The Problematic of the Unproblematic

kakashi: Many, many women are suddenly very interested in Zheng Qiu Dong. Oups. Not exactly a good thing for a man with a fake identity... SakiVI: He's terribly handsome. Panda: So handsome! JoAnne: I can't disagree with that, at least.

kakashi: I have a new favorite character and it's not Zheng Qiu Dong! Plus, we're getting started now. SakiVI: Yes, the next stage of weird stuff in Qiu Dong's life has begun. Panda: Drama picks up steam and I get a tad distracted by Qiu Dong's mop of hair. Literally a mop JoAnne:  Can I just push Qiu Dong off a cliff?  It would put us ALL out of our misery...

kakashi: Uh-oh, tragedy. Lies, broken hearts and a prison sentence... is it really worth it, Qiu Dong? Panda: Heartbreak, prison, New haircut!! Good times ahead SakiVI: What an awful life he leads.   JoAnne:  Why am I the only one laughing? Between old lady stockings and people sentenced to work in fast food uniforms, the hysterical crying and fainting...my sides hurt.

kakashi: There's a lot of potential for tragedy in this drama, that much is clear after the second episode! I still very much like the way this story is told, the many subtle interactions and chance meetings, and apart from a few 101-villains, our main characters are complex enough to intrigue me further. Actually, I am most intrigued by our female protagonist. I hope they continue to write her well. JoAnne: I sort of feel like I'm in the Upside Down right now. SakiVI: what's the Upside Down? Second episode was better than the first, but I'm still ambivalent about this show.   Panda: Is Upside Down from Stranger Things? Yes, Stranger Things.  It's like a dead version of the world that the kids live in. What their world will look like when the Demagorgs and that big black thing take over.

kakashi: Trying out a new format for this drama! I'll call them impression posts - no recaps, but thoughts and rambling about the episodes. This drama has 52 episodes... that's a lot. That said, the first one was unexpected, but captured me from minute 1 to minute 46. JoAnne:  While I spent the whole first episode thinking 'what the hell is this about...I thought it was a thriller, corporate espionage, high stakes business/govt intrigue kind of thing.' panda: I had the same first impression as Jo but once I settled into the fact that they wanted to show his journey from the beginning, I enjoyed it.  SakiVI: I thought what Jo thought. I was mildly irritated with getting two episodes of background, maybe even more.