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Persevere, Goo Hae Ra korean drama review
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Persevere, Goo Hae Ra
7 people found this review helpful
by _Rosie
Apr 1, 2015
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 4.0
Story 2.0
Acting/Cast 3.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
This review may contain spoilers
I feel it is my civic duty to write a review warning people to give this drama a wide berth. I started it because of the short episode count and thought it might be cute, enjoyable fluff...... I was wrong. The writing is dire. Its like a 10 year old girl wrote some of these scenarios, its juvenile to the point of being cringeworthy. **Slight scene spoiler*** There is one scene where the lead female who we understand is in her early 20's has a cold and finds herself abandoned on a busy street with no money. She calls for help and her 2 earnest suitors dash off to rescue her like shes tied to a bomb that will explode in 5 minutes. She could have just flagged down a taxi and made her own way home ...this whole scene was just too embarrassing for words. And before you defend it by saying this sort of stuff happens a lot in Kdramas yes it does but the dialogue and acting made this scene (as well many others) particularly awkward. The rest of the plot just meanders about and goes nowhere. One aspect that annoyed me the most was the angst was so fake and and engineered.; For example- girl likes boy - boy pretends he doesn't like her back - boy now tells girl he likes her but she rejects him this scenario was repeated like a washing machine set on an endless cycle. There was no real reason or explanation for this back and forth and it rendered the whole trope redundant. I'm all for dramatic angst but it needs to be done well and in this drama sadly that wasn't the case. The acting was pretty dismal too but I didn't go into this drama expecting an acting masterclass so I will let that slide. The music might be the only positive note (pun intended) but most of it wasn't really to my taste. If you like Glee/High School Musical kind of singing then this drama might be for you. So to recap ....I want my 12 hours back!!!!!!
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