3 drama scenes that are unreasonably criticized by K-netizens, even breastfeeding is too scandalous?
Korean viewers are well known to be harsh and nitpicking, but to this extent is just too much.
To be able to survive in the Korean drama industry is hard, especially when the viewers are unreasonably strict.
The breastfeeding scene in “The War of Flowers”
The weirdest one is definitely when the scene where Min Hoe Bin (Song Sun Mi) breastfed her child for the last time before parting in “The War of Flowers” was criticized as being too provocative. Such a beautiful and sacred scene but it was criticized as being too offensive and sexual because the female lead’s breast was visible. In response to the criticism from netizens, the director said, “Such words are no different from insults to our own mothers. We have no intention of creating a sexual scene. the scene was to describe the motherly love of the main character when she breastfed her kid before facing her unknown future.”
The conglomerate abusing his bodyguard in “Are You Human”
“Are You Human” of KBS used to be criticized due to a particular. In particular, Nam Shin (Seo Kang Joon) angrily slapped his female bodyguard Kang So Bong (Gong Seung Yeon) after he caught her secretly taking his photo to sell. The truth about Nam shin’s violent action was later revealed that he intended to make a scene to escape his family’s surveillance. After watching that specific scene, no matter what the reason was, the scene was too violent for a TV drama. The director then apologized but still said that the scene was necessary for the drama.
The king reading a pornography book in “Mr. Queen”
Cheol Jong (Kim Hyun Jung) in the early phase of the drama is seen as a weak, useless King who, instead of focusing on his country’s matters, only read pornography books. This detail angered the Korean viewers because it defame the real King Cheol Jong in history. In fact, everybody knows that King Cheol Jong was just doing that to trick his enemy into believing he was only a useless King and lower their guard. Also, the movie has already emphasized that the drama’s details are only fictional.
