When "Kim Ji-young Born in 82" was released, it was reshuffled by negative reviews

Text: Womany Jiaqi

"Occasionally, I feel happy, but sometimes, I feel trapped."

South Korean writer Cho Nam-joo's novel "Kim Ji-young Born in 82", adapted from the movie of the same name, will be released in South Korea in October. Starring Kong Liu and Zheng Yumei.

The protagonist of the story, Kim Ji-young, is a common name for Korean women. She has thus become a metaphor and a carrier. In the story, Kim Ji-young, who is supposed to live an "ordinary and happy life", suddenly loses his voice one day, and uses the voices of many women to depict the oppressed life of contemporary women in South Korea.

Kim Ji-young, who bears the pressure of everyone, is the common fate of many women. This work is considered by many to be Korea's "feminist novel". (Extended reading: Editor-in-Chief's Selection|"Kim Ji-young Born in 82" Gender Non-Qualifying Competition, It Doesn't Matter Who Is Worse)

However, because of this, "Kim Ji-young Born in 82" has suffered negative reviews from novels to movies. Many opponents argue that the novel exaggerates the tragic plight of women and fails to empathize with men, who are also treated unfairly in the barracks. And, "Does it make sense to watch a woman go crazy in a fictional world from start to finish?"

There are even people who believe that only "ugly women" and "crazy people" care about such feminist works. Under the trailer, many netizens also left messages mocking, "It should be 82 kilograms! Junk novels are also made into movies Hahahaha", ""Joker" is about showing crazy actors on the screen, and "82 kg Kim Ji-young" is about people with crazy personalities watching movies in movie theaters".

Although 82 kilograms should not be a criticism, there are still many netizens who associate obesity and ugliness with the readers of this novel and the public opinion it arouses. (Read more: The most notorious wound: The misogyny of the times: Misogyny)

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In the movie rating of NAVER, the largest portal in South Korea, "Kim Ji-young Born in 82" was flooded and evaluated by netizens before it was released, and it has received nearly 7,000 negative votes so far.

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Last year, there were also many entertainers such as Red Velvet captain Irene, Apink member Naun, Girls' Generation member Su-young, former f(x) member Shirley, and BTS team leader Nam-joon, all of whom received negative comments from many netizens because they said that they were reading the book, and even burned photos and left messages to boycott.

"Women's delusional novels?" If you can, take your mom to see this movie

Some say that this is nothing more than a delusional novel for women. The real female encounter is not so miserable. However, are these stories really fictional? In the comments below, some people pointed out that "when I see the story, it reminds me of my mother" and "I will go to the cinema with my mother to watch this work". (Read more: "Kim Ji-young Born in '82": South Korea's best-selling alternate novel last year, also our real world)

As for Zheng Yumei, who played the leading role, she also commented on this work at the film conference. According to a quote from the fan page of "Local Hangul Water Water - Elmo 엘모", she said:

In fact, I haven't been married or had children, so it's not so much that I feel the same way, but that I look at this character and think of the friends around me. And I'm a little sorry that I didn't care about it under the pretext that I was busy, even though I knew it. So through this role, I want to feel that kind of feeling. I can't understand it all, but I have a lot of thoughts in my heart. I think of my mother, my aunt, my aunt, my aunt's mother, my friend's mother, my friend's mother, and my friends who are married and have children, and I just said that I will play this role with a sorry heart, and I think "this is my mission".

Many people believe that these encounters did not happen to them and therefore do not exist. But maybe it's the story of a female friend close to you, or maybe it's a story that your mother went through. We go through this in silence, but we never think that we can tell it.

If one day, what happens to us will not cause people to laugh and blame; If one day, our true story will not be treated as fantasy fiction; If one day, we express our opinions and will not be hurt by hateful comments.

If there is one day, not just one day, but tomorrow, but now.

At the end of the trailer, Ji-young's mother says, "Ji-young, do what you want to do." It is not only the voice of the mother, but also the sincere desire of the author Zhao Nanzhu, and what this movie wants to tell you. Hopefully, as women, we can be happy and free to do whatever we want: feel happy sometimes, still be troubled sometimes. But the world will listen.