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"The song of the heart" and the fairy tale

Film and television have told stories in which human beings become animals. In 'The Lobster', 2015, a film by Yorgos Lanthimos ('The Favorite', 'Poor Creatures'), one of the most original voices of the new Greek cinema, brings in this work, which sparked great discussion after winning the Jury in Cannes, David, played by a great Colin Farrell, in his mandatory stay in a hotel full of singles where he has to find a partner with whom he shares something in common within 45 days or he will be transformed into an animal by choice, as happened to his brother who was turned into a dog and is now in his care.
The script of this film, which provoked very mixed reviews, but whose originality was never discussed, was awarded the ARTE International Award for Best CineMart Project 2013 at the 42nd edition of the Rotterdam International Film Festival. The reader will remember that, set in a dystopian near future, the film tells a love story, where the search for a romantic partner is a matter of life or death.
Asian teledramaturgy is not far behind. In 'A Good Day to Be a Dog', a South Korean fantasy rom-com, actress Park Gyu Young ('Celebrity') plays a woman who is cursed to transform into a dog when she kisses a man. A math teacher will come to his aid, the only person who can undo his curse, but who is afraid of dogs due to a traumatic event that he no longer remembers.
But what if the story were reversed? What if, instead of humans becoming wild creatures, the latter were the ones who would transmute their short, small wings, and their clumsy gait on land and their elegance under water, for two feet, useful upper joints, and the ability to walk upright? If instead of people becoming agile and skilled predators, like most felines, these were the ones who would transform their bodies equipped with powerful claws and teeth into individuals with scant fur and a capacity for inventiveness and intelligence, which distinguishes them from the rest of the higher animals?
But why does it seem like I'm talking about penguins and black panthers?
Well, because these animals transform into human beings is Potae Anusara Korsamphan's proposal in 'Caged Again', a romantic and fantastic comedy with an LGBT+ theme with a very original premise and charming character dynamics. Yes, it's true: Disney has previously told us stories about fish and mermaids that become humans, but I'm not aware of any stories about seabirds and big cats transformed into people, much less in non-animated fiction. Although it is also affirmative that we have a giant white teddy bear who, miraculously, turns into a young man.
This absurd comedy, a very stimulating and highly symbolic rarity, follows Junior, a young penguin with the ability to listen to and understand human language, who, transformed into a young boy, flees the zoo in search of achieving his ultimate goal: traveling to the North Pole. However, he will be trapped once again in a mysterious male boarding school. In it, he meets Sun, a quiet and reserved black panther who has also taken human form and after being betrayed by someone he trusted, he no longer seeks to have new friends until he meets Junior. For Sun, the former penguin is the best and only true friend he has ever had in his life. They will both live incredible adventures and maybe…, maybe they will find something more.
In their adventures, Sun and Junior will meet the boyfriends Nat (Arm Sappanyoo Panatkool) and Ton (Apiwat Porsche Apiwatsayree), a couple of BL actors already known to the public for playing Jaonan / "Nan" and Sippakorn in the 2022 drama 'Ai Long Nhai'. Both will welcome the boys under their roof.
Such a plot seems impossible to develop without falling into ridicule, but the debut Thai director shows that, by taking reality to its extremes, as a good comedy does, she manages to illustrate her interest in making her declaration of principles about the possibility that beings Humans and animals can live together in harmony.
As a curiosity, just the day after the premiere of the series, on Saturday, November 16, more than 200 monkeys escaped from a cage at the municipal animal center located in the Thai town of Lop Buri, dozens of kilometers north of Bangkok, to invade the surrounding streets, climb onto the roofs, enter a police station and some homes. The only thing missing, to match this fact with the plot, was that the macaques, before escaping, had had the capacity to transform into humans.
In the main roles of the series that tells an unconventional love story, which mixes elements of magic, fantasy, adventure and teenage romance, are actors Ben Benjamin Greenwell, in his acting debut, as Sun, and Jay Sorathon Chaloemlapsombutis ('I Will Knock You'), like Junior, who manage with their performance to put the audience in intense reflection about freedom, love and the beauty of life. Both actors share a natural and electrifying chemistry that brings a tender and refreshing vibe to the series.
