No Perfect Ending: Recent Episodes
Bebe and Janet
Bebe and Janet live on opposite coasts and have a shared interest in Korean dramas, big-city living, building corporate careers as Asian women in the workforce, and plenty more. Tune in to hear us chat about our drama obsessions, our career advice, living on the coasts and much more! For inquiries or requests for future topics, please send us a note at bebeandjanet@gmail.com
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In this episode, Bebe and Janet go through a few recent movies and TV series that they've picked up. We talk about what we love about HBO Max's Emma, why the acting in Tenet felt off, logic fails in Nolan and Marvel movies, and Wandavision. We also discuss why Song Jong Ki alone wasn't enough to redeem Vincenzo with all of its comedic and execution fails.
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We've long known the importance of skincare and have over the years perfected our routines and found the products that work for our skin types. Today we wanted to share our recommendations with others. Hope you enjoy!
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We have a packed and varied agenda this week! We start by covering our initial impressions of the buzzy Clubhouse audio listening app, including what we think works well vs what doesn't. We then review the full To All The Boys trilogy, including the evolution of the actors and maturity in the final installment Always and Forever. Janet finished Mr. Queen and felt pretty supreme disappointment that this is what she spent 20 hours waiting for. And finally we give our unfiltered, honest thoughts on the Chris Harrison interview that sparked an outcry in Bachelor Nation, as well as the larger and harder to solve issues it shone light upon in our corporate society.
This is also the first episode we're releasing under our new podcast name, No Perfect Ending. We hope you like the title as much as we do; endings are the most critical part of any fictional story for us (see our episode on Best/Worst endings), and it felt fitting for our discussions. Enjoy the discussion this episode, and as always please feel free to share your thoughts/reactions via our contact info below.
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In this episode Bebe and Janet discuss their reactions to recent Netflix hits including Night Stalker and Bling Empire. They discuss the unfortunate turn True Beauty took in episode 10, and how the gender-bending rom-com Mr. Queen is a surprisingly satisfying watch.
Shows discussed:
- Night Stalker
- True Beauty
- Bling Empire
- Mr. Queen
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In this episode, Bebe and Janet give an update on our favorite Kdrama of the moment, True Beauty, touching on why we like it so much better at the halfway point versus when it started. We share our favorite scenes from this drama and why we love Cha Eun Woo so much. We also touch on other things we've been watching, including Dream Home Makeover season 2 and everything Janet has learned from 50+ hours of binging Titanic history and sinking videos (it gets a little morbid, but we think some of the learnings are fascinating).
Topics discussed:
- True Beauty (review through Episode 8)
- Our updated thoughts on True Beauty's heroine and second leads
- Dream Home Makeover Season 2
- Titanic real time CGI sinking video (on YouTube)
- Captain Lightoller testimonial of the Titanic (on YouTube)
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Bebe and Janet started watching True Beauty a few weeks ago, and in this episode give our initial thoughts through the first 4 episodes. We also discuss some of our favorite Korean drama romantic comedies, the parallels between Jane Austen romances and Kdramas, and some cheesy / annoying tropes we wish would forever be abolished.
Topics:
- True Beauty
- Cha Eun Woo
- My ID is Gangnam Beauty (comparing the female lead in this vs. True Beauty)
- Jealousy Incarnate (Don't Dare to Dream)
- Love Alarm
- The Jane Austen similarities / Darcy archetype in Kdramas
- What's Wrong with Secretary Kim
- Park Min Young - too pretty to relate to?
- Yoo Inna and why we both love her
- Queen In Hyun's Man
- Shin Se Kyung (not our favorite)
- The 4 men to 1 woman ratio common in Kdrama romances
- You're Beautiful
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Admittedly 2020 hasn't been our favorite year in terms of entertainment selection (we found most offerings to be passable but not spectacular). That said, Bebe and Janet talk through what we fully enjoyed, what we partly enjoyed, and what we actually didn't enjoy very much. Send us a note if you want to share your recommendations as well!
Items discussed:
- Snacks Daily
- Dear Shandy
- The Jungle Prince
- The House of Earth and Blood
- Overdrive app
- Flower of Evil
- Kingmaker: The Change of Destiny
- Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung
- It's Okay to Not be Okay
- AliExpress
- What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (and Park Min Young's style)
- Her Private Life
- The Great
- Little Fires Everywhere
- Everything I Never Told You
- The Flight Attendant
- The Crown (why only Season 3 on is worth the time)
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In today's episode we wanted to touch on some of the ways we've been managing around the stresses that have come with COVID, from the constant pressure to achieve more and work more in a WFH environment to the excessive number of Zoom and other video calls that have tried (unsuccessfully) to fill the void of physical interactions in work and personal settings. We talk about the problems with meeting culture generally in companies, and also Bebe shares some of the podcasts she's discovered and loved listening to in this time.
We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Thinking about subscribing to one of the many new streaming services? We're going through and sharing our honest experiences and opinions on all the major platforms. We'll be discussing our thoughts on each one's hit shows along the way, and also giving some real talk on why influencer marketing need to be regulated, what we thought of Mulan and its controversial non-diverse production team, and how we warmed up to Crazy Rich Asians despite its cringe factor.
