Aoki X The Complete Inability To Can

A translation of this IG post of P’Aof’s, by sanspeur14 on Twitter.

i think nanon deserves an oscar for his face expressions in general but specially the sleepover scene (ep 4, 4/4). like damn- he- hes an actor he acts,, hes too good ‼‼ ugh the glassy eyes god he made my heart ache so much in this scene

-bonus: his expression when pat told him he likes looking at his face (when he loses) literally made my life so far worth living

look at him ! oh god hes too gay to function

akk in episode 7

disgust™

the way sangwoo's still reeling from that hug and just stays frozen right there

yes! even their improvised scenes, they are improvising as their CHARACTERS, they are not themselves the actors, it just means that they know their characters well enough that they can improvise certain scenes and be it be in character and acted well!

this is one of my pet peeves in fandom because it happens all the time with actors lmao when the director (or whoever) says 'oh this scene is partly improvised!' people are like 'oh they are the actors here then' and it's like noooooo it irks me hahaha

To me great improvisation is a mark of exceptional acting talent. It means you are so into character you don't need script to tell you what the character would do or say or what they're thinking in a particular situation. I'm thinking especially of something like Ohm in the bus stop scene in episode 3, and how he told Aof he was just wrong about how Pat subconsciously felt about Pran in that moment, and Ohm was right. You can only get to that level if you are IN your character. And two-person improv is even harder, because you both have to be in your characters, the chemistry has to be there, and you have to trust your scene partner that they're not going to go left and kill everything.

I think to get people to understand improv is hard...it's riffing, it's vibing, in music we'd call it 'jamming'. It's not 'we're just gonna be ourselves' it's 'we're just gonna be these characters in this situation and see where it takes us'. To do it well is a BIG acting skill. There are lots of phenomenal actors who simply can't do it well. It's one of the cornerstones of comedy and comedy is HARD. Yeah I think people don't appreciate the skill level it takes at all.

Two more days guys! In the meantime, a mini analysis for you all!

The Romeo and Juliet act where they commit suicide is actually represented in Bad Buddy!

Remember this scene? aka the only moment we get to laugh in this curse ep?

Here me out. So we all now Bad Buddy is somewhat based on a modern version of Romeo and Juliet.

[Pat is Juliet. Fight me.]

So. In the ending of that tragic play we have the iconic sequence in which Juliet supposedly drinks a poison that kills her, but in reality just makes her appear dead. Then Romeo follows killing himself for real, and then, Juliet stabs herself, and the whole thing is a mess of non-communication.

So let’s compare, shall we?

1. We have Pat, “throwing away” his cellphone chip. Aka, Juliet faking her death.

2. We have Pran, doing the same right after Pat. Aka, Romeo actually following Juliet.

A this time we’re all like. Shit. They really did that.

But THEN

3. “Haha, you dummy!” Aka, no, Romeo, Juliet was not really dEAD! Pran really threw it out? He really actually killed himself?

4. Haha! You thought! Of course he didn’t! And then this:

“Do you really think I don’t know you?”

Here’s WHY I think this scene heavily shows a representation of the suicide scene in Romeo and Juliet:

Let me start with a question. How many of you would simply get rid of you’re phone number? Throw it away into the sea without a care? Throw away your whole life, cause FACE IT. It IS your whole life. Your family? Your friends, a huge part of yourself?

Exactly. You’d have to be in a lot of pain to do that right? Commiting suicide is the very last stage of indescribable pain. Throwing away the “heart” of your phone could be thought of as throwing away your life.

But they didn’t. Here’s where it obviously goes differently. Pran knows Pat to a point where he knows he would never do that. Pat knows Pran to a point where he knows Pran would never believe he’d do something like that.

Here’s where it doesn’t end up tragically. They both live.

Because they know each other. They understand each other. They communicate. They love each other too much to ask the other to take such risks.

And I think that’s beautiful.

Thanks for reading!

Thank you. For what? For trying to make a silly guy like me happy.

yo han and elijah screaming for each other