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Empress Ki korean drama review
Dropped 4/51
Empress Ki
1 people found this review helpful
by Juelin
Mar 19, 2024
4 of 51 episodes seen
Dropped
Overall 4.0
Story 4.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 4.0
This review may contain spoilers

Dumb cliché tropey mess

This review is only for the first 4 episodes because I couldn't handle more.

For the life of me I don't understand all of the positive reviews. This is a not a terribly old show being released in 2013, but it looks like it was made in the 90s. I felt like I was watching Xena the Warrior Princess because the show was filled with so many cliche tropes and looked outdated.

Moreover, the gender bender trope is utterly suspect. Two grown man are having a crush on a boy, who is actually a girl, but think that she is a boy, all the while trying to convince themselves they are not gay after having erotic dreams about the "boy". Then, they actively compete with each other in a jealous rage for the "boy". The whole "I'm not gay" thing would've been more convincing if they secretly knew that the "boy" was a girl. Please, lets burn the gender bender trope with fire.
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