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Queen of Tears writer Park Ji Eun under fire for plagiarism allegations again after Crash Landing on You fiasco
Queen of Tears is an ongoing drama starring Kim Ji Won and Kim Soo Hyun. As the ratings soared for the series, netizens discussed the scriptwriter's past scandals.
Queen of Tears premiered on March 9 and since then has received a lot of love and attention globally due to its unconventional plot and cast starring Kim Ji Won and Kim Soo Hyun. Park Ji Eun has written the script and has previously worked on hits like Crash Landing on You, The Legend of the Blue Sea, My Love From the Star, and more. The drama achieved its highest viewership ratings for the third episode on Saturday. Amidst this, Netizens decided to dig up the writer's past once more and discuss her past scandals.
Netizens shed light on Queen on Tears writer Kim Ji Eun's past scandals
Queen of Tears starring Kim Ji Won and Kim Soo Hyun is written by Park Ji Eun. The scriptwriter is known for writing hits like My Love from the Star, The Producers, Legend of the Blue Sea, and Crash Landing on You. These dramas are global hits and favorites of K-drama fans. As Queen of Tears rose to popularity, netizens started discourse around the writer's previous works, which were accused of plagiarism.
The 2013 drama My Love From Another Star was said to be too similar in certain sequences to the 2008 American TV series New Amsterdam. Moreover, the web novel's sole author, Kang Kyung Ok, sued the scriptwriter for allegedly plagiarizing eight major settings. The writers later made a settlement, and the charges were dropped.
Later, the writer was again under fire for Crash Landing On You after an apprentice writer claimed that they had written the plot for a contest and that Park Eun Jin had stolen their idea. The scriptwriter sued the apprentice. The apprentice earned sympathy as they revealed that they tried taking their lives due to the hardship of the legal battle.
More about Queen of Tears
Queen of Tears premiered on March 9 and is streaming on Netflix. New episodes air every Saturday and Sunday.
Kim Soo Hyun, Kim Ji Won, Park Sung Hoon, and Kwak Dong Yeon take on the lead roles in the business romance drama The Queen of Tears. Baek Hyun Woo is the legal director of the Queens Group. Hong Hae In is the heiress of this chaebol. Against all odds, they marry each other and try to maintain it. They were once in love, but over time, things changed, and they became distant. However, due to an incident, they try to rekindle the love that they once had.
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