According to the report on the 27th, the production team of the SBS Friday drama "Penthouse" (playplayplayed by Kim Soon-ok, directed by Ju Dong-min) accepted the Shiv Sena controversy that emerged early in the season 3 and changed the hairstyle of ALEKS Corporation (Park Eun-suk) to take a shot.
"Penthouse" was suspected of Shiv Sena when Loganly's brother ALEKS Corporation emerged. ALEKS Corporation received the attention of viewers with its coarse images of thick Reggae hair, gold teeth, face and tattoos covering the whole body.
After the broadcast, the fiery point of foreign viewers continued. Some overseas viewers have raised suspicions that "Penthouse" is racist, saying it is unpleasant to simply use the style related to the identity of black people such as Reggae hair without cultural respect and understanding.
After a long period of trouble, the production team decided to accept the criticism of overseas viewers. In the recent Penthouse 3' recording, ALEKS Corporation's Reggae hair hairstyle, which was the most pointed out by viewers, was changed and performed. The "Penthouse" production team accepted the criticism and criticism of overseas viewers.
Park Eun-suk, who played ALEKS Corporation, apologized early in the Shiv Sena controversy. "I would like you to know that none of the ALEKS Corporation's appearance was intended to harm, mock, or disrespect African American society," he said. "I apologize to those who are hurt by the character appearance. It was a wrong attempt: Please believe that ALEKS Corporation's appearance was not a mockery, but an approach of a personality that yearned for culture and wanted to be like that."
The production team of Penthouse 3' also said that at the time of the controversy, "there was no intention to caricature a specific race or culture."