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Gentlemen of East 8th chinese drama review
Dropped 22/40
Gentlemen of East 8th
9 people found this review helpful
by Mary Gonzalez
Oct 15, 2022
22 of 40 episodes seen
Dropped
Overall 1.5
Story 1.0
Acting/Cast 4.0
Music 3.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
This review may contain spoilers

No! Simply no!

I'm going to make it very short, I don't recommend it at all!
I'm not a person who usually drops series, I don't like it, and I always have hope that their stories improve towards the end.
But in this case I couldn't take it anymore. Supposedly Zhang Han has thought about this story for years and has been writing his script for I don't know how long! he's its main investor and obviously the protagonist. It honestly leaves a lot to be desired.
Things I didn't like:
-The story is flat, it does not have a good development (the premise was interesting but it is not specified)
-It's a walking cliché
-Characters have zero development
-Harassment scenes... please... if someone, who is not your partner pull your underwear so you fall into his arms is not charming or romantic
-Zhang Han's character, he has this aura of playboy heartthrob and supposedly charming, but he's pathetic and misogynistic
-The comments... for God's sake... the comments he makes. They are misogynistic, discriminatory, offensive, sexist and degrading. For example: "my mother taught me as a child... that skinny girls are cute... and fat ones are easy to use" or "I have to invite the dinner... because you are a woman" or "you pretend to be strong , but deep down you're fragile... actually you're all the same, you're just a woman," and I could go on all day. The worst thing is that the character doesn't say it as if he were a lout and the series condemns what he says... the phrases must be supposedly romantic and the FM must fall absolutely in love.
If you wonder how bad is it? Well imagine how terrible it must be for everyone in China to be criticizing and making fun of it.
Anyway, this was my way of letting off steam for the frustration this series caused me.
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