Have you read the webtoon, and the chapter in question ?It doesn't "confront/adress" any issues, in this case…
Clearly you haven't read the chapter in question.
" A bully who considers himself the only "pure Korean" in the school, harasses a Korean-Ethiopian student as a "half-blood." Other students join in with racist comments and insults. The Korean-Ethiopian retaliates by harassing the Korean bully with derogatory, insulting, racially-based comments and actions. "
It's the opposite of what's depicted in the webtoon. The "half-blood" is the bully, not the other way around. Students don't join in racist comments. If things were depicted as you say, i wouldn't have any problems with it. Racism exist, and you can show it, even in the crudest way. I agree with that. In the "controversial" chapter we see a "half-blood" depicted as bullying a student, who's presented as suffering from being the only "pure-blooded" korean in his hometown. From my own experiences living in Korea, and the fact that foreigners are about 3% of the korean population, that's completely removed from the reality.
@fortunn that's my whole point, what's shown in this chapter doesn't happen in real life in korea.
I think what they meant was "why would they air a documentary and a recap on these dates ? Is there something big on another network that they don't want the drama to compete with ?"
What would Korean entertainment media write about without all these manufactured "controversies" that amount to…
Have you read the webtoon, and the chapter in question ? It doesn't "confront/adress" any issues, in this case racism. It uses racist stereotypes (the way the mixed race character is drawn, his exaggerated facial features, the monkeys...) to depict a situation that does not exist. Here, the fact that "pure-blooded" koreans are constantly harrassed by the "halfies". I have no problems with racial slurs or racist situations being depicted, or with the fact that the black guy is depicted as a villain, as long as there is a point to it. The only point here is to get a laugh. And when you use racial slurs to get a laugh, well, that's racism.
They're both single right now, and so far we haven't seen much of their dating history between their time as high schoolers and the time of their reunion.
To me it felt sluggish in the beginning. The initial cases are not very interesting, besides being tearjerkers.…
Nobody Knows is one of my favourite Korean thriller dramas, with Beyond evil being a strong contender. Good detective, Taxi Driver, Awaken, My Name, The lie within... Maybe there's one you haven't seen yet, but I also suffer from K Drama burnout and haven't seen something in these genres that's really satisfying in a while.
None. There was an article published at the end of last year about "actor L" being investigated for drugs. But it was about Lee Sung Kyun, not about L. This guy is talking nonsense
The "L" you're referring to is not Kim Myung Soo, but Lee Sung Kyun, who took his life after the article about "actor L" being investigated for drugs was published
ugh cant they find a decent ml for jjh ever ?!!!!!
KDW is a great actor. He won a lot of presitigious awards, and his last movie with Hirokazu Kore-Eda won awards at the cannes film fesitval. Seems decent enough
You should definitely watch her in Mr Sunshine (historical drama)& 2521 (youth slice of life). You will not be…
25 21 is one of the best drama i've watched in years, she's truly amazing in it. She got a well deserved Baeksang award, the top award you can get as an actor in SK
" A bully who considers himself the only "pure Korean" in the school, harasses a Korean-Ethiopian student as a "half-blood." Other students join in with racist comments and insults. The Korean-Ethiopian retaliates by harassing the Korean bully with derogatory, insulting, racially-based comments and actions. "
It's the opposite of what's depicted in the webtoon. The "half-blood" is the bully, not the other way around. Students don't join in racist comments.
If things were depicted as you say, i wouldn't have any problems with it. Racism exist, and you can show it, even in the crudest way. I agree with that.
In the "controversial" chapter we see a "half-blood" depicted as bullying a student, who's presented as suffering from being the only "pure-blooded" korean in his hometown. From my own experiences living in Korea, and the fact that foreigners are about 3% of the korean population, that's completely removed from the reality.
@fortunn that's my whole point, what's shown in this chapter doesn't happen in real life in korea.
It doesn't "confront/adress" any issues, in this case racism. It uses racist stereotypes (the way the mixed race character is drawn, his exaggerated facial features, the monkeys...) to depict a situation that does not exist. Here, the fact that "pure-blooded" koreans are constantly harrassed by the "halfies".
I have no problems with racial slurs or racist situations being depicted, or with the fact that the black guy is depicted as a villain, as long as there is a point to it.
The only point here is to get a laugh. And when you use racial slurs to get a laugh, well, that's racism.
Good detective, Taxi Driver, Awaken, My Name, The lie within...
Maybe there's one you haven't seen yet, but I also suffer from K Drama burnout and haven't seen something in these genres that's really satisfying in a while.
There was an article published at the end of last year about "actor L" being investigated for drugs. But it was about Lee Sung Kyun, not about L. This guy is talking nonsense