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The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty are Jirasi? The difference between Queen Ironman and Haepoomdal

A scene from the drama’Queen of Iron Man’ [사진 CJ ENM]

– The tvN weekend drama’Queen Iron Man’ is suffering from the label of’Historical Distortion’. This is the reason why the viewership rating, which started at 8.0%, is showing a clear rise to 12.3% (Nielsen Korea survey result) in 8 times, but it is not laughing.
‘Queen Iron Man’ was produced with the setting that’the soul of Chef Heo Se-nam transcends time and space and resides in the Queen of the Joseon Dynasty’, so it was possible to predict that it would lead to a different development from the actual history. However, at the beginning of the drama, Queen Ironman (Shin Hye-seon) described 『Annals of the Joseon Dynasty』 as’Jirasi’, and Queen Shinjeong appeared as a superstitious character, leading to criticism of’history distortion’.

The scene where the goldsmith aims his sword at the king, etc.
Excessive twists and turns against real people
Experts “I’m sorry to have chosen the era of King Ironjong”

– Accordingly, the production team urgently revised the families of Andong-Kim and Pungyang-jo, who form important axes in the play, to An Song-Kim and Pungan-jo, respectively, and began to evolve. However, on the 2nd broadcast, controversy arose again when the Uigumbu, the king’s direct agency, was aiming a sword at Cheoljong. Some online communities have also pointed out that’Isn’t there a lack of understanding or testimony about the power organization of Joseon?’ or’Is not immersed’.

  A scene from the drama'Queen of Iron Man' [사진 CJ ENM]

A scene from the drama’Queen of Iron Man’ [사진 CJ ENM]

– One broadcast official said, “The difficult point of historical drama is that it is not evaluated only with interesting scripts or solid acting skills,” he said. “It seems that the’Queen Iron Man’ has somewhat overlooked this point.” On the other hand, some voices say that they are putting too serious standards on the comic faction’Queen Iron Man’. Since historical drama is not a documentary but a fiction, the author’s reinterpretation must be acknowledged to some extent.
In fact, historical dramas that incorporate fictional stories into real history are always bound to take a breathtaking tightrope between interest and historical distortion. Then, where is the’Queen of Iron Man’ twisted? I looked into it by comparing the’Queen Iron Man’ with successive box office dramas.

① Do not go against the actual flow = “If you use real historical figures and backgrounds, you should not change the flow of historical records.” At the same time, he cited’Six Dragons Narsha (SBS)’, which deals with the founding process of Joseon. ‘Six Dragons Narsha’, which recorded high audience ratings, appeared in a large number of fictional characters and organizations, including the prosecutor’s landbird, the powers of Goryeo Lee In-gyeom and Gil Tae-mi, and the secret organization’Unknown’.

A scene from the SBS drama'Six Dragons Narsha' [사진 SBS]

A scene from the SBS drama’Six Dragons Narsha’ [사진 SBS]

– Regarding this, Critic Deok-Hyun Jeong said, “Although’Six Dragons Narsha’ is a fictional character, the characters of Lee Seong-gye and Jeong Do-jeon are as recorded in the librarian, and the role of various power organizations and the history of the founding of Joseon were meticulously carried out. “Because we introduced fictional characters on such a basis, the message of the work that’the unrecorded characters from the periphery also contribute to the change of history’ gained convincing power,” he explained.

② There is also advice that you should choose the opposite option. The drama writer, who requested anonymity, said, “Since’Queen Iron Man’ is a comic fantasy historical drama, it would have been possible to avoid controversy and have fun if it had a fictional background rather than the actual background of the Chuljong era.” He cited’The Moon Embracing the Sun (MBC)’ as an example. ‘The Moon Embracing the Sun’, which recorded the highest viewership rating of 42.2%, is a story about the love of the fictional king Lee Hwon and Shaman Moon during the Joseon Dynasty.

A scene from MBC drama'The Moon Embracing the Sun' [사진 MBC]

A scene from MBC drama’The Moon Embracing the Sun’ [사진 MBC]

– He said, “While using the costumes and manners of the Joseon Dynasty, and the court mourning, we unraveled the romance between the king and the shaman without being bound by history,” he said. “The’Queen Iron Man’ also set a fantasy setting that the soul of a Korean man enters the queen of Joseon. He said, “I used real characters such as Cheoljong, Queen Ironman, and Queen Shinjeong, and limited their expandability.” ‘The Empress Gi (MBC)’, which dealt with the Mongolian interfering period in the late Goryeo period, was also pointed out that King Chunghye, who took the lead before the airing, as a king with courage and determination, turned into a fictional character Wang Yu.
Critic Deok-Hyun Jeong said, “I should have chosen which form suits the story of the work being authentic, fusion with a little bit of fiction, and complete fiction, but the’Queen of Iron Man’ made an ambiguous choice.”

③ Do not cross the’line’ = Popular culture critic Ha Jae-geun said, “It is difficult to say that the’Queen of Iron Man’ has seriously distorted history as it is a genre of comic fantasy.” said. He said, “After China’s’Northeast Project’, Korea has become very sensitive to the way popular culture deals with history,” he said. “It was not prudent to express the’Annals of the Joseon Dynasty’ as a material of laughter as Korea’s proud cultural heritage. He pointed out. He added, “Also, the fact that recent characters and incidents with relatively clear records were twisted at will, which created controversy.”

MBC drama'Queen Seondeok' [사진 MBC]

MBC drama’Queen Seondeok’ [사진 MBC]

– In fact, in the case of a historical drama that deals with the distant past like’Queen Seondeok (MBC)’, reinterpretation of the character was more generously accepted, such as Kim Chun-chu portrayed like a lust. On the other hand, in the case of late Joseon or Guhanmal, reinterpretation or twist is still a sensitive area.

On the other hand, in’Queen Iron Man’, the family of Queen Pungyangjo, who is depicted as a character obsessed with superstitions and plotting a conspiracy, said, “It is a great regret as it is an insult to an existing person. We will respond strongly.” In addition, the production company of’Queen Iron Man’ said, “The lines related to the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty mentioned in episode 2 take heavy acceptance that the corresponding expression was inappropriate,” and deleted the problematic scene from the replay service.

Reporter Yoo Seong-woon [email protected]



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