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Call It What You Want: Season 2 (Thai Series)

I had hopes that season 2 will cover the huge flaws of season one and actually focus some of the much needed discussions that need to happen in industry and in general anyway, but even with season two, the makers haven't really improved much on things they should have focused on.

Marco is still continuing his support for traumatized Bas, who is still very afraid of taking any action for the weird producer. He is too scared to get his career affected and is fearful of disappointing his parents. But luckily Marco manages a video of Tee trying to get funny with Bas again. But Bas is still too scared even contemplating suicide. Meanwhile James and Ait continue with their relationship. There is bit of jealousy from Ait when he sees Marcos confess his attraction o James but agrees to strictly be friends. When news of issues in the series comes out, the producers decide to hold a press conference and ask James and Ait to keep their relationship a secret, but James confesses and Bas also eventually leaks the video of Tee assaulting Bas. All is well in the end.

Mental health is something we don't talk or show in movies but we really need to. Even though the topic gets touched upon here and gets in introduction, we never really go deep into it. Yes Bas goes through feelings of anger, guilt, fear, agony and trauma but its just brushed of as just another thing. Besides Marco, no one is there to help or support him. I would have liked to see more friends and family's support; talk about why abuse happens and how to prevent it. And can we talk about he timing of sex scene between Bas and Marco? I mean, here is a guy in worse trauma of sexual assault. Sex is the last thing that should be in his mind and here they are full on at it. That just did not make sense. Even the ending seemed very lame to me in which Tee is exposed. Somehow it was treated as if it is no big deal, which really really pissed me off. The way the ending was handled was really bad. Also I really didn't care much for Ait/James relationship in first season ands till didn't care much. The whole Ait feeling jealous of Marco was so immature that I wanted to slap him. Finally, why does James take forever to reply and talk. He takes forever to first breathe and then talk so slowly. God! That was annoying.

Overall, the second season also suffers with many of the same pitfalls as its first season. I feel let down by a really bad screenplay and inadequate closure to events. Skip this one. (3/10)

Comments

Sailor Maan said…
I think this one was way better than the first season (which is not saying much, I agree...)
At least it's not all about James/Ait, who are still as annoying as ever btw.
I found interesting they showed things about mental issues, how people will slowly see no positive way out, and how being lonely is the major risk here. Because there is always light at the end of the tunnel, and this was nicely showned with Bas. Note that these series are supposed to come from real events, but I don't know how much is real.
Because yes, the sex scene after a suicide attempt looks so f*** up.
Golu said…
The sequel did focus on the mental issues, but its just a shame when makers miss such a great opportunity t o properly address an issue, which is apparently been inspired from real life incidents

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