September 17
Manhattan Love
I’ve just watched the first two episodes of what it’s likely to be the cheesiest TV drama I’ve ever seen!

Imagine a guy with a fake mustache who doesn’t say a single word (not even when he answers the phone) for the most part of the episodes, but suddenly becomes talkative, loses his mustache, takes off part of his clothes and starts running as The Flash (literally as The Flash, since they used a poorly done fast motion effect).
From what I could get by watching the first episodes, all this guy wants is people to appreciate his – as he calls it – tasty coffee and drink while it’s hot. He then takes out an hourglass to count down the minutes for people to drink his coffee and he always makes stupid promises such as “If he/she doesn’t drink the coffee within five minutes, I’ll deliver something a client asked me”. Also, we can’t forget the countless cups of coffee he breaks throughout the drama when he gets pissed at something.
What’s that taxi cab flying completely out of nowhere? Seriously, I just can’t take it.
And what do you say of gay dancer who makes anyone feel ashamed for him? I have nothing against gays, but the way this guy plays the role of his character makes me shiver. He sometimes dances in public places in a very ridiculous way that there’s nothing to do other than laughing my ass off.
As if it weren’t enough, he uses to leave shops jumping like a gazelle.
And the number of weird things only increase with a TV scene of a big and ugly guy turning around the corner to “attack” a woman, several clones of the gay’s beloved one (which also made me shiver) and a bicycle getting out of an elevator (?).

Take a look at the picture off to the left side. This is how the main character looks like after suddenly becoming stupid or what my friend Moto uses to call as “neko wo kaburu” (in a literal translation it’d be wear the cat or to make it simple, pretending you’re cute, kind of a fever among girls and women in Japan) due to falling in love with the gay dancer.
The greatest point that deserves being mentioned is how natural the characters act and change their personality in a complete sudden, going from tough to stupid characters in a blink.
I think I’m going till the end of this drama to see what awaits me.