strawgal

English is deffinately my main language, I am Engish, but my spelling and grammer is all of my own making, it's creative. As they say, don't let the bast**ds grind you down.

Well thats about 45% of the worlds population dumped and worthless then. At the start of the drama the ML states he is not looking for the usual type of women, pretty, and not much else, I would suggest they would be,'ten a penny', the fact that she is not the normal well bred young lady, is her attraction.

I think perhaps an international audience views differently, and the demographic also affects how its viewed, people now do not watch as a family. I watch some stuff, mainly action adventure with my husband, like Big Bet, and other stuff on my own on a tablet. I hate watching the weekly, I save it until its all out. I am midway through My Dearest, couldn't wait for Not Others, which I loved.
Destined with You ,I hate women being portrayed as foolish for no real reason, because the majority of women are life smart.

What about Clueless or West Side Story? I would suggest that even Cutie Pie, losely looks like the plot of Emma The reason there are so many adaptations of Dicken,s Dracula, Austin, etc is there is no copyright and the base plot is a universal theme. It would be very difficult to remake GWTW, because of its attitude to slavery which is the basis for the plot. I have read so many books and seen so many films, I can practically see the plot references as I see or read them, they may be clips, but they are still there.

Bridgerton. If your purest, and I do not mean the casting , the clothes, flowers are all fake and just about every plot charector has a base in Georgette Heyer, but her reseach was detailed, but judge it for as it is. Now the last adaptation of Persuasion, Netflix, completely missed the point, sweetness and humour, gutted the heart of the story for novelty, a worse sin. Its the one JA novel I really think would work well as a K drama, even in a modern setting.

GWTW the film has that rosy glow at looking at the past out of context, I find the script of this the setting is more realeatic, and in a different social context.
I love GWTW, but it never made me cry , and ' tomorrow is another day', is how I view life, get up and move on, there is lots in the film I could pick apart. Its make believe, with two English actors playing playing main roles.

But does it matter? How many films have there been of Pride and Prejudice, and reboots, even Bollywood has had a crack, you even say that Bridgerton are Jane Austin and Geogette Heyer novel plots rebooted on steriods..
You should be like Pollyanna, 'be glad', that is its a good script, well acted and beautifully filmed. Good drama should make you feel, and this does, and I am someone who gets stressed with the wrong period teaset in Bridgerton

There is a saying that Shakespeare used all the main story lines, and really the 19c womens authors created most of the ones used the most in the 20th 21st century used in romantic drama, particularly Jane Austin and Charlotte Bronte whose plots have been adapted. I have seen GWTW at least three times, and read the book, by Margeret Mitchell and there are simularities, but a lot not there, and the focus shifted, but the story of women being left behaind in war is not a new one, women are survivors. Good stories are meant to be passed on, and reinturpreted, The copywrite for GWTW novel runs out in the US in 2031. Its a good job Shakespeare didn't hold copywrite, although he probabely reimagined stories he heard himself, the source material for Romeo and Juliet is an Italian poem translated into French then English, written at least fifty years before his play.

Great story telling, that was thought-provoking but not a lecture, and fun.

I think 19th Life tackles serious concepts, in an entertaining way, but it is more thought-provoking so I tend to think each ep over. King of the Land, is just great entertainment.

I find this absolutely engrossing, how children's lives are affected by their parents actions. The siblings mother is not a barrel of laughs, it made me think was the new wife a way out for the father, even if she was shallow. Being seriously ill is not an excuse for opting out of your children's lives, I know because I have been there. They are all damaged through lack of communication and the need to please, and fill their expected role.
I have trouble with the concept of parents controlling adult children's lives,The mother leaves doesn't visit when their father dies, but expects to know things, her main input is to make a meal and pass judgement. She knows her children's characters, two want to live in a fantasy land, of having a perfect boyfriend and being a singer, but expects WJ to sort things out. WJ is seen as crazy, but she has the most grasp on reality, her emotions boiling over because she feels powerless, and the rest of the time just trying to control the damage
This is like a jigsaw, each character as piece that holds the picture together, and frightened to move and change the picture, the step mum although awful, in a way has forced change, and she is a wolf in wolfs clothing, The mother damages her children by ingraining passiveness and inaction, and a lack of emotional support. Do you call that love?
The acting from the ML's is suburb, the micro expressions that convey often fleeting emotions. Its a drama with a romance in it, its more like Jane Austin novels, a not a lot is said, but the meaning is there.

I agree that leads attraction was so understated to be non existent, but I watched to the end. There was nothing bad just a bit, meh. There is a bit in the credits in the last episode that just about saved it for me. The couple at the end look like a real couple, the reality of a normal relationship starts, now could be the real rom com.