Recently, the LGBTQ+ movie “Love in the Big City”, which stars Kim Go-eun and Noh Sang-hyun, was launched in South Korea. The movie, which tells the story of a closeted gay man through the eyes of his female best friend, has also been adapted into an 8-part K-drama (Starring Nam Yoon-su), set to air in October this year.
Both the movie and the K-drama are based on the same novel, and while the movie only adapts chapters where the female best friend is the main character, the drama focuses on the gay protagonist.
The movie has been well-received, whereas the release of the drama version is facing protest from a religious group.
Particularly, the group in question can be seen on the street, holding protesting banners which say “Inspect the Korea Contents Association! The Ministry of Tourism, Sports, and Culture is wasting tax-payers money to support a homosexual drama!” and “Production company CJeS is supporting the production of a drama that glorifies and promotes homosexuality.”
Upon seeing such a reaction, many netizens criticized the religious group for their outdated perspective and called the protesters “nonsensical”. Below are some comments from netizens:
- If there’s anyone who becomes gay after watching a drama, lol, they were just gay from the beginning, they just didn’t realize it
- If watching dramas makes you gay, then I’d probably become a murderer since I watch a lot of mystery dramas.
- That religion is more harmful to people than a K-drama for sure.
- The words “promoting homosexuality” are so funny. If promoting homosexuality makes a person gay or lesbian, then the person is already like that in the first place
- I’ll definitely watch it. Thanks for the promotion.