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Monday, June 29, 2009

敗犬女王 Queen of No Marriages

The Strawberry and the Turtle

Formerly known as "My Queen", this drama is another of Taiwan's better production with good cast and better directing. For those of you who think that this might be another version of Fated To Love You , you are wrong . Well. Sort of.

This drama has about 40 percent of the same cast as the Fated to Love You drama. Same lead, same mother, same colleagues etc. But this drama is more similar to the korean drama My Lovely Samsoon. Mid 30's woman in want of love, found herself suddenly pursued by a younger man. Ahem! I thought. How true, how true...... These things happen. What i like about this drama is Ethan Ruan and Cheryl Yang. Oh! They are so so good. For a moment there, my daughter and I thought that we were watching a Korean drama. So intense...

The Gist.

Shan Wu Shuang is 32 going on 33 very quickly. A success at work, a sorta failure when it comes to matters of the heart. After being left standing alone on the day of her wedding announcement 6 years ago, she buried herself with work, work and more work.

A chance meeting with Lu Ka Si (heh heh....actually Lucas pronounced in Hanyu Pinyin) changed her life forever. The 25-year old Med School dropout is searching for the meaning of life, to atone for something that was actually not his fault. You see, he was trying to find peace after his girlfriend drowned during a surfing accident, and he's having a hard time forgetting her and forgiving himself.

A meeting here, a bump there, badabing badabung, and they found themselves attracted to each other. Lucas, the Strawberry realised that underneath the thick shell of Wu Shuang, the turtle, she's actually quite vulnerable and nice.

One problem: The turtle is still in love with the Polar Bear (Wen Sheng Hao) who ditched her 6 years ago. And She thinks the Strawberry is just too young for her - 8 years! I mean , come on!

The Polar Bear and the Turtle

Like any good Korean Taiwan Drama , the love triangle dominates 2/3 of the drama. Umm...no one died, thought, which is good. Good cast, good looking other guy (Wen Sheng Hao), and just nice feel to the drama.

I give this drama 4 popcorns coz I still prefer Fated to Love You.

Watch it!

Official Website