The production team of The Penthouse 3 shared an apology for the controversial scenes in the recent episode
- The drama used scenes from actual tragedies in a news clip to report how Joo Dan Tae planted bombs to destroy Hera Palace.
- The events that were included in the episode were the 2021 Gwangju building collapse accident and the 2017 Pohang earthquake.
- “The Penthouse 3” Production Team Issues Apology For Using Footages Of these Real Tragic Events
The Penthouse is a
South Korean television series. The series, directed by Joo Dong-min and
written by Kim Soon-ok, tells the narrative of a real estate and education
conflict in which the ambition to be number one is paramount. It shows the
unity and vengeance of women forced to resort to evil in order to defend
themselves and their children.On October 26, 2020, it premiered on SBS TV. On
September 29, 2020, the first look teaser was published. On January 12, 2021, a
teaser for season two was published. Season three’s teaser was published on May
27, 2021.
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A news
footage from episode 13 reported on how Joo Dan Tae (Uhm Ki Joon) placed bombs
to demolish Hera Palace. A building collapse disaster in Gwangju in 2021 and a
2017 earthquake in Pohang were incorporated in the episode’s plot.
As of
September 4, the following statement was made by the production team :
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This is the production
team of the drama “The Penthouse 3.”
First, we have confirmed
that inappropriate footages from the Gwangju building collapse
accident and Pohang earthquake were used in some scenes of the episode of
the SBS Friday drama ‘The Penthouse 3’ that aired on September 3.
We sincerely apologize to the victims and families of
the Gwangju building collapse accident and the Pohang earthquake as well
as to all the viewers.
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They further mentioned that Because of this, they began
removing sequences from VOD services and repeats.
“And we’ll try to avoid it
from happening again by looking into why these footages were used in the first
place through internal inquiry” Once again, we bow our heads and apologize to
everyone who must have been hurt and disappointed by this incident. , they
added.
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