I found Revolutionary Love to be a nice comedy with minimal romance, somewhat unpleasant characters and watchable given that you don't take a lot of this drama all too serious in terms of the scripting or romance aspect. There were certain things with the drama that hit out the park for me and some that just made me want to turn it off and stop watching, but I watched anyway. The good you ask? The comedy. Choi Siwon plays as Byeon Hyuk, an almost dim witted rich kid who goes around causing "misunderstandings" everywhere that leads into trouble. He's naive and clueless about how normal people live and or make a living, but he's also loyal, caring and becomes a forthright individual who believes in doing the right thing even when it conflicts with his own family and personal life. Then we have Kang Sora playing as Baek Jun, a smart and optimistic woman who believes in asserting her skills through only part time work while working various part time jobs to survive living off of a roof top. What I like about the main male/female lead is that we weren't thrown into an immediate rich guy and poor girl situation. You know when the male lead flexes on the poor girl and showers her all these crazy stuff. Byeon Hyuk has a personality where he finds learning about living a normal life is exciting and finds an instant strong attraction for Baek Jun being a straight forward and honest woman who believes in equal treatment of human beings no matter what role they serve/play in society. Seeing the roles switch of the rich guy enjoying a simple life where he learns to mature was quite pleasant to see. Another good? Some of the scenarios were pretty decent and I didn't feel that we needed the main focus to be on the relationship. What was the common good for Revolutionary love is that we see how Byeon Hyuk evolves as a mature and forthright individual thanks in part to Baek Jun and his family leaving him out cold. Now here comes the bad. The abusive family dynamics and messed up drama. We know every family is not perfect. But in this case, Byeon Hyuk's family was ridiculous. We never get to see why his brother turns on him or harbors disdain for him. We don't see them reconcile either. We do not understand why the father has such a horrible temper but still maintains a good relationship with his father. The fact that Byeon Hyuk still cares so highly of his dad even when he gets stomped on confuses and angers me. And Byeon Hyuk's friend Je Hoon, we never get a moment when he reconciles with his father who he has resented for years working practically as a slave for Hyuk's family. Those were horrible and bad on the part of the writers. Another bad, Baek Jun and her flip flop attitude. Lets just say she is not the only damaged child there so when she was lashing out on Hyuk, I just don't understand how she could be so friendly one moment and then rude the next. The romance teases but doesn't do much. I actually like that aspect as sometimes romance can over take the drama and knock it from grace. All in all, I watched this drama with no expectations and just valued it for what it is. I personally think Choi Siwon did a decent job and over all this drama really hit the spot for me during quarantine.

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