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Semi-Soeter is the sequel (or should I call it a legacy sequel?) to the 2012 film Semi-Soet. Back then, "pretend couple to real couple" plots were all the rage, and Joshua Rous and his co-writers, Anel Alexander, James Gracie, and Sandra Vaughn, decided to capitalize on that trend.  The narrative centered around an advertising agency employee who faked her relationship with the same businessman who was about to acquire the company she worked for in order to close a deal with a wine company. Why? Because the winemaker explicitly stated that he wanted someone in a "steady romantic relationship" to market his product. It didn't make any sense, but since premises like these were accepted by everyone back then, it was given free rein. In retrospect, one can sense the underlying intention of championing heterosexual relationships because it was the "smart" thing to do, especially when it came to being accepted as a professional. After a decade, one would exp...