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Entertaining enough but some gripes stop me from taking it too seriously
My ID Is Gangnam Beauty is definitely a watchable romcom drama. I'm not the biggest fan of romcoms but picked this up because of the premise, which is very appropriate for modern Korean culture. I just couldn't help but notice a couple glaring issues and inconsistencies that stopped me from really loving it. Overall, it falls suspect to a lot of Korean romcom tropes and inconsistent characterization.
1) In the very first episode, the chad is automatically drawn to the main female character for no reason. The whole premise is that he is NOT superficial nor really interested in most girls. So there is no reason for him to even look at her. Somehow, she is special JUST BECAUSE
2) Guys are made to look like assholes and creeps. Younger ones are desperate, older ones are ruthlessly superficial
3) Chad (main love interest) has a dull personality. Hes just good looking. His three modus operanti are to stand still, walk like a runway model, and act protective.
4) Probably unintentional, but the girls are just as badly portrayed as the men in this show. Most of the girls are drawn to Chad only for his looks and treat the other guys like they are invisible or clowns
5) They are clearly trying to paint one of the characters as the villain, but it feels forced. In one episode, the villain invites the “orc” bully from middle school to help instigate a scene with the MC. No real explanation into her motivations aside from the obvious (she likes chad also)
6) The whole things where chad’s mom was the one that stopped the MC from committing suicide is the stupidest thing ever. There are almost 10 million people living in Seoul, and she just happened to be in the same place at the same time?
7) Chad acts like looks aren’t everything and lectures the MC on not judging people on looks. Yet, he’s unaware that he is privileged because of his good looks (and family's status and money). Its like a tall handsome guy telling a shorter, ugly guy "dude just be confident! Just be yourself. Looks don't matter"
8) Chad has very shaky moral standards, despite his character being one who never lies, etc. Chad gets on guys for any little reason (protective chad), yet tells his little sister “getting bad grades isn’t a bad thing.” No, that's wrong. Being an underachiever is a terrible thing!
9) Very woke teachings. “Its okay for men to cry!” They are making chad's dad look like a bad parent for trying to toughen his son up. In reality, this is exactly how men are expected to behave in society. Men who cry all the time are not taken seriously.
10) EVERYONE in the school is gossiping about either SUA, MC or Chad. Its like their lives revolve around these three people. None of these people are celebrities or accomplished anything amazing
11) Older sunbae (Chan Woo) gets younger students together and tries to haze them in broad daylight, and is not expelled. This would never happen in reality.
12) Chad’s mom lost her sense of smell (and her career) because her olfactory nerve got damaged during a domestic altercation. Domestic abuse is wrong, and I get why the show is trying to portray it as such, but one slap isn’t going to stop someone from smelling stuff.
13) The “comic” duo: not sure why the shorter one is still hanging out with the taller one, who’s creepy, mean and bossy.
14) Characters who are legitimately pretty, like the shorter best friend, or the tomboy, are never pointed out to be pretty.
15) The show is teaching us that it wrong to fat shame women to meet men's standards, yet in the chubby girl's side story, she is trying to pair up with one of the taller good looking sunbaes. This sunbae of course is not allowed to judge her based on her looks.
16) MC's actor is pretty limited. Most of the time her expression is to look like a surprised goldfish
17) Chan woo is SADLY the best character of this show, having a genuine redemption arc while also comically trolling the **** out of side characters (tokbokki feeding scene with chubby girl and her sunbae)
1) In the very first episode, the chad is automatically drawn to the main female character for no reason. The whole premise is that he is NOT superficial nor really interested in most girls. So there is no reason for him to even look at her. Somehow, she is special JUST BECAUSE
2) Guys are made to look like assholes and creeps. Younger ones are desperate, older ones are ruthlessly superficial
3) Chad (main love interest) has a dull personality. Hes just good looking. His three modus operanti are to stand still, walk like a runway model, and act protective.
4) Probably unintentional, but the girls are just as badly portrayed as the men in this show. Most of the girls are drawn to Chad only for his looks and treat the other guys like they are invisible or clowns
5) They are clearly trying to paint one of the characters as the villain, but it feels forced. In one episode, the villain invites the “orc” bully from middle school to help instigate a scene with the MC. No real explanation into her motivations aside from the obvious (she likes chad also)
6) The whole things where chad’s mom was the one that stopped the MC from committing suicide is the stupidest thing ever. There are almost 10 million people living in Seoul, and she just happened to be in the same place at the same time?
7) Chad acts like looks aren’t everything and lectures the MC on not judging people on looks. Yet, he’s unaware that he is privileged because of his good looks (and family's status and money). Its like a tall handsome guy telling a shorter, ugly guy "dude just be confident! Just be yourself. Looks don't matter"
8) Chad has very shaky moral standards, despite his character being one who never lies, etc. Chad gets on guys for any little reason (protective chad), yet tells his little sister “getting bad grades isn’t a bad thing.” No, that's wrong. Being an underachiever is a terrible thing!
9) Very woke teachings. “Its okay for men to cry!” They are making chad's dad look like a bad parent for trying to toughen his son up. In reality, this is exactly how men are expected to behave in society. Men who cry all the time are not taken seriously.
10) EVERYONE in the school is gossiping about either SUA, MC or Chad. Its like their lives revolve around these three people. None of these people are celebrities or accomplished anything amazing
11) Older sunbae (Chan Woo) gets younger students together and tries to haze them in broad daylight, and is not expelled. This would never happen in reality.
12) Chad’s mom lost her sense of smell (and her career) because her olfactory nerve got damaged during a domestic altercation. Domestic abuse is wrong, and I get why the show is trying to portray it as such, but one slap isn’t going to stop someone from smelling stuff.
13) The “comic” duo: not sure why the shorter one is still hanging out with the taller one, who’s creepy, mean and bossy.
14) Characters who are legitimately pretty, like the shorter best friend, or the tomboy, are never pointed out to be pretty.
15) The show is teaching us that it wrong to fat shame women to meet men's standards, yet in the chubby girl's side story, she is trying to pair up with one of the taller good looking sunbaes. This sunbae of course is not allowed to judge her based on her looks.
16) MC's actor is pretty limited. Most of the time her expression is to look like a surprised goldfish
17) Chan woo is SADLY the best character of this show, having a genuine redemption arc while also comically trolling the **** out of side characters (tokbokki feeding scene with chubby girl and her sunbae)
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