Propaganda, the poster producer for tvN’s ‘Little Women’, which became an issue due to poster image plagiarism, apologized.
On the 8th, design studio Propaganda’s official Instagram account posted an apology without a separate image. According to this apology, “Hello, this is Propaganda. I sincerely apologize for the plagiarism of the teaser poster for the drama ‘Little Women’ regardless of the reason. “I sincerely apologize for disappointing you. It is late, but I sincerely apologize once once more to deeply reflect so that something like this does not happen once more in the future.”
A few days ago, a post titled “It’s a Shiseido poster, but isn’t it the same as a drama poster?” was posted on the community a few days ago, and the image was very similar to the actual ‘Little Women’ poster. Even the background color was the same tone, so it was obvious plagiarism from anyone looking at it. Regarding this, the production team of ‘Little Women’ said, “I made several works following reviewing several works at the design company.
Propaganda, who made a poster for ‘Little Women’ by plagiarizing a design similar to an exhibition poster of a Japanese cosmetics brand in 2016, is not only for Netflix’s ‘Operation Seoul’, ‘Carter’ and ‘Glitch’, but also for movies ‘The Witch’, ‘Crime City 2’ and ‘Yumi’s. It is one of the best design studios in Korea, working on posters for numerous movies and dramas such as ‘Cells’. Many netizens are showing reactions such as “So far, why do they end up saying they’re sorry while asking others for an explanation regarding the plagiarism issue?” “Where did the apology to the original author go?” “It was too bold.”
On the other hand, regardless of the poster’s plagiarism controversy, ‘Little Women’, which deals with the story of three poor but friendly sisters fighting once morest the richest and most powerful family in Korea, has been well received following the broadcast.
Kim Kyung-hee / photo source tvN, Shiseido