Preview for 1,000 Years Old's finale is up, and, um . . .
WHAT DOES HIS MEAN BY THAT?!
DID Y'ALL KNOW EACH OTHER IN A PREVIOUS LIFE?!
I NEED ANSWERS!
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My favorite part of My Stand-In so far with only one episode is the way the show obscures Joe's face and focuses on Ming's.
The makeup artist states that Joe's body looks exactly likes Tong's, but Joe's face is what makes him not-Tong, so we don't see Joe's face. He is also a body-double so his entire job is about his body, not his face.
We get to see Ming's face because Joe is so focused on Ming's beauty even though we know Ming can and will be ugly, and as a model, Ming's job is his face. "Does that face ring a bell?"
But we rarely see Joe's face, even when Ming is looking at Joe.
Ming is a face. Joe is a body.
Because it's Joe's body that matters, not his face.
So it's interesting that Ming saw Tong's back as he walked away from Ming at dinner
And immediately thought of Joe.
Because it already shows a slight shift that it's not so much Joe that reminds Ming of Tong (like it was originally), but that Tong reminded Ming of Joe.
Once Ming envisioned Joe's face, he shook the thought from his head as if he was bothered by the image, but it wasn't because Joe wasn't Tong, but, once again, that he even thought of Joe, which is why the conversation where Joe stated that he thought Ming didn't remember him was ironic since Ming is slightly annoyed that he remembers Joe's face.
Because it could have been Joe at the dinner with Ming the entire time the way the dinner scene was filmed.
Or it could have been Tong who Ming was kissing based on how it was filmed.
But the shot made sure we were aware that Ming knew it was Joe even if he had been drinking.
When Joe was asked about his preferences, the shot immediately cut to Ming's face.
But when Ming called Joe, we saw Joe's face as he emerged from a room first
Then, the focus was on his back.
So when Ming walked into that elevator and not only looked directly at new Jo
But also stood next to new Jo, nothing registered to him.
Ming didn't react until he saw new Jo's back.
Which should show how the vicious cycle continues: Joe's body was a replacement for Tong, and new Jo's body will be a replacement for old Joe. BUT we didn't see Ming's face when he was waiting for the elevator.
New Jo knew he was coming up, and so did we, so there was no need to block out Ming's face, especially when the story keeps telling us Ming is his face.
But the story is already telling us that Joe wasn't just a body to Ming.
And Ming wasn't just a face to Joe.
They actually saw the entire person, and Ming was the first to see Joe as Joe even if he wanted Tong.
Which is why the poster is even more pleasing now since we see Joe's full face not his back while we see Ming's full back, but only half of his face.
Ming is more than his face. Joe is more than his body.
At least for each other.
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When setting up your brand new laptop that you got as a very late birthday present, the first order of business is not to sync everything and port over your files, oh no.
The first order of business is to bisexually light your keyboard.
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