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The issue with male idols and high notes is the fact they are not even high for male singers, they are high even for female singers. Shit gets so ridiculous, each year it only gets worse.

I also agreed with what he said, and was completely against how he said it. He might be right, but he sucks at communicating his thoughts without putting down others and making them feel bad and uncomfortable. That's not exactly how leader should operate.

He criticized a member about speaking for others and not just himself, while he also spoke for him in the interview saying that he has this and this style of rap making, instead of letting the guy talk for himself. I just cannot stand people who criticize in others what they themselves do.

He said, even if he is called dictator he will not let the team go into a wrong direction. What it told me is the fact he wants to force his opinion, and not convince members to his opinion.

And what's most important: judges criticized all the guys the same way - the fact they tried to show off their skills instead of making a good performance, and it left the audience with no space to even breathe. It's valid for the guy to say they all need to redo their parts and fix mistakes, because everyone got the same feedback. But Hee Do made it seem like this one guy was bad and everyone else did fine. the kid LITERALLY just repeated what judges said, almost word by word, and Hee Do went: speak for yourself don't bring down other members. When judges themselves said "the rest 5 of you".

All of that^

This learning dances fast is always an issue in all shows like that. You can have an amazing dancer who struggles with remembering the moves at first. But if you give him enough time, the end result will be better than the quick learner. So the question is - do they want good results or quick results?

And omg yes for singing. Most of these idols don't even sing them high notes, they scream them, with literally no control over them. It's not even nice to listen to.

As for Hee Do - he is blacklisted for me, I have no patient for guys like that. These contestants always pick the wrong people for the leader role. They never take into consideration the skills leader should have, but go for specific idol skills. So he was in many survival shows, he became leader, even tho he sucks at communicating with people and motivating them.

I mean... they still try to act as if adding Korean-American or Korean-Canadian to the team will make it "global" so 😅

If I want to complain about the tan every weak after every episode, I will ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Anyone is free to block me to not see said comments.

You complaining about other people complaining about the tan also adds to the number of comments about tan.

No one ever complain if the compliments about the drama are exactly the same, but if everyone criticizes the same aspect, it's an annoyance and an issue out of a blue.

it's tan lol them being this dirty would make even less sense than poorly done tan. Especially since the rich son also has tan, and so is the "poor" son who studies and is as "dirty" even early morning when he goes to school.

Light skin was literally (not only in Korea) a symbol of higher social status, because it meant you did not have to do manual work outside, hence you did not get tanned skin.

the fake tan is poorly done, but it is kind of accurate in terms of class differences in the past. You pale means you are of higher social status because you do not need to do manual work outside, so you don't get tan.

Fake tan during the filming is such a pain in the ass, coz you can't just reapply is easily, since the comes off in a different rate on a different parts of your face and body, so it will always look patchy 😅

She was meeting with a different guy for a year, without telling ml. Just because someone "has a reason" does not change the fact they cheated 🥲
And let's go crazy and say she never had another man. They guy he thought she was cheating was I don't know... her doctor. She still lied to ML for a year at least, and then broke up with him with no explanation and left him believe he was cheated on for such a long time and she left him for another dude. No matter what her reason was to do that, she is not a victim in this scenerio. I legit hate how writers always try to give some pity stories to excuse bullshit behavior 🤡

it's like a mix of A Piece of Your Mind and My Liberation Notes for the tone, and Secret (2013) for the misplaced revenge turn love in terms of plot.

the cringe is so strong I actually skip them 🤣

it's so basic i don't even remember what I thought about episode 1 😅
I don't even think there is anything wrong with shows being just fluff and that's the only thing they can offer, but even fluff shows can be done well and memorable, and mediocre...

This fake tan is painful, it's so uneven it just looks like they are dirty.
I mean, these are the issues of trying realism for period dramas. Ain't no skin care with whitening shit in the past, but all the actors who play the roles are pale because of all the cosmetics and sunscreens... So they need a fake tan, but it's not easy to keep it look good for the whole filming period...

Also, love how they put fake tan on everyone, but FL, coz she obviously still need to look "pretty" 😅

Honestly, if I was in Doo Hak's position, I don't think I could maintain my friendship with Cheol Woong. Friendship is build on the idea of partnership, and since he will forever have to lower himself because of his status... It would just emotionally exhaust me.

