You Make Me Dance (2021)

Made my heart dance

What an utter joy this one was to watch.
Breathtaking visuals and lovely music underscore and enhance this beautiful, incredibly well-acted story. The writing is excellent, from the realistic and oftentimes genuinely hilarious dialogue, to the cleverly-utilised symbolism. The "red thread of fate" theme is woven into the story seamlessly and effectively and even made me tear up over a simple pinkie promise.
I also didn't think I'd ever feel particularly emotional about hard-boiled eggs, but here we are.
This is a deeply charming story about two people who utterly and completely fail to be normal about anything ever (in the best way possible, I promise) and still manage to find and hold onto each other in spite of every obstacle in their path.

If you're looking for a quick and easy watch with solid writing and gorgeous visuals, about two people and a love that all feel deeply real, then I cannot recommend this show more highly.

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Short and sweet

It always amazes me how a pretty good story, nicely acted, can make sense and be fitted into only 8 ,14-min episodes.
I loved the characters of Shi-on and Hong-seok, nicely portrayed as: kind of wide-eyed and bubbly with a charming child-like innocence by Chu Young-woo for the former; and more sedate and deep by the very attractive Won Hyung-hoon for the latter.
Their interactions and chemistry were good, but the couple of more intense kiss scenes did not feel like they were entirely comfortable, so came off a little stiff.
A very nice and entertaining watch that also managed to grab at and pull my heart strings as well with tge more emotional side of the story. Definitely worth watching.
Maybe one day S.Korea will brave its 'only conservative when it's not K-pop' section of the viewing public and give us a full length BL drama. They're more than up to it.

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I feel that is a great drama for the LGBTQ community in South Korea. I am heterosexual but I do believe that love is love and one should be able to love who they want to love. I'm an activist/organizer in the United States and am against discrimination and racism in all human life, whether it be gender, race, and ethnicity. I will put my boots on the ground in protecting Human Rights.

The two main leads were awesome and I must say very handsome. I applaud the two main leads for their bravery because I feel that the storyline was rushed and I don't know if it was because it was a short story or because of the homophobia in South Korea. I stand in solidarity with those who want to make a change in South Korea! Legislation needs to change for same-sex marriages and those who want to join the South Korean military. No one who joins should be bullied for their beliefs.

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Korean BL's get a little spicy!

This will be super quick! As most of what I want to say has already been said. There is great chemistry between the two, the story is easy to follow and the acting is outstanding. As usual it was fast paced, so there are ambiguous things said and you just have to figure it out/make an assumption. But I really did love this one! Unique story, with some romance scenes that actually got me yelling. I really hope they move forward with more full fledged BL's in the future. I enjoyed the ending and I feel everything was wrapped up nicely. Plenty of sweet kisses overall! It felt like a full BL by the end and nothing left to be desired.

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My heart danced, fluttered and skipped a beat

Call 911 because this drama just proved that Korea can do great BL’s.

Story: Episode 1 hooked me but, I completely understand why people don’t quite liked episode 2. It was slow paced, crammed a lot of things into one 10 minute episode and it wasn’t really realistic. Although, since when is any K-drama anything close to be believable? Oh well, people are gonna complaint either way. To summarize, overall, the story played wonderfully over the course of the 8 episodes, even when the catalyst that jumpstarts the series’ shenanigans is nothing but far from reality. Again, since when is any drama supposed to be “realistic”?

Acting/Cast: This series was beautifully casted, I hated who I had to hate and loved who I had to love. The boys are just lovable and the villains, although generic, worked well with the story and the setting.

Music: I don't love the swoosh at the end of the opening credits, it’s like nails on a chalkboard to me. But, the music in general was great and it fitted the ambiance every time.

Rewatch value: 100% will watch again. Periodt.

Overall: After some missteps, Viki is doing amazing work on putting out good stories without sacrificing characters or relying too much on fanservice. “You Make Me Dance” doesn’t have a realistic set-up, it’s a tv show, but if you put that aside and just watch the story unfold it will surely sweep you off your feet. *Including “Color Rush”, I see this as a great step forward for BL’s in Korea.

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Korean BL's Continue To Tease Me

Why Korea!? Why are you making these series so damn short!? This is another one where if it had even more time to develop it could've been great, much like "Wish You"! I wanted more showing of dance and competition because that's heavily implied for the title. But trying to crame both a love story and competition into 8 episodes that are only like 15 mins each is virtually impossible. I don't blame the creators at all, just wished they'd start to realize that these series are worth more time into. There was also the storyline of Shi-On's mother. So a lot of material! What a crappy mom btw, you can get remarried and not literally ignore your children afterwards! She even took his loan money and didn't even care to pay back. Trash and he deserves better. Poor baby.

Maybe this one will get the "movie treatment" too where they cluster the episodes together and add in extra content?

I do think these 2 leads had way more chemistry than "Wish You" meaning I believed it more overall romantically. Maybe it's how progressive things were shown and it felt more natural? The kisses in this were wayyyy better too. Whereas in "Wish You" it was cute, but didn't really have any sexual tension. Shi On showing Hong Seok the audition dance was actually really well done and had me feeling butterflies the way it was laid out into the bed/love scene. Well done show well done! Also not something showed in many Korean BL's so yay! Progress!

