Ley Luang (2021)

What a battle that was! #TeamWork

If you’re looking for a cute, romance as the main storyline, then this drama is not for you. However, the main plot of the drama is very good and anticipating because it’s a battle between Venus, a cunning, evil woman who is an angel to the whole world, but inside, a devil vs. her victims, Ai, Pornparn, and Kwan #GirlPowerBaby!! who tries everything possible to unmask the real side of the villain.

Venus as a life coach does a great job manipulating the world for her own benefits. With her cunning games and mind, she was even able to manipulate, betray and use the ones closest to her (actually cares and loves her). Therefore, I found the whole teamwork of those 3 ladies who are her victims, just trying to find evidence to expose and take down Venus to be so satisfying! Every single episode, I was just waiting and waiting, but honestly, it did take a whole 12 episodes to finally bring this evil woman down, but it was so worth it! (Except for the last scene, ugh I don’t know why it was there) For some characters like Fin and Non, I wish they had a better ending, but everyone has to pay their karma right!

Ley Luang did lack my typical cup of tea genre “romance.” Although there is a cute romance plot of our main couple, Ai and Chawin AKA the most perfect boyfriend/husband in the world, I still did not find good chemistry between them. I mean the story was cute or whatever, but the chemistry felt bland and boring. I mean, the main plot was not about them or their love story, so I guess it’s understandable.

Overall it’s a great watch, solid plot. Did not feel so draggy or boring (although it’s 12 episodes, 1.5 hour long). Music and OST were decent. I liked everyone’s acting. Especially Cheer! Like I hated her character in the entire show and could not wait to see her go down! Lol that’s how you know an actor or actress did their job perfectly.

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About

“Irada”, an online seller who was successful from her own effort, only one thing that fell her was her boyfriend “Fin” who dreamed to be a superstar but had never been successful. Until one day, Irada’s product was sued by a businessman named “Chawin”. She admitted it willingly, made Chawin impressed and withdrew the case, they became friend since then. Irada trusted “Jennaree”, the owner of ‘North Star Life Coach’ as her idol, without knowing that Jennaree used this career as a way to make people believe and make her own profit. She took Fin there to be coached the trick for fulfilling his dream but Fin instead secretly had a relationship with Jennaree, using her connection to be a star. Irada was coached to invest in supplement food business with Jennaree’s followers “Chernkwan”, “Nont” and “Porn”, while she did not know that the components inside were under standard. Irada later found out that Fin and Jennaree had a secret relationship, she was heart-broken and slapped on Jennaree’s face. Someone took the video and posted on social, many people blamed Irada and this effected to her business including supplement food that caused a people to death. Jennaree left all responsibilities to Nont while Irada was very angry at Jennaree and Fin. She decided to cooperate with Chawin and Nont to disclose Jennaree’s conspiracy until finally made her in jail. Irada and Chawin later became couple, they both supported each other businesses and lived happily together.

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The story is great. The acting is exceptional. Most, if not all, the characters were solid. They all had their own compelling story arcs that makes you care about what happens to them. Not like in other stories where support characters are either just there or annoying as all hell.

There are two things that I really liked about the story.

Better Female Representation

Finally, we're getting female characters who are RATIONAL, strong, walks away from people who betray/disrespect them and who fight to get back up on their feet when they fall. Watching these women, regardless of socioeconomic status, band together to fight back after what was done to them was so satisfying. Pooklook, Ann S and Organ are the dream team I never imagined together, but they work magnificently lol.

Antagonist

Damn. This lady was like a brilliant chess master with 9 lives. She honestly was quite impressive. Deplorable but impressive lol. Every time people thought they had her, she reversed UNO their asses. This is my first Cheer drama. I honestly thought she was just some beauty pageant person and really had no expectations for her acting. Jesus christ, she owned her role.


I can't believe I slept on this. Thank you to the people who recommended this on the other dramas. Y'all doing god's work.

