ENA Wed-Thu drama 'Borah! Debora'
In her dialogue, Yoo Inna mentioned the 'Auschwitz concentration camp', a Nazi extermination camp during World War 2. She talked about how she feels lonely as a single woman but she still tries to dress up, and used The Holocaust as a metaphor for her situation. This scene has become a hot topic overseas.
i can't believe writers came up with this and everyone in the process approved it. out of all the analogies you could've made...ignorance is scary https://t.co/oLm7BjvolL pic.twitter.com/GAfDte3Nzk
— cha ☾ (@cha_chronicles) May 11, 2023
It seems like they used a controversial Tweet from Twitter for their dialogue. Obviously, that tweet had received a lot of backlash at that time.
The moment you give up on improving your appearance, a lot of things go wrong. I'm not saying that you should get plastic surgery and do full makeup. Even in the Auschwitz concentration camp, they said that people who give up on their appearance were the first ones to fall apart.
-Well, then you guys don't even bother taking showers and just go around wearing your shirt that has stretched neckband. Make sure to show up at your wedding like that and go to job interviews with a bare face~~ If you grow your hair 5cm below your ears, you will die~ That's all!
-I was deeply moved by that book, it wasn't about 'improving one's appearance'. It's about how even though there was no point in showering with dirty water in the concentration camp, showering was a kind of ritual and the last way to maintain the sanity of those who were dying. That book was written by an actual survivor. Why are you twisting their words?
The reason why Jewish people did that at the time was because it was an act of hope to survive and maintain their dignity.
It's chilling to hear her saying that in the concentration camp when given a cup of water, they chose to drink half of it and washed their face with the rest, and they even shaved with a piece of glass...
-It's shocking how no one in the production team thought the dialogue could cause controversy until it aired on TV...
-Did they really not know that dialogue could be controversial? I'm sure they wouldn't quote that tweet if they realized it was controversial, though...
-What? Did they really write that dialogue? It's really shocking... No one even bothered to review the dialogue??? I can't believe these people are making dramas... To be honest, the production team seems to be really thoughtless...
-They're bringing an embarrassment to our country... I wonder why on earth did they write that kind of dialogue...
-Why did they quote that tweet when it received backlash on Twitter?
-They better clean up this mess and release an apology letter... They're really quiet for someone who just caused a huge problem...
-I stopped watching that drama after that scene.
-Why haven't they apologized?
-Please don't embarrass our countryㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-It fascinates me how no one in the production team seems to know this would cause controversy. Do they not read books?
-I wonder what was in the scriptwriter's mind when they wrote this dialogue
-I can't defend them for this one...
-There's a reason why this drama flops...
-That tweet received a lot of hate and critics, though. I wonder why they still quote that tweet...