After watching the first five episodes of the 10 that the series has, we can make some preliminary assessments: not only will we find these two animals converted into humans. We will have a monkey transformed into a student named Jodd (Jaonine Jiraphat Sodjam) who will walk not from branch to branch, but from adventure to adventure, helping his friends, especially June, who is being chased by members of an illegal trafficking gang of wildlife, and a learned owl who is very intelligent, but needs to gain discipline, who will also support the rest of his schoolmates and whose name is Jeng (Nokia Chinnawat Phattharathanachot).
Sun and Junior will have an ally in the centuries-old goddess (Panpan Yeeyee) who can only be seen by those who are not human, and who will also enter human bodies to help the animals turned into people.
The fact of not having a high budget is one of the reasons to highlight the music, the beautiful cinematography, the production design and the impressive special effects, which give authenticity to the elements of fantasy and magic.
On the other hand, the costume design and set design allow us to enhance the fascinating world created to put the characters in it.
Cleverly, the series plays with the idea of ​​the predator that is always trying to catch its prey, and a prey that instead of fearing feels safe around the predator. But also with other concepts, such as the panther as a symbol of bravery and the energy of the night, as an allegory of courage, valor and power.
A panther has transformed into a young man. And there we see Sun showing the wild, stealthy and solitary nature of one of these mammals climbed in the trees, from which it also stalks its prey.
The scriptwriters did not miss anything: Thamuya Thasananukulkij, Krongkanok Ruetaimas and Supoj Norrabud always kept in mind the panthers' love of swimming.
We can see that it is a very fierce and aggressive spirit animal towards enemies in its constant confrontation with Nam. It seems that for Sun, the character played by Jeng Chotipat Suthadsanasoung, a young actor whom we have seen in the BL series 'The Trainee ' and 'Fish Upon the Sky', is a spotted hyena with whom he will compete for food, shelter and to protect Junior.
In the same way, as an animal of power we distinguish Sun as a being that helps us not fear the darkness, but rather see it as an ally from whom we can learn great powers and lessons.
Junior's character is just amazing. And the choice of the actor to play him helps greatly in this. Like all penguins, they can swim at high speeds. Friendly, faithful and inclusive, Junior accepts the friendship of those who approach him.
Intelligent, with excellent orientation skills, he can join any academic club he puts his mind to.
In my opinion, the creators chose the penguin and the panther out of all the animals to make them the protagonist of a BL because this feline, as an animal totem, is a symbol of protection and power; for being respected as true martial artists of the animal world.
The panther is synonymous with superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, agility, endurance, durability, healing and senses. There is a belief that whoever has the panther as their totem will have the blessing of a fierce and aggressive totem. Likewise, because it is associated with the sun, and solar vitality in some cultures; for its ability to stealthily follow its prey for hours until the perfect moment to strike; for its ability to guide people through challenges and provide strength in difficult times. The stealthy and solitary nature of the black panther is considered a representation of inner strength and the ability to navigate life's obstacles with grace and resilience.
And these qualities will have to be demonstrated by Sun around Junior throughout the series.
While the penguin is the favorite because these seabirds have a love story that has made everyone who knows them fall in love, never better said. The way he courts the penguin and the commitment he shows has made him a symbol of fidelity and love in nature.
'Caged Again' shows that when it comes to love, communication and fidelity, penguins are excellent teachers, and can teach human beings how to live as a couple. They are a symbol of deep love and loyalty. They signify a lasting commitment and a lasting union between two people. They have only one partner for life, so they are known for their loyalty and fidelity in love.
Penguins can communicate and express love through their unique and distinctive vocalizations. These vocalizations are so special that they are often called "the song of the heart" as they represent the love and togetherness of these couples.
It may be very strange for some people, especially because of its very concept, but if you can get past that there is a series with very interesting humor and romance, and a story that will provoke mixed thoughts in the public.

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Adorable... mas no la mas memorable...

Esta es la historia de dos mejores amigos de la infancia, uno que se fue a vivir a Francia y el otro quedo en Tailandia y su reencuentro. La historia gira en el regreso de a Tailandia de Theo y de encontrar un "admirador" secreto con el que esta compartiendo mensajes mediante un libro, y deberá averiguar quien es el verdadero entre 4 chicos que dicen ser Enchante. Junto a su amigo Akk, buscara quien es realmente el verdadero entre ellos.

Me acabo de ver esta serie, en su momento cuando se estaba emitiendo no la vi, pero en estos días me dio ganas de verla.

La verdad es que la historia es simple, pero adorable, fue el primer trabajo de Fort y Book como ship, y yo que conozco su trabajo actual, debo decir que han mejorado muchísimo su actuación en los últimos años, ojo, no quiere decir que actuaron mal aquí, pero si se compara con otros trabajos de ellos, puedo decir que han mejorado.

La historia en si es simple, y en cierto punto pensé que era total mente predecible, no se si fui la única, que no espero quien era en realidad Enchante que tanto busca, al inicio pensé que sabia quien era, y pues me equivoque . Me reí a momentos y la verdad es una historia tierna que te la puedes tirar en un solo fin de semana (como hice yo) es linda y la musica me encanta, me enamore de este OST desde que lo escuche en el 2022, sin ver la serie, y ahora que la vi, la seguiré amando porque es muy buena.

Es una serie para ver si no quieres grandes dramas y la quieres pasar bien y relajarte un momento, al menos para mi fue adictiva, porque la verdad, me puse a verla un sábado y ya la había terminado el domingo. No creo que sea la serie mas memorable, pero solo el tiempo me dirá, si lo fue o no, ya que las series con las que no conecto se terminan olvidando, asi que solo el tiempo me dirá si fue memorable para mi.

Seguiré ansiando ver mas trabajo de este ship.

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Love on the menu or menu without love?

Han Ji Yoo likes to eat and drink. Unlike his friend and roommate Park Ji Ha (Jeong Ho Gyun), Ji Yoo drinks to forget his sorrows. Recently, his boyfriend broke up with him and working on the marketing team of a soju production company, called Pai Syn Tang Liquors, even helps to get free samples of the distilled drink native to Korea and preferred by the youth of that country made at base of rice, potato, wheat, barley, sweet potato or dangmil, among other ingredients.
One day, the extroverted young man must fulfill an assignment from his work team to find an up-and-coming chef to partner with to help promote the company.
In this way, Ji Yoo returns to the restaurant owned by the handsome and talented chef Park Ki Hoon and from which he was expelled for asking to be served soju. His mission is to convince him to be the chef of an advertising campaign.
But how do you get a chef who meets the proposed requirements when he hates alcohol and refuses not only to sell alcoholic beverages in his restaurant, but also expels customers who try to smuggle liquor into the restaurant? How could such an introverted person, with stage fright, who refuses to give interviews and does not even have social networks because he does not like dealing with others, appear on television programs and become an idol?
Han Ji Yoo's pleas to Park Ki Hoon to consider the company's proposal will be fruitless, which could even be very useful to promote his own establishment in the face of negative publicity from dissatisfied customers who cannot have drinks in his restaurant.
Han Ji Yoo refuses to take no for an answer, so she takes a part-time job at the restaurant in an attempt to get to know Park Ki Hoon better and find a way to finally get him to agree to work with her agency who runs the risk of being fired if he cannot convince the chef.
As the men begin to get to know each other, they develop feelings for each other. Hence, from the first moments in the relationship of the two protagonists, a powerful question arises: could love be on the menu?
On these budgets is built 'All the Liquors', the South Korean Movie directed by Kim Jin Yeol ('Individual Circumstances'), which fails to satisfy me for, among other reasons, despite showing Ji Yoo as an understanding and willing person to support Ki Hoo in overcoming his anxieties and internal conflicts, his character fails to achieve true character growth.
Likewise, the trauma due to which Ki Hoon rejects the consumption of alcoholic beverages takes too long to be explained, while the story does not fully explore the changes that have occurred in the character to suddenly not only allow the consumption of alcohol in his restaurant, but also to consume it himself.
