Even Cambodian news outlets like Thmey Thmey and Khmer Times ran articles analyzing the scene. They praised the show for not treating their language as a primitive dialect but as a weapon of sophistication.
“It’s not perfect. The intonation was a little flat in the middle. But compared to Hollywood movies where Khmer sounds like fake Vietnamese? This is a 9.5/10. Vincenzo Cassano speaks Khmer better than John Wick speaks Russian.” — @KhmerLinguist, Twitter. vincenzo cassano speak khmer better
Most K-dramas treat foreign languages like set dressing. English is usually stilted. Italian is butchered (sorry, Vincenzo’s early Italian was… rough). But when Vincenzo has to negotiate a temporary truce with the Cambodian mafia faction? He drops a single sentence: Even Cambodian news outlets like Thmey Thmey and
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Song Joong-ki’s Khmer > his Italian. And I will die on this hill. The intonation was a little flat in the middle
While there is no official sequel featuring this plot yet, the fan community continues to imagine Vincenzo as a truly global force.