quick look at the two episodes of Joseon Exorcist

[ajk]

Considering what happened with this drama, I thought it deserved a board here if only because (1) only two episodes aired so we can view them in a couple of hours; and (2) the episodes may turn out to be a turning point in the development of historicals. We'll see...but the magnitude of the negative reaction in Korea was significant enough that it should be noted here in this forum.

I'm going to watch the first episode over the next few days and do a thread for it, and then next week the same for the second. I'll also post some of the articles that have been written about the controversy and the specific historical distortions that sparked it.

It's available on DramaCool and fortunately it displays well there without visual distortion. It's not on DailyMotion.

[MTR]

Good idea, it will be the shortest drama ever .

[sageuk]

Looks like the consensus is that the backlash was horribly overblown partially because of anti-Chinese sentiment going on in Korea.

I probably wouldn't have watched the show even if the backlash hadn't happened.