“Game of Thrones” star Sean Bean is facing backlash after saying that on-set intimacy coordinators can inhibit actors and “spoil the spontaneity” of sex scenes.
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How about the crazy idea that softcore sex scenes do zero to add to a show? I literally get annoyed and fast forward through them. I just don't get the allure.
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It's like America hasn't noticed that Korean and Chinese shows are so popular nowadays because they rely on crafted storytelling and emotional nuance instead. Hollywood is obsessed with the idea sex and violence sell—even in the face of growing proof it doesn't really, globally.
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Wasn't Squid Game a Korean show? I consider that pretty violent. It isn't just a US thing.
arguably second gen. Original Hallyu entertainment focused on providing entertainment for conservative cultures, but popularity expanded beyond that because the focus was on a different type of storytelling.
Being produced by an international streamer was the difference for SG.