Nabi’s Perspective, Insecurities, Growth (11 Jun 22)
Nabi’s Perspective, Insecurities, Growth Halfway through Nevertheless and am reminded of how Burning plays with perspective. Both are almost entirely told through a distrustful main character’s POV and the audience is left wondering what the truth is. Does Jae-eon live up to his reputation? Did Ben kill those girls? Na-bi reads into his comments about butterflies as a metaphor for his views on women/sex. In Burning Jong-su believes burning down greenhouses is a metaphor for murder. Or is the butterfly just a butterfly, and a greenhouse just a greenhouse? Nevertheless starts out with Nabi’s agency completely robbed by her ex, yet when she meets someone so passive that every choice in the relationship is hers - she totally crumbles under the pressure. I really do think this drama is a fascinating character study. Jae-eon is a perfect foil, a mirror in which Nabi can see her own decisions reflected back at her and she doesn’t like what she sees. Her reaction t...