But if we’re going to use Lee to celebrate everything that’s great and different about Korean TV, we also need to acknowledge everything else he represents—including how, similar to the West, male Korean stars enjoy the benefits of an industry that bends over backward to protect and preserve their image.
That same year, in 1999, he and a friend drunkenly attacked another man and were charged with assault. He was charged with assault again the following year after he allegedly dragged a 22-year-old woman from a nightclub in Busan and kicked her, causing injuries that required two weeks of recovery in the hospital., Lee appeared to out his friend and prominent stylist, Woo Jong-wan, soon after his suicide. Before he died, Lee claimed, “I said to [him], ‘You should stop being gay.
Much of what we see from many Korean performers is a heavily curated image that scrubs out imperfections in order to create an idealized avatar. It’s most obvious in K-pop. Groups like BTS and Oh My Girl are carefully managed by labels. Band members live in dorms, sometimes sharing rooms. Their performances are tightly controlled, both on stage and off. No improvisation; nothing unscripted. They become brands—a perpetual reality show fans can’t tear themselves away from.
Classic racist behaviour.
Weird that you draw a parallel to Johnny Depp in this article when he just prevailed in a court of law.
That Emmy was just a Woke price. That guy is the worst actor on that category.
This sounds like anti-Asian hate-speech Daily Beast.
Give him another chance DB. A leopard never changes its spot.
Because we're tired, man. We're so exhausted from having to care about the detailed backstory of every extant creative. We're ignoring it because we're tired. Please just stop.
We are we ignoring him about the assaults in his past? Because it conflicts with our 'woke' recognition of his award.
Kat_n_around I don’t even know what Squid Game is and have less than zero desire to watch it.
Make him Squid through multiple jail cells
Yes Mike tyson is a convicted rapist.Everyone has forgotten that too
Probably because it was over 20 years ago.
What a garbage article from a trash publication