Loving this drama. Entertaining and sometimes funny.. the male lead and the female bodyguard offset each other well. He tries to get her to quit but... You'll see.
And yet it's confirmed that nothing offensive was portrayed. Stop embarrassing yourself under the guise of your…
Actually, that wasn't confirmed. Here's what the court said in explaining it's decision: “𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 ‘𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩’ 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, the probability that the public will blindly accept [those distortions as fact] is low.”
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨-𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, adding that even if such a law did exist, “Unless the content of the drama directly involves [the civic group], it’s difficult to argue that it infringes on the rights of [the group].”
The court said that even if the drama distorts history it would not block the drama. That so many in Korea object to the drama, that major sponsors dropped it, the petitions and ranking as very controversial speaks volumes. Mostly it's viewers will be the international audience and fans of the actors. Actors who said they learned about history from the script! Contrast to "The Youth of May" where the cast are not idols, and who took the time to learn the history of that era. S. Korea only recently became a democracy, but forces are trying to pull it back to the authoritarian ways.
This week the disgraced former Pres Park was pardoned. Her father was a dictator. Millions had taken to the streets in protest over her corruption and now she's out and here we have a tv drama with very attractive actors in a show that rewrites key elements of the year of Korea's democratization.
Even the female lead character in Snowdrop has was given the same name as key historical figure. And rather than falling in love with a North Korean spy, the person was married to a democratic activist who was ultimately tortured and murdered by the NSA. The NSA would frame students and activists of being North Korean spies so as to block the Democratic movement.
oh it hasn't moved. Site I'm using is up to 36, and if last ep is aired tomorrow it will probably be a few more days before all eps available where I'm getting it from.
Nobody watching the drama. Also, distortion of a real case of state murder of a catholic professor labelled as…
Based on how South Koreans are insulted by this drama, will the actors forever be known for their part in it? This has to be a bad career choice, at least in South Korea.
Koreans find the drama to be a distortion of their recent history: Here's news article posted ep 4 aired, Controversial Korean drama ‘Snowdrop’ gets lowest rating to date: "According to Nielsen Korea, “Snowdrop” episode 4 got a nationwide rating of 1.689 percent in South Korea, its lowest among the four episodes. This is lower than the rating of 1.853 percent for episode 3 which aired on Dec. 24. .. ... After the first episode aired, a national petition to stop the airing of 'Snowdrop' was filed on Dec. 19 on the website of the office of President Moon Jae-in, accusing the drama of distorting Korean history by disparaging the pro-democracy movement in the country and beautifying the image of North Korean spies and the former Agency for National Security Planning (ANSP), a government agency which was linked to the torture and killings of activists in the past.
The national petition has garnered 349,752 signatures or recommendations as of past 9 a.m. on Dec. 26. Under the rules, if a petition reaches 200,000 signatures, government officials and the Blue House (the office of the president) are mandated to make a reply."
why people are rating a drama that's not finished yet ?
It's due to effort a fanbase to strategically offset the opposition to the drama based on it distorting the history of the Korean democratic movement of 1987. They've been on many rating sites including IMDB, giving the drama ratings you'd expect of a lifetime masterpiece. Per news today: "Controversial Korean drama ‘Snowdrop’ gets lowest rating to date" https://mb.com.ph/2021/12/26/controversial-korean-drama-snowdrop-gets-lowest-rating-to-date/
The protests against this drama are not about taking down Jisoo or Jung Haein. There are valid reasons this drama…
The drama is clearly propaganda. Imagine if Hitler and his buddies were portrayed by handsome and beautiful actors in a nice romantic story, 40 years after the holocaust. And the story was changed, he was a nice gentle bookworm dedicated to his work. But it was still Hitler, still the time of the holocaust, but the producers said oh noe it's just fiction. I'm in the US and I can say that most of our country are very ignorant about real history and they don't even know they are being propagandized. I'm not surprised to see Disney involved in this, I worry that Kdramas will get distorted more by US/Hollywood. Most of our crappy tv are propaganda to make our wars and torture seem heroic.