I have to say tho, overall it's so aesthetical beautiful.

That said, I will also be a bit sad if it will be ex-friends against each other and SML being the evil dude throughout the show, because of his complexes. I rather have them both be good. But after episode 1, SML is just so mentally weak he is on a perfect road to evil pathetic... Unless this whole shit that about to happen will be a wake up call for him.

Also, his mom is a power hungry, but also dumb af 🤣

Damn, i liked episode 1 a lot.
Dome a bit of an idiot, but I don't really mind.
Chemistry with Khatha - A+

I need next episode right away 😭

Also, Khatha with that cane? 🔥

I think the issue with Jim's behavior was not that it was not realistic for his age, but rather it was dumb to relate it as a consequence of his age rather than his past experiences and present responsibilities. Realistically speaking, he was isolating himself like that and did not want to get into a relationship not coz "people his age.... whatever", but because he got fucked up by his last partner he wanted to build a future with, then said partner died so he did not get a proper closure about the cheating and then his family took all the money he saved, while he also had to take care of a young teenage boy. So after that shit, it makes sense he was so closed off. But it was not because of his age, but they kept bringing his age as if it was a factor in it. I know people younger than the character who act in a similar fashion because of the mix of his history and personalities, and it has nothing to do with age. But they truly tried to make his age a big thing and important aspect of all his issues and reservations.

and though it wasn’t perfect, it was 1000x better than most of the stuff I’ve seen. < true. Honestly speaking, unless the deaf character is THE center of the plot and the story is build around them, it's hard to truly show representation in a more in depth way, since the deaf community is extremely diverse and many external factors affects what type of struggles they will face. so with the limited screen time, they did really well with Heart's story.

That's why I said free content does not really have subs, but if you check Netflix - they do. Paid service = better service in that aspect. And Heart's family have enough money to get him that streaming platforms. I don't know how it is with cinema BUT the context of their conversation was not just going to cinema, but overall that he watches at home foreign movies, coz Thai content does not have Thai subs. Or how he want to study in America, which suggest he knows English, so why can;'t he watch them with English subs? (unless I missed something, and that school was not in US...). As I said, I just cannot turn my brain off 😅

The magic is usually in their initial outing for which they were specifically cast and well-suited. < this. The fact that many BLs don';t really have auditions, but rather roles are offered to not even just well established actors, but always the pairings, it's given at times the cast will not quite match the characters they are supposed to act as.

We all know Gaipa's mom died so he can meet Alan 😅

preferring international films because Thai films never come with subtitles < for me these little details bothered me, coz I just cannot turn my brain off not to nitpick. Heart is a rich kid. His family can afford any streaming platform subscription and most if not all have subs in the original language too. So in his case, this scene just felt questionable because it did not really represent his reality. Someone who does not have money and is deaf - that's a whole different story. Close to none of the free content provided subs in the original language. Especially since as you mentioned, they talked about income disparity, but ignored it in that once aspect and what kind of benefits it might give to a deaf person to live in a wealthy family. That's why in my review I said the whole show feels more like appetizers than a whole meal, because they never truly show the depth and complexity of any of the issue they tackled.

That said, it was still one of the better representations of deaf community.

omg yes about the sign language scene. I get what the director wanted to show - a small representation how deaf people feel with the limited ways of communicating with others (since most people do not know sign language) and for us to better connect to Li Ming's hard work to understand Heart through the context alone, BUT it only worked at first, when Li Ming himself did not know the sign language. Later when there were scene of both of of them using it, and Li Ming not even verbalizing what he is saying, there were not even any clues and context to get by. It was just cutting the viewers out of the scenes completely.

Overall damn good and detail review! :)

There is only one situation when I think it's legit to say a show should not be made: when a show is labeled 18+ for the sexual content, but it's about teenagers below the age of said restriction. Coz then who is this show made for? Adults who like to watch teens have sex?

but all the rest like cheating and morally "questionable" things - you do you, film if you want to. It's not like anyone forces others to watch the content. If someone does not like it, they can just not watch it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