So basically, the criticism still is mostly related to the first point - Where JTBC talks about the drama being set in the presidential election of 1987, AND not being related to the June struggle. Except the presidential elections were a direct result of the democratic movement in 1987. Of course, the issue with Young Cho also continues, with people saying its not the fact that they changed it, but rather that they took it up in the first place. People claim that you can't really discuss the presidential election without discussing the democratization, it basically proves that the story is set up in the June struggle, making it problematic once again. I've seen multiple versions of the synopsis float online, some that mention the democratization movement, and some that don't. Not sure what to believe in right now, so if anyone has the original source for the synopsis, link it down in the comments.
Now here's what I think about this being contradictory. The statement didn't say that there would be no mention about the June Struggle - they simply said the story doesn't revolve around the topic. Therefore, it's completely plausible that the June struggle is not shown in great detail in the drama. Now, the statement first mentions a person wrongly accused as being a North Korean spy, and then mention a NK spy character once again. It wasn't clear to me if these two are the same characters - The synopsis says Im Soo Ho is a NK spy, but if that's only him being wrongly accused, one of the main points in this controversy gets resolved. On the other hand, if he is a NK spy, that makes it more problematic - although then who is the wrongly accused character? Also addressing that students were in fact wrongly accused as being NK spies just doesn't make sense for a drama that would be trying to promote that NK spies were hidden by student activists.
I would like to say that there is some fair criticism on the drama, although it just seems to be speculation to me. This is mainly that JTBC's production arm was funded by Tencent, a company with ties to the CCP. China has banned pro-democracy movies such as the taxi driver (beautiful movie btw 100% recommend it) from being watched, and so relating it to anti-democratic agenda makes sense. That said, many companies in SK including JYP have received funding from Tencent given the massive market that is China.
I'm choosing to believe that JTBC isn't lying when they say that all of this was simply a misunderstanding, caused by a misleading leaked synopsis. What you choose to believe is obviously up to you. On that note, I also want to say that by no means do I mean to undermine the democracy movement. People went through shit I can't imagine, and after reading more about the history in the past few days, as well as watching a few movies about the democratic movements, I felt more terrible than ever about the lives injured and lost.
This is great, good on JTBC for releasing a comprehensive statement. I think it's safe to say that the drama won't receive as much backlash now. Back to waiting!
international fans should real watch and not get involved. I would recommend to watch 1987, 26 years, a taxi driver,…
I really do sympathize. I just put up a piece of info that may not be known, and didn't give my opinion on the matter because I've learned that at this point its better to just wait and see what happens. Once again, I really do sympathize with what happened in 1987. I've seen the movie 1987, and was going to watch Taxi Driver.
Just watched DKDK cover this situation, and apparently the writer came out to say that when you watch the drama it's not like how to controversy is showing it to be.
The situation with Sulli is not the same... I think most people here don't quite get what the problem with the…
For starters, I agree with everything you said. It's completely understandable that so many people are mad. Still, I just can't see any motive for the writer to do something like this as she was a university senior during the June struggle. She's probably seen her friends, classmates be called communists, and struggle to get democracy for SK. If there's anyone who should be the most sensitive to such topics, it's the writer. Taking into account that she's also written a greatly ethics-based drama like SKY Castle, I can't imagine she would be one to simply not think of such an issue with her script. Therefore, she's either in support of such a message spreading through the drama, or I can only speculate that she has something planned in the drama.
The JTBC statement said that the character isn't based off a real life character, and not to mention, that the drama is set during the time period of the June struggle, whereas Cheon Young Cho was a student during the Gwangju Uprising-7 years earlier. I'm not entirely sure what her role was in the June struggle, or how the two events are linked, apart from the fact that they were both student struggles for democracy. Still, the issue with Young Cho will surely continue given how rare of a name it is (only 2 females registered a name with Young Cho in the last 13 years), and the absolutely horrid things done to the real Young Cho.
whoever banned/suspended/reported my account, give me an explanation lol(im the person who put up the title poster)Lmao…
I commented generally on the entire situation, saying that I felt we should wait for another statement from JTBC, blah blah. Then I left a little P.S. on the bottom saying that things were getting heated in the comment section and we should discuss the matter while being respectful. This was right after oi moi's comment, so I said that his/her tone was unnecessarily aggressive. I didn't even swear lol
Now here's what I think about this being contradictory. The statement didn't say that there would be no mention about the June Struggle - they simply said the story doesn't revolve around the topic. Therefore, it's completely plausible that the June struggle is not shown in great detail in the drama. Now, the statement first mentions a person wrongly accused as being a North Korean spy, and then mention a NK spy character once again. It wasn't clear to me if these two are the same characters - The synopsis says Im Soo Ho is a NK spy, but if that's only him being wrongly accused, one of the main points in this controversy gets resolved. On the other hand, if he is a NK spy, that makes it more problematic - although then who is the wrongly accused character? Also addressing that students were in fact wrongly accused as being NK spies just doesn't make sense for a drama that would be trying to promote that NK spies were hidden by student activists.
I would like to say that there is some fair criticism on the drama, although it just seems to be speculation to me. This is mainly that JTBC's production arm was funded by Tencent, a company with ties to the CCP. China has banned pro-democracy movies such as the taxi driver (beautiful movie btw 100% recommend it) from being watched, and so relating it to anti-democratic agenda makes sense. That said, many companies in SK including JYP have received funding from Tencent given the massive market that is China.
I'm choosing to believe that JTBC isn't lying when they say that all of this was simply a misunderstanding, caused by a misleading leaked synopsis. What you choose to believe is obviously up to you. On that note, I also want to say that by no means do I mean to undermine the democracy movement. People went through shit I can't imagine, and after reading more about the history in the past few days, as well as watching a few movies about the democratic movements, I felt more terrible than ever about the lives injured and lost.
Yeah, that's about all I had to get off my chest.
edit: comment looks a little longer since the last time I saw it lol
The JTBC statement said that the character isn't based off a real life character, and not to mention, that the drama is set during the time period of the June struggle, whereas Cheon Young Cho was a student during the Gwangju Uprising-7 years earlier. I'm not entirely sure what her role was in the June struggle, or how the two events are linked, apart from the fact that they were both student struggles for democracy. Still, the issue with Young Cho will surely continue given how rare of a name it is (only 2 females registered a name with Young Cho in the last 13 years), and the absolutely horrid things done to the real Young Cho.