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This drama has become quite filler-filled after the initial couple episodes... I'm a bit disappointed, I feel like nothing is happening

Oh of course, I also definitely agree with your points. I'm not an Arab so I wasn't offended by the misrepresentation, but even I could recognize that the character was quite stereotypical (which sadly happens very often and to a lot of cultures). I would've probably agreed if the majority of complaints were something along the lines of "this is not a fair representation of our culture, and we hope JTBC can do better research when including foreign cultures in the future" but to call it extremely offensive is I think taking it a step too far, especially considering that a lot of people on MDL admitted that the stereotype does carry some truth. I do also want to add a slight counterpoint, and that is that in a comedy show such as KTL, stereotyping can also serve as a form of humor (which is probably what the goal here was). Perhaps there was a more tasteful way to go about it, but people do need to have a thicker skin to enjoy comedy, and I think people have been lacking that more and more over the last few years. I think both sides could've done a lot better here.

Like the other person said, I think the issue at this point is Arabs have severely overreacted and created a huge mess over something that was, quite frankly, not even that harmful. All they did was present an Arab prince who liked to party and hang around women. But they also presented him as an understanding and charismatic person. Overall I found the character quite likable and the people who got offended blew the issue so out of proportion that people like me who initially thought "yikes, maybe a rather bland and stereotypical portrayal of an Arab prince but what else is new" stopped taking the whole issue seriously at all because of the extreme reaction from the "eternally online" users who created fake accounts just to downvote a freaking drama

Ahn Hyo Seop? Ain't no way, friend, you will NOT come for my boy like that lol

Wait til they hear that shitting in your boss's private bathroom will get you fired, not a date with him :0

It seems we're slowly getting more and more sensitive these days. What's next?

Woah that's a fun theory. My own theory was a Rooftop Prince type situation where she turns out to be not as kind of a person as the ML once thought, so he falls in love with FL instead.

The part where she got sick ahhhh.. She became so mellow and sweet

I KNOW! It's wild to me. I find this a lot more interesting than some other currently airing shows

I'm very confused by all the negative comments because I'm loving this drama... probably more than SYIM19thL and KTL at this point

I'm just bringing up a question about the website's rating system, not trying to present any sort of opinion on the matter (at least not in this comment)

Was gonna say the same thing about my own nationality. I'm Russian and I have never once seen a Russian character not be stereotyped by the media and turned into an alcoholic mafia lord or a weird "rough around the edges" secret agent. Never have I seen this much defensiveness from my own country every time a work of fiction depicts us as a caricature once again.

If you hover over the big rating "button" it shows that all but the verified ratings have absolutely tanked but for some reason the overall rating is pretty stable. I'm so confused about that

Exactly. There's absolutely zero constructive conversation happening. Makes me wonder about the ages of these haters more than anything

This kind of immature and petty reaction is only making the Arabs look worse, but nobody is ready to admit that

It's the internet, what do you expect

Yes! Tragic stories are some of my favorites and tend to stick with me for so much longer and become so much more impactful in my life. I hate every minute of it when I'm watching them and the raw pain after such an ending is absolutely horrendous, but for some reason it's like a drug I keep coming back to. Definitely not for the faint of heart though

I'm so excited to get my heart ripped out of my chest

People take offense to the silliest things... And this is coming from a person whose nationality has not once been portrayed positively by the media. Guys, it's really not a huge deal. Life goes on.

I'm enjoying King the Land but yeah I agree the rating is a bit inflated atm