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dangermousie$^*()*(*&^%#$@&*&!!
Or is it *^&#!%*(OI(J?
Seriously.
What am I talking about?
A certain Korean drama, Friend. You can go to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
darkeyedwolf for visual examples but the summary of the issue is such: the Korean network which is showing this arthousy drama decided, in its infinite wisdom, that it would blur out anything that could inflame the children - any shots of violence, knives, or even cigarettes have been blurred out.
The topic of this drama? GANGSTERS AND HOODLUMS.
Ahahahahaaaaaaaaa.
Yes, that's right.
It's not a fluffy romcom, for whom this bizarre bowdlerizing would result in a minute of blurred time over entire run, tops. This blurring restriction turns the gorgeously shot, excellently-written, and well-acted Friend into an impressionist blur for a decent chunk of its runtime. I am wondering why on earth they bought this drama at all if they blur out so much of it - this entire drama was preshot and completed prior to airing, so it's not as if they did not know what they were getting.
Yup - now we have men attacked by The Blob.
I am laughing so I wouldn't cry. Whose brilliant idea was that? Not only am I wondering why they think the kiddies would want to watch a drama about gangsters, set in the 1990s Busan (yeah, that's a teenybopper hotspot topic, that one!), but I am wondering at how schitzophrenic the censors are - are they having an episode? They are blurring out cigarettes in Friend but they are OK with this:
(Kingdom of the Winds, full of similar scenes - here our hero is being brutally tortured on screen)
(courtesy of East of Eden, a.k.a. a 'beatdown per ep' drama. One of the main characters, Dong Wook, is getting waterboarded on screen)
(the hero of Time Between Dog and Wolf, after one of many scenes of torture from the drama - each of which is fully shown in great detail on screen)
Seriously, the entire career of Lee Jun Ki should have been blurred out - have they seen Iljimae or Time between Dog and Wolf!
Not to mention - have they seen Lobbyist, with its different kind of torture in every ep, All In? Or Hong Gil Dong? Or Eyes of Dawn or Damo or Lovers. Are they going to blur the enitirety of IRIS as it's about assassins?
I could freaking kill someone at the Korean network except I think they would blur out my knife.
Or is it *^&#!%*(OI(J?
Seriously.
What am I talking about?
A certain Korean drama, Friend. You can go to
darkeyedwolf for visual examples but the summary of the issue is such: the Korean network which is showing this arthousy drama decided, in its infinite wisdom, that it would blur out anything that could inflame the children - any shots of violence, knives, or even cigarettes have been blurred out. The topic of this drama? GANGSTERS AND HOODLUMS.
Ahahahahaaaaaaaaa.
Yes, that's right.
It's not a fluffy romcom, for whom this bizarre bowdlerizing would result in a minute of blurred time over entire run, tops. This blurring restriction turns the gorgeously shot, excellently-written, and well-acted Friend into an impressionist blur for a decent chunk of its runtime. I am wondering why on earth they bought this drama at all if they blur out so much of it - this entire drama was preshot and completed prior to airing, so it's not as if they did not know what they were getting.
Yup - now we have men attacked by The Blob.
I am laughing so I wouldn't cry. Whose brilliant idea was that? Not only am I wondering why they think the kiddies would want to watch a drama about gangsters, set in the 1990s Busan (yeah, that's a teenybopper hotspot topic, that one!), but I am wondering at how schitzophrenic the censors are - are they having an episode? They are blurring out cigarettes in Friend but they are OK with this:
(Kingdom of the Winds, full of similar scenes - here our hero is being brutally tortured on screen)
(courtesy of East of Eden, a.k.a. a 'beatdown per ep' drama. One of the main characters, Dong Wook, is getting waterboarded on screen)
(the hero of Time Between Dog and Wolf, after one of many scenes of torture from the drama - each of which is fully shown in great detail on screen)
Seriously, the entire career of Lee Jun Ki should have been blurred out - have they seen Iljimae or Time between Dog and Wolf!
Not to mention - have they seen Lobbyist, with its different kind of torture in every ep, All In? Or Hong Gil Dong? Or Eyes of Dawn or Damo or Lovers. Are they going to blur the enitirety of IRIS as it's about assassins?
I could freaking kill someone at the Korean network except I think they would blur out my knife.
