Directed by Im Hyun-wook, King the Land is presently streaming on Netflix.
By:
Mohnish Singh
Korean dramas have been garnering an enormous viewership in lots of elements of the world. The brand new JTBC Okay-Drama King the Land, which options Junho and YoonA in main roles, has additionally acquired love from numerous quarters, however a sure part of the viewers has now reacted negatively to the seventh episode of the hit sequence.
The seventh episode of King the Land introduces a brand new character, Prince Samir, performed by Anupam Tripathi. For these not within the know, Tripathi rose to fame together with his well-received efficiency in Netflix’s Squid Recreation, which is presently in manufacturing for its second season. Many individuals are offended with the best way the Arab Prince was proven within the mentioned episode.
Whereas followers are upset with the truth that an Indian actor has been solid to signify an individual from the Arab group, their disdain is additional fuelled by the misrepresentation and problematic portrayal of the character. It got here throughout as “insulting” to Arab folks that Prince Samir appeared obsessive about alcohol and ladies. Right here’s how they’re reacting to the identical:
“King the Land was that tacky summer time Okay-drama all of us wanted till they portrayed Arabs of their newest episode in essentially the most ridiculous, offensive method ever prefer it’s 2023; it’s not exhausting to SEARCH about different cultures earlier than utilizing them in a present,” a person wrote.
They introduced an Indian actor, put him in Arab conventional garments, and make him act as if he’s uneducated and obsessive about alcohol and ladies… that is extraordinarily disrespectful and offensive. We want an apology.#JTBCAPOLOGIZE#KingTheLandEp7#KingTheLand
pic.twitter.com/TTbpnIBfcL— رين (@areayiein) July 9, 2023
King the land was such a superb romcom sequence earlier than ep7… like actually can we nonetheless should do these “arab” stereotypes not even speaking about them casting an Indian actor as an Arab or the garments….
— Nano (@selbyulie) July 8, 2023
Viewers requested an apology from JTBC. The manufacturing staff launched a press release through SPOTV Information in response, saying, “All characters, areas, and nominations that seem within the drama are works of fiction. We by no means specified the prince’s nation of origin.”
Directed by Im Hyun-wook, King the Land is presently streaming on Netflix.
