A Practical Guide to Being a Superstar's Assistant (2022)

A very gay short drama if you want a fun time

Our favourite group of women has just finished releasing their latest series and I am always here for it! This time, after the xianxia of season 2 of Legend of Yunze and The Vampire (which while modern, still had a SFF angle), we're back fully into the modern world with A Practical Guide to Being a Superstar's Assistant. This one is even shorter than The Vampire with a runtime of only 13 minutes.

Because of this very short runtime, the potential for development of the characters and their backstory is very limited, we're more in the short film territory than truly a drama. Still we can see who are characters are pretty quickly in the first episode, the über fan who gets the chance of a lifetime to be her favourite star's assistant and said star who is subject to all sorts of rumour but keeping her head high. The drama and its story are more like a series of scenes, presented as "lessons" for an assistant wannabe (keep your heart in check if you've got a massive crush on your boss as an example). It feels a bit too disjointed and I preferred the second half of the show to the first.

Wang Laoji and Shengwei are still delightful in their role and still ooze chemistry. Sheng Wei is perfect in the role of the superstar and looks honestly gorgeous in those dresses (not that it has anything to do with the story or its quality, she just looks very good and I am very gay). Wang Laoji is, for once, not playing the more, let's say, domineering character, which is nice for a change. But she still gets a scene where she kicks some asses, we like it. I also want to mention the little girl who appears in the last couple of episodes who is delightful and almost steals the show!

The production quality is higher than their first production which is always nice, even if the lack of budget could be felt regularly.

All in all, it is an interesting little drama that has just finished releasing. I do wish it had more time and more budget and less censorship (oh what we could have!), but if you have 13 min and go into it to have a good and fun little time with some women who are totally not gay for each other, what do you mean?! then go and watch A Practical Guide to Being a Superstar's Assistant.

And as always, thank you to douqi for her work with subtitling it, I am very grateful!

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