TV review

Ugly ducking

A geeky love story

Reviewed by Suwitcha Chaiyong

There's no escaping the fact that most soaps nowadays are indeed nam nao to watch. But what else is there to watch? Almost every channel you turn to these days with the exception of perhaps Channel 11 is showing the typical soap plot of boy meets girl, fall in love and get married. Unless you hook up to cable, you're stuck with a lot of 'soap bubbles'.

This week's soap isn't as generic as all the other soaps. In Kratai Mai Chan (Rabbit falls to the moon), Instead of boy meets girl,  the girl meets boy, finds it hard to get his attention, but wins his love in the end. Sorry for giving away the ending. But was a dead give away anyways, given the fact that most soap magazines and the entertainment review programmes showing the pair in an embrace.

Kratai Mai Chan is a story about Kratai played by Jeeranun Manojem, an unfashionable and clumsy nurse who is head over heels in love with the perfect guy named Korn played by Anus Laphanit. Korn is the owner of a modelling agency and he already has the 'perfect 10' (very beautiful) looking girlfriend around his arm.  With the help of the company's partner, Rampai played by Montanee Tantisuk. Kratai tries very hard to get Korn's attention and to win his heart.

Korn's model girlfriend Jidapa, played by Wipawadee Kassakul steals the shows with her pure wickedness. Her superb acting takes away most of the disappointing acting by the show's main character. If you've missed an episode, which by the way is on channel 7 every Friday, Saturday and Sunday after the 8:00 pm news, no need to wait. Just read the story about the ugly duckling instead.

VOCABULARY

typical (adj ): having the usual qualities or features of a particular type of person, thing or group
generic (adj): shared by, including or typical of a whole group of things
embrace (n): sign of love or friendship
clumsy (adj): moving or doing things in a very awkward way
wickedness (n): person who is morally bad
superb (adj): excellent; of very good quality