Snowdrop Stars BLACKPINK’s Jisoo
Some of the petitioners demanding the withdrawal of Snowdrop were not happy with the way pro-democracy activists were portrayed in the K-drama.
Korean drama Snowdrop which started airing with two episodes last weekend has found itself in the midst of controversy and speculation. The show, produced by one of the Korean pay television networks JTBC, is also available for streaming on Disney+ in select Asian countries. Snowdrop is a romantic political drama set in 1987. This was at a time when South Korea was facing a student uprising that demanded full democracy.
The drama stars Jung Hee-in and Jisoo of the K-pop band Blackpink in the lead roles. According to Sompey, after two episodes of the play aired last weekend, a national Blue House petition was created asking for the play to be taken off-air. Sompey pointed out that the petitioners were not happy with the way the pro-democracy activists were portrayed in the play. It should be noted that South Korea faced a tense political phase in the 80s when several protesters were killed during democratic rights protests. Rebellions were particularly brutal, such as the uprising in the city of Gwangju, where many young students were shot dead by the Korean military, and falsely accused of being North Korean spies.
According to Sompey, the petition mentions, “There are certainly victims of activists who were tortured and killed during the democratic movement because they were [falsely] Accused of being a spy without any basis. Despite this historical truth, making a drama with such a plot undermines the value of the democratization movement. ,
Some viewers were particularly annoyed by how the male character Su Ho was portrayed as an actual spy when several activists were actually executed for falsely accusing them of being spies. In response to these critical comments, JTBC issued a statement on Tuesday. The network has asked its viewers to explain the full story to the upcoming episodes. Most of the misunderstandings criticized by many regarding concerns of “distorting history” and “degrading the democratic movement” would be settled through the progression of the play’s plot. The production team’s intention in the play was not to recount an unusual era. in which personal liberty and happiness are oppressed by unjust power,” the statement from JTBC read.
JTBC also clarified that there is no spy leading the democratization movement in the play. The network stated that the characters of both Hye-in and Jisoo were not depicted as participating in or leading the democratization movement in the first two episodes, and they do not do so in any part of the upcoming episodes.
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