▲ Controversial scene


'SNL Korea Season 2' has been embroiled in controversies over sign language.



The original comedy show 'SNL Korea Season 2' by Coupang Play, an online video service (OTT), eventually admitted the mistake and apologized for the controversy over sign language.



In the 7th 'Weekend Update' corner of 'SNL Korea Season 2' broadcast on the 12th, a black comedy satirizing the short track bias judgment of the Beijing Winter Olympics was presented.



Model Jeong Hyuk plays the role of a reporter, and actor Jeong Sang-hoon, standing next to him, plays the role of 'Giga Huni', an artificial intelligence robot (AI), acting as a sign language interpreter conveying Jung Hyuk's comments.



However, Jung Sang-hoon's performance, parodying a sign language interpreter in the news, was far from real sign language, and his ridiculous hand gestures and gestures raised suspicions that he was making sign language a joke and demeaning the hearing impaired.

In fact, the scene in question was even inserted with laughter.



Coupang Play even posted the video on its official SNS, and netizens who saw it poured out criticism.

Making deaf people the subject of comedy and making them laughable is that they crossed the line.



▲ The full text of the apology posted on the Coupang Play account


Netizens raised their voices of anger, saying, "You made sign language a joke," "Deprecated against the deaf and interpreters," and "It is common knowledge that race, language, and disability should not be used as jokes or derogatory material."



One netizen introduced himself as a 'deaf (deaf) who uses sign language as their first language' through a comment, and said, "Sign is the first language of the deaf (deaf), and they use it as a joke by making it a joke. It's like ignoring the sign language language."



As the controversy spread, Coupang Play deleted the video in question from social media accounts and YouTube, and bowed its head, saying, "We deeply apologize for causing concern to many people in the process of satirizing the issue of bias in the Beijing Olympics, contrary to the production intention." It was.



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(Photo = Coupang Play Instagram capture)