The Gentleman and the Lady (2021)

Falls flat

I have tried a few times now to watch this show because I have liked other dramas with Ji Hyun Woo, but each time I feel like this drama is over the top (storyline) and missing something that I honestly I can't tell you what that is. I really don't feel the chemistry between the leads...maybe it is because the lead female acting doesn't seem sincere to me (basically, not the best actress) and therefore the humor falls flat. Really, there was more humor and chemistry with the young Dan Dan in the first episode than with the 20 something Dan Dan. Overall, it does have a strong cast of actors (like Dan Dan's dad and stepmother...now that relationship is interesting), but the storyline and age difference between the main leads feels off. Dan Dan is closer to the Young Guk's daughters age and behavior, which makes it hard for me to see why he is falling for her. Since, I haven't watched much of this show, there is not much more to say, except it failed to catch my interest.

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WTF did I just watch?

I tried one episode of this drama out of sheer curiosity for its ridiculously high TV ratings, This drama is blowing up week after week so I wanted to see what the hype was all about. Oh boy! Worst drama ever and this is saying something cause, if you look at my reviews, dramaland has enough turkeys to feed 12 Thanksgivings every year. And this one is Turkey of the Turkeys! If there was 0 star option, I would award it that. Alas.

So from what I figured out after just 1 sample episode - dramas are no rocket science, folks, and your kitten would figure them out since numerous flashbacks explain everything from relationships to cookware - this is a modern take on "governess romance" (think Sound of Music or Jane Ayre) with K drama's favorite trope of tropes - amnesia - thrown in for a good measure. So K Baron Von Trapp (read: much older widowed/divorced ML with kids) has amnesia and thinks he's a young man of the pretty governess's age, which would be 20something, yet for unknown reasons acts like he's 5 throwing childish tantrums every 5 minutes. That's supposed to be funny except that it's not. I was horrified and embarrassed for actors, audience that likes this and myself for watching. The latter embarrassment was too much so I did the only reasonable thing - dropped this drama and wrote this review to purge it from the system. Feels better now.

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