Kate

I did not expect to like the movie as much as I did.
The dynamics between all the characters were so real and raw. LOVED IT.

yeah, this one was truly well balanced!
The adventure montage was for sure visually speaking my favorite part, and the storytelling was sooo amazing!

To cut it short: OP said "Acknowledge the issues and enjoy the rest" to which I said that it's a problem that only minority of viewers do acknowledge there was an issue with how they presented Africa in the drama, and that most mdl users watching the show either completely ignore it or defends the show as if they did nothing wrong nor problematic. The numbers I gave in the reply to you backs it up - out of all 13k viewers majority stay silent on the issue on mdl, and from the ones that do speak up only maybe a half says it was a problematic aspect that should be discussed and called out.

I'm one of the people who did call it out shortly after the episodes aired.

I don't think you have many brain cells left to lose with how you completely misunderstood my comments and decided to use personal attacks.

I don't care what's going on on twitter, I'm talking about comment section on mdl. 13,671 viewers, most are not even vocal in comment section at all about anything. From the ones that are, it's now close to 50/50 on what the reaction is - saying it was wrong, or saying it's not a big deal. Viewers on mdl wise, it is minority.

that would be best. It's not on the people writing comments to please other people. If you get emotionally affected by comments here, would be best to stay away.

Putting the Africa issue aside, comment section is a place to share both negative and positive views on the shows. It's the same story under every drama - people not wanting to see any negative comments or criticism, which is just a ridiculous expectation to have.

The same way people who like the show can write 1000 basically same comments how much they like it, the same way people who has issue with a show can write 1000 basically same comments.

I think the issue is, you are the minority of people who acknowledged the issue, and if you read the comments, most people who were vocal on it and enjoys the show says there was nothing problematic and people needs to chill out and move on.

I'm one of the people who vocally criticized the show for the Africa scene, but I will also keep watching for now, coz even tho I'm not crazy about the main couple, I'm interested in a few characters. But most people just defends the show as if their life depends on it.

I mean if the drama is based on real events or real historical figures, that's a different story - research in needed.
But with silly fun rom-com, basic google search is enough.

16 episode did not air tho. It's been two and the Africa was a part of both of them. And I did not see anyone dragging actors and actresses - only complain about the writer, director and the tv station.

But there are also people who still watch the show, enjoy everything EXCEPT from the Africa issue. It's fine to criticize and point out things we don't like in dramas that we still watch.

I mean, this comment section is quite entertaining and I have a day off work. I can find both reasonable people to discuss with, and few folks to laugh about ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

"why dont u try and relax" could also apply to your initial comment, again it goes both ways.

go to other comment section under different drama if you are not happy with comments here ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
it goes both ways.

I call out issues surrounding my country on platforms that have people from my country - this way they hit the people that should read them.

I never claimed to be educated about East Asia based on watching dramas. I am criticising a behavior that has nothing to do with the specific culture. All countries have ignorant people, all countries should try to educate each other and themselves.

Oh. You are this type of a person. Ok.
Have a nice day 🙂

I only saw people calling out the ignorant scene in the drama, no racism, obsession and for sure no fetishization nor sexualizing East Asians. Definitely no BL fans being vocal under non-BL drama 🤣

I mean, you can link me some comments, if it's true, I will more than gladly have a chat with them about their problematic behavior.

I saw a lot of people calling each other names, but no one directly attacking any nationality.

why this comment under this drama and not a BL drama tho 🤣

To be fair, I would not compare an entertainment show to a paper research. I am not expecting writers for dramas to do excessive research on every issue they include, but damn the basic check and few google searches should be a minimum effort put in.

Probably more popular so more people watch it type of a deal. I think it's also the case that it's such a simple thing to google and check and it's not like it would require extensive research on complex socio-political issues - literally google countries in Africa. So it's more annoying and frustrating that they don't care enough to do such a simple thing...

not tvn as far as I know, but overall this is reoccurring issue of racist/ignorant scenes in kdramas, that's why I said tv stations don't learn from each other's mistakes.

Why I am bothered by the Africa scene? Coz it's not the first time a Korean drama made a similar "mistake" and got called out by the audience. So by continuously putting 💩 like that in dramas they give me an idea how much they "care" and how sincere the previous apologies were. And the T V stations do not learn from each other's mistakes at all.

It also shows how lazy the writing is. Good writer educated themselves on topics they write about. If you pick up a good book and read the "acknowledgments" part, you can see how authors thank people from different occupations and profession for giving them advice and correcting their mistakes about the topics included.

I can't talk for people affected by the scene, but based on the comments on the page i think it's fair to assume if the writer googled specific impoverished region, put into writing even something alone the lines "Despite wealthy and developed countries like Seychelles or Mauritius, there are still countries like Burundi who struggle with the poverty and in some areas even access to fresh water" < add line like that to a news report about the actor doing on the charity trip - it's what, 5 seconds of screen time? And it literally takes 2 google searches to find out what are the most developed and most impoverishes countries and regions in Africa. Since when expecting writers to do BASIC GOOGLE SEARCH on the topic they include in the drama is controversial and too much to ask?