"typical Bad Boy or Rich pouting, demeaning to women, gets everything at the end of Storyline man. You also didn't make a mumbling, weak minded, you can jerk me around and I will not fight back FL." THANK YOU! you voiced my frustrations with cdramas in the most eloquent way. I'm beyond tired, I'm hurt with how women are depicted on screen in stories that we're supposed to see ourselves in. I loved that this show gave us romance based on a healthy relationship. Both the leads are looking out for each other and understand each other's dreams, so when they achieve them together, if feels earned and significant. Thank you for your poignant review and have a great day
You raised some good points I had totally forgotten about like the cheating that doesn't lead anywhere and Joseph's saboteur. This show was just some ideas stitched together and it could hold up with better acting but doesn't. I don't think it was supposed to be 16 episodes, from the lack of storylines, I think they were pitching it as a movie, a bad version of the Devil wears Prada.
And I enjoy fashion in dramas, when it says something about the characters and their journey. But this one just featured kitschy outfits that fashion people wouldn't be caught dead in. With the exception of the always elegant big boss.
Anyway, your review was super helpful, I wish I read it before watching eight hours of this year's most mediocre show
There are few people who truly appreciate Sung Joon's hotness and even fewer that know the tragedy of it being wasted on this boring of a show! So I know exactly your frustration.
I also started watching this after I need Romance 3, watching him have explosive chemistry with kim seo yeon, I was ready for another hot romance. As you may guess, I was horribly disappointed by... whatever this show was. I can't even remember how many episodes I watched, it was that dull and uninspiring. I almost feel bad that I don't remember it enough to pick it apart as you so eloquently did. The only things that have stuck are:
a) he looked and was too young to play a 35 year old professor. I didn't buy it for a moment. b) when the romance is based on deception, its only saving grace is a heartwarming, sincere confession that makes the other person forgive the lie and accept the love. That never happened, they just kiss for no reason. c) what was up with the fl's character? Girl, you're in your thirties, not thirteen. How did it take her so long to see when someone was playing her. The signs were all there!
All in all, the show was so bad it eclipsed Sung Joon's hotness and that's a sin I will never forgive.
p.s. about him being paired with older women. That's the only thing they tried to do right. Let me explain, Sung Joon exudes sexiness from every pore. He plays so well the flirty attitude and needs someone to bounce it off with. So it works when the woman is older cause in Korean TV, unfortunately, the only women who are confident in their sexuality are the ones over 30. God forbid someone younger can be more than clueless. And this strategy has been successful as his relationship in I need romance and Ms Perfect can attest . Hope his 2023 comeback drama gives him the storyline, costars and hotness level he so deseves!
It pains me to rating a female centric show so low, but this was a wasted opportunity. And I can tell they meant to write an engaging story about the multiple sides of the fashion industry, but failed in every way. Except for the most bland two leads, Joseph was the worst written. I can tell the executives are boasting about writing a gay major character and hailing it as progressive, when his awful portrayal borders on homophobic. They made him stupid, dramatic in the bad way, image obsessed and shallow. And for the love of god, namedropping in English was what broke my ears. Made them tacky when they were going for sophisticated.
Its only saving grace was Park Hee Jung deciding to leave and expand into international markets, finding a partner who truly supports her and helping the other model rather than having the awful kdrama catty fights.
And for a show supposedly about fashion, the clothes looked like forever 21 rejects, thrown together by a four year old girl.
Thank you for your poignant review and have a great day
And I enjoy fashion in dramas, when it says something about the characters and their journey. But this one just featured kitschy outfits that fashion people wouldn't be caught dead in. With the exception of the always elegant big boss.
Anyway, your review was super helpful, I wish I read it before watching eight hours of this year's most mediocre show
Sweet series, but couldn't finish
I also started watching this after I need Romance 3, watching him have explosive chemistry with kim seo yeon, I was ready for another hot romance. As you may guess, I was horribly disappointed by... whatever this show was. I can't even remember how many episodes I watched, it was that dull and uninspiring. I almost feel bad that I don't remember it enough to pick it apart as you so eloquently did. The only things that have stuck are:
a) he looked and was too young to play a 35 year old professor. I didn't buy it for a moment.
b) when the romance is based on deception, its only saving grace is a heartwarming, sincere confession that makes the other person forgive the lie and accept the love. That never happened, they just kiss for no reason.
c) what was up with the fl's character? Girl, you're in your thirties, not thirteen. How did it take her so long to see when someone was playing her. The signs were all there!
All in all, the show was so bad it eclipsed Sung Joon's hotness and that's a sin I will never forgive.
p.s. about him being paired with older women. That's the only thing they tried to do right. Let me explain, Sung Joon exudes sexiness from every pore. He plays so well the flirty attitude and needs someone to bounce it off with. So it works when the woman is older cause in Korean TV, unfortunately, the only women who are confident in their sexuality are the ones over 30. God forbid someone younger can be more than clueless. And this strategy has been successful as his relationship in I need romance and Ms Perfect can attest . Hope his 2023 comeback drama gives him the storyline, costars and hotness level he so deseves!
It pains me to rating a female centric show so low, but this was a wasted opportunity. And I can tell they meant to write an engaging story about the multiple sides of the fashion industry, but failed in every way. Except for the most bland two leads, Joseph was the worst written. I can tell the executives are boasting about writing a gay major character and hailing it as progressive, when his awful portrayal borders on homophobic. They made him stupid, dramatic in the bad way, image obsessed and shallow. And for the love of god, namedropping in English was what broke my ears. Made them tacky when they were going for sophisticated.
Its only saving grace was Park Hee Jung deciding to leave and expand into international markets, finding a partner who truly supports her and helping the other model rather than having the awful kdrama catty fights.
And for a show supposedly about fashion, the clothes looked like forever 21 rejects, thrown together by a four year old girl.
I'm glad I'm not the only one upset by this show