Cute Programmer (2021)

Les affiches sont cute, oui…

Lu Li (Zhu Xu Dan) est amoureuse de Jiang Yi Cheng (Xing Zhao Lin), un génie de l'informatique. Après ses études, elle postule dans son entreprise, mais est recalée parce qu'elle est une femme. Loin d'abandonner, elle décide de se déguiser en homme.

L'idée de base est simple : une jeune femme se déguise en homme afin d'intégrer une entreprise. Pourtant, le défi est de taille, mais c'est à croire que les scénaristes ont oublié leur propre histoire en dévoilant la vérité en un tour de main.

D'ailleurs, peut-être qu'il aurait fallu ajouter un peu plus de blush et d'eyeliner au style de Zhu Xu Dan. C'est vrai qu'elle ne possède pas de traits assez fins en temps normal… Elle n'avait aucun moyen de paraître un tant soi peu crédible en homme. Elle apparaissait plus virile dans Miss the Dragon. De l'autre côté, Xing Zhao Lin est pour moi dans son rôle de confort. Malheureusement, son personnage ne tient pas la route avec un manque de sensibilité, un tempérament puéril et enfantin.

Loin de s’épargner des clichés habituels, le drame n’offrira aucune originalité dans son développement ni dans son achèvement. Il pourra décourager plus qu’encourager avec ses clichés sans surprises. A moins d’être un grand amateur des acteurs, il restera un énième drame au bon potentiel, mais où la page erreur était inévitable.

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As much as the plot was cliché, there are some things we need to point out about this show.

A lot of people think the plot is pretty cliché.
Irrational, domineering boss ML and a starstruck ordinary girl FL. Contract Marriage. And Girl-Pretends-To-Be-A-Boy RP.

But I think some things need clarification.

1)The title is "Cute Programmer". I don't get why some people misunderstood the story to be about programming.
(=... =) when the title clearly hints that the story is about The Programmer. The CUTE PROGRAMMER, Lu Li, to be exact.

2)People called Luli, "the doormat FL". That's just so obvious that these viewers watched the show but never bothered to understand the plotline or the character settings.
This is a story about Luli who falls in love with a man. A man who lost his trust with anyone. A man who does not understand or refuse to understand social context more than he does 1s and 0s.
Imagine, if Lu Li could've just walked away when it was easier said and done. Then what about the years of affection she had cultivated for YiCheng? Was that a lie? A joke? A playtime series that took her entire youth?
Is it love if you could just walk away because everyone said you should?

3) Sure, Yi Cheng's character is annoying. And he treated Lu Li badly. But think about it.
His father never supported his dreams and his career. Constantly using his company and investment as a hostage and force YiCheng to what they want.
His first love and the only woman he allowed in his life,apart from codes, betrayed him, stole his work and sold it to the enemy.
It'll be weird if he didn't put up walls and kept angst at bay after all that, especially with his character setting.
But that wasn't the point, was it?
The point was how the "cute progammer" Lu Li's presence changed him and thawed the ice.

4) To be honest, this show is very lighthearted. Despite all the cliché drama obviously pitched into this show, it wasn't a heavy series to watch. They manage to pull your emotions up when it starts to get strained because of the main leads' conflicts.

5)The side couples are interesting and yet didn't hog the screen time meant for the main leads. But had enough exposure to cultivate their own romances.

6)I've seen a lot of Zhao Lin's other works. And honestly, this was not his first time playing the assholish, arrogant husband that only realized how he loved his martyr wife when she left him.
If you alao have, then you'd understand how good this was compared to his previous works. His previous works were dragging and prolonged the drama for aesthetics. And was truly stressing and emotionally draining. But "Cute Programmer", despite the drama, never dwelled in it. And character and plot development were pretty fast-paced but never rushed.

I gave the story a 9 because the story was really cute if not for the cliché parts.
The acting and actors are all chef's kisses. Especially because I'm a fan of Bambi and Zhao Lin's works.
Soundtrack wise, could've been better but definitely a 9.
Wouldn't say it's good enough to rewatch. But I think I can see myself rewatching one more time, but never more.
All in all this was a pretty good drama.

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