“SNL Korea” Apologizes For Burning Girls’ Generation’s Albums in Latest Wonder Girls Episode

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“SNL Korea” has issued an official apology for the controversial presentation of Girls’ Generation in the latest episode of the show that left many viewers upset. The production team wrote on the show’s official homepage on October 11, “We would like to apologize to the fans of Girls’ Generation and those affiliated with Girls’ Generation’s agency SM Entertainment.” “We would like […]

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[ChunSungIm]

even though its just for comedy,skit or whatever,that is so rude,they makes wonder girls also look bad in that scene.

[Guest Tofu_Cloud]

It's kinda whatever for me cuz they are good friends BUT i dont like the writer producer what were they thinking

[Guest Tofu_Cloud]

even though its just for comedy,skit or whatever,that is so rude,they makes wonder girls also look bad in that scene.

???? Did u even watch it? They weren't even in that scene. So it was obviously recorded without WG being there for that part.

[Guest JitaLi]

...wait. This is an apology for a (comedic!) skit in which the group Wonder Girls goes mad with power, bans other girl groups, and during the confiscation of hidden materials the Girls Generation album gets stepped on - and people are ticked that the ALBUM was mishandled?

It's not as funny if you don't show that specific other girl groups are being secretly enjoyed and then confiscated! If anyone comes off as bad, it's the (fake!) power-mad Wonder Girls.

I must be missing something here culturally, because otherwise this seems bizarre. Protecting an image? Like, a literal picture on a CD cover? What?

[Guest JitaLi]

It's kinda whatever for me cuz they are good friends BUT i dont like the writer producer what were they thinking

They were thinking it's funny, which it is! A fascist state where a girl group goes power-mad and turns all other girl group materials into contraband? That's funny!

[Guest TreScotts1Fan]

The issue is in Korea burning a picture of a living person is symbolic of wishing them dead. It has the same meaning as writing someones name with a red ink pen. It's the top disrespect you can give a living person. Sones aren't out of line and it's easy for anyone to see that.
SNL Korea should just end all together. I've seen multiple episodes. Not one of them was funny.

[B-NA]

Frankly speaking, the production and the writer most probably expected this reaction... and this is probably the reaction they wanted. Heck, they might even had prepared those "apologies" even before the skit was broadcast.

[B-NA]

The issue is in Korea burning a picture of a living person is symbolic of wishing them dead. It has the same meaning as writing someones name with a red ink pen. It's the top disrespect you can give a living person. Sones aren't out of line and it's easy for anyone to see that.
SNL Korea should just end all together. I've seen multiple episodes. Not one of them was funny.

I don't agree with your suggestion of ending SNL Korea. I watched quite a few episodes of it, and I enjoyed it very much.

[Guest vural]

I'm so mad. They could have given me those cd's :^(

[Ginaaaa]

O M G ... the original SNL was here in the US. It was irreverent. Period.

No one, NOTHING, was spared. And those of us who were young and in college loved every single last minute of it whilst shooting our shots and smoking our weed and avoiding studying for Monday's classes. (cripes, I think I just admitted my age here!)

If irreverence is something that is not accepted in Korea then they need to change the name of the show. Period. (or cancel it)

"Jane, you ignorant b (ish) itch!" ROFL

[Guest JitaLi]

The issue is in Korea burning a picture of a living person is symbolic of wishing them dead. It has the same meaning as writing someones name with a red ink pen. It's the top disrespect you can give a living person. Sones aren't out of line and it's easy for anyone to see that.
SNL Korea should just end all together. I've seen multiple episodes. Not one of them was funny.

Could you link to something about burning pictures being a prominent taboo in Korea? I've tried a couple of searches and found nothing mentioning it as a specific cultural taboo, even in articles about Korean political figures being burned in effigy (including photos).

I'd think fans has some grounding in their complaints if SNLK was insulting GG. They weren't. They were making fun of the idea that one girl group would enact martial law, making all the others go underground. If anything, the GG discs being confiscated meant that they were so popular that people risked punishment to listen to them. Anyone who thinks the fans aren't out of line is operating on a very, very surface level.

[crystalcove]

oh come on