Reporter Wu Mengting/Comprehensive Report
The content of the Korean drama "Penthouse Upper Class War 3" broadcast yesterday (11th) evening, not only Park Yinshuo returned to the pot with "Logan Lee's brother" Alex, but also replaced it with a new shape of reggae head, face tattoos + gold teeth, which shocked the fans! However, in the eyes of foreign netizens, it is impossible to laugh, criticism is suspected of discrimination, and the ig of the TV station sbs is exploded!
Park In-sook's "reggae head + black voice" angers foreign fans! Explode THE TV station ig. (Photo/Rep taken from sbsdrama.official ig)
The Logan Lee family is set in the United States, which is basically grown up in the United States, and alex, who appears in this episode, is in full English and only speaks Korean when he returns to Korea. The general audience may not notice, but english-speaking natives hear an accent close to that of black Americans and have been criticized as "cultural appropriation."
Many foreign netizens read the criticism written on Twitter, "From his hairstyle to accent to acting skills, this is a complete joke." "That's why black people want to protect our hairstyles, our slang, our culture and our people, because in the end no matter how much we love other cultures, that's how we're represented, that's how they see us." Boycott penthouse, sbs why."
Television stations were criticized for discriminating against blacks. (Photo/Photo from thekaeking Twitter)
A large number of English messages also exploded the official sbs ig, writing comments under Park Yin-suk's photo, "This is a big mistake in all aspects", "This is not OK at all, sbs", "Completely unsmiling, sbs please take down", "This really can't agree with wtf", "Don't mock us again".
Cultural appropriation refers to the phenomenon of individuals or cultural groups directly adopting, appropriating, copying or copying the culture of others, and because other cultures are often viewed in terms of specific elements, they often do not understand the connotations of which lead to offense.