'Malaton' director "Stop making Joo Ho-min villain"

Director Jung Yun-cheol, who directed the movie 'Malaton', urged refrain from criticizing the webtoon writer Ho-min Joo and his family, who were on the hot cutting board due to the controversy over the report of a special education teacher.

On the 2nd, director Jung Yun-cheol said on his SNS, "As the director of 'Malaton', I will stop making excessive villains of the level of extinction for a specific webtoon writer, and many children with developmental disabilities, including his son, will be able to go to school comfortably near home. I hope that the media and public opinion will focus their efforts towards significantly increasing the number of special schools and expanding the budget.”

"In addition, I hope it will be an opportunity to reconsider the chronic NIMBY phenomenon that makes parents of children with disabilities kneel down and pray every time they try to build a special school," he said. 'There is a high risk that the social efforts that have been built up to raise awareness of people with developmental disabilities will be in vain, and countless chowons in this land will be stigmatized as potential criminals."

Finally, director Jung Yun-cheol said, "Teachers' rights and interests are important, but the media always sees the task of tracking down the real villain of the underlying structural contradiction and system. I've seen enough."

Previously, the fact that Ho-min Joo and his wife reported a special teacher for abusing their son with autism tendencies was known on the 26th, and they are being hit by public opinion.

In September of last year, Ho-min Joo was separated into a special class due to his child's unexpected behavior and received education. From that point on, continuous anxiety and fear were observed. , it was reported that the problem was identified and the teacher was reported.

This, combined with the recent socially raised issue of infringement of teaching rights, caused a stronger wave. Some criticize the Ho-min Joo couple for overreacting to the teacher. The teacher reported by Ho-min Joo was released from his position due to the problem at the time, but was recently reinstated. Currently, he is indicted for violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes and is on trial.

On the other hand, director Jung Yoon-cheol drew attention by directing 'Malaton', which was released in 2005. 'Malaton' is a film depicting the process of growing up and communicating with a young man with autism through a marathon.Below is the full text of director Jung Yun-cheol's stanceAs the director of 'Malaton', I will stop making excessive villains for a specific webtoon writer, and significantly expand special schools and expand the budget so that many children with developmental disabilities, including his son, can go to school comfortably near home. I hope that the media and public opinion will pour their energy into it. In addition, it is hoped that this will also serve as an opportunity to reconsider the chronic NIMBY phenomenon, which causes parents of children with disabilities to kneel down and pray, whenever they try to build a special school.

Otherwise, social efforts built up to raise awareness of people with developmental disabilities, like the webtoon writer's nickname, 'King of Destruction', will be in vain, and there is a high risk that many chowons in this land will be stigmatized as potential criminals. Teachers' rights are also important, but the media always sees the task of tracking down the structural contradictions and the real villains of the system. The meaninglessness and tragedy of the fight between Eul and Eul was fully seen in the movie 'Parasite'.

Jiye Choi, staff reporter at TenAsia wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr