wait what??? This one too? We are getting tortured here, we are getting tortured.
I just saw the cast and man, when will these writers stop the love ∆ trope? Either give the girl to the 2nd lead or atleast give the 2nd lead some reedeming factor. No wonder I'm sketching away from kdramas day by day. Literally everything so so boring and same old plot over and over again.
Where is everyone somewhat related? (Not in real life, their previous characters) like Do Hyun and Min Si played…
Do Hyun and Min Si were not blood related in Sweet home and nor does this has to do anything with it. They were just acting, not like they are real life siblings.
I really like how Chae Rok is seeing hope and new motivation in Mr.Sim. Sometimes all you need is a push, someone who shows you the right light and right path. I love their interactions and how Chae Rok's eyes lit up seeing the food in his fridge. He is healing. He is getting healed.
Things we know about the drama from a historical perspective:
Hong Chun Gi was a woman who actually lived in the Joseon era of Korea, the only woman in historical records of Joseon who was an artist working in Dohwaseo.
Dohwaseo, the Korean Royal Academy of Painting, was an office dedicated to drawing pictures requested by other offices in the royal palace.
Women in the Joseon era were limited to very few jobs such as goongnyeo (sth like palace maid) and eui-nyeo (nurse/doctor assistant).
Although artists of Dohwaseo were considered to be of low status, they were officially considered to be a part of the administrative offices serving the royal palace, and scholars debate how it could have been possible for Hong Chun Gi to work in the palace.
Some speculate that given Hong Chun Gi was a masculine sounding name, it is possible that she disguised herself as a man or gave herself a man’s name in order to work in the palace. Others guess that she could have used the name of her father or brother.
While historical records do not reveal many details about her career or life, they do show that she was at one point taken for interrogation for a wrong-doing.
Based on this detail, and considering the fact that Joseon era, especially so in the royal palace, was a strictly patriarchal society which wouldn’t have looked favorably upon a woman working in a palace, it is likely that she didn’t have a very good ending.
Some postulate she might have been exiled, or at worst, executed for lying to the royal family about her identity.
Now as for the drama:
Based on a novel of the same name written by Jung Eun Gwol (who also wrote the original novels for “Sungkyunkwan Scandal” and “The Moon Embracing the Sun,”), “Hong Chun Gi” is a fantasy romance drama set in the Joseon era.
Kim Yoo Jung has been offered the role of Hong Chun Gi, Joseon’s only female painter with shining beauty and bright energy. She also possesses an extraordinary memory. Ahn Hyo Seop is in talks to play the male lead. The two actors previously met for “Clean with Passion for Now,” but Ahn Hyo Seop eventually had to withdraw due to scheduling conflicts after the drama postponeproduction.
My Thoughts: I think this drama will get a green light to air, cuz the story is infact based on a novel, which was quite famous in SK and was received well. If there was something wrong k-netz would've given this hate while it was first announced to be adapted. Chung Ki does seem to be inspired from real life event, but the rest of the setting of her gaining again her vision and Ha-Ram being blind is all fiction so I'm hopefull this is not going to get back lash.
The whole boycott for this show is insaneeeee rn. It’s complicated as hell ... even JTBC came out and defended…
You know I find JTBC so quiet till not worrying, like what if the reason? Where is the script reading? Or poster or anything? When there is backlash they suddenly give us a statement for what? Saying "Yeah you'll don't worry it's fiction." If it is fiction why use real names??? As for saegueks I think dramas like Red Sky based on complete fiction have nothing to worry about, although real life inspired dramas maybe in trouble.
I don't know how this was given a go signal to be produced. They have to change the plot and take out the political…
I think after the JS controversy, korean goverment will set some rules on what to show or what not to. It's like same as CLOY but CLOY was fictional and this seems to come from real people or atleastil it is inspired from it.
Go on cancel all the historical dramas. You guys are jobless anyway
You can't ignore how influential soft power is. Sure, some people will say this is an attack against free speech, but honestly, you can't ignore how people's views will be warped through watching this show. It wasn't that there were one or two historical inaccuracies, the whole tone of the drama was so strange. If the creators of this drama wanted to make this as it is, they could have just said the drama was set in a fake fantasy land inspired by Joseon, but they had to use the names of real kings and warp a real period in history. This drama tried to portray itself as a "what would have happened in this period if there were evil spirits," not "this is a completely fictional fantasy." That's not ok.
Imagine if Lincoln was portrayed as sympathetic to the Confederates in Lincoln the Vampire Hunter. People wouldn't be pleased with that.
No wonder I'm sketching away from kdramas day by day.
Literally everything so so boring and same old plot over and over again.
I love their interactions and how Chae Rok's eyes lit up seeing the food in his fridge. He is healing. He is getting healed.
Hong Chun Gi was a woman who actually lived in the Joseon era of Korea, the only woman in historical records of Joseon who was an artist working in Dohwaseo.
Dohwaseo, the Korean Royal Academy of Painting, was an office dedicated to drawing pictures requested by other offices in the royal palace.
Women in the Joseon era were limited to very few jobs such as goongnyeo (sth like palace maid) and eui-nyeo (nurse/doctor assistant).
Although artists of Dohwaseo were considered to be of low status, they were officially considered to be a part of the administrative offices serving the royal palace, and scholars debate how it could have been possible for Hong Chun Gi to work in the palace.
Some speculate that given Hong Chun Gi was a masculine sounding name, it is possible that she disguised herself as a man or gave herself a man’s name in order to work in the palace. Others guess that she could have used the name of her father or brother.
While historical records do not reveal many details about her career or life, they do show that she was at one point taken for interrogation for a wrong-doing.
Based on this detail, and considering the fact that Joseon era, especially so in the royal palace, was a strictly patriarchal society which wouldn’t have looked favorably upon a woman working in a palace, it is likely that she didn’t have a very good ending.
Some postulate she might have been exiled, or at worst, executed for lying to the royal family about her identity.
Now as for the drama:
Based on a novel of the same name written by Jung Eun Gwol (who also wrote the original novels for “Sungkyunkwan Scandal” and “The Moon Embracing the Sun,”), “Hong Chun Gi” is a fantasy romance drama set in the Joseon era.
Kim Yoo Jung has been offered the role of Hong Chun Gi, Joseon’s only female painter with shining beauty and bright energy. She also possesses an extraordinary memory. Ahn Hyo Seop is in talks to play the male lead. The two actors previously met for “Clean with Passion for Now,” but Ahn Hyo Seop eventually had to withdraw due to scheduling conflicts after the drama postponeproduction.
My Thoughts:
I think this drama will get a green light to air, cuz the story is infact based on a novel, which was quite famous in SK and was received well. If there was something wrong k-netz would've given this hate while it was first announced to be adapted.
Chung Ki does seem to be inspired from real life event, but the rest of the setting of her gaining again her vision and Ha-Ram being blind is all fiction so I'm hopefull this is not going to get back lash.
As for saegueks I think dramas like Red Sky based on complete fiction have nothing to worry about, although real life inspired dramas maybe in trouble.
The furniture brand pulled out the sponsorship, saying they find some scenes problematic.
I have a bad feeling about this y'all.
It's like same as CLOY but CLOY was fictional and this seems to come from real people or atleastil it is inspired from it.
Imagine if Lincoln was portrayed as sympathetic to the Confederates in Lincoln the Vampire Hunter. People wouldn't be pleased with that.