JTBC's Statement On Snowdrop's Controversy

 JTBC has released its statement regarding the recent controversies surrounding their drama Snowdrop.

On December 21, JTBC released their reasoning behind the drama's plot and denied the historical inaccuracies allegations, saying it's too early in the series  and these misunderstandings will be answered later on in future episodes.

We would like to express our position regarding the controversy surrounding Snowdrop. 

After the broadcast of Snowdrop, there has been continued controversy which has not died down due to the contents of the drama differing from reality, so we would like to share our position. 

First of all, the motive behind Snowdrop's story, background, and major events is the presidential political situation during the military's regime. Against this backdrop, the drama tells a hypothetical story where those with vested interests engage with the North Korean regime in order to maintain their power. Snowdrop is a work that shows personal narrative of people who were sacrificed and used by others in power. 

There is no spy leading the democratization movement in Snowdrop. The setting where the male and female leads would participate in, or lead the democratization movement did not appear in the first or second episodes and will not appear anywhere in the script after either. 

Most of the misunderstandings that were pointed out by many people, such as historical distortion and disparaging of the democratization movement will be resolved through the drama's future episodes as the show goes through its storyline. This will include the production team's intentions of not repeating the era where individual freedoms and happiness were suppressed by unjust power. 

It is a pity that we can't reveal too much of the plot before the broadcast, but please keep an eye out for the future developments of the story. 

In addition, JTBC plans to open a real-time chat service on the portal sites to listen to the various variable opinions and voices of the viewers regarding our content. 

The core values that JTBC pursues is freedom of content creation and independence in production. based on these values, JTBC will do its best to show you good works.

As of writing, there are more than 310,000 signatures on the submitted petition to the Blue House.

Source newsen  translation from Koreaboo

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