The drama's title is "I'm also a mother" and it explores different facets of motherhood. Women who resent their mothers, who don't want to be mothers, who feel compelled to be mothers by societal pressure, who want children but cannot have, who are not sure if they want to raise a child with a partner, who have lost a child, who have broken their relationship with their child, who have fostered a child... The drama covers both good, bad and okay mothers and the different journeys these women take. Didn't expect to enjoy the drama but I really did. Worth a watch and it has got some good OST for a daily drama.
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Okay but lacks a lot....
Well, the drama is a little bit different but ends up following the same footsteps of its melodrama predecessors, mainly after the 1st half. The drama is definitely one of the tamer ones, the writer just doesn't let things get too far even when things have all the right to be fully escalated. This is why the envelop of forgiveness was aggressively pushed beyond its limits. This is also why the drama had a very very long 12 episodes epilogue just to stress on that one single point. This is also why you may see the influx of positive comments. This is also why feelings in general became disingenuous at the end.
Both main leads had a weak performance and even a weaker written character especially the female lead. The actress is just too stiff, the only scenes she showed some expressions was the ones with the baby while the remainder mostly poker face. Her poorly written character suffered greatly due to its saint-like personality. You know how these kind of personalities go in dramas. Anyway, the 1st half was promising but it didn't live up to my expectations.
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Hollywood meets Makjang, a Modern Day Fairytale
Hollywood meets Makjang, a Modern Day Fairytale( which like it or not is what most of us are here for)Moral of this story women shouldn’t be trusted, because of they are emotional. They won’t stick by you through thick and thin, so men have to take the reins, shoulder the burden and be decisive especially when they recognize a woman who is a good long term bet.
Kudos to the writer for writing a strong male lead, without resorting to grabbing and pulling the female lead’s wrist, being low-key mean etc.., he was decisive but a little unsure sometimes, competent, independent, in-shape and managed his emotions well.
Kudos also for a strong female lead, without resorting to the “kind to everyone no matter how bad they treat you” kdrama trope. She stood up for herself but knew when she needed a man’s help, she was fit, feminine, friendly, and most importantly knew her true feminine strength was being inspirational to those around her.
The screenwriter is a good storyteller, and she accepts the reality of who men and women are. The one on one romantic scenes are more on the realistic side. This is more like a Hollywood modern romance than your typical Kdrama romance that is more prevalent.
If you’re here for romance it doesn’t kick off till about episode 25/30.
Lead actress might not cut out for lead roles(caveat, I have to see her in other lead-roles), but for what the script called for maybe she’s a good choice, but I will have to rewatch to decide. Her expression in her head shot is the same she has 80% of the drama, like she’s just going through the motions, but maybe that’s the direction she got.
Because of the acting choices of the director and lead actress at the start of the drama it’s hard to grow empathy for her character, add to that numerous other characters you start lose focus on and leads, which makes the story disjointed. When you get to the end you start to see what the creatives were going for. That creative choice is certainly up for debate. I think a more emotive actress would have built empathy early and I suspect a lot of viewers were lost in the early stages of the drama.
This show is better suited for watching with a lot of fast forwarding.
Overall I think maybe I see where they were going, the two actresses are technically Co-Leads.
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