IT'S OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY

RATING-★★★★★

YEAR OF RELEASE- 2020

GENRE- Drama, Romance

DIRECTOR- Park Shin-Woo

PRODUCTION LOCATION- South Korea

People are all hypocrites. We all live with a lot of hatred but act like that's not the case after all, who isn't flawless. So, if you want to make people around you happy first try and find your own happiness. Being selfish isn't always a bad thing, trying to think or look out for your own self when things get too stressful. It's okay to do that.

I've been preparing for long before coming to write a review on this drama as this isn't just something one could think about and write overnight. It's okay to not be okay is the best drama I've seen so far in terms of the lessons it taught me and is one of its kind. It comes forward to break all the stereotypes associated with romance, fairy tales and really explains what it takes to deal with trauma and mental illness. This perfect blend of attraction piled with horror is not at all an easy watch, rather is layered with multiple lessons throughout the 16 episode journey. Also in this era where every second person is dealing with some sort of mental health related issue this drama has really attempted to educate people in the most intriguing way possible. 

The Drama is about three people who have been subject to mental trauma in their childhood and are constantly on a run to escape the same. 

TALE OF THE TWO BROTHERS

Moon Gang Tae a mental ward caretaker happens to have an elder brother who had witnessed the murder of his mother, strangely he had come to a conclusion that his mother was killed by a butterfly and since then his hyung (brother) is constantly changing jobs and cities whenever its that time of the year when we se butterflies swarming through the flowers. In the initial episodes as a spectator you are bound to feel sorry for this guy who is so devoted to his brother and precisely is living just to protect him. And this is the most practical part of this drama, we have all seen unconditionally good and angle like leads since forever but this story comes to break all those norms, though Gang Tae is devoted to his brother he too is frustrated sometimes and that makes this character relatable. 

TALE OF THE LONELY PRINCESS

Go Moon Young on the other had is a children's storybook author, who always attempts to reach those grey areas of human emptions that have otherwise been left unattended. And although initially you'd think 'who writes such stories for children' later on her fairytales would really help you understand the details of living with a trauma and mental illness. The goth fairytales though had an aura of darkness around it but life isn't always bright itself is it. Moon Young's character will disturb you initially because of her unreasonable actions but with the outspoken and rebellious character of hers she comes out to be really cool.  On the other hand Gang Tae apprehended that she was like an empty vessel who knows nothing of emotions which changes eventually. Facing all their traumas and getting over it, really helps the characters evolve beautifully.  

WHO CARES ABOUT DESTINY, BUT IFSOMEONE SHOWS UP WHEN YOU NEED THEM, IT'S CALLED DESTINY

Moon Gang Tae and Moon Sang Tae came in Moon Young's life when she had nothing to look forward to in life and so did she in theirs. There can be a crisis of conscious here and two arguments can be put forward one, that these three had an ill fated relationship and the second, that each of the three were essential in the story of one another but what hit me the most was that this entire story could have gone wrong if only the characters exaggerated on the ill fate part. 

In life also we might be tied to a person in a manner which brings nothing but the gory memories of the past but we can always put an end to the tragedy by letting the bygones be bygones. 

I am pretty sure you will enjoy the chemistry between the leads (all three of them). A fairytale is not always finding a prince charming, for some people it is having a FAMILY to rely on. Family is a luxury that only some of us has been provided with and this you'd really be able to acknowledge when you watch this show. The entire drama was very preceptive especially the sneak peeks into the lives of all the patients of the OK Mental Hospital.