I had so much fun watching this series and it has happened after a long time in the Thai BL landscape. The stories are all starting to merge into one another, especially the university love ones. Of late a lot of makers are making some sort of historical dramas. But this was different. Making the lead actor identify himself as a trans, this show is the right mix of drama, laughter, emotions and politics. I will talk in details but the lead actor of this show is an absolute hoot in this show and if not for his enjoyable and addictive OTT acting, this show would have fallen flat. The series has 13 episodes of about 45-50 minutes each. We meet Prince, an out and about flamboyant pop singer who has as many fans as he does haters. We see both the adoration and the vilification he faces for openly embracing his queerness. One day after a freak accident, he finds himself in the body of a count (a young nobleman) in hostly in Thonburi Kingdom. He is now Woradet and the series goes full throttl...
Brad And Emile are best friends for a very long time. Brad is straight and a struggling musician, while Emile is gay and works as an actor. Emile, has a roommate Michelle, who is a dancer and has just returned form her East coast tour. When Brad gets evicted from his apartment for non-payment of rent, Emile asks him to move in with them. Emile and Brad's friendship start to get tested when Brad starts falling for Michelle, only to later find out that she is lesbian. Regardless the dup spend a lot of time together and their relationship develops beyond anything either of them ever foresaw and produces complications with Brad and Emile's friendship. Emile doesn't understand it and he is scared for Brad together his heart broken (Its only later we are told that Emile had been secretly harboring feelings for Brad). Also Emile has been going through his share of issues including an HIV scare. With everything going on, the final nail hots coffin when Brad finds out about Michele's past involving other men and he feels cheated. He decides to move away and work on himself before both his love and friendship is torn and taken away from him. The film has a happy ending where awkwardly the two friends reunite.
The film is definitely more about friendship than love. The film was going well for me, although it was real slow and there were times I was like, just move on and stop talking things that are not adding to the film, but after a while, I got into the rhythm. You know Brad and Michele would get into some love sort of thing but what surprised me was the cliched gay guy falling for his straight best friend. I stirringly think that this aspect could have been kept away from the film. Brad and Emile had such beautiful open friendship so far, that this revelation just spoiled the whole thing for me reiterating the gay stereotype of straight guy fantasy and falling for someone who you can never have. All three actors were natural and did a good job, but the screenplay and dialogues could be crisper. What I appreciated most about the film was no over the top drama or reactions. Every conflict was addressed in a manner that most normal people in there everyday life would without getting hyper about it. Having said that, I can see why this film would not be everyone's cup of tea, It takes a while to get into the rhythm of the film, and by the time it happens, most people would already have lost interest in the film. (5.5/10)
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