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Contents:
- 5 STYLISH KOREAN ACTORS AND THE CONTROVERSIAL GAY CHARACTERS THEY PLAYED ON K-DRAMAS
- KOREAN BL - BL/GAY DRAMAS AND MOVI OM SOUTH KOREA
- HOMOSEXUALITY IN KOREA: KOREAN CELEBRI, GAY IDOLS AND MORE
5 STYLISH KOREAN ACTORS AND THE CONTROVERSIAL GAY CHARACTERS THEY PLAYED ON K-DRAMAS
K-dramas might be featurg more gay characters – jt watch Where Your Ey Lger or To My Star – but South Korea’s showbiz still has a way to go * which kdrama actors are gay *
Shows like Netflix’s Vcenzo and Me are featurg more gay characters but South Korea’s showbiz still has a way to goIn South Korea, beg homosexual might not be illegal, but acceptance is still a long way away the nservative untry – and this is largely reflected the entertament we talk about LGBTQ+ reprentatn Korean pop culture, films have fared way better than the small screen.
KOREAN BL - BL/GAY DRAMAS AND MOVI OM SOUTH KOREA
This versn omted the ccial lyrics, “No matter gay, straight or bi, lbian, transgenr life”, drawg accatns of LGBTQ+ censorship is not unmon South Korea, pecially when to LGBTQ+ characters. In 2010, a romantic vow between two male characters Life is Betiful – regard as Korea’s first drama to feature a gay uple – was censored after the church where the scene was filmed filed a plat wh SBS. A natnal mothers’ group ran a discrimatory newspaper advertisement that said, “When my son be gay and is flicted wh Aids watchg Life is Betiful, SBS should take the blame, ” acrdg to Korea JoongAng Daily.
HOMOSEXUALITY IN KOREA: KOREAN CELEBRI, GAY IDOLS AND MORE
Queerbag generally refers to strongly htg at a gay relatnship between characters orr to appeal to LGBTQ+ viewers and palise on their tert, but whout actually followg through on the ial pictn – or sometim even turng to a 2017 drama The Boy Next Door tells the story of two attractive sgl (played by Choi Woo-shik and Jang Ki Yong) who are flatmat mistaken for a gay uple. The show featured many il, suggtive and homoerotic scen that enuraged the dience to image the two characters havg a same-sex relatnship, but the show never wr them as an actual gay uple. )Vcenzo’s eighth episo featured a queerbag moment when the protagonist, played by Song Joong-ki, pretends to be gay durg a missn.
Photo: NetflixElsewhere, Song Joong-ki’s h Netflix drama Vcenzo also falls prey to this by featurg a queerba bromance and negatively portrayg s sgle gay character. The eighth episo shows Song’s character, the tular Vcenzo, pretendg to be gay to succeed a missn, rultg mixed reactns om viewers. One Twter er wrote, “Havg mixed feelgs about the episo’s plot cuz for one, I’m all for gay rep major K-dramas.