Thread by @gatamchun

Excerpt from longform article on Snowdrop
“One person who identified themselves as a production staff fir Snowdrop said, “the drama is made with the perception that ppl at the NSA/ANSP were also normal people.””

ilyosisa.co.kr/mobile/article…

“There is some satire about the government regime of the time, but they’re not portrayed as very bad people. In the latter part of the drama there’s some story related to the red scare manipulation incident, but the drama doesn’t have a strongly negative view of the NSA/ANSP.”

The thing is - I actually believe you can make a media work about the humanity of people who worked for the NSA/ANSP/police at this time. PEPPERMINT CANDY is one example.
But in order to do it, I also believe you have to have a very, very clear understanding of history.

Not once does PEPPERMINT CANDY portray its protagonist (who works as a cop who tortures students) as remotely forgivable. It does not pretend there is redemption to be had, not after the acts he committed. But it does seek to understand why this person became the way he became.

My fave comment I saw about Snowdrop treating NSA officials as normal people: “yes and cancer cells are also cells”

Forgot to add the other parts of the quote above (each a doozy)
“The story of Snowdrop will lead to a plot point abt the ruling party, the Blue House, & the NSA colluding with the NK regime.”

“The production’s claim that “misunderstandings will be resolved as each ep is released” can be understood to mean that there will also be negative portrayals of the NSA. However, a staff member conveyed that there is really no dramatic twist [that will resolve the issues].”

Final part of quote
The staff explained, “the history distortion issue seems to be about how you understand the times of 1987. Snowdrop views the NSA of 1987 in a politically neutral way, and if there are many viewers who have a problem with that, the issue will not be resolved.”

Snowdrop production: there is no glorifying of the NSA we would never do that
Also Snowdrop production: we are not here to judge the NSA for all the torture murder stuff they did, we want to be nice and neutral about this

Godspeed to the production staff member who gave this quote to the journalist lmfao hope you’re never found out

Friends I just spent two weeks persuading my mom to stop feeding the dog table scraps, I don’t want to have to nag you guys about not feeding trolls

(Dog can’t have table scraps bc she clearly has allergies and we’re trying to pinpoint the source)
(Trolls shouldn’t be fed either because duh)