Cutie Pie

[mellowtigger]

For several months, I haven't had the spare brainpower to read a book, deep dive into topics that interest me, or even do as much gaming as I normally would. I have, however, been able to sit like a mushroom in front of the television.

I wanted to give an honorable mention to a Viki BL series that I stopped watching several times during the first episode because I found it so distasteful. I just couldn't stomach the strict social power structures on display. I finally decided that I was here for the cultural experience, even the unpleasant bits, so I continued watching anyway. This series really turned around very effectively. The whole point of the series was for the characters to put an end to those masks that they wore, to set new rules for engagement. Literal engagement. The two main characters (both male) were engaged to each other in childhood (sort of like an arranged marriage), and during this series they learn to break free and set their own rules for when/why/how/who to marry.

After I got past episode 1, I actually liked the show. The acting in "Cutie Pie" was very good, overall. It had hints of cartoonish sound effects and only mild wrong-interpretation-leading-to-wrong-action plot twists. It had plenty of comic book camera shots, but the story was solid. Oh, and another thing. It had...

So. Much. Kissing.

No exaggeration, this one drama may have had more seconds of genuine kissing than all of the other BL dramas I've watched, combined. The Viki app kept reminding me that this drama is "Rated R". It's so incredibly tame by USA standards, but these meaningful and passionate kisses are still threatening to some in Thailand, I guess. Things like that always remind of this old t-shirt that I got back in the 1980s, with 4 photos of gay or lesbian couples and the caption:

"Every kiss is a revolution."