The second installment on who’s the crowned clown. 3. Clowns are considered foolish. The difference between a clown and a fool is impersonation. A clown impersonates a fool while a fool is … well… a fool. A clown amuses people by acting stupid while a fool amuses people by revealing his true colors. It was […]
Bitch Talk: Wall-Banger Awardees of 2018
Wall-banger: to throw a book at the wall (or trash bin) even before finishing to read it because it’s so bad If I could throw my laptop at the wall to vent my anger and disgust for a stupid kdrama, I would. But my clenched hand always hesitates at the thought of wasting more money […]
The Crowned Clown: Ep 1 First Impression
Now, that I’ve written three separate posts (King1, King2, and Queen) to interpret the two big confrontation scenes between the King and Queen in Episode 1, I can proceed to writing about my first impression on the episode as a whole. To start, I know this kdrama is adapted from a blockbuster movie called “Masquerade” made […]
The Crowned Clown: Ep 1, the Queen 👑
I can’t begin to write my first impressions of The Crowned Clown’s Episode 1 until I finish tackling the relationship between the King and Queen. I’ve already done the King’s POV, so here’s the Queen’s side. @agdr03 wrote, “Thanks for making me see that the King does care for the Queen because otherwise he would […]
Fluttering Alert: On the Twelfth Day
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me… Twelve ways this romcom is endearingly different from the others Eleven chattering ladies Ten spontaneous moments Nine times he teased her (shucks! I’ve to limit myself to nine!) Eight fashionista bags to drool over Seven former male costars Six references to YEH’s real […]
The Crowned Clown: Episode 1, cont
Yesterday we laid the cornerstone. Today let’s continue with the construction. I’ll start where I left off – this paragraph: To me, the burden of ruling the kingdom is already tough enough for any sane and normal King, but I expected the Queen to take an active participation, even behind-the-scene, in protecting her husband who’s […]
The Crowned Clown: Episode 1
The blood bath in Episode 1 reminded me why I find Bloody Mary revolting: copious use of tomato juice to simulate gore. I’m making a mental note never to watch this kdrama at breakfast. Yes, I’m going to blog about this kdrama for now. Who’s with me? I didn’t intend falling in love with the encounter between […]
Memories of the Alhambra: Who’s the Villain?
I tried to make this post short but I failed once again. (Call it my system error, lol.) I’ll “summarize” what we know about the villains so far. First things first — 1. There are three dead bodies in the story but two of them, HyunSuk and Sec Seo, are linked to Jinwoo. 2. Their […]
Memories of the Alhambra: Episode 12 Notes
Three things: 1. Those pretty Swarovski earrings It seems like our kdrama made a lot of marketing noise about the Swarovski earrings that Heejoo received for her birthday but as an uber-bitch, I’ve a responsibility and a devil’s calling 😈to dash cold water on Jinwoo’s fangirls. Swarovski jewelry is not acceptable as a substitute for luxury […]
Memories of the Alhambra: Game Recap
I think a recap of the game is in order right now because I see some people becoming bewildered as the story advances. This is MY take on the game and as some of you might know, everything I know about gaming, I learned from Spyro the Dragon twenty years ago. This is long but […]
Memories of the Alhambra: On Badass HeeJoo
I disagree vehemently with the suggestions that HeeJoo be made part of the game as a user. That’s a harebrained scheme. And sexist if you asked me. @nearsea and I discussed this last Friday before Episodes 11 and 12 aired. To me, the writer is trying to avoid making HeeJoo into another JinWon wannabe or […]
Memories of the Alhambra: Dungeon Time
I’m re-posting this here so I don’t have to look through the comments. Our friend @Growing Beautifully mentioned that the time in dungeon was a bit confusing: On Dramabeans we were also confazzled by the time that Jin Woo was supposed to have left before the plug was pulled on the servers. I linked this […]
Fluttering Alert: On the Eleventh Day
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me… Eleven chattering ladies Ten spontaneous moments Nine times he teased her (shucks! I’ve to limit myself to nine!) Eight fashionista bags to drool over Seven former male costars Six references to YEH’s real life Five words to text (“Merry Christmas, I love you”) […]
Memories of the Alhambra: The Mystery of February 28
The timeline after JinWoo arrived in Granada is easy to establish. But the timeline BEFORE February 28, 11:34 pm, the date and time when he opened SeJoo’s email containing the Memories of the Alhambra file cannot be reconstructed and verified. Question: How did I know it was February 28? Answer: It was on the cellphone. […]