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lazys-moved · 4 years

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slice of life

cherry duchanee –– teenage runaway, phone sex operator, aspiring camgirl ( lisa, she/her )

nae jiwoo –– fallen baseball prodigy, online presence with his sports webtoons ( yeonjun, he/him )

nana yang –– true crime podcaster with a lack of empathy due to a lack of experience ( soojin, she/her )

cash chu –– college dropout and full time caretaker of his kid sister ( sungchan, he/him )

levi hwang –– juvenile delinquent turned frat boy dropout working two jobs until he inevitably ruins his sobriety & probably someone’s night ( chanyeol, he/him )

finn hae mingi –– retail worker and aspiring fashion designer ( hanse, she/they )

bok hajoon –– former farm boy who left for the city with guilt and dancer dreams in tow ( yeosang, he/him )

jovi cha –– high school luminary left behind in hometown who turned to onlyfans as a spiteful means to prove his success ( doyoung, he/him )

arielle byun –– digital editor wasting away in her bedroom due to difficult maintenance of friendship and social misinterpretations ( lia, she/her )

tess han –– hawaiian beach bum conservation snorkel boy with perpetual broken heart syndrome ( san, he/him )

olan sasiprapa –– feline pastry chef at family run cat cafe with constant existential worry ( bright, he/him )

james ‘ jimbo ’ lee –– try - hard bitch baby who can’t take a hint ( yuchan, he/him )

anna songprawati –– full time flight attendant, part time clout chaser ( tu tontawan, she/her )

watchara chao –– failed med student with mounds of loans and nothing to show for it except a hidden drawer of lipstick stained cash ( pp krit, he/him )

kane shim –– serial monogamist with a victim complex ( yunho, he/him )

amani davis –– history professor with an odd interest in plagues. velvety timbre as though permanently between library walls, genuine adoration for topic, & wanting to make others feel that same way. ( lakeith, he/him )

cristian kang & quincy choi –– self - destructive couple by nature, passive aggression runs through veins & fuels every type of frustration. sometimes long relationships are just that: long. years spent together considered a way to pass time, both parties finding no easy way out, no matter the dramatics. trust hung by a thread at this point but grip of codependency held tight. (individual blurbs tbd) ( hyungwon & i.m )

beau youn –– classical training washed down the drain and chased with bitter pills of reality. hushed tones and no traceable path –– full control of outside perception. days planned down to the minute as though puppeteered by curtained authority. ( juyeon, he/him )

roxy seong –– classic case of neglected child syndrome, but catch a mouthful of silver rings if caught discussing such topics. people - pleasing arrogance stemmed in the possibility he could be worse. virtual friendlessness a result of distrust of himself & everyone around him, but victim complex stood strong. also he’s a chef ( wooyoung, he/they )

simon yu –– sensory issues misunderstood as rich - kid antics and brushed off as cavalier. dreams tucked away à la pandora, knocking, begging, pleading to be freed. time spent alone with no qualms but alienation sat heavy upon heart. ( seungwoo, he/him )

malakai kyun | anita cockatoo –– youth hidden away behind torn hoodies & fingertips stained with shades of soft pastel ; sense of self found in solitude, reflection recognizable for once. sticky remnants of double - sided tape marked the blurred line between expression and impersonation, but where is the partition ? ( seonghwa & chaeyoung, she/her )

in the spotlight

hwa myung –– popular online makeup artist with a penchant for karma ( taehyung, he/they )

sena mun –– tiktok influencer whose entire sense of self is formed by her followers ( jennie, she/her )

jin chani –– high fashion model with a fragile ego & a habit of self medicating ( xion, he/they )

holli tsutsumi –– heiress whose questionable acquisition of fame resulted in stunted growth and the know - how to play an everlasting role ( momo, she/her )

ashwin koomrampai –– recently acknowledged actor of his generation after years of dark horse attitude has found family in A - listers notorious for holes where hearts should be ( ten, he/him )

river feng –– idol walkout coasting on name recognition and pretty privilege ( xu jiaqi, she/her )

cao zhenya –– actor on the rise, easily starstruck & eager to please ( minghao, he/him )

KIKI | kian park –– former star for the mouse, male finished contract with decency and found the switch to a music career quite easily. bridging the gap was to be modeled after –– he was made for this. somehow everything goes right for him, though he attributes it to being in sync with earthly energies, perfectly unpretentious and fearless. ( jjk, he/him )

