Weighing in mediocrity rather than unreal genius… Growing up to overcome obstacles and prejudices
From the protagonist’s point of view… Also popular with people with autism and their families
“The secret to success is to achieve an appropriate level of fantasy… Change the way you view autism”
“Oh, it’s fine.
I’m just not an ordinary lawyer.
“(Drama ‘Strange Lawyer Woo Young-woo’ lines)
In the ENA drama ‘Strange Lawyer Woo Young-woo’ (hereinfollowing ‘Woo Young-woo’), a comprehensive entertainment channel operated by Sky TV, Woo Young-woo (Park Eun-bin) proudly reveals his autism spectrum disorder and acknowledges the difference.
My boss Jeong Myeong-seok (Kang Ki-young), who told Young-woo, ‘It’s hard for even a lawyer to do it’, immediately admits to the mistake and apologizes.
The cable channel ENA drama ‘Woo Young-woo’, which has recently been attracting attention, has been well received by treating the protagonist with autism and the people around him in a more advanced form than previous works.
‘Woo Young-woo’ is not the first content to feature an autistic person as the main character.
The movie ‘Marathon’, which was released in 2005, depicts the process of Cho Won (Cho Seung-woo), who has autism, trying to run a marathon. contained the contents.
A person with autism also appears in the movie ‘The Witness’ (2019) and the drama ‘Psycho But It’s Okay’ (2020).
‘Woo Young-woo’ is similar to ‘Good Doctor’ in that it portrays the disabled as independent people who do their part in society rather than as people who need protection.
However, they differentiated themselves by going one step further in using autism as a single ability.
Rather than focusing on the genius of the protagonist, it depicts the process of the protagonist growing up as a member of an ordinary society.
Kim Seong-soo, a popular culture critic, said, “‘The Good Doctor’ basically focuses on the usefulness of people with inaccessible talent, but ‘Woo Young-woo’ is not.
“We succeeded in convincing people that people on the autism spectrum are no different from us.”
Another difference of ‘Young-Woo Woo’ is that it faithfully follows the gaze of the protagonist with autism.
Although autistic disorder has a broad spectrum, it has not been heavily addressed in existing content.
However, ‘Woo Young-woo’ uses the mouth of the main character to explain the spectrum and shows that each person can have different aspects.
The narration delivered by Woo Young-woo’s voice is also evaluated as a good attempt.
In the scene where Woo Young-woo eats kimbap in the play, “Gimbap is reliable.
You can see the ingredients at a glance, so you won’t be surprised by the unexpected texture or taste.”
The scene that reflects the position of the protagonist with autism as it is is gaining sympathy from the actual disabled people and their families.
In this way, works that revive the individuality of people with autism are well received by people with disabilities and their families.
In related online communities, reactions such as “I showed a drama to my son, who is a 3rd grader in middle school, who has mild Asperger’s tendencies, and I find it interesting because there are many similarities with him” and “I think it’s very well expressed that Woo Young-woo rolls his eyes and rolls his eyes.”
The people around Woo Young-woo are also different from the contents dealing with similar subjects.
In ‘Good Doctor’, the doctors around Shion are jealous of him, but in ‘Woo Young-woo’, the lawyers around him become the main character’s strong support.
My boss Jung Myung-seok, a boss at work, visits the head of a law firm and asks for appropriate action for the client who said that Woo Young-woo is autistic, so he can’t be a lawyer.
Choi Soo-yeon (Ha Yoon-kyung), a new law school classmate, is jealous of Woo Young-woo, but can’t pretend he doesn’t see Woo Young-woo, who is stuck in the revolving door. let me know
Gong Hee-jung, a drama critic, said, “The current era seems to have broadened the range of perspectives on disability.
Jung Deok-hyeon, a pop culture critic, said, “It is difficult to draw the main character too realistically in content such as ‘Woo Young-woo’, but if it is made too fantasy-like, it will be criticized for being unrealistic. It allowed me to change the way I look at it,” he said.
/yunhap news
