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Sir found that Korean dramas have started very hard recently.
The heroine of "Kamen Girl" counter-kills scumbags in bed sports.
Two girls used red ropes to strangle the violent man.
The National Death Penalty Vote, lynching, lets the referendum decide whether a "wicked" who has escaped justice is killed.
"Peerless Internet Celebrity" is a revenge from Internet celebrities, uncovering the unspoken rules of the operation mechanism of Internet celebrities, black materials, and revenge against Internet abusers.
Amazingly, after the heroine relied on Internet celebrities to mix with the upper level, she saw the rich family service, and the maid followed the president's footsteps back to the room, and unknowingly helped him take off his shoes.
Found it?
These Korean dramas are all set on the hot topics of the moment: live broadcasting, female mutual aid, class darkness...
It's full of gimmicks, all we want to see (and can't shoot).
Korean dramas are highly involuted, iterate quickly, and if you don't pay attention for a while, it will appear in an unexpected appearance.
But.
There is also a problem.
The higher you chase in the early stage, the more you may break the defense when you are rotten.
Why?
Although Korean dramas are cool, Sir also recommended a lot, today I want to talk about its "side effects".
01
Topic maker
In the past two years, Korean dramas have been popular frequently, and a powerful engine is:
Overseas streaming platforms enter the game.
Netflix and Disney+ are expanding into Asia, and South Korea is an important springboard.
Just look at how popular "Squid Game" is.
This year, Netflix is expected to release the most Korean films and TV productions in history, with a total of 34 Korean dramas.
Of the more than 50 films launched by Disney+ last November, South Korea accounted for the largest proportion with 13.
Overseas OTT platforms are also in the hands of Korean producers, occupying new advantages.
According to a survey of Korean production companies conducted by the Korea Content Promotion Agency last year, the priority order of production program signing is: overseas OTT (77.8%), comprehensive editing stations (JTBC, tvN, etc.) (74.1%), local OTT (63%), and the three major stations KBS, MBC, SBS 59.3%.
Netflix not only brings money, but also brings the style of American drama creation.
Therefore, fast-paced cool dramas and revenge dramas like American dramas are becoming more and more numerous, and such stories are more likely to stimulate the audience and cause discussion on the Internet.
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos said at an event in South Korea, "What Netflix has to do is choose the story, choose the storyteller." The goal is to support it as much as possible so that it meets maximum expectations. ”
The recent hit "Kamen Girl" won the first place in the non-English region on the Netflix platform.
In order to get a response in the shortest possible time, streaming platforms often choose to invest in those topics that are most likely to stir up emotions online.
And a large number of works provide a database:
What can burst, they know too well.
So a large number of Korean dramas that dared to shoot, large-scale, and socially critical were born.
Incense is incense.
But can such a model last long?
02
After cooling
Korean dramas have always been a reserved project.
If the past is rotten, it is because of the lack of screenwriting and creation.
So now after the intensification of the big data theme, the end is almost innately decided:
Kill or bury.
Gimmick first, trick people in.
At the end of "Kamen Girl", regardless of the logic of the plot, he took the cool drama route and fell into the cliché.
Zhu Wunan is an otaku who can only release sexual desire at inflatable dolls.
After his mother Kim Kyung-ja (played by Lian Hye-lan) learned that her son was killed, she did not understand the reason why her son was killed, but learned various computer skills, bought guns, and found Kim Maung-mi for revenge.
Even if Kim Mo-mi finally turns herself in to prison, she will harm her daughter, spread the news that her daughter is a murderer, and even plan to kill her daughter.
In the end, she was shot and killed by the police who rushed to catch the golden beauty who escaped from prison.
Let an old man who is nearly half a hundred years old, buy guns, go for plastic surgery, and lurk next to the heroine's daughter, just for revenge?
Driving the characters to do all the crazy things with revenge instead loses the richer humanity hidden in the characters.
Even if the character image of the vengeful mother is very crazy and deeply rooted enough, even Koreans are saying that Lian Whelan's acting skills should be awarded.
But what's the point?
Korean dramas like "Kamen Girl" use revenge as a single goal-oriented, but instead dilute the hidden social problems and consume the public's emotions, but fail to alleviate anxiety.
The heroine, who had an anxious face, eventually embarked on the road of plastic surgery, murder, and prison, and did not get a better ending.
Public emotions only stay on the surface of the evaluation of the plot, and there is no room for deeper thinking in addition to anger.
03
"One-off" social issues
Cool drama mode.
In the beginning, usually how a person has suffered from society, and then turns on the buff skill.
"Kamen Girl" Kim Maemei was commented on in the company for her appearance, work ability, etc., and the director used a top-down lens to make people feel a depressing social atmosphere.
