"IU and Byun Woo-seok as 'scapegoats'.. Demanding actors understand terminology is unreasonable": Choi Tae-sung's sudden apology [full text]

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Korean history "star lecturer" Choi Tae-sung, after sharply criticizing the historical distortion controversy surrounding '21st Century Grand Duchess', suddenly apologized to lead actors IU and Byun Woo-seok.

On the 19th, Choi Tae-sung posted the official poster for MBC's '21st Century Grand Duchess' on his Instagram, leaving an apology message saying, "I am sorry, actors."

Along with this, Choi Tae-sung posted a lengthy message stating, "I apologize to the actors who may have been hurt by my post from yesterday (18th). Seeing IU's SNS post and Byun Woo-seok's handwritten letter, my heart ached."

He said, "I wrote that we need to fix the system so that such scenes do not repeat, but it seems the sparks are flying to the wrong place. I sometimes get confused with historical terms myself. It is unreasonable to demand that actors understand even such professional terms and situations. The verification system should be a sturdy armor to protect the actors, but it is always loose and makes me anxious, so I wrote a post saying, 'Let's stop the actors from becoming scapegoats,' and proposed an alternative: a historical drama verification research institute. That way, the actors we love will not have to go through such hardships again."

He continued, "Instead of attacking people, I hope wisdom is gathered to build a sturdier verification system. I hope the National Heritage Administration, which is a government institutional investor, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will allocate some of their budgets in this direction. I hope that when actors sign contracts, the verification process—who provided it, where, and to what extent—becomes one of the important conditions for selecting a project. I hope production teams will pay appropriate costs and time to the verification research institute. I hope the verification research institute will provide a safe and verified database based on systematic research to help build the worldviews needed for movies and dramas."

Choi Tae-sung added, "That is how the writer's imagination, the director's directing ability, and the actor's acting skills will be protected. That is how South Korea's K-dramas will provide greater healing and emotion to people around the world. I am posting this as one person who cherishes and enjoys K-dramas."

Earlier, on the 18th, Choi Tae-sung strongly criticized the commotion surrounding '21st Century Grand Duchess', saying, "Phew. Another historical distortion controversy. At this point, are we just crucian carp?"

In particular, Choi Tae-sung had pointed out, "Actors' appearance fees are paid without hesitation in the hundreds of millions of won, but why is the historical verification cost only a few hundred thousand won? Why is the time spent on verification for program production so disregarded?"

Choi Tae-sung is a star lecturer with 7 million cumulative students and recently appeared on MBC's 'Radio Star'.

★ I apologize to the actors who may have been hurt by my post from yesterday. Seeing IU's SNS post and Byun's handwritten letter, my heart ached.

I wrote that we need to fix the system so that such scenes do not repeat, but it seems the sparks are flying to the wrong place.

I sometimes get confused with historical terms myself. It is unreasonable to demand that actors understand even such professional terms and situations.

The verification system should be a sturdy armor to protect the actors, but it is always loose and makes me anxious, so I wrote a post saying, 'Let's stop the actors from becoming scapegoats,' and proposed an alternative: a historical drama verification research institute. That way, the actors we love will not have to go through such hardships again.

Instead of attacking people, I hope wisdom is gathered to build a sturdier verification system.

I hope the National Heritage Administration, which is a government institutional investor, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will allocate some of their budgets in this direction.

I hope that when actors sign contracts, the verification process—who provided it, where, and to what extent—becomes one of the important conditions for selecting a project.

I hope production teams will pay appropriate costs and time to the verification research institute.

I hope the verification research institute will provide a safe and verified database based on systematic research to help build the worldviews needed for movies and dramas.

That is how the writer's imagination, the director's directing ability, and the actor's acting skills will be protected.

That is how South Korea's K-dramas will provide greater healing and emotion to people around the world.

I am posting this as one person who cherishes and enjoys K-dramas.

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