In the light of recent events upcoming drama Snowdrop got questioned. JTBC have now made a statement on their social media clarifying what people takes from unconfirmed synopses going around online.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CM4huV6HRS8/
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    Oh my god. These people are so effing annoying. Who aren’t they going after at this point?

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      I kinda understand their concern if you read those leaked synopsis. But I am more wondering who leaked it in the first place… Since it was not even the finished draft I hope this stop here as the drama itself probably gonna be very different.

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        I don’t understand the concern, tbh. Are people not allowed to produce movies or dramas about historical events? Does it really matter that some people feel strongly about this? And why start criticizing something before it even starts airing? (Sounds like a textbook example of prior restraint to me, granting of course that the government isn’t the one doing the censorship.) In context, this all just witch-hunting.

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          Totally agree that they should be allowed to make movies and dramas about historical events. In this case people where concerned about the male lead being North-Korean spy and second lead working for NSP (National security planing). They where worried they would glamorizing those two and therefor disparage the pro-democracy. But like JTBC said in their statement that is not the case.

          Remind of the movie Jojo Rabbit that was about a young boy in the Hitlers army that have Hitler as his idol. I remember many people where concerned about this long before it was released in theater, but when you watch this movie it have a very important message and far from what it sounds like on paper.
          sadly people often judge things long before they have seen the final product. Agree we should be open minded and not judge before we have seen it.

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          I understand the concern over Snowdrop more than that over Joseon Exorcist. Those dudes are long dead, and we don’t even really know what they were like. In Snowdrop’s case, family and friends of those murdered are still alive today, many of those tortured are still alive, and lies are still being repeated about it all. Ninety-nine percent of dramas are a mess, so I can’t say I would be too trusting of the production. That said, I think they should be allowed to make dramas about historical events; I don’t think people should judge it before it airs and then if they don’t like it, they can turn it off and speak out and correct any misconceptions.

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