‘Joseongu Massa’ abolished after the second episode… SBS side “broadcast cancellation” [전문]

‘Joseongu Masa’ (Photo = SBS)

[이데일리 스타in 김가영 기자] ‘Chosun Gumasa’ will be abolished after 2 times.

SBS announced through an official press release on the 26th, “In recognition of the seriousness of this situation, it has decided to cancel the broadcasting right purchase contract and cancel the broadcast.”

“SBS has already paid most of the broadcasting rights for this drama, and the production company has finished filming 80%. This is a situation where there is a concern about financial losses and scheduling gaps between broadcasters and production companies, but SBS feels heavy responsibility as a terrestrial broadcaster and informs us that it has decided to cancel the broadcast.”

‘Joseongu Masa’ is a Korean exorcism fantasy drama that depicts the bloody fight of humans to protect the people and evil spirits who use human desires to devour Joseon. However, as soon as the first broadcast was released on the 22nd, controversy engulfed. In the scene set in the Gisaengjip, Chinese food such as mooncake, pidan, and Chinese dumplings appeared. Viewers who saw this sent a criticism, saying, “Why is Chinese food served in Gisaeng houses in Joseon?”

Since then, the controversy has been relentless as it is pointed out that the costume of the shaman Moo-hwa (played by Jung Hye-sung) is Chinese style, and that the music played by the Chinese hug is used as background music.

In the end, the production company said, “I will delete all the problematic scenes and reflect them on VOD and re-broadcasting. Regarding the point that some clothing and props are Chinese style, he apologized, saying, “I will do my best to produce it so as not to feel uncomfortable with viewing by modifying the parts as much as possible in future broadcasts,” he said.

Broadcaster SBS also said, “As much as we deal with real people and history, we should have taken care of and inspected them in more detail, but we feel infinite responsibility for the parts that could not be done.” In addition, we will reorganize the overall contents through Gyeolbang for one week next week.”

However, despite this apology, viewers protested, and advertising companies and local governments that supported the production even withdrew support for production.

The following is the full text of SBS’s position

SBS’s position on’Chosun-gu Masa’ is revealed.

SBS deeply recognized the seriousness of this situation and decided to cancel the broadcast by canceling the contract to purchase the right to broadcast’Chosun-gu Masa.

SBS has already paid most of the broadcasting rights for this drama, and the production company has finished filming 80%.

This is a situation where there are concerns about financial losses and scheduling gaps between broadcasters and production companies. However, we inform you that SBS has decided to cancel the broadcast, feeling a heavy sense of responsibility as a terrestrial broadcaster.