"Dear korean people, overseas watchers do know that a zombie drama isn't a truthful historical rapresentation.…
why do you think knetz think about international fans while watching korean dramas? they care about their historical figures being degraded in their public channel...
And what is wrong with being a Pro-Chinese? If those allegations are even true...I am a Pro-Chinese, I am a Pro-Korean,…
the king eternal monarch, mr.queen also faced some backlash but it wasnt to the level were all the sponsors backed off... if joseon exorcist had sponsors backing off then the backlash must be that big... even the korean royal family made official statement and some well-known korean professor also made a statement... if people like them are making official statements then it might be that big of a deal for the koreans... we international fans might not get the intensity of the problem...
This! Knetz are not stupid and sensitive for reacting in this way. The frustrations and anger are a build up,…
exactly... if they want full creative freedom then they should have simply went for a fictional setup... as a public broadcasting station sbs should have an idea about the public sentiments esp after getting backlash for backstreet rookie and seeing the little backlash mr,queen got which was from the same writer...
And what is wrong with being a Pro-Chinese? If those allegations are even true...I am a Pro-Chinese, I am a Pro-Korean,…
if the king eternal monarch didnt lose any sponsors and had a smooth run and this one faced sponsorship cancellation and the royal family themselves making official statements then the problem will also be that huge for the korean public... we dont know their history and their problems.. so we cannot say they shouldnt feel offended...
even the drama you mentioned received criticism and complaints about its advertisement poster and amazon prime…
exactly... the same way we cannot tell koreans to not feel offended for the distort of THEIR historical figures... its their historical figures thats been misrepresented and not someone else's... if you know that jews wont accept nazi germany and koreans/Filipinos wont be fine with whatever imperial japan did, why are you telling koreans to not 'whine' about it...
a better example would be how davinci code movies and novels were banned in some countries... no one can go and tell chrisitans to see it as just a movie/novel and dont make a fuzz about it... its their religion and their belief thats being portrayed in a different light... non-Christians can enjoy it as just a novel or movie but people who belive in that religion cannot...
korean have no problem with creative freedom as long as famous historical figures are not disrespected or korean history is distorted to a huge level... even dramas that are supposed to be biopics of historical figures have fictional elements in it like empress ki... the entire background of empress ki is fictional and the korean kingdom they show is also fictional but nobody had a problem with it and it had high ratings... mr,queen had high ratings even though it received a little backlash at the start... if people like professors and even the korean royal family makes a statement against the drama then the problem will be that high... even all the sponsors backed out... if the backlash is to this level then there will be something that offended people to that level we international fans are not aware of... there are plenty of dramas like backstreet rookie, mr,queen, its okay to not be okay, moonlight drawn by the clouds which received some kind of backlash from the knetz but none of the dramas lost sponsorship or had to be canceled...
non-koreans need to stop telling koreans on what topic they should feel offended about and not.. its their history and it airs on their public channel... its up to them to decide what they want to watch and what not...
even dan brown's novel and movies based on that are banned in a lot of countries because a lot of Christians felt offended by its content... every country or religion has things thats dear to them and they wont be fine with people disrespecting it...
this shows how protective koreans r about their history to the stage that they won't even tolerate a fantasy drama…
korean have no problem with creative freedom as long as famous historical figures are not disrespected... even dramas that are supposed to be biopics of historical figures have fictional elements in it like empress ki... the entire background of empress ki is fictional and the korean kingdom they show is also fictional but nobody had a problem with it and it had high ratings... mr,queen had high ratings even though it received a little backlash at the start... if people like professors and even the korean royal family makes statement against the drama then the problem will be that high... even all the sponsors backed out... if the backlash is to this level then there will be something that offended people to that level... there are plenty of dramas like backstreet rookie, mr,queen, its okay to not be okay, moonlight drawn by the clouds which received some kind of backlash from the knetz but none of the dramas lost sponsorship or had to be cancelled...
Here's another great example of "Alternate History".--> Philip K. Dick's novel, The Man in the High Castle (1962),…
even the drama you mentioned received criticism and complaints about its advertisement poster and amazon prime has to take it down...
not all countries share the same sentiments when it comes to their history... even today a lot of celebs get backlash if they make any ignorant comments regarding Hitler or nazis...
if someone makes a movie/drama where Britishers were good people and helped India rise that will be disrespecting the freedom struggle of India... for non-indians/pakistanis/Bangladeshis it will be just a well-made movie and its easy for them to say its just fiction and indians/pakistanis/bangladeshis are just overreacting and they should just suck it up and just watch it and enjoy it...
This! Knetz are not stupid and sensitive for reacting in this way. The frustrations and anger are a build up,…
exactly... the writer had plenty of time to make changes in joseon exorcist after seeing the backlash mr.queen received... but since having real historical figures were crucial to the story and the problems werent as severe, everything died down and mr.queen had a successful run... mr.queen controversy happened in December and JE aired in march... there was plenty of time to make changes... they could have simply put joseon exorcist in a fictional setup and tell the story like kingdom and got all the creative freedom they want...
His character isn't paired with the FL and there is no romance in this drama... also the female actor is 25-26…
rowon did one noona romance and even jcw in his 20s mostly acted with actresses older than him... most actors in their 20s get actresses older than them... how is 5 yrs a big age gap? they belong to the same generation... actors cannot always be of the same age, they can only belong to the same age group and 4-5 yrs difference are of same age group... in this drama the FL is a teenager and the magician is in his early 30s and he isnt childish.. its a psychological movie and not a rom-com... the entire vibe and genre is completely different...
