Celebrity (2023)

Good for binging

I think the core concept and ideas of the show, of social media in our lives, comparing yourself to others, finding success and losing other things in the process along with all the over the top kdrama tropes that come with it are nothing we haven't seen or already discussed. But they did do it in a nice easy to consume way.
The acting was good, music was fine and the storytelling and rhythm was very good! Nice duration, not too long. I think many kdramas are mistaken to think they have something that important to say that it has to be 16h. Ridiculous atp. So 45 min and 12 eps was a nice refreshment.
So overall good, but I won't be revisiting it or thinking of it.

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mesmo que o começo seja ruim, nunca se julga um livro pelo primeiro capitulo

a história e atuação nesse aqui foram incríveis, tô incrédulo, fiquei apaixonado na sihyeon o dorama todo (acho que vou assistir outro dorama dela), porque mesmo com ela tendo passado o dorama todo com cara de pastel e poucas falas, ela serviu BELEZA e isso que importa!!!

escolheram a melhor atriz possível para interpretar a seo ari, ela é simplesmente insana, eles deram um bob e uma franja pra ela e disseram faça história mulher! e ela fez

eu tinha começado a assistir esse na época que tinha lançado, pois o trailer tinha me chamado atenção (além da song yuqi do gidle, que demorou para aparecer, mas é compreensível porque ela meio que chamou a atenção de bastante gente para assistir e ter audiência, então eles tinham que esperar uns episódios para apresentar a personagem dela), mas não passei do primeiro episódio porque além de preguiçoso que eu era pra assistir, ele não tinha me prendido logo de primeira, eu dei outra chance a ele recentemente pelo o motivo de eu gostar bastante das pautas/tema do dorama e acabei me prendendo, tem coisas que REALMENTE melhoram ao decorrer dos episódios a cada episódio que eu passava eu ficava mais ansioso para ver o próximo.

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Had potential to be one of the best shows of the year

It was no surprise that Kang min hyuk and Park guy young were perfect as seo ah ri and Han Joon kyung. Kang min hyuk played my favorite character and one half of my favorite couple on heirs.

This show had a lot of potential and started out great. But the pacing I guess? It was like they were having so much fun with the plot that they forgot that they had only 12 episodes to tell the entire story and then before they realized it was already episode 11.
Like this show had it all. The tension was there, the leads had so much chemistry and I was so invested in the plot like I wanted to find out so bad who BBB famous was and when her best friend was sitting in the police station l literary screamed and was like OMG this is insane is it her friend? But it turned out to be nothing and it actually turned aut to be this unknown extra and then she killed herself and we were throwing like some kind of pity party for her? Like why that girl was literally a terrorist and she never gave us an explanation for her actions and the entire live stream turned out to be a deepfake


All in all I Don't regret watching but idk is I will be rewatching. Maybe just for the leads.

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?? can be rated as best drama of the year

I can't believe I am writing a review. I never write review until the drama is really good and this drama is totally that drama of the year
I never thought I will watch this drama as I am into Rom- com dramas but this drama is an exception
First of all what a wonderful cast and acting
Both leads are the stealers especially FL and Ml both did justice to the role
I expected more romance but this cast and story really makes up for it
I will definitely tell to start watching it first after 1 st episode you will be definitely get hooked up like me

I was watching this drama without a skip till end 😍. I would definitely tell this drama can bag awards this year.
I can't believe I am writing this review as I never write any review until I am sure that the drama is blockbuster and this drama is it
Suspense part is also good 👍 and the male lead will make you fall in love with him

Must watch 😍😍😍

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Solid 7. It was fun just not my type of fun.

I have been giving high reviews recently so I am excited to give this one a solid 7. I thought my drama meter was broken, turns out I still had places where I draw the line on bad.

The drama ended and I still didn't root for any of the characters, I didn't trust or believe anyone including FL. This is not what I typically watch dramas for and if it wasn't a full binge I probably wouldn't have finished.

Many smart moves and for once the police weren't bad - he might actually be my favorite. I appreciate the point of the story just can't help but think it was lacking in delivery. The villains survived far too long with their pity schemes and the only "true" villain's downfall was a behind-the-scenes prep. I am not gonna write an essay about it so I'll stop here. It was fun while it lasted but the production, cast, cameos, and acting were superior to the plot. I also don't get why we couldn't get a better happy ending when the ending was supposed to be happy. Like really no cute couples? The best couple scenes were given to the Sihyeon and not Ari?

