진행자: 박준희, Chelsea Proctor
Breakout K-drama ‘Doctor X’ faces calls to halt broadcast over Gwangju episode
기사 요약: 최근 큰 인기를 끌고 있는 드라마 ‘닥터X: 하얀 마피아의 시대’가 5·18 민주화운동을 소재로 다루자, 일부에선 방영 중단을 요구하는 국회 청원까지 제기됐다.
[1] A petition demanding that the breakout K-drama “Doctor X: Mafia in White” be taken off the air has been filed with the National Assembly following criticism of the show's portrayal of the 1980 Gwangju Democratic Uprising.
petition: 청원
breakout: 급부상, 돌풍 (breakout star, breakout hit)
take (a show, TV program) off the air: 방송 프로그램을 방송에서 내리다
criticism: 비판, 비난
[2] Filed on the National Assembly’s website, the petition calls for a review of the drama’s production process and a suspension of its broadcast over concerns about its portrayal of a politically sensitive chapter in South Korean history.
call for (something): ~를 요구하다
suspension: 연기, 보류
concern: 걱정
sensitive: 민감한
[3] The controversy centers on the series’ sixth episode, which aired Saturday. In it, the drama’s protagonist attempts to remove a bullet that has remained lodged in a patient’s brain for 46 years. The patient sustained the injury after being shot by gunfire during the violent suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations in Gwangju in May 1980.
center on: ~에 초점을 맞추다
protagonist: (연극·영화·책 속의) 주인공
lodged: 박혀있는
sustain: (피해 등을) 입다
[4] The petitioner argued that incorporating the May 18 events into a fictional medical drama unrelated to politics could make viewers uncomfortable, criticizing the production for introducing politically sensitive material into the storyline.
argue: 주장하다
incorporate: (일부로) 포함하다
fictional: 허구적인; 소설의
material: (물건의) 재료
기사 원문: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10915027
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아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2
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