Ready, Set, Love - First episode
The first thing you notice is that the structure of Ready, Set, Love is very similar to Squid Game, without the killing as soon as you lose. The atmosphere is vastly different, but the gaming component seems exact. The year is 2004 and in Thailand the population consists mainly of women. The men are protected in The Farm by their small numbers and live a lavish life. They get everything they need. You can only live in The Farm if you are a family, if you are together as husband and wife and of course you can have offspring. In the last four years no more men have been born and most women have never seen a man except on TV. In this surreal world, the government organizes a game show in which women compete for the favors of a man.
The first thing you notice is that the structure of the series is very similar to Squid Game, without the killing as soon as you lose. The atmosphere is vastly different, but the gaming component seems exact. All girls have a number and have to play games to win, to be the last one standing. The whole story feels very surreal and is extremely exaggerated, but the series is also promoted as a comedy. The series also screams color, intensity and fierceness. Both in the setting and in the acting.
In this first episode, and of course the rest of the series, we follow Day. The last thing Day (Kemisara Paladesh) wants is to win the favor of these men. But her sister absolutely loves The Gentlemen and signs her sister up for Ready Set Love. To Day's horror, she is chosen as the 50th player and has to participate. The wonderful thing about Day is that she is nice and down to earth. All the girls are clamoring for The Gentlemen and have already chosen who they want to be with, all Day is interested in is eating and ultimately winning to pay for her sister's medical bills. This immediately makes her character much more real. She has a reason to keep going, someone to fight for, even if she has no interest in winning the favor of either man.
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The first thing you notice is that the structure of the series is very similar to Squid Game, without the killing as soon as you lose. The atmosphere is vastly different, but the gaming component seems exact. All girls have a number and have to play games to win, to be the last one standing. The whole story feels very surreal and is extremely exaggerated, but the series is also promoted as a comedy. The series also screams color, intensity and fierceness. Both in the setting and in the acting.
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In this first episode, and of course the rest of the series, we follow Day. The last thing Day (Kemisara Paladesh) wants is to win the favor of these men. But her sister absolutely loves The Gentlemen and signs her sister up for Ready Set Love. To Day's horror, she is chosen as the 50th player and has to participate. The wonderful thing about Day is that she is nice and down to earth. All the girls are clamoring for The Gentlemen and have already chosen who they want to be with, all Day is interested in is eating and ultimately winning to pay for her sister's medical bills. This immediately makes her character much more real. She has a reason to keep going, someone to fight for, even if she has no interest in winning the favor of either man.
