The North Korean defector character cannot answer and remains silent when asked whether it would have been better to stay in North Korea. In South Korea it’s illegal to share any opinion on TV that shows DPRK positively, so this is literally the most pro-DPRK they could be without breaking the law.
In addition, the North Korean character is shown pretty explicitly as being abused by a South Korean group focused on “helping detectors”. She is financially extorted for even more money to bring the rest of her family to South Korea, while iirc also being SA’d by the guy who’s supposedly helping
Also she gets killed by a financial capitalist in the end. She was winning the games with her strength and the intelligence with the sacrifices of her comrades, but the capitalist breaks the “rule of law” and “fair competition” to kill her. He doesn’t get punished but rewarded with advancement to the next round.
Having this sequence of actions happen to the North Korean character isn’t coincidental. The whole show is a giant critique of capitalism but there’s layers and layers of it until the end.
I don’t know why I thought it was appropriate either. I completely ignored the implications of saying it in this context, I guess. Sorry, should’ve known better.
She wasn’t asked if it was better to stay in North Korea. She was asked if South Korea was any different than North Korea and she didn’t reply.
The implication is that whatever people think the north is, the south is no better or even worse because of the lies it peddles about freedom from oppression.
Of course I only watched the subs. Perhaps they libbed it up compared to the actual script, but so far I haven’t seen anyone claimed the Korean dialogue was mistranslated.
The North Korean defector character cannot answer and remains silent when asked whether it would have been better to stay in North Korea. In South Korea it’s illegal to share any opinion on TV that shows DPRK positively, so this is literally the most pro-DPRK they could be without breaking the law.
In addition, the North Korean character is shown pretty explicitly as being abused by a South Korean group focused on “helping detectors”. She is financially extorted for even more money to bring the rest of her family to South Korea, while iirc also being SA’d by the guy who’s supposedly helping
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Also she gets killed by a financial capitalist in the end. She was winning the games with her strength and the intelligence with the sacrifices of her comrades, but the capitalist breaks the “rule of law” and “fair competition” to kill her. He doesn’t get punished but rewarded with advancement to the next round.
Having this sequence of actions happen to the North Korean character isn’t coincidental. The whole show is a giant critique of capitalism but there’s layers and layers of it until the end.
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I am inclined to agree. I do not understand why you though this was an appropriate sentiment to share here 🫤
I don’t know why I thought it was appropriate either. I completely ignored the implications of saying it in this context, I guess. Sorry, should’ve known better.
what the fuck
She wasn’t asked if it was better to stay in North Korea. She was asked if South Korea was any different than North Korea and she didn’t reply.
The implication is that whatever people think the north is, the south is no better or even worse because of the lies it peddles about freedom from oppression.
Of course I only watched the subs. Perhaps they libbed it up compared to the actual script, but so far I haven’t seen anyone claimed the Korean dialogue was mistranslated.