I don't find it appropriate to start the plot with the breakup of Ji Yoo and her boyfriend. It is a scene that provides no tension or any usefulness to the development of the plot. Apart from being one more reason for the character to need to consume alcoholic beverages, this character never appears again, nor does he have any weight in the story. It only serves so that from the beginning we have the information that Ji Yoo is gay, which is laughable to say the least because as viewers we already know that the intention is to narrate a homosexual romance and that Ji Yoo is one of the members of the leading couple.
But the main problem lies in the fact that the promise of a romance does not burn and the story fails to show the passion between the two boys and reach the climax.
Despite a coherent, easy-to-follow story and cozy love scenes that tantalize the audience, the narrative is slow to develop and loses momentum rather than gaining it. The initial romantic sparks are extinguished in the ending with the waves of the sea where the protagonists go, while we left want to witness an attractive romantic relationship in which deep feelings are expressed and the audience is able to convince themselves that they are seeing two people in love.
The lack of chemistry and convincing romantic development between the protagonists manages to disappoint me.
Both Ji Yoo, played by Kim Joon Hyung, and Ki Hoon, the character assumed by Won Do Hyun, fail to act convincingly in accordance with the feelings and emotions we expect from them. They give us only a very superficial relationship, while the slight potential at the beginning disappears as does the tender love story that tepidly forges.
Like dishes prepared without seasoning, the story lacks flavor and fails to excite the public.
Is the weak romance due to the fact that South Korean idols receive rejection from the homophobic, patriarchal and heteronormative South Korean society and, especially, from their fans if they star in BL dramatized films, as has happened on other occasions?
Won Do Hyun is a debut actor in this role, and after this role he has never officially been in front of the cameras again. For his part, Kim Joon Hyung does have a longer career in the acting scene of the Asian nation, even being the protagonist of the films 'Streamer' (2023) and 'The Education' (2020), and appearing in several series as an actor guest or secondary character after 'All the Liquors'.
But aren't other actors who have convincingly starred in boys' love stories and are produced annually in South Korea at equal risk of being despised by fans? Or do Won Do Hyun and Kim Joon Hyung have no prejudices when playing homosexual characters but they will have qualms about being tender and loving on screen? Will the obstacle to the development of a passionate romance fall on the script by newcomer Kim Hoy Joon?
Or will these mistakes have served Kim Jin Yeol well? It may very well be like that, because in 'Individual Circumstances', a love series between boys released in 2024, the year after 'All the Liquors', its protagonists, Ha Yeon Woo, played by Han Jeong Wan, and Seong Woo Jae, a character who comes to life through actor JunQ, builds an emotional bond with more passion and love and both clearly show that they are in love with each other.
The truth is that the absence of seduction, the lack of romance, which also lacks ardent kisses, passionate glances, sublime gestures, convinces me that both characters are just close friends or were sitting in an intermediate space between close friends and more than friends. The lukewarm connection between the protagonists contributes to the lack of seduction in the romance.
Many find the secondary couple more attractive, composed of Choi Wan (Bae Shi Jun), Ki Hoon's assistant at the restaurant, and Kim Yu A (Han Da Sol), the deputy boss of the company where Ji Yoo works. How to value a BL product when the heterosexual couple has greater potential? Aren't these arguments for the work being condemned to oblivion?
With so many BL content productions, many of them South Korean-made, the technical and artistic teams should have taken their work more seriously to convince the demanding public.
This is not a completely disappointing production. One can still laugh and dream of sitting at Ji Yoo and Ki Hoon's table, tasting delicious dishes and drinking bottle after bottle of soju, but their story, without spirit, fails to move me.
Despite showing handsome actors and actresses, 'All the Liquors' is an artistically weak exponent of BL, whose main success lies in the fact that, luckily, it is only about an hour and a half long.
So now I can answer: love is not on the menu. The menu lacks love.

