And since yesterday, JTBCŌĆÖs mega-scale upcoming project Snowdrop became a new target. According to the synopsis, the drama took place in 1987. This is when the June Struggle, aka June Democratic Uprising, generated mass protests in Korea. Soon, peopleŌĆÖs worries over glorifying the Agency for National Security Planning (Angibu) that tortured innocent people started to mount. Such concerns were mixed with facts and rumors, sparking a heated debate. To clarify their purpose, the Snowdrop production team released a new press release. In it, they stated, ŌĆ£Snowdrop is not a show that belittles the June Democratic Struggle, nor glorifies the NSP and spies.ŌĆØ They explained, ŌĆ£Snowdrop is a black comedy that satirizes the presidential election amid a face-off between North and South of Korea with the military government of the 80s. Furthermore, it is a melodrama between young men and women who were sacrificed in the chaos.ŌĆØ Despite their explanation, Korean netizens are still not warming up to the dramaŌĆÖs concept. People pointed out that JTBCŌĆÖs statement fails to address the main issues: explaining overusing the real activist name as the heroineŌĆÖs name if it is really a spy from North Korea. The second male lead character is an agent from Angibu. They are also stressing that putting ŌĆ£black comedyŌĆØ in front of ŌĆ£June Democratic StruggleŌĆØ is complete nonsense. In the meantime, more than 56,000 people agreed to the national petition to stop the production of Snowdrop in one day. The petitioner wrote, ŌĆ£A work that goes beyond the level of selfishness like Joseon Exorcist is about to come out again. We have to stop the filming of this drama, which insults and tarnishes the foundation of our country.ŌĆØ Here are some of the comments on the statement. ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs not a ŌĆśBlack ComedyŌĆÖ to us, not yet.ŌĆØ ŌĆ£Hello, overseas fans. Have you ever watched the Korean movie ŌĆś1987ŌĆÖ? If you want to know why Koreans want to cancel ŌĆśSnowdrop,ŌĆÖ please watch ŌĆś1987.ŌĆÖŌĆØ ŌĆ£If they donŌĆÖt have a problem with the drama, they have to shed light on the setting and the story. The democratization movement can never be consumed as a ŌĆśblack comedy.‘ŌĆØ ŌĆ£How can this be a black comedy? So can Khmer Rouge in Columbia be described as a black comedy too?ŌĆØ ŌĆ£Do you know what is ŌĆśAngibuŌĆÖ and what they did? Do you know what the victims fought for?ŌĆØ ŌĆ£If you like Korean culture (like K-pop or K-dramas), then you need to respect Korean history.ŌĆØ https://twitter.com/Vwium7/status/1375453441686859779
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