#LUCKY FILM

[asiaphotostudio]

Nanning, 1995 Nanning, Guangxi, China. 中国 広西 南寧市 西郷塘区 Photography by Michitaka Kurata

[charmac]

Looks like David Hornsby is back as Cricket for Season 17!

[fluffylord]

This is the sexiest thing I've ever seen.

[ryanmoody]

Ghostbusters Fan Art by Dave Alvarez Studios

[copia]

PAPA IV and the SKELETONS in Rite Here Rite Now

[cracklewink]

some sketches of my guy

[okartichoke]

"...I'll eat my cravat. (with a butter knife)" Starring Miles Edgeworth as Miles Edgeworth

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper - Daisy Town (1971)

[y-unrei]

사랑의⠀선언⠀lucky⠀ lucky 수영, ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ charms ͏♡ ͏ charms

[secretceremonies]

MAY (2002) dir. LUCKY MCKEE

[adventurelandia]

The Fox Chase (1928)

[filmreveries]

May (2002) dir. Lucky McKee

[blossoms-phan]

thinking about this photo

[sophsun1]

y'all are out here getting more and more convinced in a reunion after oliver's latest interview, and i'm over here not believing a damn word anyone says until i see (1) thomas kinard back on my screen with my own two eyes. whilst also waiting for all hope to be blown to smithereens in 8.08 :)

[charmac]

Chris Perfetti, who plays Jacob on Abbott Elementary, just revealed to TVinsider that the Sunny-half of the crossover is going to be what happens “off camera” during the Abbott episode…!!

[maybe-boys-do-love]

Was thinking today about Cherry Magic Thailand, and all respect to the writing (which deftly navigated the challenging task of adapting a full-on classic) and the rest of the cast and crew, but has any QL series' success hinged so much on a single actor going above and beyond in a performance as Cherry Magic Thailand does on Tay Tawan's portrayal of Karan???

That character could have fallen so detrimentally flat. He is perfection personified. Even after Achi discovers his so-called 'imperfections' (which are just that he sings bad and is crushing extra hard on Achi), the writing doesn't ever let Karan come off his pedestal. He remains put together, impossibly patient, and admirably righteous. His stress in life is that people don't respect his hard work because he's so beautiful! This character, in theory, should not really strike an audience as likeable. The writers could have used the one facet of his family-drama that emerges in the penultimate episode to build a deeper character in the writing, but elect not to even hint at it any earlier in the series.

So much heavy lifting is left to Tay, and the performance is a wonder to behold. Tay Tawan is certainly attractive in the way Karan is supposed to be attractive--fit, tall, handsome--but Tay's face and earnest dorky demeanor are unique in a way that seem far too rare in the influencer era. The breadth of his nose, the goofy joy in his smile, the clownish clumsiness, the nerdiness of his interests (the GMMTV actor most likely to be reposting a popular science article or rare animal sighting): Tay brings all of these elements of himself to bear on the poised idol of Karan, playing all the parts of the romantic hero while letting his own characteristics distill onto it so that the character actually contains valuable tension for the audience between his faultlessness and the slow reveal of his sincerity. That dynamic lies at the core of the show, and it's a less explored one in media, so all the more challenging to do.

But Tay understands the assignment. He goes full-in when Achi hears Karan's inner voice, squealing and talking manically fast (a real-life Tay Tawanism as well as a wonderful connection to Japanese performance styles). Once the characters begin their romance, so much effort is put in to have Karan looking at Achi, not just with love, but with the deepest gratitude. That's what most often had me crying. In fact, it often looked like Karan was on the verge of happy tears, overwhelmed by the fortune to love and be allowed to love Achi.

Being able to appreciate Karan's sincerity opens up an avenue for the audience to care about his challenges that on the surface seem so superficial. Tay is able to take this character's struggle to be taken seriously and make it as worthy and pitiable as any narrative about women in the workplace struggling with that issue, and that's not an easy feat in this day and age. Whether in Karan's affections or disappointments, Tay exhibits such humility and unabashedness in his performance throughout the series, it renders the otherwise familiar messages about the value of the small unappreciated things in the world as enchanted and life-changing.

And incredibly amongst all this, the series REQUIRES by its very title for Karan to have a sex drive, and even that desire threads through Tay's portrayal of the character as he interacts with Achi, maintaining an incredible balance between a fun and dorky excitement about sex and a potent sensuality (it's such a great sex scene when it finally comes).

Tay took a paragon and made him such a fully fleshed-out and realized character. I just can't imagine the series working without such a masterfully crafted performance. The whole cast did great work, don't get me wrong. Tay's is just one of those magical reminders about what the art of acting can achieve.