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Mental health & recycling
I've been sitting here trying to figure out what to write about this webdrama.
Let's start with the plot. A boy and a girl meet at the hospital. He's been severely depressed since he found out his father blamed him for his mother's death. He already felt guilty about it but that was the last straw which pushed him deeper. The girl suffers from bipolar disorder and is on medication. They both do not talk to their parents, spend too much time alone and therefore consider themselves trash. One day in hospital they come upon a poster announcing a recycling class "We are not trash!" They participate and learn to recycle.
This drama was sponsored by Korean ministry of environment so I fail to grasp the relation between mental health and recycling. I do not know if other people with mental health problems consider themselves trash like the two main characters here. So I guess they want to say that everything (one) is useful even the things (people?) who are broken.
The running theme in a big number of dramas is the lack of communication between teens and their parents. And even though eventually the boy's father tells him how important it is to say things to other people, to tell them about feelings, he himself is reluctant to do it. It seems that everything needs to be brought to the brink of destruction, in order for people to realize that the communication is the clue!
This is a typical short web drama, with a lot of narration, as usual. The pacing is correct, the actors are talented and had chemistry while portraying teens looking for answers. And again, as always, so much drama could be avoided if people only talked to each other.
Nevertheless, this was a nice short watch, not too heavy and rather cute!
Let's start with the plot. A boy and a girl meet at the hospital. He's been severely depressed since he found out his father blamed him for his mother's death. He already felt guilty about it but that was the last straw which pushed him deeper. The girl suffers from bipolar disorder and is on medication. They both do not talk to their parents, spend too much time alone and therefore consider themselves trash. One day in hospital they come upon a poster announcing a recycling class "We are not trash!" They participate and learn to recycle.
This drama was sponsored by Korean ministry of environment so I fail to grasp the relation between mental health and recycling. I do not know if other people with mental health problems consider themselves trash like the two main characters here. So I guess they want to say that everything (one) is useful even the things (people?) who are broken.
The running theme in a big number of dramas is the lack of communication between teens and their parents. And even though eventually the boy's father tells him how important it is to say things to other people, to tell them about feelings, he himself is reluctant to do it. It seems that everything needs to be brought to the brink of destruction, in order for people to realize that the communication is the clue!
This is a typical short web drama, with a lot of narration, as usual. The pacing is correct, the actors are talented and had chemistry while portraying teens looking for answers. And again, as always, so much drama could be avoided if people only talked to each other.
Nevertheless, this was a nice short watch, not too heavy and rather cute!
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