That’s actually what made the ending hit harder for me. The director wasn’t trying to give viewers the usual “evil punished, everyone healed” type of closure because that wasn’t the reality of the actual case.
What happened in the Hwaseong murders left permanent scars on innocent people, especially the man who was falsely imprisoned for 20 years and the families who never truly got justice. So instead of turning it into a satisfying revenge story, the drama chose to stay honest to that lingering pain and frustration.
I also respect that the director refused to change the ending just to make it more crowd pleasing. His point about “Should the villain suddenly get struck by lightning?” really shows he wanted the story to reflect the unfairness of real life rather than force a fake sense of closure.
Aaa no wonder they casted lee minki as cameo in the scarecrow. ENA dah lama rancang, kita je yang lalai and I could see so many familiar faces from ENA’s first-half hit drama lol
Endingnya dinilai kurang memuaskan, sutradara #TheScarecrow bilang kalau mereka emang sengaja gak bikin ending yang melegakan atau penuh balas dendam manis ala drama kriminal pada umumnya.
Karena in real casenya, korban pun gak bener bener mendapat keadilan. Pelaku dan orang orang yang terlibat banyak yang gak dihukum dengan layak, jadi menurut mereka gak masuk akal kalau dramanya tiba tiba kasih ending super memuaskan cuma demi penonton.
Drama ini sendiri terinspirasi dari kasus pembunuhan berantai Hwaseong. Sutradaranya pernah bertemu langsung dengan korban salah tuduh yang dipaksa ngaku sampai dipenjara 20 tahun, juga keluarga korban pembunuhan asli. Setelah ketemu mereka, dia memutuskan bikin drama yang fokus ke luka dan hidup orang orang yang ditinggalkan tragedi itu, bukan sekadar cari sensasi siapa pelakunya.
Makanya di The Scarecrow, rasa sesak dan frustrasinya sengaja dipertahankan sampai akhir. Bahkan awalnya pihak studio dan stasiun TV sempat request minta ending yang lebih sat-set memuaskan, tapi sutradaranya nolak. Dia bilang, "Masa iya penjahatnya tiba-tiba mati kesambar petir atau kecelakaan?"
Sedihnya ending the scarecrow, it is not that kind of sedih yang sad ending, it just the ending feels empty mcm ada void 😔 hopefully ada season 2 since this is the first drama that covering the hwaseong serial murder cases after the true killer confessed to all his crimes.
Whatever it is, my blood pressure totally rose up tengok ep 9 the scarecrow semalam. Kejiiii gilaaa lah polis zaman tu sanggup diorang hid mayat budak tu sbb nak tutup kes, dah la memang based on true story.
I know la sejarah diorang penting tapi they are too obsessed sampai pelakon pulak kena blame. Aku pun stop sampai episod ep8 sbb dah rasa menyimpang jauh tapi to throw all the hate to them ni tak perlu kot rasanya :/
Jung Mina lari langsung meluk Kang Seongjae 😍
"Why did you lose so much weight? Are you okay? Is it not hard for you?"
Yang lain syok 🤣🤣🤣
Iiih gemes chemistry Park Jihoon & Jeon Soyoung 🥰
Bukan nak cakap apa lah budak2 produce ni mmg acting dorg deserve my recognition lah yoojin, jihoon,wooseok,jinhyuk,ong semua sis suka..yg lain tu tak pernah tengok lagi dorg berlakon camne so tak boleh nak comment lagi 😅
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