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My Sassy Princess: Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty (2022, Thailand)
Native Title: My Sassy Princess : เจ้าหญิงนิทรา
📅 Thailand • 2022
Native Title: My Sassy Princess (เจ้าหญิงนิทรา)
Format: Standard Series
Episodes: 7
Duration: ~60 min
Aired: Dec 10, 2022 – Feb 4, 2023
Aired On: Saturday
Original Network: One 31
📺 Available on: Viki (Free w/ Subs)
✨ Synopsis
A modern-day re-imagining of Sleeping Beauty without the Maleficent flair (tragic), centered on a girl wrapped in parental bubble wrap and the chaotic people orbiting her. It’s marketed as a fairytale twist… but mostly it’s “What if Aurora escaped her house arrest and discovered surfskating bros?”
👥 Cast
💫 Kimmy Chermarin Cole — Saengnuea (modern Aurora with allergies + suppressed rebellion)
🔥 Lee Thanat Lowkhunsombat — Khai (broody doctor, resident buzzkill, professional fist user)
💎 Pepo Nutchapan Paramacharenroj — Ken (idol surfskating playboy, aka the villain with flexible trucks)
Support: Dom Haetrakul, Nicole Theriault, Mee Pisamai Wilaisak, Copper Dechawat, Gam Wichayanee, Pookie Paweenut, Pingpong Thongchai, Kris Sakris, Pleng Niracha, and others.
💬 Ratings
🎭 Story: 💖 — 4/10
“Kept me awake… barely. Mostly because I was confused.”
💫 Acting/Cast: 🌟 — 5/10
“They tried. They really tried.”
🎧 Music: 🎵 — 3/10
“It exists. That’s all I’ve got.”
🔁 Rewatch Value: 💖 — 1/10
“Absolutely not. I respect myself too much.”
🏆 Overall: 💖 — 4/10
“Aired. Ended. Will not be missed.”
📝 Review
(WARNING: Potential Spoilers — I'm Not Saving You from any Emotional Damage)This was supposed to be a modern take on Sleeping Beauty (the sparkly, Disneyfied version, I assume). Instead, we get: a snarky doctor, wildly overbearing parents, an actually-sane grandma, and a brother who communicates exclusively through fists. For flavor, the show tosses in a few fairies and a surfskating idol as the villain. Yes, surfskating. I even had to Google it.
(Shout-out to me discovering that it’s basically “surfing on asphalt.” Cool hobby. Not exactly riveting TV.)
Aurora — sorry, Saengnuea — grew up sickly with asthma and allergies, but the show cranks this up to extreme levels for drama. Her parents treat her like a porcelain doll with a warranty. Of course she rebels: sneaking out, surfskating with Ken, and using her doctor neighbor Khai’s house as her personal escape route. She blackmails him with his own cat. Honestly? Iconic.
Between Saengnuea, Khai (or “Lung,” because she refuses to call him by his name), Ken, and the best friend, it’s basically a loop:
• fighting with her parents
• banter/sniping with Khai
• boring surfskating montages
• Ken doing manipulative playboy things
• best friend acting feral for attention
Not much depth, not much growth — just vibes, mostly chaotic ones.
Credit where it’s due: the side plot with Talay and Sky has a sprinkle of BL-adjacent tension. Still thin, but more engaging than the main plot half the time.
Overall? This drama sits somewhere below “meh,” possibly in the shadowy territory of “I’m only here because it’s short.” Luckily it is short: nine episodes for the US version. That’s the only reason I finished it without needing a nap.
I’ve heard My Sassy Princess: Snow White is significantly better, so yes… I’ll be checking that one next.
💭 Final Mood:
“Watched it, sighed a lot, Googled surfskating, and survived — 4/10 but at least it was short.”
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