ART ON! (2021)

El peor drama de Gong Jun

Jamás creí que escribiría una reseña con malas referencia de un drama de Gong Jun.
Sigo a Gong Jun desde que lo vi en The love equations, y en definitiva tenia una super mejor actuación.
En definitiva este papel le sentó muy mal, pero mal es poco, le sentó terrible.
Pensé que seria mucho mejor de lo que parecía y en definitiva falle en mi suposición. Admiro a Gong Jun y fui feliz cuando alcanzo la fama y reconocimiento. pero hacer un drama a la ligera y no meterte en tu papel fue algo que no podre sobrellevar y dudare de ver sus próximos dramas.
Dejando el terrible hate que le hice a uno de mis actores favoritos hablemos de la trama y la historia de SHINING LIKE YOU.
Pero que patético drama, en ningún momento vi seguir sueños, pero realmente necesitaba ver que siguieran sus sueños, aun con un bajo presupuesto , necesitaba ver que ellos amaran realmente su carrera. Quizá fue la mala sinopsis que me dio falsas esperanza; pues una chica obediente jamás engañaría a sus padres, eso no pasa ni en las novelas. en segundo lugar esta la parte en la que se menciona que es "Introvertida y mala para expresarse". en definitiva ella no era introvertida ni mala para expresarse, su personaje era mas como una persona ordinaria, ELLA NO ERA INTROVERTIDA, o quizá en el guion original si lo era pero entonces aquí la del error debió ser la actriz porque no me dio un personaje introvertido que vaya brillando de a pocos.
24 capítulos no fueron suficientes para desarrollar cinco historias de amor, Qi Yi y Fang Yan, Du Ang y Zi Mo, Zhang Yang y Kao Xin, Bai Qiao y su senior Li Xiao, el señor Sun y la maestra Tang. Minino hubieran abarcado solo la historia de amor de los protagonistas, es mas, para que me ponen de etiqueta romance si su romance fue un 1% literalmente de un día para el otro se aman y todos como que, ¿tan rápido se enamoran? No pasaron muchas cosas lindas juntos, como así es que se sienten nostálgicos. Fue frustrante ver los patéticos triángulos amorosos que en realidad no tenían cabe en este drama.
Las historias profundas de cada personaje secundario también fue innecesarios, pues volvió superficial a los personajes principales, realmente sentí mucho relleno y cosas que eran innecesarias para un drama que pudo tener mas historia.
Tengo que decir que ODIE a la pareja principal, amo a Gong Jun, pero odio este personaje. Por dios, que hicieron con los buenos personajes de Gong Jun??? Malograron sus excelentes papeles con este. No había ni un poquito de química, no se de donde se saco el romance, ahí no había romance, no había ni una gota de amor puro y sincero, todo estaba, sarcásticamente, actuado.
Solo hubo una pareja que me gusto y fue Zhang Yang y Kao Xin, ella si lo quiso aun él siendo un niño nada bonito y sin talento y él estaba dispuesto a todo por ella, la quería incondicionalmente aunque todos estaban ahí con sus estereotipos de belleza diciendo que ella no era bonita. odie el final de Kao Xin, lo deteste profundamente, mínimo esa pareja debió quedar junto enseñándole al mundo que la apariencia no lo es todo.
y después la pareja principal, que gusto de separarlos, y ese final medio abierto, medio cerrado, o medio confuso como yo lo llamaría. ese no es un final digno, en lo absoluto.
en fin, no lo recomiendo, pero si quieres ver algo nada serio, poco romance y si lo hay al final es casi nada y ridículamente actuado, malos OST, quizá la historia te guste un poquito pero no es como otras producciones que son estupendas y bien actuadas. En fin yo lo llamaría el peor drama de Gong Jun.
¿LO VOLVERIA A VER?
NO, no desperdiciaría otras 24 horas de mi vida solo para ver este drama el cual no pasa nada.
¿ME DECEPCIONO?
SI, y mucho.
¿SEGUIRE VIENDO DRAMAS DE GONG JUN?
Los veré si él no tiene una actuación mediocre.

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A Drama Which Certainly Doesn’t Have A “ Shining” Charm…

‘ Shining Like You’ is one of those dramas which upon paper sounds brilliant. It isn’t particularly original concept of “female lead goes to art school behind her parents’ back” and the “potentially handsome love interests” but there was still a lot of unlimited ground to explore messages, character growth and social themes. However the end result of ‘ Shining Like You’ is a mixed bag of wasted screenwriting and character writing potential with poor-editing and a discordant buildup.

On a positive note the acting is decent enough ( aside from a few questionable line deliverances) and the drama is a fairly lighthearted watch. The premise isn’t overly complex and follows typically obsequious lead Lu Qi Yi ( Wang Xi Xuan) rebelling against the wishes of her parents to attend a course in foreign languages at university by instead enrolling in arts school. However due to her more timid nature Qi Yi soon finds herself an outcast by struggling to fit in amongst the more expressive and extroverted personalities on campus. After an initial awkward meeting Qi Yi soon attracts the attention of outgoing and popular art student Fang Yan ( Simon Gong).

