Yeah, ZiYi Zhang has picked up the "icy" look, but if you go back to CT/HD or Musa it was the "innocent" bit that was carrying her a lot, and they're still milking the "youthful beauty" bit.
And the cute part is why I cute get as attached to so many dorama heroines as others seem to...too much relying on cute and not enough on characterization or ability. That's actually part of why I like period dramas...the k and j period dramas I've seen seem more concerned with actors and actresses who can pull off the role well, and cdramas tend to at least balance them out so that I don't feel like I'm drowning in cute, whereas most modern pieces tend to just find the cutest actress they can and rely on the cute to make you like her.
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Re: (procrastinating work for a bit again)
Date: 2007-05-14 10:49 pm (UTC)And the cute part is why I cute get as attached to so many dorama heroines as others seem to...too much relying on cute and not enough on characterization or ability. That's actually part of why I like period dramas...the k and j period dramas I've seen seem more concerned with actors and actresses who can pull off the role well, and cdramas tend to at least balance them out so that I don't feel like I'm drowning in cute, whereas most modern pieces tend to just find the cutest actress they can and rely on the cute to make you like her.