Loneliness Society (2023)

Surprisingly good on rewatch

When watching Thai Lakorn (if it’s not BL), people must realise it’s made for domestic audience, just like Indian over the top serials, Korean Makjang and Pakistani dramas. As such these programs will infuse a lot of local traditional beliefs, local biases. They could be more conservative for people or could be very non relatable for people. But International audience must realise that not everything is made for their consumption unlike big budget Korean dramas.
My advice to drama writers and directors, try viewing in your drama in a serialised way just like how viewers watch it. Things which make sense if you binge watch it versus when you drip feed is very different. I have been binge watching now and it’s a much more enjoyable experience. If you don’t want to do what Netflix does which is release them all at once, you need to find a way to make each week interesting and not lump all story conclusions at the end. It puts people off.
When i rewatched this drama, so many things make sense. The sheer emptiness the female lead feels which is why she passively went along. The negativity shown shown by the mom towards the adopted child is a very realistic and honest portrayal about how women sometimes treat children who are not their own in traditional societies. Women have to bear the burnt of child raising and they project all their angers on undeserving children (according to the stepmoms). In the 1990s we had many Bollywood movies with the same concept the most famous being the very hit movie “Laadla”. Showing a mirror to a society in how people behave like the toxic mom in something in the rain or this step mother makes for a very uncomfortable watch but these things happen in real life.
I really like the little details which make this drama so likeable for me, like the shipping route shown in ep 3 from China to Poland etc. the production team and the writing team did their homework and it shows in the well constructed scenes and the sets around them.
Overall this drama retains some key hallmarks of a Thai Lakorn but it’s very watchable if you binge watch it… A solid 8.5 from me

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This is similar to the movie "While you were Sleeping"

This TV series has a similar plot to the movie"While you were Sleeping". If you try to compare the two then you could find the mother in LS annoying. Because she is always finding fault with the second child . But overall I think the series is really well done. If you liked "While you were sleeping." There is a good chance you will like this.

On the surface this is about mistaken identities and how one good deed can sometimes be misconstrued. You can get stuck in an unintentional lie that was was told with good intentions. I like how it showed the development of the main characters.
I like the realism of this series and the attention to small details. I like how they have emphasized the loneliness between the characters. There is more depth to the story then in typical Lakorns and I like how they do the flash backs. There were more issues than just loneliness. That's all I am going to say so I don't spoil it.

Update: the story is taking a darker turn. It still is good but no longer the light hearted comedy it started out. I just hope it doesn't get too dark.

Update 2: I just finished the series. It was really good. I like the twists in episode 13 and 14. I love the character development and redemption and the clear happy ending.

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