Despite causing controversies over adult-minor relationship and 9/11 news scenes, “Twenty-five Twenty-one” is still nominated for Best Drama at Baeksang
The drama “Twenty-five Twenty-one” starring Kim Tae-ri, Nam Joo-hyuk has been nominated for Best Drama at the 58th Baeksang Arts Awards.
The 58th Baeksang Arts Awards will be held at 7:45 p.m on May 6th at KINTEX in Ilsan, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do.
Baeksang Arts Awards, which will be broadcast live on JTBC, unveiled the final nominee list of excellent works and actors over the past year for each category of 3 sectors (TV Series, film and theater).
In particular, “D.P (Netflix)”, “Twenty-five Twenty-one”, “Squid Game (Netflix)”, “The Red Sleeve (MBC),” and “Going to the Blue House Like This (wavve)” were named for Best Drama.
Right after the list was released, some netizens expressed displeasure with the fact that “Twenty-five Twenty-one”, which has been involved in several controversies during the time it was aired, was nominated for Best Drama.
“Twenty-five Twenty-one”, starring Nam Joo-hyuk and Kim Tae-ri, is a romance drama that tells about the wandering and growth of young people who lost their dreams due to the crisis that happened in 1998.
It was pointed out that this drama contained a romantic relationship between an adult, 23-year-old Baek Yi-jin (Nam Joo-hyuk), and a minor, 19-year-old Na Hee-do (Kim Tae-ri).
In addition, Baek Yi-jin, who was later employed as a reporter, became a correspondent in New York after the September 11 attacks (the 9/11 terror) happened. Na Hee-do and Baek Yi-jin had a long-distance relationship. As Na Hee-do only waited for the news about the 9/11 terror to see Baek Yi-jin and she laughed happily while watching her boyfriend reporting the news of the attacks, the viewers poured out criticisms for the scene and the character.
Knowing a controversial drama being nominated for Best Drama, netizens commented, “Even though the drama was popular, I don’t agree with it being selected as a Best Drama nominee”, “It seems like they don’t care about the fact that this drama has so many controversies”, “Even ‘Juvenile Justice’ was not nominated…”