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Un romance dulce y con gran química

Si estás buscando una historia simple pero con personajes entrañables esta es la series que deberías ver.

Al principio es la historia típica de de romance de oficina de jefe y empleada, pero a a medida que avanza la historia te va enganchando.
El personaje femenino al principio comete errores como abogada ya que es aprendiz pero luego madura mucho.
Pareja con gran química, y que se apoya mutuamente,
Personajes secundarios muy graciosos.
Un drama para relajarte y y enamorarte de las escenas entre los protagonistas
El novio perfecto(Qian Heng al principio es más serio y pero cuando comienza el romance con la protagonista es lo más dulce del mundo ,su sonrisa me da mil años de vida.
La madre de Qian Heng ,la mejor suegra del mundo ( su personaje es tan gracioso)

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Rewrite history and historical truth

The trick of rewriting history and leaving what is not appropriate in the landfill is old: the United States lost the war in Vietnam, but years later it had its 'Rambo', capable of single-handedly winning another vengeful invasion and thus giving comfort to the nostalgic.
Another example of rewriting history was pouring rivers of ink in the American newspapers of the time to blame Cuba and Spain for the blowing up of the North American battleship Maine, on February 15, 1898, with the aim of suing and pressuring the North American government to that he decided to intervene militarily in Cuba and rob the Cubans of their independence and sovereignty.
In fact, the Maine had arrived at the Havana port on January 25 of that year, with the excuse of making a "friendly visit", although, given the tension that existed between the United States and Spain, it was evident that the presence of the ship It was nothing more than one more in the chain of pressures that the North American government had been exerting on the Spanish government in what clearly constituted preparation for intervention, with annexationist and expansionist objectives, in the war that the Cubans were waging against the regime Hispanic colonial.
Let us also not forget how Western historians, especially German, British and American, began to rewrite history to detract from the Red Army and the Soviet Union in the defeat of fascism, and overvalue the intervention of the Western allies, which, although important, was not transcendental for the final victory against Hitler's Germany.
In truth, this war was won from fascism thanks, mostly, to the military and human effort of the U.S.S.R. and its people, who put twenty-eight million victims in the balance of death. However, this objective data is based, among many other reasons, on the fact that more than 70% of Nazi losses occurred on the Eastern Front and that it was the Soviet army that brought the German machine to its knees.
When the Allies landed in Normandy, back in June 1944, the Soviets were already advancing unstoppably towards the heart of the German Reich after defeating the Germans in the Battles of Moscow, Stalingrad and the Kursk Arch, decisive in ensuring a radical turn in the evolution of World War II. Even without Western intervention, Berlin would have fallen anyway and the Soviets would have even liberated Paris or Rome.
In the effort to manipulate history, Western historians forget that Winston Churchill himself, who at that time was the Prime Minister of Great Britain, wrote that "it was precisely the Russian Red Army that took the guts out of the war machine." Hitlerian", or the statement of Dwight Eisenhower, Commander in Chief of North American troops in Europe and future President of the United States, who was forced to publicly declare that "the great deeds of the Soviet Army during the war against Germany They aroused the admiration of the whole world.
I think about the above while watching 'Special: Drama Special Season 15: The Officer Discusses', written by Sudocrean Im Eui Jung ('Love According to Law', 2022).
Based on real events, this excellent work of the historical, dramatic and family genre, tells us, in terms of a relationship of friendship, murders and palace intrigues, how the Crown Prince Yi San (Nam Da Reum), summons the historians of Joseon to eliminate from the annals collected in the "Diary of the Royal Secretariat" the events related to the death of his father, Crown Prince Sado, who was murdered by his own father, King Yeongjo (played by actor Jo Han Chul), who was the twenty-first king of the Korean Joseon Dynasty (reigned October 16, 1724 – April 22, 1776), and by Lady Hyegyeong.
Aware that history can be manipulated if one has the means and capabilities to do so and, above all, if one who writes it in a real and objective manner is silenced, in order to ascend to the throne and consolidate his reign, Yi San, who reigned with the name of Jeongjo of Joseon (October 28, 1752 - August 18, 1800), and was the twenty-second ruler of the Joseon dynasty of Korea (1776-1800), he did not hesitate to assassinate anyone who opposed him in his efforts to try to clear the name of his father, who was considered incapable and weak.
History remembers that on the day Jeongjo finally assumed the throne, after the death of his grandfather, he looked at everyone present in the royal hall and said: "I am the son of the late Crown Prince Sado...". These words were considered a warning to those complicit in his father's death.
During the stage prior to his coronation, characterized by the chaos generated by the murder of his father on the orders of his own grandfather, King Yeongjo, who made the decision influenced by politicians opposed to the crown prince, Yi San demanded that the kingdom's historians Comply with your order.
However, Nam Yeo Gang (Tang Jun Sang), a young historian who in his childhood was sent to the Palace to keep the future king company, and with whom he develops a strong friendship since childhood, refuses to obey him and will seek to prevent the crown prince carry out his unhistorical plans.
When Yi San assures that by eliminating what happened from the annals he intends to refound the nation so that a new State can emerge, the historian Nam responds: "By erasing History, in what way will your Joseon be new?" This is the work of historians: in short, to study, describe, analyze, capture the past in writing, and protect the historical truth.
I would like to finally highlight the performances of the children Lee Chun Moo as Crown Prince Yi San [Young] and Choi Ye Chan as Nam Yeo Gang [Young].

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Una joya escondida

Me encontré con esta serie por casualidad y me ha encantado. Una historia de amor compleja, nos da el marco para instalar el verdadero sentido de esta serie: invitarnos a una reflexión muy profunda sobre el sentido de la vida. "Todos hemos deseado morir en algún momento", es una frase que aparece en la historia y que resuena en el fondo del corazón. Esta serie nos muestra un viaje sobre el encuentro inesperado con el sentido de la existencia, el deseo y la ilusión, en un contexto donde todo aparece irremediablemente perdido. Es una reflexión sobre la decisión de morir, sobre la angustia que nos puede presentar la vida y sobre la sobrevivencia. De verdad, es preciosa. Con actuaciones muy buenas, con un guión potente y una OST muy precisa, ha sido un agrado verla.

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"Death" as a synonym for misfortune for LGBT+ people in a society without laws to protect them?

He's not part of the vanguard of Thai BL drama writers and directors, but Boonyawat Thongtong knows how to film and how to tell. He was able to demonstrate it in the specials 'Views of Love: Love from the Sea Level', 'Views of Love: Heart Land' and 'Auto-Focused Love', all from 2016.
That's why some mistakes, terrible, bitter, hurt in the framework of the script, the way the story is woven together and in tying up its loose ends, as well as the staging of 'Grey Raibow', a BL drama filmed that same year, about all when he seemed to have conquered the task, which would reach, no doubt, quotas of excellence. In fact, he has not been behind the cameras since then.
Despite the performances, the work in the editing room and the photographic work, already in the final stages, a series that from the first scene runs like honey on a flake, powerfully drawing the attention of the viewer who screams euphorically with passion and delight, The script throws into the ring some ideas that do not have a development and justification, which I will comment on later.
'Grey Rainbow' tell us a classic love romance between two boys, best friends. However, what sets it apart is the fact that it explores themes that other Thai BL dramas ignore or do not address in such depth, such as the process of self-discovery, coming out, the problems faced by the LGBT community in that country due to not having laws that protect them, homophobia, family dynamics and parents' acceptance of their children's sexual orientation, especially if we take into account that it was released in 2016 when these issues were considered much more taboo than they still are today.
The series introduces us to Nuea (Rattanamongkol Nutchapon), an energetic and outgoing university student, and Porsche (Hongladaromp Kasidej), a sensitive and introverted young man, who for two years has secretly developed feelings for his dorm and study partner.
After the first two episodes we have a well-established couple in love. Nuea has also discovered his sexuality after being exposed to Jane, his girlfriend, who has been suspecting for some time that Nuea's feelings for his friend are more than those of a simple friend, and after leaving the period that he himself calls of "confusion", in a beautiful, tender and moving scene of a Thai boxing match, in a ring, culminates with a kiss and Nuea's confession of love to Porsche. By then, the sexual tension between the two had already reached unimaginable levels.
From the third episode onwards, the series gains in nuances: here we see Nuea living and working in the family resort, in the mountains of Chiang Mai, in a picturesque and paradisiacal setting with an elephant sanctuary as a background. Porsche arrives there after leaving his home in Bangkok after arguing with his father about his desire not to practice law.
The elephant sanctuary is the perfect place for Nuer and Porsche to rekindle their romance after graduating from university. The scene of correspondence between the two boys is beautiful through small love notes written on a paper plane that, at night, were sent to both sides of a terrace where they both slept to be as close as possible, given the impossibility to occupy the same bedroom so as not to raise suspicions about their secret relationship.
This will also be the moment when Nuea's parents learn about the relationship between the two young people. Once the initial surprise of rejection of their child's sexual orientation has been assimilated, parents show love for their child and accept him as he is, always keeping his happiness and that of the new member of the family as a priority. His emotions seem genuine, realistic.
Now, there are several points that fail to convince me and I would like to present:
1- Jane's arrival at the elephant sanctuary: it is true that her presence seeks to provide drama and tension by putting a new test to the couple who have just begun to even talk about marriage, when same-sex weddings are still illegal in Thailand even today. The important thing is that the objective of its late incorporation is to fulfill one of the struggles of the members of the LGBT+ community and present in the series: the possibility that two people of the same gender can adopt children. Jane dies, and this makes it possible for Nuea and Porsche to adopt their daughter. But how could they legalize adoption? Today she is a girl, but tomorrow, when she grows up and tries to look for a job, or a position at a university, or tries to get a driver's license or a marriage license, how can she proceed if she does not have legal documents to do so?
