Taiwanese
Drama
My Queen (2009)
Grade:
C
34 Episodes
Thirty-two year old single lady Shan Wu
Shuang is a driven reporter for a local magazine, focused on
forgetting her failed relationship six years in her past. Troubled
25-year-old Lucas enters the scene and is hired on as her assistant,
unable to move on from his past love as well. What happens when the
two start to develop feelings for each other? Will they be able to
overcome the obstacles that relate to their eight year age difference
or simply go their separate ways?
*This
was an interesting break from the Kdramas. While it followed a
typical romantic-comedy formula, the pacing was different because it
has twice as many episodes as the average Kdrama. There were a lot of
funny, goofy moments in the first few episodes, but by the end it
became very serious and dramatic, and it wasn't as clean as most
Kdramas. The guy who plays Lucas is very handsome and charming, and
while Wu Shuang's character also has her charms, the end message of
being happy whether or not you're married didn't quite hit the mark
for me. Of course we should be happy regardless of where we are in
life, but it bothered me when Wu Shuang decides to delay marriage
simply because it doesn't matter to her anymore. Marriage is more
important than that. So overall, not a bad show, but I probably won't
watch it again. Plus they talked too fast!*
