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It’s nearing the one year anniversary of when Queen Cheorin (Mr. Queen) premiered on tvN on December 12th, 2020. Oh what a year makes, for this drama it’s been the see-saw of hugely successful airings and audience feedback when it aired followed by blacklisting afterwards as collateral damage from other fallouts tied to K-netizens sudden fixating on punishing shows that distort history. The drama hasn’t been talked about for months now but it back in the news this week when K-netizens noticed that it’s Naver Channel has been restored (after being taken down) and that TVing is actively promoting it again to gain viewers as it owns the streaming rights to the drama in Korea. Some are talking about cancelling their TVing subscriptions to protest to which I say whatever floats your boat. Watch if you like, don’t watch if it offends you, but the kinda cancellation of Queen Cheorin is still one I’m sad about. The first half was so entertaining and well done and yes the second half fell apart and the ending was a huge pile of steaming crap but it does not deserve this level of disdain for what was just fictional liberties in storytelling.
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