Please educate yourself about Snowdrop's controversy, because it IS in fact far right-wing propaganda
I want to clarify, this isn't in any way an attempt to hate on Jisoo or BP or any of the actors. And this isn't knetz exaggerating to hate on them, this is actually a hurtful show related to the kidnapping, imprisonment, torture, and even murder of Korean students in the 80s protesting for their rights and demanding democracy under the pretext of them being "North Korean spies", a way for the government of the time to justify the horrors bestowed upon innocent civilians. I'm going to ask you all to NOT support or watch Snowdrop because it features historical revisionism by presenting characters based on people that were involved in the torture and murder of real-life students in a sympathetic light.
Jisoo's father in the drama was the real-life director of the torture agency that operated the horrible acts above mentioned, but in the drama he's presented as a man who is more fit to be a lit teacher who likes books and just happens to be involved in a messy situation, when in reality, this man was deeply involved in the crimes against the human rights perpetrated by his organization. It is not okay to present a far right-wing, authoritarian figure in a humanizing way, and divorce him from the crimes he was actively involved in, by making his character a soft lit boy who is uncomfortable with the agency he ran, when in reality he has never even apologized or shown any remorse for what he did. It would be like portraying Hitler in a human light, by showing his love for animals and making him feel icky about the holocaust but unable to do anything about it, do you see how messed up it is?
These last months, the far right-wing has been rising in Korea, pushing a revisionist agenda in which all the horrible things done against civilians fighting for their rights in the 80s are justified by twisting what happened as something justified. The government can't just ban a show based on its content, because it is operating as a democracy where artistic freedom is granted. They have never prohibited a show since the fall of the authoritarian regime that caused the atrocities that are being glossed over in the show. Korean citizens are trying to file complaints for it to not air, but it is important to not give it visibility internationally. Int-fans don't know about the painful history behind this show, and could easily believe its propagandistic content. It could seriously warp the idea the international community has about the dictatorship that took place at the time. it is an authoritarian regime apologist show.
I'll leave a thread written by a Korean person who was raised by victims of the 80s regime. it dates from months back, but their standing on the matter hasn't changed after watching the premiere and they have updated the thread. They explain the history the show is based on better than I could.
https://twitter.com/gatamchun/status/1471205914174967808
Update: The family of Park Jong-cheol, who was the student who died after brutal water torture by the NSA has spoken out about how Snowdrop is causing harm to victims of the NSA.
I translated some excerpts from the Naver article:
"Associating the democratization movement with spies is another persecution against the victims of that time."
"In the first place, the democratization movement and the NSA shouldn't be linked to spies. In fact, during the military dictatorship, many victims were subjected to violence and torture under the charge of espionage, ruining their lives, taking extreme choices, and even executing them. The logic of the state's institutions was that it happened "because they were spies". In the drama, the NSA chases real spies, and the colleague students hide spies thinking they're activists, giving their (the NSA's) claims rationality and justification."
Naver link: https://n.news.naver.com/article/079/0003587836
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