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Stairway to Stardom chinese drama review
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Stairway to Stardom
4 people found this review helpful
by dyst0pia
Aug 12, 2019
50 of 50 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 10
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 10.0
Rewatch Value 9.5
I'm impressed with the storyline of this movie. I like the fact that not everything is rosy and fluffy. I also like the fact that they portrayed how taxing it can be to be in the entertainment industry, how difficult it is for artists and mostly, how far people will go to get what they want. I'm particularly impressed with the character, Mengtian. Although she's a 'villain', the author made us understand that she did what she did for a reason and gave us the opportunity to understand and sympathize with this character. Truly, although some people may not go as far as this character did, the character made me understand that jealousy really does turn friendships sour.

The actors also did a brilliant job. Really, I couldn't find a big fault in the cast. Although I felt some scenes may have been a bit tricky like the ones where the actresses have to act as actresses while maintaining the behaviour of the original character. In some scenes the character Su Cheng played, I still felt some original, cutesy Su Cheng vibe from them. Of course this isn't a big deal I was only wondering if it was meant to be so.

Ah! the music. Memorable. Honestly, the songs picked out for this movie were really good at changing the mood of the audience. But I noticed some audio issues which... weren't very pleasant. This has nothing to do with the music of course but it really bothered me sometimes. The recording... or was it the microphone? it wasn't so good.

I would definitely like to rewatch this again. I love the playful scenes at the beginning and I would also watch this for a deeper understanding.

Overall, this drama is very nice. Not too dragged, not too rushed. Nice cast, nice acting. Other than the audio and my occasional sensitivity working, I loved it! Well done to the crew. Great job, guys!
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