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I'm loving this show but they are going seriously hard on the 2ML's villainy. Even by Kdrama standards this guy is a stone cold sociopath

Right wingers and ultra nationalists are flooding Twitter, Reddit and other social media claiming that Perfect Crown was financed with Chinese money and that's why they deliberately disrespected Korean history. There is NO evidence that it's true. The right is taking advantage of this situation to push their political agenda.

Just be really careful about everything you read, especially if it says all Koreans have the same opinions about this issue. The political situation is tense and people are just as polarized as they are in the US.

Copying over a thread I made on this:

To give a little context to the controversy around Perfect Crown, the show used a crown and chant that were used when Joseon was a vassal state of China. The crown and chant were changed by King Gojong when he declared himself emperor of Joseon. This sounds like self aggrandizement but it was actually a move to strengthen Joseon's sovereignty when it was being encroached on by Japan, China, and Russia. A few years after Gojong declared himself emperor, Japan overthrew the government and put an end to Joseon.

This history is a very touchy area for Koreans and the producers should have known better. It speaks to how sloppy the production was. Nobody put in the work to research it properly.

Having said that, IU in particular has been a target for the right wing ever since she fed protestors calling for the impeachment of the Korean president who tried to launch a coup in December 2024. He's now serving a life sentence in prison.

Even though huge crowds turned out to demand Yoon's removal from office, he still has a lot of supporters who are angry about his removal. Today the country remains incredibly polarized and the political situation is very fraught. And the people who make the biggest stink about historical inaccuracies tend to be nationalistic right-wingers.

PS: When Yoon's supporters were protesting, some wore M@GA hats and carried pictures of Tr*mp sooooo make of that what you will.

Someone on Reddit mentioned that IU in particular has been a target for the right wing ever since she fed protestors calling for the impeachment of the Korean president who tried to launch a coup. That's probably fueling a lot of the controversy against the drama https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10017103

To give a little context to the controversy around Perfect Crown, the show used a crown and chant that were used when Joseon was a vassal state of China. The crown and chant were changed by King Gojong when he declared himself emperor of Joseon. This sounds like self aggrandizement but it was actually a move to strengthen Joseon's sovereignty when it was being encroached on by Japan, China, and Russia. A few years after Gojong declared himself emperor, Japan overthrew the government and put an end to Joseon.

Are critics being too sensitive over a light romance? Probably but this is a very touchy area for Koreans and the producers should have known better. It speaks to how sloppy the production was. Nobody put in the work to research it properly.

Having said all that I want to make it clear this is not the fault of the actors and it's ridiculous that they're getting blamed for any of it.

I don't agree they gave legendary performances but I do agree with everything else you said. It is absolutely not the fault of the actors and very much the fault of wardrobe and whoever was in charge of research for the production.

If you mean the fire where IU is at the palace wearing red, we never find out

AsianWiki has better cast lists than MDL: https://asianwiki.com/Perfect_Crown

Apologies, I've seen people discussing her wardrobe in the drama so I thought that was what you were referring to.

Lee Yeon gave an interview where she said she was pressured to grow her hair and wear skirts but then she found and agency willing to work with her as is. So the styling for the character may be just be reflecting her personal style. A quote from the interview:

Later, the CEO and manager visited Lee Yeon’s cafe. Lee Yeon confessed that during a past meeting with another agency, she was only asked about her appearance. They questioned if she had considered growing her hair longer or wearing skirts, citing her intimidating gaze.

Lee Yeon said, “I thought I might not be able to join an agency. It was a critical moment. If I hadn’t met the CEO and signed the contract back then...” and shed tears of gratitude toward the CEO.

Lee Yeon added, “The CEO was the first to talk about my abilities, not my appearance. I had almost given up when I met him.”

He was in Pachinko playing a very good character and got a lot of praise for his acting so I think he'll be fine

Everything about this drama was so goddamn sloppy. IU's clothes looked cheap and they didn't fit her properly. The editing was bizarre sometimes, like they'd cut off a scene in the middle of a song with no smooth transition. And of course you have the horrible writing. It's like the whole thing was a cash grab and nobody gave a shit except for the actors.

PerfectCrown being such a monster hit means that no one will gaf about good writing in future dramas because they know it doesn't matter when it comes to making money. Depressing as hell.

During the scene where the Queen Mother finds out her father was scheming to kill I-An, it's implied that she accidentally set the fire that killed her husband when she burned the edict.

Everything else is giant plot holes.

Yes and their commoner era was cute except it had an insane amount of PPL.

Final episode: Byeon Woo Seok is giving such a better performance as a jobless loser than he did as the prince. He needs to stick to funny lewser in love roles that play to his strengths and not let himself be miscast because of his looks.

Meanwhile I can't understand why they put the Queen Mother in Dior and Hui Ju in something Queen Elizabeth would've worn. 😭

Gong Seung Yeon was amazing all the way up to the end and I hope she gets better lead roles in the future.

This drama was a total waste of Steve Noh's fine ass.

This drama felt like a gourmet recipe made at a Micheline Star restaurant where the chef somehow forgot the salt. Expensive but the terrible script and sloppy execution ruined it.

ETA: the kiss between the assistants made me cringe. So unbelievably awkward and they had negative chemistry

As you get further into the drama you'll also see that the fit on a lot of her clothes is atrocious. There's one white suit in particular that is way too tight across the bust which is unforgivable especially since IU is tiny. The styling is also, how should I put it, unsophisticated. Bad color combinations, poor accessory choices.

It's very standard for the actors to only get four episodes of scripts before they start filming.

and just to add a little more context to this, Gojong was the last ruler of Joseon before Japan overthrew the government and ruled until the end of WWII, inflicting a huge amount of suffering on the Korean people. So the Perfect Crown production being so sloppy with the history is seriously disrespectful. I really don't understand how this production can be so expensive and yet so sloppy with all of these details.

No smoke alarms, no security cameras, no fire extinguishers, no fire truck parked on the palace grounds after the first fire. Plus are the buildings made of Duralogs because why do they go up in flames so fast?