There are many levels and nuances to “bad”, which is why its such a great adjective with contextual flourish. Recently wrapped MBC Wed-Thurs drama Oh My Ladylord (Oh! Master) has now garnered widespread feedback as a terrible, no good, baaaaaad drama. But what kind of bad is it is what I, a non-viewer, am curious to know. So bad it’s good because one can’t stop watching? So bad it must be shoved off a cliff into a burning inferno below so no one can accidentally watch it? So bad but worth watching for the analysis of how bad it is like a clinical case study? Or simply bad, and nothing more to add to it because it sucked so much it can’t even be more than blandly bad. This is officially MBC’s lowest rated prime time drama ever, and leads Lee Min Ki, Nana, and Kang Min Hyuk did no one any favors by reportedly having no chemistry and also getting annoying characters to play. The script was tired and cliched but we’ve all been there before and watched because of the leads keeping our attention and here there wasn’t even that. Those who watched the whole drama, please share so others can understand your suffering.
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