Talking about the hit drama "Scalo", Gao Jinsumei criticized it bitterly: making up an official view of history regardless of historical facts

Taiwan's public television historical drama "Carlow" premiered last week and opened a red disk, in which the role of French-American consul Li Xiande was controversial, triggering discussions from all walks of life. Gao Jinsumei, a "legislator" with Taiwanese ethnic minority ancestry, said through Facebook that from the perspective of the filming and production of "Scalo" filming and production of 200 million yuan (NT$, the same below) and the full support of the official, the "Minister of Culture" Li Yongde said that the right to interpret history is very expensive. If ethnic minorities do not have official support and financial resources, their stories can only be told to themselves!

Ko Kim So-mei pointed out that public television recently held a press conference for the global release of the TV series "Scalo". The host said at the beginning that the drama showed that after the Luo Mei Incident in 1867, the intersection and symbiosis of diverse ethnic groups coexisted; the peace pact of the Southern Cape Alliance once again brought Taiwan to the international stage.

Chen Yuxiu, chairman of Public Television, claimed that this epic flagship project of the Dahe drama recreates the scene and social atmosphere of that year through the tension of the drama. She hopes that young people can see the past through "Scalo", look forward to the future, create the future, and let the international community see Taiwan and get international support.

Gao Jinsumei said that this is the official thinking and position of Taiwan at this press conference. They presented the play as a model of history, as if it were real history. However, when some people question history, some cultural and creative workers say that "creation does not need to be responsible for history." ”

Gao Jinsumei questioned that this statement that "the official should be the right history, and the drama is the creation" sounds like a political aesthetic of its own, but can this kind of contradictory propaganda rhetoric alone disregard historical facts and make up a set of official views of history? Is the Alliance of the Southern Cape really so sacred and important?

Gao Jinsumei said that the official peace treaty allowed the international community to see Taiwan, but what was the world that Taiwan's ethnic minorities had not yet seen at that time? The Lee Sin Tak in the "Scalo" play, from the United States, has just finished the Civil War. How did the Americans deal with native Americans who had made peace covenants with them?

Gao Jinsumei said that the history of the United States in suppressing indigenous peoples is "to suppress if you can suppress, not to suppress, to temporarily sign a peace treaty and drag it out, and when the time is ripe, you will tear up all the treaties that have been signed." Therefore, from the historical point of view of opposing imperialist colonization, there is nothing great about the Alliance of the Southern Cape, and after signing the peace treaty, Li Xiande was given the freedom to act in eastern Taiwan.

Mr. Ko said Mr. Lee later handed over the report and map of his expedition to eastern Taiwan to the Japanese government, which hired him heavily to become an adviser to the emperor's expedition to Taiwan. She questioned, "In order to emphasize that you want to step onto the international stage and let the world see Taiwan, you can ignore the heavy sacrifices paid by ethnic minorities after signing the peace treaty?" ”

Gao Jinsumei said that such a historical view is what Li Yongde called "a historical interpretation"? From the perspective of the filming and production of "Scalo" filming and production of 200 million yuan and the full support of the official, Li Yongde's historical interpretation rights are very expensive. If ethnic minorities do not have official support and financial resources, their stories can only be told to themselves.

She quotes the African proverb "Before lions had their own historians, the history of hunting was always glorified by hunters!" Shouting to the tribesmen, "Don't care if anyone hears it, whether there are resources or not, let us issue a lion-like historical roar, tear open the gap in the official view of history, and return the historical nature of my ethnic minorities!" ”

The historical drama "Carlow" premiered on Saturday and opened a red disk, setting a new record for the premiere of public television in the 21 years since its opening. Because of the role of Li Xiande, the historical positioning is quite controversial, and the drama immediately triggered discussions from all walks of life after it was broadcast. The island writer Yang Du shelled literary and artistic creations that could not tamper with history and publicly regarded them as the voice of the Green Camp; the Kuomintang Examination and Discipline Association also posted an article pointing out that Li Xiande was enshrined as a heroic protagonist, heroic in battle, and had feelings and righteousness. In reality, he was a perfidious traitor who betrayed the trust and commitment of Taiwan's ethnic minorities to him and led the Japanese army to colonize Taiwan. (Editing by Xue Yang)