[arrows are pointing to the stars of the lakorn "Mia Luang": Cartoon, Paradee, Aum P., and Tui]
Last week March 31th, Ch7′s mega-hit lakorn “Mia Luang” ended and boy did it end well. The crew and cast had a reason to celebrate, the ratings for the last episode trumped all other lakorns for the night. Actually, it dominated the competition throughout its run.
Prime Time lakorns (Mar. 30, 2009)
CH3, Mon Ruk Khao Tom Mat: rating of 6 with 3,517,441 people watching
CH7, Mia Luang: rating of 18 with 10,943,909 people watching
CH5, Buang Ruk Kammathep: Rating of 4
Prime Time lakorns (Mar. 31, 2009)
CH3, Mon Ruk Khao Tom Mat: rating of 6 with 3,447,285 people watching
CH7, Mia Luang (Final): rating of 20 with 12,291,920 people watching
CH5, Buang Ruk Kammathep: Rating of 4
Story wise and acting, it was an exceptional lakorn; however, I don’t like lakorns where the husband continuously cheats on his wife. Tui’s character Rut slept with nearly all the female characters in the lakorn…Cartoon (his children’s nanny), Aum (his best-friend’s sister), Tarn Kanya (his wife’s student), and other random women around Bangkok.
When I watched the first episode, I seriously felt the urge to punch Tui in the face. Near the end of the first episode, he and his friend were at a bar having drinks, his friend who is also Aum’s brother knows about his cheating ways. They were chatting and his friend urged him to stop cheating on his wife. His replied and justification for his actions is that cheating on his wife is not morally wrong because the women he sleeps with he doesn’t love them. He loves wife, he will always go back to his wife. What he does on the side is just “meaningless fun”. His friend and myself included were both shock, his friend leaned over and said, “you’re selfish.” I thought it was the best mini-line ever, the best word to describe the bastard.
Dude, cheating hurts, maybe it’s fun to you but to the person who is being cheated on, it ain’t so great. It’s betrayal, it makes one feel like they’re not good enough. I was so appalled, he didn’t understand that cheating is a form of mental abuse. After the first episode, I didn’t watch anymore. I felt too disgusted by the main male character.
I love going to the “Mia Luang” forum thread at Pantip, everyone kept posting pictures of jack-fruits Durian, they wanted to whack Tui in the head with it. Sorry, I got my fruits mixed up.
Surprisingly, “Mae Ying”, Num Sornram and Noon Woranuch premiered moderately, I expected higher ratings.
Prime Time lakorns (April 7, 2009)
CH3, Mon Ruk Khao Tom Mat: rating of 7 with 4,497,810 people watching
CH7, Mae Ying (Second day): rating of 8 with 4,923,019 people watching
CH5, Buang Ruk Kammathep: Rating of 5
I was hoping she would divorce him because he has cheated on her time after time. Bringing or letting the mistress stay in the house with the wife’s presence is totally crossed the line and cannot be tolerated. If I were in the situation like that, I would bring up the divorce immediately whether he still loves me or not.