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LOVELY VILLAIN (2023) was an interesting slow burn thriller Taiwanese Drama. It felt like a slower-paced, socio-political drama mashup of "Stepford Wives", "Mean Girls", with undertones of the Korean movie Parasite. Don't be fooled thinking it's merely a slice-of-life drama, about family life in a wealthy gated community. This series focuses heavily on inter-social-political relations and elistist power struggles. While the pacing of this did move a bit slowly, it certainly was intriguing and got better with time.

"While posing to be her rich sister, Han Zhenzhen, moves her unhappy family into an prestigious upper-class community where she can't help but get involved in the power struggle among her female neighbors."

This series is all about politics, motivations and power. Political intrigue in a societal hierarchal form. Alliances, factions, who to trust. The position of power is the "Chairman" or head of the community, and they are given power in government and there is a brutal warring for this privilege and power, and not only that but title, reputation and prestige as well. A heirarchy ladder within the elitist group of wealthy people. Overall, this was a interesting watch and I'm glad I gave it a chance, as the intrigue developed over time and it gave a lot to ponder on.