If Snowdrop is meant to be PURE fiction, why do they use names of actual organizations and detail accounts of…
Yes, many dramas have many plot holes, but they are still good. It is the reason why people wish some dramas have an s2 or have more episodes. I believe that the only reason why they use actual organizations, and their actions are that it gives context and also provides another conflict of the plot. Would you watch the drama if the only conflict is that Haein is a North Korean spy? There is no story to move with Haein just being a spy.
It is realistic fiction. where the story is set in a time that is real, but the plot, characters, events are fictional. It is a "could have" story. It could happen during this time.
A good example for in western media, there is the movie called King's man, and the recent movie (the third installment) is set in a time of the Russian Revolution/WW1 and has key characters from IRL like Rasputin, Vladimir Lenin, Tsar Nicholas from the Bolshevik revolution. People could have viewed this movie and believed that the distorted history, and downplay that the movie made the creation of Communism look good or even overexaggerate made the creation of communism even worse than how history is presenting. You get what I mean XD. Though the plot involves a secret agent/spy organization both on the bad guys and good guys' side. For this example, would I watch this movie without its conflict, probably not since I would assume it is like any other spy movie then.
Sorry, can someone fill me in on the controversy of how this is historically wrong? I remember seeing it in a…
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The controversy with Jisoo is that her character was originally named Young-Cho who was an actual student protestor. Young-Cho and her husband were tortured and accused of being North Korean spies. Young-Cho's husband actually died from the injuries that were inflicted upon him. So many people did not like that Jisoo's character was named Young-Cho, so JTBC changed it to Young-Ro.
The controversy with the plot is that it involves a time in SK where they were still under a dictatorship rule. This is during a time called the June Struggle which is where many university students protested for democracy (especially for elections). This uprising caused the national government to accuse, torture, sexually harass (you get the gist) to do things to these students and justify that it has to do with them being North Korean spies (many students were falsely accused of being spies).
I think many of the problems that involve Haein's character was actually North Korean spy and many people thought it would downplay it that the former SK government was saving and being the "good guys", but it was due all to the trailers and teasers before the show even aired. I believe that you should be able to watch it without offending someone. I want to note that this story is a possible/could've fictionally plot where there could have been a North Korean spy who fell in love with a student. I personally do not think it distorted the history as it does not focus that much on what the government is doing but rather the story between Haein and Jisoo's characters.
There is a blog post by kpoppost which I think explains the controversy pretty well! Just search up "snowdrop controversy explains" and it should be the first link.
It is realistic fiction. where the story is set in a time that is real, but the plot, characters, events are fictional. It is a "could have" story. It could happen during this time.
A good example for in western media, there is the movie called King's man, and the recent movie (the third installment) is set in a time of the Russian Revolution/WW1 and has key characters from IRL like Rasputin, Vladimir Lenin, Tsar Nicholas from the Bolshevik revolution. People could have viewed this movie and believed that the distorted history, and downplay that the movie made the creation of Communism look good or even overexaggerate made the creation of communism even worse than how history is presenting. You get what I mean XD. Though the plot involves a secret agent/spy organization both on the bad guys and good guys' side. For this example, would I watch this movie without its conflict, probably not since I would assume it is like any other spy movie then.
The controversy with Jisoo is that her character was originally named Young-Cho who was an actual student protestor. Young-Cho and her husband were tortured and accused of being North Korean spies. Young-Cho's husband actually died from the injuries that were inflicted upon him. So many people did not like that Jisoo's character was named Young-Cho, so JTBC changed it to Young-Ro.
The controversy with the plot is that it involves a time in SK where they were still under a dictatorship rule. This is during a time called the June Struggle which is where many university students protested for democracy (especially for elections). This uprising caused the national government to accuse, torture, sexually harass (you get the gist) to do things to these students and justify that it has to do with them being North Korean spies (many students were falsely accused of being spies).
I think many of the problems that involve Haein's character was actually North Korean spy and many people thought it would downplay it that the former SK government was saving and being the "good guys", but it was due all to the trailers and teasers before the show even aired. I believe that you should be able to watch it without offending someone. I want to note that this story is a possible/could've fictionally plot where there could have been a North Korean spy who fell in love with a student. I personally do not think it distorted the history as it does not focus that much on what the government is doing but rather the story between Haein and Jisoo's characters.
There is a blog post by kpoppost which I think explains the controversy pretty well! Just search up "snowdrop controversy explains" and it should be the first link.