that was a great review! This drama is really underrated, a hidden gem. Often times I steer away from the melodrama-romance genres. Most of the ones I watched are too heavy on the drama that it feels unrealistic, too exaggerated. I loved the poster and kept coming back to this drama, but I was unsure. Then one day I discovered Lee Junho, and whenever I discover a new actor I go through their entire filmography (the amounts of hidden gems I discovered this way). Once I started the drama however, I was a goner. Now it is rests among my favourite dramas. One of the things that I loved about it was how raw and real it felt. the characters felt very alive, very real with their faults and their trauma and their struggle to live. It was not polished to look pretty; it was not exaggerated to draw a momentary reaction. It was subtle in its depiction. I found Junho’s acting to be perfect actually, a little more ‘nuance’ could have taken away the realism. Too much is not always a good thing. And like you said it doesn't sensationalize their trauma, their disabilities, struggles etc. unfortunately dramas does this a lot and it kind of drives a wall between these characters and their struggles. Most people think these are very different characters that doesn’t exist in their society. There is also a part of me that feels as if we are some rare species locked in a zoo for drama-viewers to point and laugh/cry etc. before they go back to their normal lives. And I find the exaggerated story telling and depiction of characters partly at fault for this. I appreciated how 'Rain or Shine' depicted all these outcasts living just like everyone else, struggling, laughing, crying, enjoying life. And even though they are all broken in different ways none of them are damsels in distress. As much as the incident changed their lives forever, they are not their traumas. As much as they have their wounds they are each strong in their own ways. As much as it is tagged as melo-romance I would say it is more a slice of life drama. Romance is an important part of it but I personally don’t think it was the main story they were focused on. Anyway, this was too long. Final words: it is a beautiful, beautiful drama and as a neurodivergent person with past traumas I loved it to bits.
that was a great review! This drama is really underrated, a hidden gem.
Often times I steer away from the melodrama-romance genres. Most of the ones I watched are too heavy on the drama that it feels unrealistic, too exaggerated.
I loved the poster and kept coming back to this drama, but I was unsure. Then one day I discovered Lee Junho, and whenever I discover a new actor I go through their entire filmography (the amounts of hidden gems I discovered this way). Once I started the drama however, I was a goner. Now it is rests among my favourite dramas.
One of the things that I loved about it was how raw and real it felt. the characters felt very alive, very real with their faults and their trauma and their struggle to live. It was not polished to look pretty; it was not exaggerated to draw a momentary reaction. It was subtle in its depiction. I found Junho’s acting to be perfect actually, a little more ‘nuance’ could have taken away the realism. Too much is not always a good thing.
And like you said it doesn't sensationalize their trauma, their disabilities, struggles etc. unfortunately dramas does this a lot and it kind of drives a wall between these characters and their struggles. Most people think these are very different characters that doesn’t exist in their society.
There is also a part of me that feels as if we are some rare species locked in a zoo for drama-viewers to point and laugh/cry etc. before they go back to their normal lives. And I find the exaggerated story telling and depiction of characters partly at fault for this.
I appreciated how 'Rain or Shine' depicted all these outcasts living just like everyone else, struggling, laughing, crying, enjoying life. And even though they are all broken in different ways none of them are damsels in distress. As much as the incident changed their lives forever, they are not their traumas. As much as they have their wounds they are each strong in their own ways.
As much as it is tagged as melo-romance I would say it is more a slice of life drama. Romance is an important part of it but I personally don’t think it was the main story they were focused on.
Anyway, this was too long. Final words: it is a beautiful, beautiful drama and as a neurodivergent person with past traumas I loved it to bits.
This is my favorite k drama in Melo genre. And I've seen hundreds. Thanks for this lovely review
And I also that believe it's further beyond just a love story.