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Best of 2023

This year, lol I wont say many and pretend to be an MDL influencer, but this year my friends feeds and a few drama pages must’ve seen my bitter nagging Nancy complaining about the excessive use of the “wash, rinse and repeat” plot lines

Creativity is dead, many shows just depend on the cast name and come up with ridiculously overused plot moves in the same exact formula and order
But enough with nagging Nancy and let me say how this was different


For one, a calm elegant and truly smart and strong fl, that got to those characteristics by actual growth and steps
Second would be park gyu young, her poise, her charisma and her look truly made me believe she’d be a top M worthy influencer
Third would be the well use of cliches:
-poor fl/ rich ml; but ml wasn’t doing the thinking and problem solving for the fl
- not evil 2fl, an anti cliche that was HIGHLY welcomed. Tho they sure did play with our hearts and kept us guessing till the end by,
- 2fl is ml ex, the cliche that usually leads to said 2fl being basically crazy
- friend that feels jealous made sense well
- crazy jealous rich x btches, again they were a good bunch, typical but entertaining dad
There are probably others anyone can add :)


Then the twists, I thought they were spoon feeding us the plot into the same old endings
Ml died, fl was “murdered” by the rich btches if not 2fl and her psycho husband and the nation crying and completely forgetting their own involvement in making such a scary world



One other thing I liked was how everyone had a husband tho I must say that is the makjang way, usually romcoms would only have one friend that “lost to the pressure” and gave up on the single life xD

Bbbfamous, such a sad existence… idk how I feel about it tbh, sure ppl vent out their own mental struggles on others but are all depressed ppl who are envious and tired of the social pyramid should be considered evil?
Maybe cuz fl’s bff was the anti who was tired of living in the shadow and never seeing fame, was enough so bbbfamous had to have a different bg, tbh I’m atleast glad she was a “fake facade” rather than completely just “ugly/dirty”…
Ppl might think ah, so antis and haters are like that, crazy. But we only write support based on events so technically we’re not being antis
Like a scandal coming and everyone becoming keyboard warriors without fully knowing the truth but always carrying that info as the ultimate truth….

Anyway the last two eps went heavy on the twists and they sure did a mission impossible tho again it was a clever way to keep up with the modern times

Now for the deaths and drug, I mean it could be true but if it didn’t exist, how would’ve they continued? Basically it feels like a cheat sheet but atleast they used it once

Ari as a whole, was grey, but that’s the moral, is it worth it.. as someone who made a kdrama fan account on insta and TikTok, I did experience a few things that overall did make me believe the things happened were realistic
Using others to gain followers, buying followers, insta and TikTok having their own algorithm and hidden agendas on who and what gets viral, all are such stressful things honestly even scrolling through insta becomes suffocating when everyone is desperately screaming “look at me”. Thankfully I just edit drama clips so I don’t have to participate in that rat race sometimes I get 700k view’s sometimes I get 7 xD

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Honestly, this was one of my most anticipated shows after the KNetflix 2023 lineup was announced and it did not disappoint me. There was barely any slow moment in the show and every episode leaves you hooked. The intensity of the plot and characters just have you on the edge of your seat to know what happens next.

Ari is such a well-written and admirable character that makes you want to root for her in any way. Through her eyes, the ugly world of social media, influencers, and the the trajectory of these influencer's hunger for fame and luxury items were unraveled. I also love how Sihyeon's character was written. In almost every KDrama I've watched the ex-girlfriend is usually pretty jealous, but Sihyeon oozes so much class that you can't help but love her. The influencers on this show were evil fr and it honestly goes to show how much these influencers/celebrities we love would go to keep their fame and fake lives. Not a single one of them was likable in my opinion. It's disturbing how the internet can be and how we can lash out at people we barely know based on what we read, hear, and see. I loved the way the writers broke it down. There's so much this drama was trying to convey.....the shallow-mindedness of measuring one's worth and even happiness according to the brands one carries. The entire plot leaves the audience with so much to reflect. The desire to be part of the high society living, to be in the who's who on social media, to be somebody....makes me wonder if that's all there is to live in this modern world.

The downside of this show was that the ending was a bit rushed and some things not being explained clearly but if it's cause the show was centered on how Ari went from being a door-to-door seller to an E-celeb, nevertheless, it was still had an unsatisfactorily ending. But regardless, this show is solid, and as usual Studio Dragon never disappoints.

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An Enduring Love Entwined with Revenge

The drama as a whole in my opinion was well executed, leaving viewers wanting another season and wondering whether the story truly is finished. For me, what really made thus series likeable is the attitude of Seo Ari, unlike most of our female leads in Kdrama's she wasn't happy-go-lucky nor did she fall into the arms of our male lead Han Ju Kyoung. And Han Ju Kyoung was an amazing male lead, giving us that satisfying trope of 'he fell first and then fell harder. As an audience we could see that special 'like' he had for her develop into something closer to love. At times the plot was confusing or a little bit too simple but who am I to complain? All in all, fantastic kdrama, enjoyable and definitely re-watchable.

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