Platforms & shows discussed:
- Netflix
- Amazon Prime Video
- Hulu
- Feeling advertising fatigue
- What we think of influencers / the problems with influencer marketing
- YouTube
- Disney Plus
- The issues finding good kids content
- HBO Max
- Mulan
- Crazy Rich Asians
- Us
- Apple TV+
- The Morning Show
- Greyhound
- On the Rocks
- Viki Rakuten
- Tencent Video
- Our thoughts on dubbing in Chinese dramas Meteor Garden (2018) and our issues with the bad castings for the female lead through time
- Boys Over Flowers
- Peacock (we can't figure out how to use)
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We know the Korean drama Start-Up has sparked one of the most fervent debates ever on which leading man deserves the leading lady, with a seeming majority online supporting Han Ji Pyeong over Nam Do San. Janet is one of these supporters, so in this episode she and Bebe will assess why the second-lead #HJP ship gained so much momentum in Start-Up and what scenarios commonly result in Second Lead Syndrome across dramas broadly (aka when we wind up pining for the second lead over the main lead). We'll talk about previous dramas where we've suffered this, as well as instances where this has happened with female leading actresses. We also delve into what makes for a compelling actor and which Korean actresses we find overrated / inherently bad at their craft.
See below for the list of shows and actors/actresses mentioned (note some spoilers):
- Start-Up (Nam Joo Hyuk, Kim Seon Ho)
- Boys Over Flowers / Meteor Garden
- She Was Pretty (Choi Si Won)
- Go Back Spouses / Go Back Couple (Son Ho Jun, Jang Ki Yong)
- Answer Me 1988 (Park Bo Gum) Dream High (Kim Soo Hyun, Taecyeon)
- Song Hye Kyo / Song Joong Ki
- My First First Love (Ji Soo and the bad English dubbing)
- Angry Mom (Kim Hee Sun who never ages, Ji Soo again)
- Page Turner (Ji Soo yet again, Shin Jae Ha) Diary of a Night Watchman (Seo Ye Ji)
- Cheese in the Trap (Lee Sung Kyung, Kim Go Eun)
- Cunning Single Lady (Seo Kang Joon)
- Was It Love (Song Ji Hyo and her overacting)
- The Gentlemen (Matthew McConaughey)
- Christian Bale (his unnatural dedication to his craft)
- Bae Suzy (how she's improved after 10 mediocre acting years)
- Park Shin Hye (her typecasting as the mopey sad girl)
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Bebe and Janet have watched several of the new releases on Netflix, and wanted to share our opinions on what worked or didn't work in each one. We discuss the portrayal of addiction and what we liked/didn't like about Beth Harmon from The Queen's Gambit, we then discuss the costs and aspirational designer portrayals of home makeovers in Dream Home Makeover. We talk about why we despise Emily in Paris and why we like both Barbarians and the Korean drama Start-Up.
- The Queen's Gambit
- Dream Home Makeover
- Barbarians
- Emily in Paris
- Start-Up
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As careerwomen now in their 30s, Bebe and Janet have plenty to share on missteps taken and general life recommendations for those in their 20s (or really any stage of transition). We go through learnings and tips for balancing social lives, financial health, key career learnings and the importance of family / our view on having a significant other in your life.
We hope you find this episode helpful, and will be following up with deeper dives across each of these topics so subscribe if you find this interesting!
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What makes a good drama ending and what are the common pitfalls seen that result in a bad ending? The ending is the most important part to any TV show or movie, and in this episode Bebe and Janet will discuss some of the best and worst endings we've seen across Asian dramas, US TV shows and movies. We cover the main types of bad endings and what has to happen for an ending to feel satisfying.
Shows discussed (note some spoilers):
- The King Eternal Monarch
- Game of Thrones
- The Heiress
- Memories of the Alhambra
- Yong Pal
- In Time With You
- A Walk to Remember
- Meteor Garden
- Hana Yori Dango
- Was It Love
- It Started With a Kiss
- I'm Sorry I Love You
- Money Heist
- The Princess's Man
- Parasite
- Train to Busan
- Me Too, Flower
- Touch Your Heart
- Gilmore Girls
- Queen of the South
- When a Man Loves
- Hi Bye Mama
- Succession
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Bebe and Janet have both spent years living and working in the Bay Area and NYC (specifically Manhattan though we also touch on the surrounding boroughs), and wanted to share our unfiltered account of what life is like on the coasts. We also share our expectations for how the areas will be impacted by and how they may develop post-COVID.
We give rent price estimates, thoughts on the homelessness situation in both metropolitans, as well as honest views on the trade-offs and benefits to living day-to-day in each area. We also unveil the myths vs realities of both. So if you're thinking of a move or currently live in these places, listen and let us know of what you think! Feel free to send thoughts to bebeandjanet@gmail.com.
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Korean dramas are definitely a side hustle of ours, so for our inaugural episode we wanted to share our combined Top 10 Kdramas list, whether you're a Kdrama vet or new to the category thanks to Netflix. We also share our criteria for our favorite dramas and discuss the issues of sexism as depicted by dramas, as well as our qualms with the damsel-in-distress model commonly seen.
All shows discussed (order of discussion, not just the Top 10):
- The Best Hit
- Touch Your Heart
- It's Okay to Not Be Okay
- Goblin
- The Princess' Man
- My Love from the Star
- Kingdom
- Train to Busan
- Coffee Prince
- Prosecutor Princess
- Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo
- The Bride of the Water God
- Was It Love
- Queen of Reversals
- Jewel in the Palace (Dae Jang Geum)
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