes like the in-universe producer being a fujoshi named Ms. Yayoi (sounds like yaoi) and the BL manga's title being I'm In Love With My Best Friend. There's also riffs on child stardom, cheesy TV ads, insecure idols and manga fans ready to rip apart live action adaptations.
One of the MLs is a hot up and coming star who's also an otaku and super stan of the other ML who is a washed up child actor. The otaku is played by Alan Abe who is fantastic at ping ponging between being cold as ice and hysterically melting down whenever he gets close to his oshi. The show deliberately inserts every BL cliche possible into their reel life and real life relationship so if you've watched a lot of these shows you'll likely be laughing out loud like I did.
I also want to shout out the drama's director who does a great job at staging scenes and making the most of an excellent cast. The director likes to use deep focus with the two leads in the foreground while the rest of the cast reacts to them in the background and it's very effective.
I also can't forget the second leads who play the managers of our flailing actors. They're both incredibly funny and have sexier chemistry than our leads (not that the chemistry between the leads is bad but it's more innocent).
The only criticism I have is we don't get a proper kiss between the leads though we do get a very memorable bedroom scene between the managers that makes up for it.
A lot of the people I see criticizing this drama don't seem to understand that it's a satire. People, the cliches are in there on purpose!
I highly recommend this one to anyone who loves BLs but is also very aware of how silly they can be.
The writing is sharp and silly at the same time with jokes like the in-universe producer being a fujoshi named Ms. Yayoi (sounds like yaoi) and the BL manga's title being I'm In Love With My Best Friend. There's also riffs on child stardom, cheesy TV ads, insecure idols and manga fans ready to rip apart live action adaptations.
One of the MLs is a hot up and coming star who's also an otaku and super stan of the other ML who is a washed up child actor. The otaku is played by Alan Abe who is fantastic at ping ponging between being cold as ice and hysterically melting down whenever he gets close to his oshi. The show deliberately inserts every BL cliche possible into their reel life and real life relationship so if you've watched a lot of these shows you'll likely be laughing out loud like I did.
I also want to shout out the drama's director who does a great job at staging scenes and making the most of an excellent cast. The director likes to use deep focus with the two leads in the foreground while the rest of the cast reacts to them in the background and it's very effective.
I also can't forget the second leads who play the managers of our flailing actors. They're both incredibly funny and have sexier chemistry than our leads (not that the chemistry between the leads is bad but it's more innocent).
The only criticism I have is we don't get a proper kiss between the leads though we do get a very memorable bedroom scene between the managers that makes up for it.
A lot of the people I see criticizing this drama don't seem to understand that it's a satire. People, the cliches are in there on purpose!
I highly recommend this one to anyone who loves BLs but is also very aware of how silly they can be.
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