MBC Drama "Man Who Dies to Live"'s Problematic Portrayal of Islam/Muslims

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[ a thread] Reasons why MBC's new drama Man Who Dies To Live should not be aired. YALL NEED TO BOYCOTT IT pic.twitter.com/2ftnjQLqlx
- MAY💌 (@mayssemgh) July 20, 2017
Plot synopsis: Jang Dal Goo sought his fortune in the small Middle Eastern kingdom of Bodantia in late 1970s. He returns to Korea as Count Souad Fahd Ali to find his estranged daughter

Comments

[welljustguess]

LMAO the muslim girl with bikini looks ridiculous.
(im muslim btw)

[shinychopstick]

lol it's like ..........??? and the fact that they're showing way more skin here than in pretty much any other k-drama on public broadcast

[mjspice]

[shinychopstick]

I can't believe the whole drama centers on this character and they'll prob continue this fucked up skit for 24 whole episodes!!! I bet the character's gonna end up as some stereotypical cultural ambassador for the Middle East once the story moves to Korea

[keytfelt]

I knew from the synopsis and previews it was gonna be messy, but this is worse than I thought. It looks like this is the writer's first work, why is this the storyline you chose??? And of course this had the highest ratings of the W/Th dramas. Sigh.

[jinkiestabi]

How about South Korea stop disrespecting other cultures/religions and focus on sharing their own? That'd be fantastic.

I'm not Muslim, so that's all I'll say and let others who are lead the discussion.

[ohlookshiny]

i'm speechless. i hope mbc apologises and the show flops.

even at the presscon they said that muslim viewers 'might' be offended. wtf why did you make this shit then?

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[swhyeon1991]

OH @ they knew they'd offend people. They did their nonpology btw lol

드라마 '죽어야 사는 남자’ 방송 내용으로 불편함을 느낀 시청자분들께 사과 말씀드립니다. pic.twitter.com/hCiKYznUe2
- withMBC (@withMBC) July 21, 2017

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