After showing the heavy social atmosphere with the lens, the heroine quickly allowed the heroine to cater to the public trend and finally went to the point of no return.
"National Death Penalty Vote" shows a civil society organization that carries out the death penalty for the guilty, opening up the warning of killings, which is a realistic reflection of recent news events in South Korea.
In the play, it has become a struggle between the police and the criminal party, using public opinion to make the public stand on the side that is favorable to them.
Ignoring the inner portrayal of the group of perpetrators who foreshadow murder.
In reality, they are a group of people who take revenge on society because they have been abandoned by society.
On July 21, an intentional injury incident occurred at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, resulting in one death and three injuries; On August 3, an indiscriminate wounding incident occurred in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, resulting in 1 death and 13 injuries.
△ Image source vision China, Gwangju, South Korea, "homicide warning" incidents are frequent, and police patrol public places
South Korea's JoongAng Ilbo reported that a 22-year-old young man who hit a person with a car failed to get into a special purpose high school (art, sports, foreign language, science, international, normal high school).
Disappointed, he dropped out of Pu Gao and left his family to live alone. Repeated setbacks in society led to his diagnosis of schizotypal personality disorder in 2020, and since then he has entered a vicious circle of increased social isolation.
Shin Jin-wook, a professor of sociology at Chung-Ang University, said, "Recent events have shown us how much aggressive energy is concentrated at the bottom of Korean society. ”
At the same time, "pre-killing" rhetoric surged on South Korean social networks, causing panic among the population.
On August 8, the South Korean National Police Agency said that as of 9 a.m. on the 8th, a total of 67 "homicide notice" posters had been arrested, 34 of whom were under the age of 20.
Zhou Won, director of the Economic Research Office at the Korea Institute of Contemporary Economics, pointed out that "young people who have difficulty in having a healthy social life are emerging" and that "recent events have concentrated on the youth level, which is not unrelated to economic difficulties."
South Korea's youth (15-29 years old), the unemployed, and the inactive population soared to 818,000 in 2020.
△ Chart production: Jin Yuanyuan reporter
The suppression of the social atmosphere and the extreme outbreak in the play have formed an echo and complementarity.
Gradually.
The creator no longer deeply reflects on the pathological texture of society, because he tacitly accepts that this is how it is, and everyone who understands it.
At the same time, he is increasingly ignoring the psychological journey of the protagonist, because he tacitly accepts that no one cares, and the public only needs the most direct vent.
Thus, almost a fixed set of formulas was formed:
Society is black, the protagonist is crazy.
It seems that social issues are more discussed.
But it was only a brief attention, and the vent was done and left.
04
The backlash of influence
Of course.
Criticism of Korean dramas will definitely bring opposition:
"I can't shoot it myself, how embarrassed to be picky about how it is filmed."
Of course I have to admit it.
Korean dramas can change reality.
The release of "Suyuan" and "The Next Suxi" has promoted the improvement of relevant legal provisions.
Again.
Even if there is no direct impetus for legislation, change society.
Pointing out the problem is meaningful in itself.
This is why we say Korean dramas "real" again and again, even if there are a lot of exaggerated elements, they still say some facts that sting us around.
But.
It is precisely because of the importance of expression.
We are looking forward to using this expression better.
And not only, using various extreme events in society to make people fear and anxiety, and then pinning the desire to change society on the revenge heroes in the TV series to create illusions.
Even.
The audience also began to fear the fierce phenomenon of showing revenge dramas in Korean film and television dramas, which will also cause the occurrence of realistic imitation events.
In fact, we see more in Korean film and television dramas the staged victory of small people rebelling against society, and everyone knows that real social problems are far from being solved by individuals.
In South Korea, there are also lawyers who conduct legal analysis of the public participation in the death penalty vote in the "National Death Penalty Vote", which is legally considered to be an accessory to the crime of helping the main offender (fugitive), and helping (encouragement, assistance) in the spirit and invisibly of the law is also an accomplice to murder.
Years ago, our first impression of Korean dramas was delicate love, vivid characters, and a filtered atmosphere.
Later, Korean films such as "Burning" and "Parasite" once again entered the international stage with their sharp realistic topics and the power to promote social reform from literature and art.
From sweet and romantic, to bitter and depressing.
The transformation of Korean film and television dramas is closely related to social needs.
And at different nodes, they also affect the nerves of the domestic audience, and they can't help but think:
This long lead.
Will it ignite our future years from now?
That's why.
Sir does not expect Korean dramas to be so "cool", violently showing the darkness, and passing it with revenge.
I want to see it slower, really.
In this way, it is possible to keep it for a long time.
For a long time, we can still take it out for review reference.
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Editorial assistant: Koji of the Sakamoto family