tvN Receives Hundreds of Complaints for Recently Premiered Weekend Sageuk Queen Cheorin

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• It’s interesting how much authoritative this sounds, does SK have anti-censorship laws? The Netizens claims are a little ridiculous, the character that are portrayed negatively in the drama are basically described in history for their behaviors. It will be sad if the drama is altered as a result.

• Ha, can't say I'm surprised. They can be an oversensitive bunch. But in a way, I also don't blame them too much. Some of Jong Hwan's “one-dimensional horndog“ antics in EP2 irritated me a bit.

  Ha, imagine the heart attacks though if the show went “there”. Lol. But I don't think the drama would dare. I'm curious to see if next week's ratings will be affected by this.

  • * Bong Hwan

• I did not even know that it was based on 'historical figures', I was just immensely enjoying this series that is off to a fantastic start :) I don't think the traits depicted of the King, Queen etc. in this series are any different from what has been depicted in many many series before not just in SKorea but other countries too - lots of dangerous ambitions, backstabbing, manipulation, dumb politicians etc. I suppose having very vocal netizens can be both good (it can hold people accountable in some situations) and bad (can impact artistic license, creativity) At any rate, I hope the show will continue to be super fun and entertaining.

• Its a sex comedy, geez....they had whole ass serial rapist kings in Joseon and this is what offends them?

• SK gives so much freedom for their movies (there're many mocking the king and queen of Joseon) but somehow so conservative on their dramas. Interesting

• No surprises at all. That is why I said earlier in another post that some drama productions have started filming quietly without any leads/agencies' official confirmations. Better to shoot a few episodes first then show them to a focus group test audience to weed out any "controversies/issues/offensive" parts. At least there is still time to re-write, edit or re-shoot certain scenes that are deemed sensitive. SK domestic audience can very sensitive reg. history and you do not know which way they swing. There is this concept called shame-honour which is very ingrained in certain Asian countries. Reputation and face-saving is everything. Perhaps Western fans have difficulty understanding this concept as it's not that prevalent in Western countries. If a SK fan perceive that their culture and history is being made fun of, shamed or degraded even in comedies/fantasy dramas by another rival country, they will be very feisty in defending the honour of their history and culture. In this case, the source material originated from China. Perhaps the recent bashing of BTS by Chinese media and some Chinese Army fans criticising BTS leader for thanking Korean war veterans for their sacrifices triggered all the resentment and hostilities carried over from that incident making SK drama watchers super sensitive again.

  • I actually thought the same thing re: the recent kerfluffles with China. I have seen plenty of historicals that have taken a lot of liberties and no one has cared. I think it is the timing.

  • yeah, sensitive when other people point out our flaws but we can do it ourself.

    just talk about this work specifically, the original author didn't talk about the korean, it's the scriptwriter.

    It reminds me of how shock I am when I watch the untold scandal, eondal, the throne, the royal tailor and just korean historical movie. But Sungkyungkwan scandal, rookie historian, jang ok jung, empress ki, rooftop prince, the war of flowers, they also didn't portray the past as that good. Queen for 7 days even have the yonsangun that the viewer want to symphatise.

    It's patriotism.

• knetz are soo "obaa" already pre-covid. what more when they're more people at home. they'll nitpick at something, esp if the source material came from japan and/or china.

• I remember the hoo-ha over the Japanese temple thingy in TKEM.

• I enjoy the drama yes , but the sexual harassment thing I get and they need to tone it down

• After watching the second episode, as funny as it was, I found it too crass. It’s very different from the original, Chinese Go Go Princes series. In the Go Go the male in princess’s body was very subtle, funny and not sexually offensive. The original drama was a silly fun with the equally effeminate male and female actors alike. The supposedly “male in female body” queen was still behaving like a lady, not a drunken horny sailer that Shin Hye Sun play so well in Korean version. It will be interesting to see how they can avoid the inappropriate (for Korean TV’s censorship) sexual scenes with the obviously transgender queen character. Shifting the blame on the original Chinese author alone won’t work.

  • The princess in Go Princess Go kept staring at actual exposed cleavage of her fellow concubine while bathing and then in one other scene hung on to another concubines leg sniffing it. So, take your BS elsewhere love. The hate is kinda obvious.

    • I’m entitled to my opinion and can post it wherever and whenever I desire, just like everyone else. Freedom of speech. Bet you never heard of it. Learn to tolerate diverse opinions hun, or go hide in your safe space, in case God forbid you might get offended.

    • I am sorry you started with a point that is completely false saying things like in the original Chinese drama, the girl was lady like and not lusting over other girls like this version which is tame compared to that and now you are suddenly entitled to an opinion after I've pointed it out..and so what if she is playing non binary character...what's your issue? Do you dislike non binary/queer people? Is this what your opinion is about?

  • Yes, I understand your point, I did not see the original drama and I do not know what the story is about, but while I was laughing at the chapter I also thought how the Korean public will take a story and a context like that.

  • I literally just watched Go Princess Go in preparation for this drama and s/he literally invites the other concubines to touch them, goes to the brothel, feels up on the hand-maid, calls the handmaid "baby" and makes suggestive comments about how they want to sleep with the handmaid.

    Just because the k-drama lead sits a certain way doesnt mean suddenly the c-drama version was less crass lmaooo. You're factually incorrect.