The ending episode with the breakup cop-out was annoying, but it ended happily ultimately so whatever. I'm conflicted by this one, I think it will go in the pretty good pile. There were some things I really loved about it and others needed some work. Not my favorite of the Korean BL dramas (that still goes to "Color Rush", "To My Star" and "Long Time No See") but it's definitely worth a watch! I would even say watch this over "Wish You" tbh. Also the soundtrack for this one is really really good. So download that if you can!

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I CRIED BUCKETS AT MIDNIGHT

One of the best Korean series of late. The story is so simple, so honest, no frills, pretensions. It’s like Si On’s dance body: muscular, lean and mean.

I have the same feeling while watching CHERRY MAGIC – maybe because of the age difference of the main characters. It also brought me back to the 80s – same feels while watching FLASHDANCE.

Super love, love, love this series. The characters grow on you as you go along. Get your tissues ready for episodes 3, 6, and 8. You’ll need them if you’re a crybaby like me.

No wasted scenes, no unnecessary characters. The music and cinematography are superb. Great acting, too, from the entire cast. Also well directed and edited.

I can watch this series again and again and again.

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Not Good Enough

Korean Drama " You make me dance " had potential, but it failed to deliver.

The drama had a messy pace that was also accompanied by an irrational plot and that's not due to the whole credit creditor plot prompt. The characters acted irrationally most of the time, something that would never have happened normally. Like the boy-dancer getting mad at the guy who was trying to help him!! And not to his bullies, whom he called friends until he didn't, in a blink of an episode. He actually was, overall, an annoying character that acted like a baby most of the time.

In addition, the drama left a lot of things out, like the story with the mother. That would have been justified by the length of the drama, but, the drama included a lot of scenes that weren't really necessary (see the photoshoot sequence). The bully plotline was unconcluded as well.

Other than that, the radio theme was interesting and the couple was okay, but their love story was rushed.

So, overall, 3 out of 10.

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You Make Me Dance is not my usual drama preference. But I really liked that one of the MMC's was a male ballerina, but not effeminate. And I liked that his romantic love interest was also a man who wasn't effeminate. They weren't overly masculine either. They were truly portrayed as people that could be you or me. I really liked that. Yeah, they had their own issues they had to overcome, but they weren't unrealistic or silly - something you could sincerely sympathize with. Their romance was sweet and innocent. The OST made it even more lovable as it was such a pleasing musical soundtrack to listen to! The only fault I can think about this drama is that it wasn't longer. I know it was supposed to be a short drama, but man! At the end of every episode I just needed more of each of those MMCs!

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Awwww

Another Korean BL that is a good watch. I enjoyed the story - it was original. The two main leads were very good. Their chemistry was good too. With these short and sweet ones - only 8 episodes and short episodes at that - it is sometimes hard to pick up on feelings and emotions - but they did a good job.

I wanted more from it, it could have been so much better, the storyline was good enough to be longer and have more content.

The romantic scenes were done well.

I liked them both.

I didn’t understand why he slept and ran....it didn’t make any sense to me and we never got an explanation either.

I would have liked to know more about them both.

When he was on the phone pretending to talk to his mum I did cry....

I’d you like your BL short and sweet, not too much drama then give this a go.

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Simplemente NO

La historia está bien(? No es la mejor cosa pero pues no es tan mala. Tampoco esperen algo tan profundo. El verdadero y gran problema es la manera tan ridícula y absurda en la que está hecha. Es completamente predecible. Me la pasé absolutamente todo el programa diciendo "apuesto a que pasa esto" y SIEMPRE pasaba.

Está llena de clichés que ya se usaron una y otra vez en los demás BLs coreanos. Y lo peor de todo es que no están bien justificados. Un tipo que conoces hace, no sé, dos días, te dice "Oye, me vengo a mudar contigo para mantenerte vigilado para que cumplas tu parte del trato" y tú simplemente lo aceptas? No se conocen de absolutamente NADA y empiezan a vivir juntos porque sí? Simplemente NO. Entiendo que la intención era hacerlos vivir juntos pero podían encontrar otra mejor excusa que funcionara mucho mejor que esa.

Hay escenas que se supone son románticas pero realmente son asquerosas. La escena de la bufanda es una estupidez. Imagínate quitarte tu bufanda sólo para amarrarle los pies a alguien y que este se ponga a correr por todo el lugar con los pies amarrados con la bufanda que ni siquiera es que tenga un nudo tan apretado y fácilmente se puede zafar con un poco de esfuerzo. ESPERO que el tipo haya tirado a la basura esa bufanda.

También la escena de la lágrima es SIMPLEMENTE NO. El tipo para comprobar si el otro está llorando le quita de la cara una lágrima y SE LA METE A LA BOCA Y SE LA TRAGA. Quiero saber por qué el/la/elle guionista pensó que esto era una buena idea para una escena romántica poner esto. Eso sí que es asqueroso.

Hicieron parecer a uno de los protagonistas como un tonto todo el programa. Siempre se caía por cualquier cosa y milagrosamente el otro aparecía para salvarlo. Eso es demasiado irreal. No pasa.

Además que se enamoraron luego de unas dos semanas de conocerse simplemente porque sí. Forzaron mucho las escenas en las que "surgía el amor" para justificar el enamoramiento pero es que todo era muy irreal. En una sociedad tan conservadora como la coreana no se van abrazando porque sí a cada rato. Simplemente NO.

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