Paradise Diversion

Title: สวรรค์เบี่ยง
Transliteration: Sawan Biang
English Title: Paradise Diversion
Country: Thailand
Network: ThaiTV3
Aired: March 27 - May 7, 2008
Episodes: 12


Main Cast:
Ken Theeradej Wongpuapan (ธีรเดช วงศ์พัวพันธ์) ... Kawee
Anne Thongprasom (แอน ทองประสม) ... Narin
Natharika Thamapreedanan (ณัฐริกา ธรรมปรีดานันท์) ... Leela
Louis Scott (หลุยส์ สก๊อต) ... Tom
Jensuda Parnto (เจนสุดา ปานโต) ... Pat
Dilok Thong wattana (ดิลก ทองวัฒนา) ... Kid
Nithichai YotAmornSunthorn (นิธิชัย ยศอมรสุนทร) ... Sam


Quick Synopsis:
Wee is rich and arrogant. He is also very harsh towards everyone including his own father, Kid. The day of Wee's welcome home party, Kid and his wife got in a car accident with Lee and her fiance. The only ones that survived were Kid and Lee. Lee happens to be one of the girls Wee never wanted to get mixed up with. Lee had feelings for Wee but he never paid attention to her. Now, after some time Kid fell in love with Lee and proposes marriage to her. Lee accepts not because she also fell in love with Kid but to get revenge on Wee for everything she went through. Unfortunately, in between this battle is Rin, Lee's younger sister. Since Wee believes Lee is only after money and revenge, he plans a revenge of his own by using Rin as his target.

My thoughts:
Story line:
It turns out this lakorn is a remake of an old lakorn by the same name. It was nice seeing this story with actors that I now know. Also, I am glad to have the chance to see this story line played out since I know it would be impossible to find the original lakorn online and with subtitles. The one thing about this story is that everything is taken to the extreme. Wee is so cruel and says just the right things to deeply hurt people. Yet, he is suffering because he does not feel loved by his father and thinks that women only love his family's money. Narin is a strong and independent women. She would never give in to Wee no matter what he tries to do. This quickly changed though. After getting raped by Wee, Narin because weak and loses her strong will. I also cannot believe that there is a drama that would portray how getting raped can lead to love. Seriously, I do not see this ever happening in real life. If a person hates someone and gets raped by them, I am sure that their hatred would grow even more. Here, the hatred she has for Wee slowly turns to love making the fact that he raped her a forgettable matter. Now, about Leela. She is the cause of all of Narin and Wee's suffering. She gets with Kid, Wee's father, for her own personal vendetta against Wee. Then, she lets her little sister Narin suffer at his hands. What a bi**h! Strangely enough, I still like this drama because it is interesting and you do get very engrossed in the character's situation that you can't help but wonder how they will all end up.

Cast:
Another lakorn with Ken (^_^). I was not wrong in saying that he is a wonderful actor. In Oum Ruk he was lovable and cute while here he is a bad boy that you just want to hate but can't. The scenes with Wee and his dad were so intense and Ken shows that in each interaction they have. There were some crying scenes where his motions were great but his facial expression was not. He was not very believable and it seems like he was trying too hard. Anne seems to have such a strong and independent character. She is able to play that role so naturally from what I saw. Natharika was a good choice for the villain. She has a face that is both sweet yet cunning. When she plays the role of the victim you would feel bad for her, then hate her the next minute because of her evil plots. She is very convincing in every sense.

Music:
The music scores placed for heartbreaking situations were chosen wisely. It matches the feelings of the characters well. However, the songs were okay making the music selection unmemorable for me.

Overall I would rate this drama with a 4/5.


Available Online:
-YouTube


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