So if the concept and the acting aren’t the drama’s major problems then what exactly lets down ‘ Shining Like You’? Ultimately the downfall for the show can be found through two main factors; character writing (one of the drama’s major cataclysmic letdowns) and of course plot coherency. To address the former issue it is important to establish that plot coherency is crucial within dramas for viewers to make sense often of a storyline or setup . Of course sometimes screenwriters can purposefully make plot coherency more enigmatic for viewers with the intention of reflecting themes or messages ( dependent on the plot or storyline ). However , in “ typical” romance dramas such as ‘ Shining Like You’’s plot coherency is nearly always quintessential to helping viewers root for certain characters, understand developments of relationships and keep us intrigued with events that are soon to follow .

Naturally ‘ Shining Like You’ isn’t devoid of a basic plot but its descent can be found as a consequence of a mismatched narrative and timeline as a consequence of sporadic subplots , arbitrary jump scenes and disjointed patchy editing. As a consequence a quintessential moment could suddenly be skipped by a sketch scene or an arbitrary moment, which became confusing for casual and devoted watchers alike to keep up.

This brings us onto the second dilemma of ‘ Shining Like You’; the characters. One of the biggest elephants in the room is evidently our female lead Qi Yi. Our main female lead is the epitome of a carte blanche female lead. She’s used by the screenwriter to move the plot along when necessary but she rarely has more definitive characteristics or traits to make her feel sentient. For example considering that it was one of the major focal points of the entire drama, there’s little explanation or depth given to her her goals or raison d’être for applying to the arts school in the first place . Arguably she does make a quick passing comment towards “chasing her dreams” yet it’s hard to really understand or relate to Qi Yi’s drive or exact motives for hiding her attendance from her parents, when the drama has rarely delved beyond the surface of her goals, past or exact motivations.

There’s naturally a big dilemma with the female lead’s “ personality” also. Qi Yi is intentionally supposed to be an “ introvert” but it often felt as though the series was never sure how to present her entire character persona. Introverted main characters can often be tackled in versatile ways by screenwriters from being simply “reserved” to “antisocial”, but opportunities for characters to grow, develop (or at least be explored in more depth) are often key to shaping out an introverted main character as an individual.

To some extent ‘ Shining Like You’ desperately tried to do this with Qi Yi and her “ difficultly to fit in” and “ reserved nature”. She’s supposed to be “shy and sweet” but it was hard to truly feel as though our female lead was seemingly struggling or suffering as a consequence of her personality. Qi Yi was often surrounded by allies or at least close acquaintances and therefore never really felt on the “ edge” of social exclusion ( as the series was desperately trying to make out in the beginning ), she was never really singled-out or excluded particularly by a greater majority of her peers( sans the cliche “ bully group” who picked upon more than just Qi Yi) and when she did exhibit “ antisocial” moments during the series her attitude was often petulant and childlike rather than moody or aggressive. Whilst the drama does try to offer a turn around by Qi Yi suddenly becoming “ prettier and more outgoing” , this was often ineffably unexplained.

Perhaps it wouldn’t be too bad if the series had offered that Qi Yi’s immaturity at times was a byproduct of the way her parents have treated her or her upbringing . However instead of at least giving Qi Yi time to mature or explore her feelings, the female lead was treated in a similar manner to a rag doll ; an object of affection for the male leads , whilst happily obliging to having her emotions torn apart by not just her potential love interests, but not putting her foot down against a fake friend in plain sight also.

This also brings us naturally onto the discussion of side characters in the drama. On one note the show does really shine through at times with how more unlikely characters have difficult pasts or can prove themselves to be true friends in time of need. However like a lot of cliche romance dramas ‘ Shine Like You’ and the dreaded “ best friends formula” is torn apart from “ friends to enemies” with the creme de la creme of cliches; “the dreaded love triangle”.

This brings us onto one of the biggest flaws of the drama between the actual lacklustre romantic series between Qi Yi and Fang Yan. Respectfully the chemistry between Wang Xi Xuan and Simon Gong is hardly passionate, but it is not where the major flaw of the series lies .

Whilst trope-worthy, screenwriters and directors can often strike gold by using time and scenes to allow characters to know one another or feel conflicted with their feelings. In ‘ Shining Like You’ it’s hard to really define one particular moment where these two characters really develop their relationship beyond being classmates or having early impressions of one another. There’s the evident side argument about their gradual feelings and helping one another out when it was necessary for the exposition, but this rarely allowed for more definitive writing opportunities.

Consequently it was bitterly ironic that it is was easier to root for who we were supposed to “ dislike” (as viewers), second male lead Du Ang ( Zhou Cheng Ao) , as he had more initial interactions and chemistry with the female lead. Of course rather than using this as an opportunity for the series to allow the male lead to come to terms with his own feelings or develop interactions between the main love interests, the drama enjoys using this time to make Fang Yan the typical “ moody, short-tempered and jealous potential love interest”. The ending consequently felt disappointing by failing to wrap up some major plot points.

So what is the ultimate takeaway from ‘ Shining Like You’ and is it actually worth watching? ‘ Shining Like You’ tries hard to create a “ lovely and cutesy love story” between our main leads. To an extent the series flourishes with satisfactory performances by our main cast and some more insightful side characters having their own backgrounds and pasts. On the other hand the series has a patchwork approach to storytelling and narrative with a feeling of discordant coherency between characters and the actual storyline. Slow pacing and sporadic plot jumps lead to poor and lacklustre character building and interactions between our main leads. Ultimately whilst ‘ Shining Like You’ might not make a bad binge-watch drama, there are certainly more entertaining, well-written, engaging and classic love stories in dramas to watch than this one.

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