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Beautiful Gong Shim korean drama review
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Beautiful Gong Shim
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by Sylar_Rose
Nov 13, 2022
20 of 20 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 6.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
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A walkthrough on Eastern Asian stereotypes

This is exactly as I described. Who is beautiful, who is handsome and why, why does it even matter more than other qualities, what is a hierarchy, what is a current matrix of success, development, happiness, what are expectations and a role of elders/family/children - all this is pictured here to the levels of over-visibility. Eastern Asia seems to actually work like that, speaking from experience. Of course, it's exaggerated in dramas but still - the base tendencies remain.

Imagine the most typical scene of the most typical drama - a boss/new employee enters a building and the whole flock of office ladies start saying how handsome he is. Imagine another scene - a main heroine with a face of a frog is complimented by her secretary how beautiful she looks like since it is implied that a beautiful secretary is supposed to be that "less attractive" than a FL. There will be thousands of scenes of this sort here. Just random rubbish based on social hierarchy, expectations and a matrix.

Like your typical, pop-culture Asian Man helmet hairstyle vs thousands of different hairstyles possible that "alternative", creative and much more handsome Asian mean wear but they will never be considered handsome in those cultures. Anyway, I am still waiting for a drama with a long-haired ML CEO with a beard + a a short, pink haired "gal" FL secretary or even better - with reversed positions.
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