Crash Course in Romance 2023 K-Drama Review
Director: Yoo Je-won
Cast: Jeon Do-Yeon and Jung Kyung-ho
Episodes: 16
Streaming: Netflix
Synopsis:
A woman with a heart of gold navigates the cutthroat world of private education when her daughter tries to join a celebrity math instructor’s class.
Crash Course in Romance 2023 K-Drama Review:
This show is cute and wholesome, don’t get me wrong, but viewers should be warned that the overarching story ends up being darker than the title reveals.
The cute romance between two mature single characters, another part revolves around Korean societal issues such as college admissions pressure from desperate parents and the depression, anger, and suic*dality that it results in for students.
This second part of the story becomes the main part of the story halfway through, with the looming threat and mystery of a sadistic serial killer hanging over the main characters’ lives.
Unfortunately, I felt that this secondary and more gruesome storyline spoiled the romance and became its foil; when the main characters seemed to reach their happiness, the drama shifted to a more depressing storyline and lost its charm.
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I’ve fallen in love with these actors and characters, but it’s a shame that I haven’t been able to enjoy them fully due to this strangely placed villain arc that doesn’t match the tone of the rest of the show and seems to be pointless with no real moral takeaway.
But anyway, the start was good but I kinds of wish they depict more of that harsh curriculum life. They didn’t even make a commentary on how hard and stressful the exams are for the students.
They made a dent in a depiction but appeared to do nothing to change it. Merely just saying get a good tutor, and you be fine.
Verdict:
Overall – I enjoyed this drama but was somehow not fully Satisfied because of too many themes which never fully utilized their potential.
