"Controversy over sex trafficking → Park Jung-hee coordinates"Trunk"Share X Seo Hyun-jin's name value bubble?"

Dec 11, 2024

Netflix"Trunk" production presentation was held at the Raum Art Center in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 26th. Seo Hyun-jin and Gong Yoo are having a photo time. Yeoksam-dong = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.11.26/

Actor Gong Yoo and Seo Hyun-jin's name-less Netflix original series Trunk (played by Park Eun-young, directed by Kim Kyu-tae) were tainted by various controversies, leaving a regret.

'Trunk' is a story surrounding a suspicious trunk that suddenly rises to the lake one day, and it is a drama about a mysterious event and a wave of emotions that takes off the veil with a secret hidden in it. It was released worldwide on Netflix on the 29th of last month.

The initial momentum of 'Trunk', wrapped up by Gong Yoo and Seo Hyun-jin's romance with fixed-term marriage services at the forefront, was well worth seeing. In particular, curiosity about the fixed-term marriage service, which continues to be married over the period of mutual consultation, attracted viewers, and as if to prove its interest, Trunk rose to No. 1 in Netflix's domestic top 10 series within two days of its release. However, when the lid was opened, Trunk was a scene that glorified sex marriages, and the atmosphere was reversed as viewers criticized it.

It was Gong Yoo's absurd remarks in the past that lit it up here. Gong Yoo said in an interview with a fashion magazine in 2005 that `the three men you think are the coolest?When asked ', he answered 'My father, Michael Jordan, and Park Chung-hee', and the remark recently spread through the online community, causing outrage as 'all' Gong Yoo's remarks referring to former President Park Chung-hee, a symbol of the 'military dictatorship', as a 'cool man' coincided with the controversy over President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of emergency martial law, prompting criticism of historical awareness and political orientation.

As the controversy grew, Gong Yoo said in an interview with a new film 'Trunk' on the 5th that `Whenever these political issues or situations arise, I also thought I was being exploited. Because I'm a celebrity, I feel like I'm being lined up because the story has been interpreted and added to it"It was not an interview with a deep conversation, but an interview with a fashion magazine. A word written there has become an issue like a tag for 20 years. What was clear was that I did not live with a false sense of history or a false moral ethic, and that was clear. I thought it could be a mistake and a happening as a result, nothing more than that", he explained, but rather, this answer produced unfavorable.

It added to the public's discomfort to the point that Gong Yoo, who referred to himself as 'Cool Man Park Chung-hee' without any coercion, now used 'political use' as an excuse. On top of that, the attitude of being a light happening rather than reflecting on the wrong historical consciousness, as well as fashion reputation, raised public eyebrows.

It didn't stop here. Gong Yoo also humiliated himself as a defense mechanism when he released a message from an acquaintance that received favorable reviews against the harsh criticism of 'Trunk' through his personal account. Fans were also disappointed by Gong Yoo's attitude, which did not accept the public's harsh criticism and did not spare a shy 'self-praise'. Gong Yoo's timidity, which was rude when he tried to prove harmless, made him burst out laughing.

Seo Hyun-jin, who worked with him, also caused public anger by showing his avoidance of the debate over the conversion of coeducational science at Dongduk Women's University, his alma mater, during the interview of 'Trunk'. Students who continued to protest against the engineering transition appealed for the participation of graduates such as actors Han Hye-jin and Seo Hyun-jin at the time, but they turned a blind eye to it and continued to be "silent".

In the end, 'Trunk' faced a headwind by photographing the controversy over prostitution marriage and the coordinates of Park Chung-hee in Gong Yoo. Gong Yoo's next work, in which empty carts were noisy from 'Sea of Silence' to 'Trunk', is in season 2. Gong Yoo's embarrassing self-praise will make the public nod in 'Squid Game'.

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"Controversy over sex trafficking → Park Jung-hee coordinates"Trunk"Share X Seo Hyun-jin's name value bubble?"

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