What is the beautification of infidelity... From 'Chaebol's House' to 'Cha Jeong-suk', JTBC Syndrome that ended with Dragon Head Sami

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It is said that there is no ending that can satisfy everyone, but the rest of the focus on the subject consciousness collapsed the public expectations. Disappointment comes as much as the hot popularity. Following the 'youngest son of a conglomerate family' who saved the drama department of JTBC, and 'Doctor Cha Jeong-suk', the successive endings are regretful. In particular, 'Doctor Cha Jung-sook' has a happy ending between a man and a woman having an affair, so they cannot escape the label of 'beautifying an affair'.

The ending of the JTBC Saturday drama 'Doctor Cha Jeong-sook', which ended on the 4th, was a happy ending where everyone found happiness. Cha Jung-sook (Uhm Jung-hwa) successfully underwent liver transplant reoperation and became a family medicine specialist and opened 'Cha Jeong-sook Clinic'. Choi Seung-hee (Myung Se-bin), who inherited a 50 billion won inheritance, took over a nursing hospital, and Roy Kim (Min Woo-hyuk) met a new love and found the true meaning of family.

However, the reason why there is no support for their 'perfect' ending is that Seo In-ho and Choi Seung-hee have an internal relationship that has been in an affair for 20 years. The two had an affair, thoroughly deceived Cha Jeong-suk, and even had a child out of wedlock. Seo In-ho was a bad husband who went on a trip with Choi Seung-hee even when Cha Jung-sook collapsed and was taken to the emergency room, and kept urging his wife to quit the hospital.

Of course, Seo In-ho's absurd and comical appearance was highlighted to create a character called 'a demonic man' who cannot be hated, and it is said that Choi Seung-hee's lack of family and maternal love were portrayed in three dimensions, but the fact that does not change is that the two All of them are unforgivable cheating men and cheating women.

However, the ending tailored to the 'growth' of the characters served as an indulgence to Seo In-ho and Choi Seung-hee, and instead of encouraging good and punishing evil, the ending became 'Eat well and live well'. Seo In-ho was divorced, but three years later, he and Cha Jung-suk were drawn to be friends to the extent that they volunteered together. Here, the ending of Roy Kim, who gave up Cha Jeong-suk and suddenly got a new girlfriend, is somewhat absurd.

This beautification of infidelity was previously controversial in TV Chosun's 'Red Balloon'. Jo Eun-gang (played by Seo Ji-hye), an adulterous woman who broke up a family, is forgiven by her friends, reunited with the man she loved, and has a happy ending in which her dreams come true. The ending of "Doctor Cha Jung-sook", which gained popularity with a viewership rating of close to 20%, is all the more regrettable as criticism was poured out on the ending in which the perpetrator of an affair in a family fraud drama turned into a tragic heroine.

Previously, JTBC was hit hard with the ending of 'Yongdu Sami' in 'The youngest son of a conglomerate family'. It is because Jin Do-joon (Song Joong-ki) died and Yun Hyun-woo (Song Joong-ki) woke up, which was not the ending of the original story, and Jin Do-joon's efforts to take over the Sunyang Group collapsed in an instant. It was a failure to show the theme of letting go of management with truth and justice, not using money and power to buy Sunyang. The world view collapsed, and the probability was sloppy, so it suffered the humiliation of being selected as the worst ending drama in 2022.

The higher the ratings and topicality, the greater the burden of the ending. As viewers' expectations and standards have risen, the likes and dislikes of the ending are bound to become stark. However, no matter how realistic the ending may be, a development that may cause discomfort to the public is a matter that needs to be considered more carefully. Even a tower built with great care is destroyed in an instant.

Reporter Tae Yuna, Ten Asia youyou@tenasia.co.kr