06:29 BS 7.7
A Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day!
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Noticeably a wee bit better: no longer making teeny tiny wheezes, that’s what the odd higher toned note was, under my breath at rest that I didn’t notice while watching The Legends or Zhao Yao: as to stamina; it’s about 50 to 70 steps around the house right now which is one trip to kitchen & back to my bedroom!
🙄 Will continue on double puffs, 4 puffs on each inhaler, the brown & the blue!
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Now on my 4th round of Zhao Yoa: prefer the Chinese name because it’s SO much more fitting; the female lead protagonist’s name means ostentatious; BOY! isn’t she just!
😱 A MASSIVE hit in China: mixed reviews globally outside China; some westerners still don’t get this genre!

The episodes are actually very varied in length from 30 minutes to 40 without the credits: I DID think I was going through the episodes VERY fast!
I’m loving it but, even I, in italics, who grew up on a diet of this stuff find the switching back & forth in timelines, no sepia tones or any visual clues to help out here, is a bit confusing: that’s the general consensus globally; the ending wasn’t great either! I, in italics, got it as I grew up on this stuff: others found it confusing; not realising it was a happy ending! I actually think they should have ended it an episode earlier on a tragic ending!
Some are indeed saying just that!
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Because of that I wouldn’t recommend this drama unless you know this genre of historical fantasy kung fu, & definitely magic on this one, as you’ll be doing some serious head scratching! I’m not even going to explain the plot: not 100% straight on that myself; yet & hence the rewatches!
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I wonder how many rounds before I get the plot all straight in my head?

So, I actually preferred Arsenal Military Academy better! It’s just weird and interesting comparing the global & China’s consensus of these two dramas!

One is a massive hit in China & mixed reviews globally & the other isn’t a hit in China & a massive hit globally!
I really do recommend AMA as the production across the board was excellent: was China’s flagship drama for the PROC 70th anniversary; incredible, beautiful costumes of the Edwardian, or as I think of it The Titanic, era with a touch of Chinese styling in the Mandarin collars! The soundtrack is the best & most extensive as well: 4 of the 5 songs are sung by cast members which makes them more meaningful; a wide range of cultures reflected in the music from Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Japanese geisha, Spanish revolutionary guitar & American ragtime!
Incidentally ragtime was the precursor to the jazz of the 1920’s which sounds distinctly different from the jazz of the 1930’s & later: 1920’s jazz is about the trumpet specifically, the cornet; 1930’s & later jazz is about the saxophone! American Ragtime was a precursor to both types of jazz in the Edwardian era & features both the trumpet & the saxophone!
It’s just ironic that AMA wasn’t a hit in China & a massive hit globally outside for the wrong reasons: NOT for political and patriotic reasons that is forefront; but, for the comedy & incredible chemistry of the male & female leads!
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