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ace | kitt kaewburesai –– luxurious offspring of narcissism and intrusive thoughts, decorated in matte black ornaments and topped with glossy lips. guided by clear mental hierarchy and insatiable desire. quintessence of immodesty and the act of getting off on that knowledge alone. ( gulf kanawut, he/him )

jack | jang jaehwa –– virtually unrecognizable by design, anonymity incarnate with a trail of ash in his wake. former vicious nature diluted & concealed, mask far more impenetrable than self - imposed veil of years past. mystery shrouded in icy, yet enviable energy ; arrogance ultimately found in belief of ex - prey never catching up. ( hyunjun, he/they )

queen | aaliyah cha –– vitality leaks from tear ducts, courage the only weapon available against forces disagreeable. sunbathing in the warm, jaded glow of adoration without a care. abrasive etiquette off - putting as first impression but loyalty unmatched. ( karina, she/her )

king | adrian he –– unresolved traumas wrapped up tight with a bow and crowned in eroticism. someone under stress meets someone looking pretty. desire lights candle beneath self - imposed iron boots, a spark to outrun the void that always seemed to be at his heels. ( xukun, he/him )

supernatural & canon

ryeo aeja –– [ mumbles ] year old vampire who prides herself on restraint and human - like trust, but has a ravenous darkness waiting to be freed ( jisoo, she/her )

berri darmadi –– reluctant witch no longer able to push away powers ( brianne tju, she/her )

jake long –– mack daddy dragon of the nyc ( lucas, he/him )

marshall lee –– not so bad ? he’s the son of a demon and the vampire king. it’s not something he has to try at. ( san, he/him )

bonnie gwan –– runs family - owned candy shoppe like it’s her entire personality. too smart for her own good & fails to see how she could go wrong. aka pwincess bubblegum ( onda, she/her )

#updated 17 mar

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agentnico · 3 years

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The Harder They Fall (2021) Review

Are we some kinda cowboy squad!??

Plot: When an outlaw discovers his enemy is being released from prison, he reunites his gang to seek revenge.

It’s no secret that the western genre has always been overpopulated by characters (and actors that played them) of white skin colour. That was understandable since at that time and setting in America racism was still very much prominent, so people of darker skin colour were unfortunately pushed away into the shadows, resented and looked down upon. However in comes The Harder They Fall, a revisionist western featuring a entire principal cast that are all Black. The movie too makes an effort to underline that though it is a work of fiction, all these characters did indeed exist at some point in the 19th century American West. The fictional element comes in the fact that these cowboys, lawmen and outlaws most likely never met each other in their lives and this story narrative never occurred. But this movie in turn takes these characters and puts them all into this one tale of woe so as to give an opportunity for actors of darker skin colour to play around in a genre they usually would never be able to be in, unless they are Jamie Foxx who walks around town guns a’ blazin’ saying “the D is silent!”. Straight up what I liked was that this movie never makes a big deal about its revisionist nature. Minus one tiny segment featuring a literal white town, the movie plays out like a typical western revenge story, a no brainer there cause let’s be honest, every western movie is about some sort of revenge. People loved to revenge back then. It was basically a nationwide hobby! So its a story of revenge, and the movie plays out as such, and it doesn’t try to go above and beyond of making a racial or political commentary. It’s simply that the cast just happens to be of colour, and I liked that. We currently live in a world where every single piece of medium must have some kind of political agenda behind it, but in the case of The Harder They Fall, it’s simply a bunch of talented actors who wanted to play some cowboys.

The Tarantino influence is fairly evident in this picture. There's a lot of stylized violence and the soundtrack is updated for a modern day hip-hop, reggae experience, which, don’t get me wrong, that soundtrack is ace and especially the Jeymes Samuel remix of “Here I Come” was absolutely the type of badassery you’d want to hear from a western. However in wanting to be too much like Tarantino the movie inadvertently falls a little short, as the script is nowhere as powerful nor memorable as a Tarantino script, nor is the visual palette as striking as that of Django Unchained or The Hateful Eight. Also, the movie tries to paint every single character in it as a badass. Every character needs to go about and say some kind of monologue that shows of their badass qualities, and then that is followed by them being a badass left and right, and look, I like seeing me some badasses being badass, but this was just too much badass in one! It’s always more interesting to watch characters with various layers, and as such you need more powerful characters and then more weaker ones to balance things out. But nope, each character in this movie acts super cool and edgy, and I guess it does underline the more fictional fantastical nature of the movie, but as such it makes for all the characters to be very one-dimensional. Basically the movie very much relies upon you actually liking the actors that are playing the characters, as any real personality comes off from them, not from the hollow written characters. Luckily though, the cast are all very game, with it being hard to pick a true stand out from the likes of Idris Elba, Regina King and LaKeith Stanfield just to name a few. I’d say I also very much enjoyed Jonathan Majors’ charm and charisma in the leading role, however I must say he does murmur his lines way too much that me and my fiancée had to put on subtitles so as to understand what he was saying. That’s no offence to the actor, and probably more due to our weak weak ear sockets!

All in all The Harder They Fall is a very fun western that has good music, an energetic cast and simply exists to please its audience. Nothing more, nothing less.

Overall score: 6/10

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