AS A PART TIME LITERARY, FILM, AND TV REVIWER, I  RECIEVE MANY WORKS  FROM PROSPECTIVE AUTHORS AND FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCERS. TODAY I AM GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT ONE. IT IS A NETFLIX HISTORICAL DRAMA SET MOSTLY IN  2017 KOREA WITH SCENES FROM 1930'S KOREA OCCUPIED BY JAPAN AT THE EARLY STAGES OF WWII.

SO NOW I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHY YOU SHOULD NOT WATCH THIS SHOW.

FIRST OF ALL IT IS IN KOREAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES. I KNOW READING IS SUCH A HASSLE, AND YOU WANT TO JUST RELAX IN YOUR RECLINER AND FALL BLISSFULLY ASLEEP, SO SUBTITLES ARE OUT. SECOND IT IS 16 EPISODES LONG. WHO HAS TIME TO DEDICATE THAT MUCH TIME TO A TV SERIES. THIRDLY, THEIR ARE NO SEX SCENES. I MEAN COME ON THIS IS 2021 JUST THROW ONE IN SO WE CAME KEEP WATCHING HOPING FOR ANOTHER. FOURTH, THERE IS NO MARTIAL ARTS FIGHTS THROUGHOUT THIS ENDEAVOUR. THIS IS KOREA FOR GOODNESS SAKE. WITH ALL THE PEOPLE NAMED LEE IN THE CREDITS SURELY YOU COULD HAVE FOUND A FEW TO MIX IT UP. FIFTH, IT MIGHT MAKE YOU CRY. EVERYONE KNOWS REAL MEN DON'T CRY, THEY DRINK AND DO DRUGS TO AVOID UNPLEASANT FEELINGS. AND LAST THERE MIGHT BE A MAGICAL BEING IN THE SHOW. REALLY DO YOU HAVE TO STOOP TO THAT KIND OF THEATRICS TO SELL YOUR PRODUCT? 

NOW YOU CAN ALL THANK ME, AND RETURN TO WHATEVER YOU WERE DOING BEFORE YOU STARTED READING THIS BLOG......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

OK, THEY ARE ALL GONE. NOW I'LL TELL YOU WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH THIS SHOW. FIRST, THE SCRIPT IS IMAGINATIVE AND VERY WELL DONE. SECOND, THE ACTING IS FIRST RATE. THIRD, THE MUSICAL SCORE, HALF IN KOREAN AND HALF IN ENGLISH IS ENTRANCING AND TOUCHES YOUR SOUL. FOURTH IT IS LIKE THAT BOOK YOU CAN'T PUT DOWN AND WANT TO READ TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. EACH EPISODE ENDS WITH THE DESIRE TO CONTINUE TO THE NEXT. FIFTH, IF IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU CRY, YOU ARE NOT HUMAN.  AND LAST, DID I MENTION THERE MAY BE A MAGICAL BEING?  OKAY THERE MAY NOT BE A MAGICAL BEING, IT WAS PROBABLY A COMBINATION OF TOO MUCH SOJU AND HOSTESS TWINKEES. -YES THAT DELIGHTFUL SPONGE CAKE WITH A CREAMY FILLING YUM, YUM.

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     SORRY I HAVE TO PAY FOR MY EXPENSES SOMEHOW.

UNTIL NEXT TIME

STAY SAFE AND SANE.

THE BEGGAR'S APPRENTICE