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Seriously, they need to stop making this kind of dramas. I thought, with this title and the nice beginning, that it will finally be a mature and realistic romance drama, but here they are, ruining everything with the same stupid relationships, getting messed up in a "love" triangle totally irrational.

Looks promising, but probably not the epic sageuk (like "My Country") I'm waiting for.

Just a big slap in the faces of all the people who have been spreading nonsense and crazy assumptions during the last few days. I hope they can learn something from that, and even more when watching the drama. Well done JTBC !

Hahaha, so typical of people like you. I don't pretend knowing everything me, unlike you. But at least when I use a word I know all is possible meaning. As for your "light", it's your personal opinion and I'm happy to not share it. You can disagree, but stop being rude to people and try to force your opinions on others.

His character of Na Pyun Seung in "Revolutionary Sisters" is a total jerk ^^, but he is really good at playing him.

You obviously don't understand the general concept of censorship. But as you are rude to people you don't even know and you seem to be almighty, I will not try to explain it further. Juste one thing : "creators change things to please all the time because they have to." Yep, this is self-censorship. But once again, it seems you don't want to understand the concept of censorship. Suits yourself.

The fact that JTCB is a private company has nothing to do with that. Censorship applies to any artistic creation that it is cut partially or totally because it's considered unsuitable by someone else. A publishing house, or some people, asking an author to remove parts of his book is censorship, for example. So the fact that JTBC is a private company doesn't change the fact that these people are trying to exercise censorship over this project. So yes, I know what I'm talking about because when I use words I know their meanings.

Even if it's yes or no they don't have to do that. People can judge when they see the final product. Asking cancelation before is wrong. It's censorship. That's it. And people can assume to promote and support censorship if they want. But it will not change the fact that JTBC has all rights to keep silent, and in that light their statement is enough and very clear.

"Check yourself in calling this nonsense." Well, the same goes for you. Have you already seen the drama, read the script ? No, so this is just pure assumptions based on the interpretations of few elements. Maybe you're right, like these petitioners. But you don't know that yet. You need to see the drama before judging. It's exactly like kids saying they dislike something before even trying it. But in that case, it's just more dramatic.

"Maybe releasing a full synopsis, outlines, or script pages might help with the public's understanding of what the drama is or is not about." The production of "Snowdrop" have the rights to keep their drama secret until it is release, like any other series or film in the world. What is wrong is asking for censorship only with few elements and assumptions. I think the people who asked for "Joseon Exorcist" to be canceled because of the Chinese problem are big hypocrites, but at least it was after few episodes being aired. In that case, they are just assuming something is wrong based on few elements and their interpretations of these elements. That's crazy. Cinematographic productions have the right to keep their projects secret until the release, and people have the right to dislike, criticize and even ask for ban if they want, but after seing the final work, not before.

... are you insane to hope for something like that ? You can disagree with what this person write but it's really wrong to write such comment. Shame on you.

Well, probably because the average age of the people here is more young and they don't really know him, but in Korea he is still really popular.

"the show is picking a line of propaganda from a failed regime and giving it validation. Is that really ok in your eyes? It's certainly not in mine." I agree with you, obviously this period is more difficult to use than an older one, and indeed, it needs carefulness, but how come "Snowdrop" is a show giving validation of the military regime of Chun Doo Hwan ? There is nothing like that in the only few elements known, so it's absurd to assume something like that without proof. Like it's stupid to ask JTBC to make it clear and reveal everything before the show starts to air. They have the rights to keep their production secret before it starts, like any other movie or series in the world. This is just a form of tyranny and censorship from a minority of people..

"Further enraging the general public." Yep, from the beginning, this is wrong. 100k people (even few hundreds thousands) are not the general public in a country of 50 millions people. When millions of Koreans protest about it you can write that, but that's not the case right now.

"the female lead role of Eun Young Cho, a clear reference to Cheon Yeong Cho" If it's a reference, even a clear one like you assume it is, it's not an historical portrait.

"The currently filming drama began to lose sponsorships following the said issue." Which ones ? Be more precise if you want to write an article to really inform people.

The petitions to the Blue House, if they reach 200k signatures, will just get a response from the presidency and the government. It's not like the president of South Korea will force JTBC to cancel the drama, even if the petition reach that number. It's just a way for those petitioners to make noise through internet and get to their goal.

As for the recommendations, "1987" is an historical movie. The goal was to portray historical figures and what happened back then. That's not the case with "Snowdrop". They are not doing an historical drama about this period. They are using this historical period as the background of their fictional story. That's totally different. But it seems that some Koreans, and other, don't want to understand that and still think it is wrong to do a drama with differences from the reality, even with a fictional story. That is called censorship.

Episode 2 is really good for the lesson it's giving. Cyberbullying is really wrong, and especially violent in Korea, especially towards idols or actors, so it's really good that they addressed it in that way.

Well, it's never a waste to discuss with others and have a debate. I respect others opinion even if I disagree with it. I don't think anybody here try to create hatred though (unless there is some "anti-fan" of the actors ,but I don't really think it's the case).
As an historian myself, I'm actually quite amused being in the side of those who try to defend creativity and explain the difference of an historical drama and a drama taking place in an historical background to all these people claiming than this drama (which they don't know the actual storyline) disrespect Korean history.

"I know you want to see Ji Soo on screen, but we just don't have a say in this."
Hahaha, you couldn't have been more wrong. I don't care about Ji Soo, if I have to care of an actor in "Snowdrop", it'd be Jung Hae In, but it's actually not my point (before the controversy I wasn't aware of the drama at all).
So, following your logic, it's okay to not follow historical accuracy if it happened 100 years ago, and make any change possible, but if it's something that happened more recently it's not. Well, that's what I wrote, double standards.
"Snowdrop" is not an historical drama. I don't know your exemple so I can't say anything about that, but I imagine they don't try to make an historical series of it, it's just the background that is historical, so I actually don't care if they choose a black male as the lead. And that's my point. An historical background for a fiction or an adaptation, with any changes possible, even with historical figures, but that don't pretend to make an historicaly accurate drama, is not a problem.
Your are just making assumptions when you don't even know what I think. I despise Chinese communist government and the nationalism in this country, and I lived a long time in Korea, and not in a bubble, so I know very well how it works there, but these few Koreans (yes, I can assure you it's not the 50 millions of South Koreans who agree with that) are hypocrites to make a drama canceled for those reasons when the majority of what they buy is made in China (it's just one xemple among many others). That's what I dislike in those controversies, the double standards, the hypocrisy of the claims.
If these same people ban everything from China in their lives, okay, I have nothing to say. If these people are being as much sensitive with history in every movie or series they are watching, despite its origin, okay too, nothing to say. But that's obviously not the case.
It's too easy to use these dramas as scapegoats.

He can't. ^^ Like "The Whirlwind Girl 2" it will be dubbed.

Certainly not soon as Korea/China relationships are really not at their top right know. Unfortunately for Ji Chang Wook's fans.

The Blue House (president) and the government have to respond to the petition if it pass 200k signatures.
This is highly criticized in Korea actually because the number is really low for a country of 50 millions people (so not representative at all) and encourage controversies over everything.