Popular actress Ji Chang Yu has been in the entertainment industry for over 10 years, but finds herself suddenly being maliciously slandered by the media. And her agency won't let her speak out in defense of herself, only providing her with a new personal assistant to take care of her needs. Xu Zi Yi has been actively following Ji Chang Yu since her rise to stardom. She now has the chance of a lifetime to help her favorite actress, but fears her contract may come to an end if her secret is exposed. With no where to be and enemies on all sides, can these two women find it in themselves to trust each other with their secrets? (Source: MyDramaList) Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- עברית / עִבְרִית
- dansk
- Native Title: 明星助理实习指南
- Also Known As:
- Director: Zhang Zhi Wei
- Genres: Romance
Reviews
A very gay short drama if you want a fun time
Our favourite group of women has just finished releasing their latest series and I am always here for it! This time, after the xianxia of season 2 of Legend of Yunze and The Vampire (which while modern, still had a SFF angle), we're back fully into the modern world with A Practical Guide to Being a Superstar's Assistant. This one is even shorter than The Vampire with a runtime of only 13 minutes.Because of this very short runtime, the potential for development of the characters and their backstory is very limited, we're more in the short film territory than truly a drama. Still we can see who are characters are pretty quickly in the first episode, the über fan who gets the chance of a lifetime to be her favourite star's assistant and said star who is subject to all sorts of rumour but keeping her head high. The drama and its story are more like a series of scenes, presented as "lessons" for an assistant wannabe (keep your heart in check if you've got a massive crush on your boss as an example). It feels a bit too disjointed and I preferred the second half of the show to the first.
Wang Laoji and Shengwei are still delightful in their role and still ooze chemistry. Sheng Wei is perfect in the role of the superstar and looks honestly gorgeous in those dresses (not that it has anything to do with the story or its quality, she just looks very good and I am very gay). Wang Laoji is, for once, not playing the more, let's say, domineering character, which is nice for a change. But she still gets a scene where she kicks some asses, we like it. I also want to mention the little girl who appears in the last couple of episodes who is delightful and almost steals the show!
The production quality is higher than their first production which is always nice, even if the lack of budget could be felt regularly.
All in all, it is an interesting little drama that has just finished releasing. I do wish it had more time and more budget and less censorship (oh what we could have!), but if you have 13 min and go into it to have a good and fun little time with some women who are totally not gay for each other, what do you mean?! then go and watch A Practical Guide to Being a Superstar's Assistant.
And as always, thank you to douqi for her work with subtitling it, I am very grateful!
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Lost potential
I am being highly critical because I have seen short stories on youtube that are actually decent and this series is no where comparable. I am not sure why the episodes needed to be only 2 mins long even if the budget was low. They shot in one location. There were limited characters. And yet some scenes were repeated.There was a mystery element to the show. However, towards the end everything is proved to be pointless. The ending is abrupt. Maybe under a different direction, something good could come off this story. As of now, I would suggest to skip it.
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