Dao Rueng (2013)

This might be exactly the show that would make it up to me after 'Duang Jai Akkanee'

This might have been exactly the show that would make it up to me after 'Duang Jai Akkanee': instead of the face Nadech Kugimiya, whom I'm not fond of, we got Por Tridsadee. Though he WAS a bit old for Yaya here, I certainly preferred him, and after his death, this was my last unwatched lakorn with him in the lead I had left for watching. Also, here Yaya portrays what I would expect from "fearless and daring" heroine depicted for 'Duang Jai Akkanee': she lets herself to be seen as a naughty girl, while actually secretly heps the police to catch bad guys. She is also softhearted towards animals, lol. This is so much better setting than 'Duang Jai Akkanee', and especially after I watched Yaya's career grow, including her convincingly portraying A PRINCESS I had a good laugh watching her here, as a naughty girl:) Gotta admit she was already talented since young.

BUT! Why did it all fall flat? Lots of reasons. For a comedy, the runtime is too long. I would prefer half-length episodes. After first 5 episodes, the humour got a bit old (also it bordered on the line), there were situations I found more creepy than funny, and we could see more and more of the village crime problem, which I find always problematic. It brings too dark a theme into the crazy comedy, turns young girls & elderlies into action heroes, etc... Once again, I couldn't help myself seeing the thai tv, trying to somehow "make up" for the crime & corruption occuring in their country. When the main guy fully learns about what Yaya's seemingly naughty romp secretly does for heroism, he starts liking her and genuinely care for her, though he still treats her morelike a little sister. Simply put, there's too much crime cr*p, and too much age gap. It's a pitty, but episode 10 out of 11 we're still solving the crime case and the romantic tension in between the leads is still close to 0. Episode 11, Yaya puts on make-up and suddenly looks like we know her now and they resolve everything, both crime & romance.

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