The magician is in his early 30s so JCW is apt age wise... The other two characters are teenagers... Since Korean…
i dont think they will since this is a netflix show and they mostly stay true to the source material... if the genre dont need romance in it they dont add unnecessary romance into it like sweet home, kingdom etc... the girl only has a mere crush on the magician because he is there for here and he reminds her of her father... thats just like admiring an older guy... the magician shows no romatic interest towards the girl...
why does JCW keep acting with actresses 10 years younger than him, in roles that require him a grown man to act…
His character isn't paired with the FL and there is no romance in this drama... also the female actor is 25-26 yrs old... Also his only co-star who was way younger than him was kim yoo jung and the leads had a huge age gap even in the drama... Kim ji won and woo jiah are in their late 20s and he is in his early 30s... Not much of an age gap...
hope these casts aren't finalized. tbh i'd prefer teen or early 20s actors since it revolves around hs students…
The magician is in his early 30s so JCW is apt age wise... The other two characters are teenagers... Since Korean celebs barely age actors in their 20s can easily pass off as high schoolers... Acting skills matter and if they cannot find strong teenage actors, they will have to go for actors in their 20s...
As an Indian I will be highly offended if some indian movie or drama portrays British empire as knight in shinning armour... For non-indians it might not be a big problem and can watch it as just a movie or a drama... It's the same with korea... As non-koreans we might not see these problems as that big of a deal but it's their country and their history... It's upto them to feel offended or not and not us... we don't have the right to say they are over reacting or not...
Summary of the issue / controversy:1) The characters. Koreans are really proud of their history and they don't…
I think instead of using the names of real historical figures they should have just went for an imaginary kingdom like 100days my prince which gave the creators the freedom to make the crown prince end up with the FL who had no political support or wealth but even then they showed her to be of upper class blood... It's the same writer as Mr queen and he already faced backlash for using real historical figure but since it was a comedy and they showed that the entire history of Korea changed it didn't cause this much trouble... Also cable channels don't have to care as much about the public opinion as national channels... They always just escape with an apology... Atleast sbs should have looked into it properly when problems with mr.queen happened... They had plenty of time to make changes...
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we international fans might not get the intensity of the problem...
as a public broadcasting station sbs should have an idea about the public sentiments esp after getting backlash for backstreet rookie and seeing the little backlash mr,queen got which was from the same writer...
we dont know their history and their problems.. so we cannot say they shouldnt feel offended...
if you know that jews wont accept nazi germany and koreans/Filipinos wont be fine with whatever imperial japan did, why are you telling koreans to not 'whine' about it...
a better example would be how davinci code movies and novels were banned in some countries... no one can go and tell chrisitans to see it as just a movie/novel and dont make a fuzz about it... its their religion and their belief thats being portrayed in a different light... non-Christians can enjoy it as just a novel or movie but people who belive in that religion cannot...
if people like professors and even the korean royal family makes a statement against the drama then the problem will be that high... even all the sponsors backed out... if the backlash is to this level then there will be something that offended people to that level we international fans are not aware of...
there are plenty of dramas like backstreet rookie, mr,queen, its okay to not be okay, moonlight drawn by the clouds which received some kind of backlash from the knetz but none of the dramas lost sponsorship or had to be canceled...
non-koreans need to stop telling koreans on what topic they should feel offended about and not.. its their history and it airs on their public channel... its up to them to decide what they want to watch and what not...
even dan brown's novel and movies based on that are banned in a lot of countries because a lot of Christians felt offended by its content... every country or religion has things thats dear to them and they wont be fine with people disrespecting it...
if people like professors and even the korean royal family makes statement against the drama then the problem will be that high... even all the sponsors backed out... if the backlash is to this level then there will be something that offended people to that level...
there are plenty of dramas like backstreet rookie, mr,queen, its okay to not be okay, moonlight drawn by the clouds which received some kind of backlash from the knetz but none of the dramas lost sponsorship or had to be cancelled...
not all countries share the same sentiments when it comes to their history... even today a lot of celebs get backlash if they make any ignorant comments regarding Hitler or nazis...
if someone makes a movie/drama where Britishers were good people and helped India rise that will be disrespecting the freedom struggle of India... for non-indians/pakistanis/Bangladeshis it will be just a well-made movie and its easy for them to say its just fiction and indians/pakistanis/bangladeshis are just overreacting and they should just suck it up and just watch it and enjoy it...
they could have simply put joseon exorcist in a fictional setup and tell the story like kingdom and got all the creative freedom they want...
how is 5 yrs a big age gap? they belong to the same generation... actors cannot always be of the same age, they can only belong to the same age group and 4-5 yrs difference are of same age group...
in this drama the FL is a teenager and the magician is in his early 30s and he isnt childish.. its a psychological movie and not a rom-com... the entire vibe and genre is completely different...
the girl only has a mere crush on the magician because he is there for here and he reminds her of her father... thats just like admiring an older guy... the magician shows no romatic interest towards the girl...
It's the same writer as Mr queen and he already faced backlash for using real historical figure but since it was a comedy and they showed that the entire history of Korea changed it didn't cause this much trouble... Also cable channels don't have to care as much about the public opinion as national channels... They always just escape with an apology...
Atleast sbs should have looked into it properly when problems with mr.queen happened... They had plenty of time to make changes...