Hi. There's a good thread on twitter by @gatamchun 아나탈 who was born to protestor parents, her first memory was visiting her father in prison. She describes the NSA as being similar to the KGB, with it's classic trait to infiltrate student movements. People were tortured, disappeared, waterboarded to death, sexually abused. If you want to read more, please visit the link.
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“𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 ‘𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩’ 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, the probability that the public will blindly accept [those distortions as fact] is low.”
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨-𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, adding that even if such a law did exist, “Unless the content of the drama directly involves [the civic group], it’s difficult to argue that it infringes on the rights of [the group].”
https://www.soompi.com/article/1506042wpp/court-rules-that-snowdrop-can-continue-airing-after-civic-group-files-for-injunction
That so many in Korea object to the drama, that major sponsors dropped it, the petitions and ranking as very controversial speaks volumes. Mostly it's viewers will be the international audience and fans of the actors. Actors who said they learned about history from the script! Contrast to "The Youth of May" where the cast are not idols, and who took the time to learn the history of that era.
S. Korea only recently became a democracy, but forces are trying to pull it back to the authoritarian ways.
This week the disgraced former Pres Park was pardoned. Her father was a dictator. Millions had taken to the streets in protest over her corruption and now she's out and here we have a tv drama with very attractive actors in a show that rewrites key elements of the year of Korea's democratization.
Even the female lead character in Snowdrop has was given the same name as key historical figure. And rather than falling in love with a North Korean spy, the person was married to a democratic activist who was ultimately tortured and murdered by the NSA.
The NSA would frame students and activists of being North Korean spies so as to block the Democratic movement.
Love the actors, look forward to the story and production
Here's news article posted ep 4 aired,
Controversial Korean drama ‘Snowdrop’ gets lowest rating to date:
"According to Nielsen Korea, “Snowdrop” episode 4 got a nationwide rating of 1.689 percent in South Korea, its lowest among the four episodes. This is lower than the rating of 1.853 percent for episode 3 which aired on Dec. 24. ..
...
After the first episode aired, a national petition to stop the airing of 'Snowdrop' was filed on Dec. 19 on the website of the office of President Moon Jae-in, accusing the drama of distorting Korean history by disparaging the pro-democracy movement in the country and beautifying the image of North Korean spies and the former Agency for National Security Planning (ANSP), a government agency which was linked to the torture and killings of activists in the past.
The national petition has garnered 349,752 signatures or recommendations as of past 9 a.m. on Dec. 26. Under the rules, if a petition reaches 200,000 signatures, government officials and the Blue House (the office of the president) are mandated to make a reply."
https://mb.com.ph/2021/12/26/controversial-korean-drama-snowdrop-gets-lowest-rating-to-date/
They've been on many rating sites including IMDB, giving the drama ratings you'd expect of a lifetime masterpiece.
Per news today:
"Controversial Korean drama ‘Snowdrop’ gets lowest rating to date"
https://mb.com.ph/2021/12/26/controversial-korean-drama-snowdrop-gets-lowest-rating-to-date/
And the story was changed, he was a nice gentle bookworm dedicated to his work.
But it was still Hitler, still the time of the holocaust, but the producers said oh noe it's just fiction.
I'm in the US and I can say that most of our country are very ignorant about real history and they don't even know they are being propagandized.
I'm not surprised to see Disney involved in this, I worry that Kdramas will get distorted more by US/Hollywood. Most of our crappy tv are propaganda to make our wars and torture seem heroic.
She describes the NSA as being similar to the KGB, with it's classic trait to infiltrate student movements. People were tortured, disappeared, waterboarded to death, sexually abused.
If you want to read more, please visit the link.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1471205914174967808.html
https://www.allkpop.com/article/2021/12/over-200000-viewers-sign-blue-house-petition-in-a-day-to-cancel-jtbcs-drama-snowdrop-for-distortion-of-history
http://koalasplayground.com/2021/12/22/k-netizen-groups-send-protest-trucks-around-seoul-demanding-the-cancellation-of-snowdrop-for-insulting-democracy-and-distorting-important-modern-history-in-ways-that-cannot-be-allowed/
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