"Long live, long live, long, long live"... IU and Byun Woo-seok apologize; scriptbook for 'Grand Duchess' revised [Star Issue]

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Some parts of the scriptbook for MBC's drama '21st Century Grand Duchess,' which has been embroiled in controversy over historical distortion, have been revised.

On the 18th, publisher Open House announced via its official SNS that it would distribute a PDF file correcting certain expressions in the '21st Century Grand Duchess' scriptbook and released a download link.

The revised scriptbook released that day includes corrections such as the description of the king's attire on the day of the coronation and the alteration of the expression 'Cheon-se.'

The revised version reflects the corrected line: 'Jung-woo, bow. The royal clan and civil and military officials kneel and bow their heads three times. People offering coral while wishing for the longevity of Wang-ui. Everyone shouts, "Long live, long live, long, long live."'

'21st Century Grand Duchess' is a drama depicting the fated romance of Seong Hee-ju (played by IU), a woman who has everything as a chaebol but is frustrated by her lowly status as a commoner, and Lee-an Daegun (played by Byun Woo-seok), a sad man who is the king's son but can possess nothing, set against the backdrop of a 21st-century constitutional monarchy in South Korea. The final episode, which aired on the 16th, concluded with a national viewership rating of 13.8% (based on Nielsen Korea's national household data), setting a new record for the series.

Regardless of its box office performance, controversy over the drama continued. In particular, the 11th episode, which aired on the 15th, sparked controversy over historical distortion and the Northeast Project due to scenes where the expression 'Cheon-se,' used by vassal states during Lee-an Daegun's coronation, appeared instead of the Sipmyeonryugwan, and where characters in the drama followed Chinese-style tea ceremony methods.

In response, lead actors IU and Byun Woo-seok issued apologies regarding the controversy via their respective SNS accounts.

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