My take on sad dramas

First I wanna highlight Genevieve, she was the person who recommended “when life gives you tangerines”

While it can be classified as a drama with a lot of sadness she understands that the show offers something more and can accurately recommend a drama that contains a lot of sadness but we will still like it

Next I will give my own explanation but Genevieve’s was nice and concise when she was responding to someone in the chat room

in short I can enjoy a sad comedy, sad action , horror and sadness, just not…ONLY SADNESS LOL

“I acknowledge that I didn’t do a good enough job explaining my desire to avoid watching shows that are sad

I’m not against sad shows . Please listen to this emphasis. I’m against watching shows where they have a long stretch of NOTHING BUT SADNESS.

I’m gonna keep picking on goblin as the staple for this example

The drama reaches a point where it’s time to just pull out the sword … these folks are crying going back-and-forth…

It’s not enough for me to say “ if I was in that position I would hesitate on this situation as well”

We’re here to be entertained right? So im like… yeah I get it move forward.

As a viewer I’m like … just pull it out so we can get to the next phase. Lol.

We don’t need to stare at you crying…..

That being said not every actor or writing carries a sad scene

In life gives you tangerines people were crying often but the moment or challenge was always evolving. The plot didn’t feel like it ever stood in one place

And IU was often funny or amusing when she cried.

You gotta have another emotion to complement sadness

Hope for example, humor, or even changing the reason and situation for sadness at reasonable pace.

You can be sad … and they find a way to escalate the problem and keep making the situation worst. So even though it’s sad the steaks keep you invested because the story is moving

So to reiterate … as long as the sad show has a captivating enough plot, or a healthy mix of other emotions it’s fine as none of the shows in my top 10 are even remembered as sad when I think about them… see? That’s because I’m a positive thinker and the show offered me something else that I related to and grabbed onto

Y’all saw sadness … maybe i saw hope? Inspiration, peak villainry…. Etc

I want to conclude and say this is why sometimes the show should not be 16 episodes

12 or 14 could have been suffice? It can still be sad but we don’t need to drag the sadness out

Then it ends on bittersweet

But sometimes trying to stretch a sad show to 16 episodes causes them to stand still in my point of view for 4 to 5 episodes really taking the steam out

For those who watch penthouse …. I cried like two or three times for Cheon Seo Jin… doesn’t even make sense to y’all. I never had an ounce of tears for any of their protagonist of the show

NEVER felt much empathy for Ana in K2…It was for Madam… lol

Our emotions are wildly different in hometown Cha Cha Cha

Maybe there was a lot of sad moments but the characters were literally goaded they built them up gave them their tender story and then moved on to someone else to feel sad about that you also have a connection with

Its okay not be okay and Queen Of tears. I never cared about the ML. Lol.

It was always the FL i felt empathy for or enjoyed their toxicity

Sumin carried “Marry my husband” that was one of my favorite shows. I was never invested in the sadness though

Anyways I think this should be a good explanation for anyone who cares”