Would You Merry Me, an SBS Friday-Saturday drama, became embroiled in controversy over an illegal filming scene and ultimately deleted the footage.
In episode 6, broadcast on the 25th, family medicine specialist Yoon Jin-kyung (played by Shin Seul-gi) was filmed without consent while performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation to save a patient whose heart had stopped.
Afterwards, Baek Sang-hyun (played by Bae Na-ra) stopped it, handed over his coat saying "please cover up," and continued the CPR in her place. He caught the person who had been secretly filming, confiscated the phone and warned, "Illegal voyeurism carries up to seven years in prison or a fine of up to 50 million won," but the scene ended with the line, "It seems like this is the first time, so I'll let it go."
The problem came afterward. The scene was uploaded to SBS's official YouTube channel as clips and shorts with titles such as "The gold-spoon prankster who secretly filmed Shin Seul-gi, Bae Na-ra's refreshingly strict lesson." However, immediately after the broadcast online communities and social media were flooded with criticism such as, "The victim is a woman, but a man judges in her place and 'forgives on her behalf,' which is upsetting," and "Portraying the illegal filming as being covered up without a police report is serious."
As the controversy spread, SBS deleted all clip videos that included the problematic scene. But viewers continue to criticize that the crime was lightly consumed as a dramatic device.
Meanwhile, Would You Merry Me, which depicts the romance between Kim Woo-ju (Choi Woo-shik) and Yoo Meri (Jung So-min), is ranking No. 1 among Saturday miniseries.
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