2- At one point, Nuea asks Jane: "Is the girl yours and...' daughter?". Why are you asking this question? Do you suspect it could be his? Is she trying to determine if it is from Watt, the young man with whom Jane begins an affair after separating from Nuea, or from another man? What good would it do for him to know if Jane had other relationships besides the one she knew with Watt? Do you want to tell us that he had sexual relations with Jane? It may well be: they are both young, they are in a dating relationship, they share many hours a day together, but nothing indicates that their bond includes sex: they live in separate residences, their meetings are in the middle of the university or public spaces... Anyway, the scope and reasons for this question are not understandable.
3- The series touches on another complex and tricky topic: corruption and how rich businessmen violate the laws. In this sense, Sam, a businessman who has a business near the Nuea properties, tries to obstruct a public river for his benefit, which also flows through the properties of Nuea's parents and where the elephants bathe and are exhibited to tourists. And although Porsche, as legal advisor of the hotel complex, directs the steps seeking justice, which leads him to suffer a homophobic attack, there is no conclusive closure on this issue.
4- Interesting to see how Nuea cross-dressers as a woman, to imitate Jane and thus ensure that the girl does not cry in the absence of her mother. Cross-dressing is a topic rarely covered in Thai BL series, and the actor is also convincing when representing this facet of his character.
5- Nuea's refusal to continue her relationship with Porsche to avoid suffering for his mother. Although he seems to soon forget about the issue, Nuea is not consistent with the struggle of the majority of homosexuals when it comes to facing this problem. Days before, he himself was in this dilemma, because initially his parents, when they found out about his sexuality, did not accept it. What would have happened if Porsche told you the same thing?
6- Porsche's father was reluctant to accept his son's homosexuality. It is true, he remained firm and the mother collaborated by telling her husband that if she maintained her position she would stay with Porsche, implying that she was willing to leave the marital home, but soon we see the father accepting his son, without living that arduous and difficult process of acceptance, especially for a homophobic person who hides behind shame in the face of "what will they say." Of course, he will tell Porsche that it is still too early to take Nuea to Bangkok.
7- I would have liked a happy ending, let's say, a happy and timely closing in the moments when the two boys took their wedding photos, recounting emotional moments that reflect the romance of the protagonists. However, the director and screenwriter choose to kill Nuea. If his death is physical, as everything seems to indicate, I would have liked it to have been much more dramatic, moving and profound, and not through a snap of his fingers on Posrche's part, as if he knew in advance that he was going to die, to freeze the image while Nuea collapsed and died in the middle of her wedding; and another snap of the finger to restart filming while family members and those present throw themselves at the young man's lifeless body.
8- But Nuea's death can be symbolic, and in this way it connects with the supreme objective of the series: to denounce the lack of a law that protects Thai LGBT+ people. In this sense, Nuea's death would represent the death of the members of this human group as they do not have real protection against the harassment and discrimination of a heteronormative, patriarchal and homophobic society.
9- I am not fluent in the Thai language, but while the final credits are rolling, a text may mention that Nuea suffers from a health problem, which caused her death; but for the purposes of the script, this element is not taken into account or incorporated. Therefore, the sequence is not dramatically valid. We will always have in contrast to a young man of about 25 years old, healthy, strong, vigorous, who never had a toothache, who meets his death on the happiest day of his life. I would only explain it to myself, with difficulty, if, I repeat, his death were symbolic: "death" as a synonym for misfortune, misfortune, is the end of LGBT+ people as long as they do not find support in society through laws that protect and grant them the same rights as non-LGBT+ people.
Therefore, the main problem with 'Grey Rainbow' is that we never understand Nuea's death. It is not organic how they tell us. This is due, in large part, to the notable deficiencies in the composition at the writing level.
Despite all these mistakes, the series is recommended.

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Algo bello sin historia

Lo bueno:
En el aspecto visual fue disfrutadle, bello incluso, la secuencia de escenas borrosas con voz en off me agrado.
La música destacó más que los diálogos.

Lo malo:
Llevaba menos de 6 minutos y me había aburrido. Sentí que no tenía historia, solo entendí que se llevaba mal con su padre y le gustaba el espacio.
Con la escasa información que nos dieron, puedo formarme una idea de que tal vez él se sentía encerrado, sofocado por su ambiente y el trabajo de un astronauta en el amplio espacio era un seno para él. Trama que no me parece mala, pero parece inexistente. De hecho, hasta se me hace irrelevante la historia entre los dos protagonistas.

Constitución:
Lo resumo como una secuencia de imágenes, con apariciones de voz en off, una presentación, sin clímax o cierre.

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Actores supremos, guión mejorable

Acabado este bl que podría haber sido, según mi opinión otra joya de los bl coreanos pero se ha quedado en algo a medio camino. Lo que me ha gustado: la química entre la pareja principal, las actuaciones de todos los actores, la música maravillosa, el final feliz, la sanación y redención de los errores pasados, el tono más realista que otros bl.

Lo que no me ha gustado: la narración y la construcción del guión, las conversaciones que se me hacían crípticas (alguien ha entendido la conversación por teléfono del abogado con el protagonista?) , los interrogantes sin resolver (en el fondo no se ha explicado bien porque la pareja se separó, el tema de la llamada a la polícía, la separación, la suplantación como profesor? , lo de la academia está confuso también, todo el tema de suspender el examen de la universidad se explica de forma nefasta, los flashbacks son confusos, el ir y venir del pasado al presente hace que el espectador se pierda , supongo que la complejidad del personaje principal requería más minutos más capítulos . A veces he pensado que era un tema de los subtítulos en castellano pero también he seguido con mis interrogantes al cambiar los subtítulos a inglés, es como si la directora hubiera querido explicarse mal expresamente, pero eso a mi me saca de la historia, a mi me gustan las historias bien explicadas las disfruto más y me ha dado pena que no me gustase porque ellos son una monada y actúan muy bien. No la volvería a ver.

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Que serie mas hermosa

Me dejo tan feliz esto que no se que hacer de reseña, lo cual es raro porque me encanta opinar y quejarme de cosas.
He llegado a la conclusión de que Chinzhilla si tuviera tiktok harían el trend de Me, You and Steve en donde Steve serian Tinn y Tiw.
Que serie mas hermosa dios mío hasta creo que el 98% de los involucrados le tenían amor a la obra que decidieron sacarsela toda, ponerla en la mesa y no dejar que quede nada. Lo único malo de esta serie es que se acaba, no se quien habra sido el genio o genia que dijo que Gemini era el ideal para hacer de Tinn pero que sepa que se lo agradezco muchísimo, no hay nada mas lindo que Gemini viéndose como alguien completamente enamorado, es la cúspide de la expresión facial en la actuación, es que se ve tan como un adolescente viviendo su primer amor que genuinamente me transmite la felicidad que siente; igual ame que me pusieran lo que se imagina Tinn, es simplemente hermoso; Fourth igual que actor loco, creo que los quiero a los dos, denles mas series por favor.
Debo decir que ame la relación tan linda que tiene Gun con su mamá lloré, en especial cuando le canta a Gun después de que le dijo que mejor se mete a una carrera diferente, como después se va uniendo el resto del cast mientras muestran que cosas hacen , como muestran ahí que hacen para superar ciertos miedos que tienen, que la canción hable del amor y que haya empezado con la mamá de Gun siendo quien se la canta, me hicieron mierda total

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Increíble

La historia de un demonio que es juez en el infierno y es castigada por sentenciar incorrectamente a una jueza que llego al infierno siendo "Inocente" y que tendrá que matar a una cantidad e asesinos en el mundo humano para poder volver al infierno o sino morirá.

La premisa me encanto desde el inicio y cada episodio me dejo mas intrigada en que pasaría, ame a ver a Park Shin Hye en este papel, fue diferente a lo que he visto de ella anteriormente y le quedo perfecto.

Aunque la historia gira entre la vida y la muerte y el infierno, hubo cavidad para el romance y en especial la actuación del beso del ultimo ep fue la mejor en ese ámbito, lo recalco, porque siempre dicen que las escenas de ella en este aspecto son fatales.

Sobre las actuaciones en general, pues fueron muy buenas y me encantaron, fueron geniales todos, y en mi opinión sentí que transmitían en cada momento.

En cuanto a la musica, uff ame este OST desde la canción principal hasta la musica de ambiente, sentí una correcta musicalización en la serie, al menos en mi opinión, no sentía forzada la musica y veía que transmitían bastante de la escena solo con ella.

Sobre el final, no dare spoilers, pero si me gusto lo ultimo del final, fue genial, sobre el rostro, si creo que si hubiera sido mensos largo mejor.

Sin duda una serie que tuvo de todo, especialmente venganza, me gusto que aunque tuvo romance, nunca fue el foco principal y tuvo la dosis perfecta en la historia, algunas cosas si puedo decir que las sentí mas simple, especialmente algunas escenas entorno al final, pero de igual manera el desarrollo en general fue divino, y la historia se sentía ligera y disfrutable desde el inicio.

Espero seguir viendo a estos actores en diferentes papeles en el futuro, realmente me creí la historia de todos!

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