Drakor Ongoing – Korean drama Shooting Stars recently aired their first two episodes. However, the drama, starring Lee Sung Kyung and Kim Young Dae, has actually received criticism from international audiences for alleged racism and elements of violence.
Because the Korean Drama Shooting Stars shows a racist picture of African countries. This can be seen from the first episode during the scene where Kim Young Dae who plays Gong Tae Sung has a mission and journey in Africa.
The Korean drama Shooting Stars, starring Kim Young Dae and Lee Sung Kyung, premiered on Friday (22/4/2022). This drama with the romantic comedy genre has been long awaited because it takes the storyline of the lives of Korean artists behind the scenes in real time real life.
Shooting Stars also stars a number of Korean artists who are undoubtedly Korean drama lovers. Besides Lee Sung Kyung and Kim Young Dae, Yoon Jong Hoon, Kim Yoon Hye (Vincenzo), CNBLUE’s Jungshin, and Sojin also appeared. All of these players have starred in the highly rated Drakor.
Shooting Stars Don’t Get High Rating
Unfortunately, despite starring many famous actresses, Shooting Stars was not able to get a high rating. This Korean drama only got low ratings when it premiered. Reporting from Nielsen Korea, the first episode received a rating of 1.6 percent.
Even so, Shooting Stars is still a conversation among fans who are waiting for Lee Sung Kyung’s comeback after starring in Dr. Romantic 2. Likewise with the presence of Kim Young Dae who has not been seen for a long time and last starred in The Penthouse trilogy.
Shooting Stars raises the love story of famous Korean artist Gong Tae who has a kind of love hate relationship with Oh Han Byul, a PR team leader for the Star Force Entertainment agency. However, Tae Sung and Han Byul often fight behind the scenes even though they have known each other for a long time.
Not only highlighting the love story of the main players, the Korean drama Shooting Stars also follows the stories of people who are behind the scenes and support Gong Tae Sung. Yoon Jong Hoon plays Kang Yoon Seong, a manager with good manners and has a handsome face like a Korean artist.
Kim Yoon Hye plays Park Ho Young, an ex-taekwondo athlete whose current position is a manager. CNBLUE’s Jungshin appears as Do Soo Hyuk, a lawyer and consultant to the agency Star Force Entertainment.
According to Lee Sung Kyung, the writer of the Korean drama Shooting Stars, he has realistically described the state of the Korean entertainment world. Even the player also said, “I feel very close to the storyline in this drama because the director realistically described the details and the difficulties that my agency and myself experienced.”
Netizens Condemn Scenes of Alleged Racism and Sexual Violence
Netizens regret that the Shooting Stars production team made something like this stereotypes in a scene that African countries have absolutely no access to clean water. This can be seen during the scene where Gong Tae Sung came to Africa, where he is a famous Korean artist described as “savior” because he could find clean water after digging an earthen well.
When showing African countries, the Shooting Stars production team also used a kind of yellow filter to depict some slum areas like Hollywood movies.
The second episode of Shooting Stars also received a lot of criticism after it happened scene who described the sexual harassment scene as a joke. In episode two, Gong Tae Sung realized an error in writing the article, Han Byul, the PR head of the Star Force Entertainment agency.
Until now, the Korean drama Shooting Stars is still a hot topic in the Twitter world. Many fans and viewers have criticized the way behind the scenes in the racist depiction of Africa and scenes of sexual harassment.
Some online viewers wrote, “Their way of describing Africa is ridiculous and looks racist,” then some chimed in, “Only two episodes have been problematic. What’s wrong with the author?” “tvN should remove the Lion King background music, otherwise be prepared for big trouble,”. The sexual harassment implied in the drama scene is not funny and should not be considered something that deserves to be made a joke.
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