At first glance, this drama is a political version of those high school handsome boys and pretty girls bloody thriller dramas (13 Reasons, Elite Colleges and even Gossip Girls), but the more you see it, the clearer that every bloody plot in the plot symbolizes and satirizes With contemporary politics, the drama is indeed as its name suggests. Despite this, I still have to feel that some of the plots are a bit too bloody, and if the show goes on like this, is it possible to run for a freshman president in the second season, an undergraduate president in the third season, run for re-election in the fourth season, and so on? Then every season, for this unimportant campaign, do a bunch of bloody stories to "sarcastic politicians"... It wasn't until the last episode that everything suddenly became clear.
All the characters and events in the first season set the context for what happens in the real campaign that follows, because high school experience is really the beginning of a career, especially for politicians. For example, the campaign manager of Pete Buttigieg, the youngest presidential candidate in the history of the United States at this moment, is his high school classmate; another example is the "indiscretions" of the new US Justice Kavanagh's high school career, which has become the focus of public opinion.
Therefore, episodes 1-7 of the first season can be regarded as a prequel to the main drama, explaining the background and experience of the male protagonist and his team. In the future political road, this experience will become their "skeleton in the closet", That is, the so-called "black history" has been repeatedly attacked and mentioned. And the most mysterious thing about this approach is that, whether in real political elections or previous political dramas, in the face of "black history", we can only see Rashomon who are smeared by competitors and whitewashed by the parties involved. But it is possible to see how the two sides tell these stories in favor of their own after knowing the real history.
The rating of the show in my heart fluctuated repeatedly as the episode progressed, from the expected high score slowly declining, to realizing that the political metaphor was slowly rising, and then to the fact that the female opponent (Princess A) ran away because of the bloody plot. Continuing to drop until the last 7th episode redeemed with the male lead, and the last 8th episode has a renewed excitement, and amazed at the lines the writers buried, I can't wait to watch the second season. Of course, the season itself is not perfect, there are many characters and plots that are not clear what they are useful for (such as Princess A running away and the boyfriend of the fake sick girl, etc.), but in the face of the unknown future, I am willing to give it a hard time Strongly recommended.
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