Kim Wan-seon, Uhm Jung-hwa, Lee Hyo-ri, Boa, and Hwasa visited Jinhae as the first schedule of the wandering troupe. PD Kim's main plan was to start at the southernmost point and go through the main areas one by one.
They visited the Naval Academy for rehearsal ahead of the main performance at the Jinhae Gunhangje Festival, which resumed after four years. However, the production team embarrassed the members by announcing that they would hold a surprise guerrilla performance. MC Hong Hyeon-hee broadcasted on campus and went around the school to promote it in order to gather even one more student.
The problem arose here. The day the members visited was the day before the midterm exams at the Naval Academy. The test period starts the next day, Monday. Nevertheless, Hong Hyun-hee went to the library and talked to the students studying and invited them to come see the performance. In order to bring together students who were scattered while studying for exams, they devoted an hour to publicity.
As the performance time approached, students gathered in the auditorium. Students who promised to visit Hong Hyun-hee also came without fail. Of course, it was each student's freedom to come to see the performance. There was no compulsion, but the timing of the members' visit itself was not appropriate. It is pointed out that he should have bothered to visit the day before the exam period.
Moreover, the students are cadets who train to defend their country. After graduating, he serves in the military and receives great benefits and authority as much as he defends the country. It is said that the sense of responsibility and vocation must be extraordinary enough that the state provides full support for education expenses.
As originally planned, it is just a matter of rehearsing at school and going to a local festival. There was no need to forcefully direct from the first broadcast. Due to the lack of ability of the production team, the members were embarrassed and did not prepare properly. In the case of 'eldest sister' Kim Wan-seon, she had to go on stage with her costumes overlapping with the back dancers. The costume team had already moved to another venue because they didn't know it was going to be a surprise performance.
In addition, students were also affected. The day before the exam, at the moment when I had to do the final summary, the 'Wandering Troupe' performance made a fuss all day.
The eyes of the viewers watching the cadets cheering at the five-member concert hall were not good either. The wrong judgment of the production team portrayed it as a 'waste of blood tax'.
It is unfair to hold the performers responsible for the series of controversies. It is the result of the production team's planning failure. The five members are top stars with a combined debut of 129 years. I have no choice but to point out that it is the selfishness of the PD who collects all the best cards and makes them criticize from the start. The 'Dance Singer's Wandering Troupe' has been cringing from the start.
Reporter Ryu Ye-ji and Ten Asia ryuperstar@tenasia.co.kr