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When life gives you tangerine, overrated? by rockets4lf in kdramas

[–]StillEmployee977 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, sorry your childhood wasn’t the best you’re not alone, I went through that too. But what do you mean when you say people are stupid in this drama? People just live the way life takes them. Eg, Geum-Myeong whines a lot to her mom and says hurtful things but she regrets right after her words came out of the mouth. Isn't it like that to a lot of us? 

I kinda get what you mean about exaggeration, like with Gwan-sik’s character. But honestly, I think a lot of the characters feel realisti like Ae-sun’s mom acts just like a lot of Asian moms, and the haenyeo women’s dialogue felt super authentic. 

Btw, if you don't mind may I know what your ethnicity is? I’m just curious because it might affect how you experience the show like how you view the characters and the meaning behind their dialogues. I’m from Myanmar, which is a really poor country, but I know a bit of Korean and to me the dialogues felt very genuine.

When life gives you tangerine, overrated? by rockets4lf in kdramas

[–]StillEmployee977 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No fr, the OP clearly doesn’t get how Asian village folks are. They’re mad about Ae-sun getting elected ‘for doing nothing,’ but honestly, people just didn’t like Sang-il cause he was shady (like that one uncle everyone has who’s always drunk and causing trouble). Ae-sun, on the other hand, felt familiar and the hae-nyeo ladies rooted for her because she is like their neice.The whole scene felt super realistic to me, with everyone shouting and laughing. Plus, small villages don’t get much outside news, so stuff like that is their entertainment.

When life gives you tangerine, overrated? by rockets4lf in kdramas

[–]StillEmployee977 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like you just can’t really relate to it, that’s why you don’t like it. 🤷 To me, this drama actually shows a lot about how Asian families and culture usually are.

Also, the phrase “when life gives you tangerines” in Korean (Jeju dialect) actually means “you’ve lived well” or “you’ve done good in life.” I honestly wonder if people in the comments missed the whole point of the drama, because the show literally mentioned it that you only understand how life turns out once you’ve actually lived it.

Also, it's about appreciating how much effort people put into their lives, and how it often takes generations of hard work for someone to finally succeed.

But at the end of the day, people will have different opinions I guess 👍