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| My Queen |
| Written by Mei |
| Thu, Apr 23 2009, 04:33PM |
 Title: 败犬女王
English Title: My Queen Genre(s): Romance, Comedy Year(s): 2009 Episodes: 21 Rating: 7/10
Synopsis:A story about a 33 yr old workaholic who sports a very sharp tongue and a 25 yr old jack-of-all-trades freelancer. Their paths first crossed when she, in her rush in getting her big headline story in, "borrowed" the bike he was paid in giving to orphans at a church dressed up as Santa on Christmas Eve.Then several more things happened and he was hired as her assistant plus bodyguard by her boss to protect her while she worked to uncover deep dark secrets of a politician. As they spend more time in each other's company, they both began to feel the sparks flying between them, but will they be able to overcome the 8 year gap in age and other obstacles and end up together or will they find happiness with other people instead? Cast:
Review: When I did a quick review when I was listing the Taiwanese dramas I was watching at that time, I mentioned how it is a nice change from the typical "idol" dramas that had been coming out of Taiwan in recent years. But I now take it back. After about Ep 9 or so, after Wushuang's ex came back, it got draggy and typical as hell. Sappy declarations of love and rivalry between the main male characters over the main female char that went on forever and ever and ever while the female lead tries to understand where her heart belongs etc etc. The male lead being cute helps though =P. Although...I hate the female lead's haircut, it made her look so old and her face so long. I guess the "old" part was the point since the show stresses on the 8 year difference between her and the male lead and her inferiority Complex at being old yet single.I personally think she has an unnecessarily sharp tongue but I guess it helps build her unique character? Even though I can't associate with her character completely, I think many women out there would be able to somehow  empathize or correlate with her character. I did too on some levels. The pace of the drama slowed somewhat starting from episode 4 or so. Heck they spent almost 1 whole episode just to lead up to her going on matchmaking dates. THEN, it slowed EVEN MORE after around ep 9 (after Wushuang's college mountain climbing club's get-together). They spent EPISODES just sorting out the love-triangle and all. with the guys repeatedly declaring their love for a certain someone and that someone's indecisiveness etc etc... -_- The mushiness that has been dragging on from ep 9 to 14 is more than I can handle as well. To be honest, I am a bit disappointed. I thought it would be like a breathe of fresh air in the mountain of candy-coated mushy draggy TWDramas that have been coming out in recent years, but I was proven wrong. Right now I am going to settle my review with a score of 7. Don't get me wrong, it is actually a pretty well-liked drama, and I sorta like it a bit myself, but I am just disappointed that it fell into the normal sugary TWDrama pattern. I will modify it if it proves to pick up before the show finishes airing. |
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