The T-ara incident doesn’t seem to be burning as fiercely, and is now settling at a steady boil.
The group itself has cancelled its promotions, but the individual members So Yeon, Hyo Min and Eun Jung are still out on their solo ventures. So how are fans taking it? We took a look at the scores for each of the members’ dramas to gain some insight into the thoughts of their fans.
So Yeon, Hyo Min and Eun Jung are each starring in KBS2’s Haeundae Lovers, MBC’s One Thousandth Man and SBS’Five Fingers.
Members of the online café Tijinyo (We Want the Truth from T-ara) vowed they would never watch the drama, but the producers of the dramas haven’t taken any drastic measures such as forcing anyone out.
Then how is each age group reacting to the members’ appearances so soon after the T-ara incident? A glimpse is provided on the reactions of each age group through a portal site’s netizen drama scores.
Most of the public originally believed that teenagers were the ones speaking up in the T-ara incident. In reality, however, it wasn’t so.
First, let us take a look at Haeundae Lovers. A total of 2,551 people thought the drama should be given 1.1 points out of 10. Male teenagers gave 2.7, female teenagers 1.2, males in their 20s 0.4, females in their 20s 0.7, males in their 30s 0.8, females in their 30s 0.8, males 40 and above 1.8 and females 40 and above 1.1.
The scores are generally low, but compared to the other groups, the teenagers gave the highest points. The number of participants in each group also differed, as only 291 teenagers voted, compared to the 1,013 of those in their 30s and 560 of those in their 40s.
The same went for Five Fingers. Its scores averaged at 0.8 points with 1,392 votes, and male teenagers gave 1.6, female teenagers 0.8, males in their 20s 0.4, females in their 20s 0.3, males in their 30s 0.2, females in their 30s 1.2, males 40 and above 0.5 and females 40 and above 1.4.
More people in their 30s and 40s expressed their opinions through scores than teenagers, as 206 teenagers had voted compared to 510 in their 30s and 283 in their 40s.
For One Thousandth Man it was subtly different. Male teenagers gave the drama 5.0, female teenagers 3.1, males in their 20s 0.5, females in their 20s 0.0, males in their 30s 0.5, females in their 30s 0.1, males 40 and above 0.8 and females 40 and above 0.6. 158 teenagers had given out scores, while 159 people in their 30s and 97 people in their 40s had done so also.
It generally seems from these numbers that teenagers are less hostile toward the T-ara members’ appearances than those in their 30s or 40s. Although most people thought that teenagers were leading the wave against T-ara, the backlash actually came more from fans in their 30s and 40s, as they tended to give lower scores than teenagers.
