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Old 12-09-2012, 08:07 PM   #39
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On Strike!!!!!

Since we've been talking a lot about lockouts and strikes, thought you guys would be interested in an actor's strike!

Cast walks out of Great Seer shoots citing no pay

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There’s more trouble afoot in dramaland, with SBS’s historical drama The Great Seer being forced to shut down production on Saturday, December 8, when its cast refused to continue shooting.
The chair of the Korea Broadcast Actors Union issued a statement explaining that the drama, which began airing in October, has failed to pay a penny to its actors in the two months that it has been running. Until the production rectifies the situation, it stated that the actors will not film. Currently the drama has broadcast through Episode 18 of its scheduled 36.
Most dramas in Korea have a "live-shoot". They will shoot 2 episodes and then air those 2 episodes before shooting the next two. It's actually quite interesting because due to low-ratings, high-ratings or even fan opinion on message boards. Yes, the Korean version of CP could jihad something and change a script maybe!

It's quite amazing that such a huge channal SBS (one of the three main networks) is caught accepting a drama from a production company what can't pay wages. With the series 18 out of 36 episodes aired (9 weeks left!) what's going to happen now? The next episode is on Wednesday and there's no film. And these aren't any old actors, Ji Sung and Kim So-Yeon are superstars.

Well it sort of got resolved.

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The drama department head of SBS, Kim Young-sub, reported to the media the following day that the producers promised to take responsibility and resolve the payment issue. As a result, the cast resumed work on December 9 under the expectation that they will be paid by the 11th.
What a mess. The drama of the drama is better than the drama!

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