I have such a soft spot for C-actress Yang Mi and it just makes me sad that she can’t seen to turn things around in terms of reviews and feedback on her acting in recent years. Her recently aired C-drama In the Name of the Brother (Harbin 1944) was a foray into the spy thriller genre with a strong leading man in Qin Hao and was a prime opportunity to notch a performance win for herself. Unfortunately the early reviews are back and it’s really bad. Her performance is being ripped for her dialogue (hard to understand unless reading subtitles), her looks (too skinny which makes her face look wrinkly), mockery for her team releasing news articles about how she brought in a dialogue and acting coach which is a bad look for her since she’s been in the industry for 20 years and shouldn’t need any coach and in fact should be a veteran helping coaching others. Another issue is that C-actress Wang Ou in The Disguiser is basically the same role and she was so amazing so in comparison Yang Mi looks even worse. With this drama airing, Wang Ou’s acting actually rocketed back up on the hot searches