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The (only) good thing in drama called 'Glass Mask' ('Nakark Kaew') was watching Bright Norraphat. I was kinda looking forward his next lakorn, if I could, I would pair him again with Maprang Alrisa (rather than the decade older Cheer). As for the main couple, I like Jes Jespipat, but Pooklook Fonthip? Not so much, lol.

First, Pooklook & Bright's characters are together. Their only problem seems to be... money. Now, the main girl seems to be smart enough to suspect a shady looking investment scheme might not work for her boyfriend. But apparently not smart enough to suspect a "life coach" filling people's ear with beautiful words about how anyone can become rich. It's a groomed woman in her thirties, calling herself 'Venus'. Of course because everyone's thai, nobody is really capable to actually call her that, all they are able to pronounce is 'Vinat'. Therefore, I'll call her Vinat, too. Anyways, the foolish main girl in search for help actually helps HER to a get promo for free.

I gotta say after watching it for a bit, I sincerely wished the girl listened to her mother's advice and went back to her parent's house in the country. Why pay expensive city rent she cannot afford when she can live in clean air area for free? She was lucky she had those parents. But no, she'll better cry on this "net celebrity"'s shoulder on her live stream. Therefore, I didn't feel much compassion for her tears. Also it looked like romance would not be prominent in this story. Unless they have a steamy lesbian romance in store between her and this Vinat, lol. She's the classic crook who hears a person saying she's got no money and replies to her by asking money from her, lol. Poor girl is to pay 50 thousand baht for an advice course by her, yeah might seem blatant absurd but sadly, on foolish and desperate people, this method works. They're really capable to sell their liver to nearest loan shark if someone PROMISES to solve their money problems FOREVER. While I do understand this, I didn't wish to watch a lakorn about it. When will Jes Jespipat appear? Shall he save this thing?

Right on cue, he really appears. First it looks like he might save the foolish nang'ek from the crook in the last minute. My, I would really appreciate that, the whole lakorn could go different direction, but then Cheer Thikumporn would not be listed here as main role. So, the girl acts like c*w, doesn't listen to him and preaches to him her theories, instead. While she could just listen and look into beautiful eyes of Jes Jespipat. Foolish girl! I would sure listened to him piously, lol. This way, he soon receives a phone call and just leaves.

Nang'ek then gets what she asked for. Even the boyfriend supports her decision to throw her/their last money away. He even no longer wants her to invest in his ponzi scheme. No, he attends the "course" with her and therefore meets Cheer's character. He's also extatic and believing they're on the path to gold. There's a funny scene with a hall filled with foolish people chanting "we are smart". Well, she could not possibly let them chant the truth, lol. Bright Norraphat's boyfriend watches the lecture in awe and then even starts flirting with the 10 years older woman. She starts brainwashing him, apparently having fun as a bonus. He goes shirtless right in 1st episode. I gotta say I almost started cheering for... Cheer, lol. So sleazy. And funny how she wraps any male around her finger, decade younger or decade older (there's that shady "assistant" of hers).

Meanwhile, Pooklook's silly nang'ek runs into Jes Jespipat's character for the second time and third time... I would say she didn't deserve to meet the guy again, but she IS this lucky. It's soon revealed he's the only character who is neither naive nor a crook in this lakorn, but she's not to notice as she's too busy smiling like a fool and believing anything Vinat says. Her boyfriend acts like he was born yesterday too, but his admiration for Vinat rather makes nang'ek jealous.

Then another element is introduced which is pra'ek's mother. She's apparently a psycho carrying a gun... I'm afraid the lakorn reached the limit of over-corny elements in it, I'll rather move on to next show with Jes Jespipat.

There was simply nothing I really wished to watch in this show. I didn't enjoy Bright with Cheer (there's a sex scene right in episode 2). Jes was too good for the female characters he was surrounded by. The money theme also vexed me. Nang'ek cried for her "huge money problems" in public. She had a car. Her parents had a house. She had savings. Her dad had savings. She had small bussiness. It was small but it was working. First, she sells her car to attend a corny motivation course, then she's about to blow her savings/her dad's life savings? She wasn't lacking money, she was lacking brains. Too irritating to watch...

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