(Not That) Innocent (2021)

Interpretive sensual dance?

This 5 minute spin off was more of an artistic interpretive dance... A slightly insane dance that seems to show Noahs way of understanding the word, whereas the series focuses on Wu Zheng perspective.

Here we see people in masks, wether looking a bit like a combo of the playboy bunny with BDSM in an ever spinning world where fear lives and the color of the light changes. Extremely artistic and wild as apposed to series which is very calm and low key everything.

comparing the two makes this series seem a lot deeper, better ads a whole other dimension making me re-evaluate some of the parts from the series if this makes any sense in any way, so if you watch Innocence make sure not to mis the (not that) innocent.

Also I love the title for this part...

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As other reviewers stated, this was more done in a music video style than a short film style (but without actually becoming a music video). It seemed to show the chaotic nature of the main character of the film, and it did so quite well. But if you are expecting a clear story or distinct emotions, without having seen the parent drama, you are gonna feel like you're missing quite a number of pieces (I say this as someone who has not yet gotten around to the parent story - and will thus likely edit this review after doing so).

In some ways, I'm remined of a club scene in the BL short film Verona (2010). But could not vibe in the same way as I did to Verona. The music was effectively the sound equivalent to strobe lights. Combined with the essentially strobe-style scene portrayals and switching - I felt a very unpleasant level of anxiety. It's probably purposeful, to show Noah's chaos, but it leant to a personally unpleasant experience.

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