D.U.M.B
I guess I'm just dumb to expect something good from this drama. It started off really well but then I just don't have any other nice word to say than dumb. Then I skipped a few episodes, just hoping.......with a teeny tiny bit of hope that the story will get better but.........................TADA! It gets dumber and dumber and dumber and then I just watched the final episode and phew it's over!!! yay! At least the ending was good.My conclusion after watching not almost all the episodes --> These four friends pretend to be so high and mighty and clever but they are dumb as fk.
So in my opinion, 24 hours a day is precious, so don't waste ur time on this. Don't be dumb like me. My 5/10 is only because of the actors and actresses.
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Do You Wear a Mask?
This drama was led by four women: Do Jae Yi, Yoon Hae Mi, Go Yoo Na and Ju Yu Joeng. These women were not only beautiful, strong, influential but had a sense of bonding, friendship and loyalty. It was nice to see in this drama that no matter what twist, turns or malicious behavior befell each of them in the end they remained true to not only themselves but to each other.
We were dealt with two crimes in this drama which was the catalyst or driving force throughout. Who killed Gi Do Shik, son of the assemblyman Gi Yoon Chul and fiancée of Ju Yu Joeng and the rape of Do Jae Yi by a masked assailant in Suite 2401.
Another subplot was who was the mastermind of the Angel Club which was below an orphanage that belong to the Yeongun Cultural Foundation. The club's criteria consisted of each member wearing a mask to attend all events and they must be rich, powerful, political, and influential.
Of all the ladies that suffered the most it was Do Jae Yi. She never shared with any of the women what had happened that night in Suite 2401. She privately dealt with this matter, and it was horrible to see. She endlessly collected every type of mask to find the one that was worn the evening of her assault. Never allowed herself to become close to anyone especially the man who loved her silently, Choi Kang Hoo. But just when things were finally getting better (meaning she finally knew who her rapist was), we watch the happiness that they both waited for so long end as he dies in front of her. His death really tore me up. It was so sad to see his throat being slit just as he called her name for the last time. That death led to other surprises. Such as: Ju Yu Joeng marrying the rapist of Do Jae Yi and Do Jae Yi finding this information out the same day of her best friend's wedding.
There were many twists and turns throughout this drama that kept you guessing. Just when you thought you were on the right track something else would happen. But the thing that remain true were these women. They may have for a minute thought of being disloyal and thinking of only themselves, but they always knew there was a better way that they could survive without hurting each other.
In the end to find out who was the mastermind behind the Angel Club was the biggest surprise to me. You never really look his way because he seems so insignificant. He hovered in the background always looking smug. In listening to the reasons for him doing all that he did with killing Gi Do Shik, Song Je Hyeok and Choi Kang Hoo along with all the other tasteless things he did was shocking to say the least. His explanation to Do Jae Yi: "Power defeats the law" really didn't help him in the end. He tried to take everything away from Do Jae Yi and even tried to get her to run the "new" Angel Club which he envisioned for her, but the one thing power couldn't buy him was his own mortality. His own man that he trusted all along ended his life. So much for loyalty.
One final thought that was said: "To survive in this world people put on a mask either knowingly or unknowingly. You think you get credit for living without a mask? What do you see behind the mask? Truth? Look. What do you see right now? Truth is always ugly and dirty. Thats why you have a mask. Because the ugly truth gets hidden if you put on a mask. Are you wearing one now?"
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Great show!
I came across an amazing show called Queen of Masks on Viki. This character-driven melodrama/thriller features great suspense, twists and turns, great fashion, and four strongly written female characters, lead by the amazing Kim Sun-Ah and an ending I think will satisfy all fans.Not sure why, but I've noticed that many K-Dramas with female-centered plots often get overlooked by the K-Drama fans/netizens, especially when it comes to ranking on fan websites for recommendations, which is a shame as there are so many strongly written female-centered K-Dramas, especially lately (i.e. Queenmaker, Queen of Masks). Please check them out if/when you can as I would love to see more stories like these.
This show is so underrated. Highest recommendations!
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That end!!!!
At first, I believed that the story would be too good... it really had potential. But, I think they should focus on quality and not quantity of episodes, it would be more enjoyable to watch if it were shorter... the story was too long and forces to be long.On the other side, the choice of lead actress and villain were amazing... they delivered everything they could and it was very satisfying to watch.
However, I didn't like how this series felt like a very heavy version of "The Glory". If I had watched it at another time, maybe I wouldn't expect too much and it could be better
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disgusting ML and FL
Most disgusting thing about this drama is Romance forced into it with even a song that sound disgustingwhole drama is center around crime revenge and all kind of illegal activities but in between it we have a good boi romance who is dating his ex girlfriend friend and so good that even goodness shy away from him
Kang ho is most irritating human shown in this drama, even criminals are better then him,
and our rape victim FL is now proud of herself that she is sleeping with same man that her best friend sleep with,
not one but two man they share together
Kang ho is most useless character in whole story we did not know why he is there what is he doing in that story
ep 13 intercourse scene was disgusting with that music in between all that she is having disgusting sex with a disgusting looking pimp
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Maskless Behaviour
The story started with a big 'who done it' type of plot where every single person on the screen was a suspect. It kept this momentum for a few episodes before abandoning the idea and the 'masks' plot half way through to shift to something else. There was no coherency in this mess and the writer was improvising the story as the episodes went on. Instead of working on the mystery, it took the lazy way at every corner, it pushed most of the weight onto just showing the incident. It revealed the mystery through the brief snippets of the incident at the beginning of every episode. The character Kang Hoo was in particular problematic to the narrative and was handled poorly throughout. The cast was good but that's it, and the supposed sismance came off as forced more often than not, even during its high moments. The entire drama was a really big mess.Was this review helpful to you?
