Naughty Babe (2023)

Quelle déception

J'attendais beaucoup de ce drama suite au trailer, très excitant, MaxNat sont en effet un ship adorable et j'avais beaucoup aimé YiKhondiao de Cutie Pie. Mais mes espoirs ont malheureusement vite été démolis. Seuls MaxNat sauvent la série du naufrage.

Commençons.
La série pourrait être réglée en 10mn, étant donné que tout est basé sur un problème de communication. Vous pourriez me dire que la moitié des dramas BL sont basés sur un problème de communication, mais là c'est abusé.
Le scénario est plein de trous, va dans tous les sens, les personnages et leurs décisions sont incohérents, les dialogues vides et incompréhensibles, j'ai eu du mal à comprendre le pourquoi du comment des manigances de chaque partie, l'élément policier n'est ni fait ni à faire, sans explication et sans finalisation, on se demande ce que Chane vient faire dans cette histoire dans son personnage de méchant transparent. Et je ne comprends pas ce qu'apportent les parties avec le père et son fils, peut-être ont-ils plus d'importance dans le roman mais ils ne font que ralentir le déroulement du drama sans rien apporter. Imaginez une fanfiction filmée mal ficelée, ultra sentimentale, avec une musique passion bien trop présente, les yeux pleins d'affectation et des dialogues encore pires que ceux de Wattpad. C'est tellement convenu que ça en devient insupportable. Je ne m'étendrai même pas sur les tenues du chien.
Le montage. Oh la la, je ne sais où commencer. D'ailleurs je ne sais pas si le problème de Naughty Babe vient du scénario ou du montage, approximatif, voire nul. A ce niveau-là, même MaxNat ne relèvent pas le niveau.

Bon passons aux points positifs.
On retrouve nos deux secrétaires foufous de Cutie Pie, en guests certes, mais ça fait plaisir. Poppy !! Et le nouveau secrétaire est très mignon. On retrouve également nos ZeeNunew et TutorYim et c'est un bonheur. Et que dire des relations NunewNat, si douce, et surtout MaxZee, hilarante.
Les scènes d'intimité sont incroyables. Il y a beaucoup de scènes de baisers, trop mignonnes, Nat dans les bras de Max est un régal et son expression lascive très sensuelle. Il faut reconnaître que les scènes NC sont chaudes comme la braise, les baisers brûlants, et l'alchimie de MaxNat , notamment durant les scènes de sexe, folle.
Et enfin l'épilogue, qui est probablement l'un des plus adorables que j'ai jamais vus. Mon cœur a tremblé. Et tout comme dans Cutie Pie, la série se termine sur une déclaration en faveur de l'égalité LGBTQ+, mariage et adoption. Rien que pour cela , je dis bravo.

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enjoyed the second half more

Overall: I'd really like to see these actors with better writing. If I were to start this at episode 4 and think they had just started dating, then the terrible communication and reluctance would make sense. But their characters' ages were 25 and 32, they were dating for 5? years (engaged for 3), they had known each other for 18 years (age 7 and 14). Their relationship dynamic didn't make sense to me even with a traumatic past event. This is based on a book which I didn't read and I reviewed the series on its own merits. 8 episodes about 45 minutes each. Aired on YouTube and iQIYI (uncut). Mandee also produced: Bed Friend, Cutie Pie 2, Cutie Pie and Why R U

Content Warnings: past death/gore, attempted murder, maybe held against will, dub/non con kiss, manipulation, manhandling, trauma/mental health struggles, stalking

What I Liked
- Kuea & Diao's friendship (and Diao and his friend group)
- Lian & Kuea's scenes
- Lian & Yi dream sequences/their dynamic
- cameos from characters in Cutie Pie
- couple funny parts like that dog's costume in ep 3
- sweet moments
- mystery aspect
- good kissing/intimacy (note, this is cut down in the YouTube version)
- Diao's evasive skills in ep 8
- Max's real mom played Yi's mom
- the ending of episode 8 was absolutely adorable
- production value (everything looks beautiful except too much blur filter, the actors, the sets, the cars, etc)

Room For Improvement
- I struggled with the characters and the relationship dynamic, we had an attractive, taller, stern, controlling character paired with a cute, shorter, avoiding physical affection character. The relationship felt more parent/child than equal partners, though thankfully this did start to change a bit. However, Yi said that Diao couldn't go to his own sister's party in episode 4 which was not cool. Also in episode 1 it appeared that there were security guards in their home to keep tabs on Diao/prevent him from leaving and security cameras inside the house for the same reason. And then the writers could have had Diao (an expert in martial arts) fight off those dudes but he got like 1 hit/punch in and then was a damsel in distress. Also him getting around on his bicycle further infantilized him.
- the manipulation/lying to Diao starting in episode 2
- poor communication, they didn't have sex in over a year? they've known each other for over 18 years and can't say what is bothering them, what they need from a relationship, problem solve together how to fix their problems? (I did like that one scene when asking about their honeymoon and future family plans), in later episodes they both say the importance of better communication but then don't communicate well
- the writers didn't make it clear that they had collaborated on their plan
- should have cut out the whole love rival side plot and explained character motivations more
- how Diao frequently avoided physical affection from his boyfriend
- too many time jumps in the first episode
- fart joke humor (and they've known each other for 18 years so what Yi said never happens in front of people was a total lie)
- comedy noises including the goat bleating
- cliche plot point at the end of episode 1
- maybe it was supposed to be funny how the dad prefers Diao because I found it really sad, Yi's dad was awesome in some ways but he was overly harsh to Yi at times
- terrible tiger cgi
- nonsense plot things: in 18 years, Diao didn't know that Yi has sisters (even if the marriage was recent that is something you would know about), Diao had never met Yi's mother in the 18 years that he knew him?, assuming someone is cheating because they smile/hug the opposite sex

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