SHOCKING NEWS! Idols get away with more, now with statistics!

[loverboy.livejournal.com]

A mother with a large brood never has a peaceful day. It's the same for the entertainment business. There are drugs, drunk driving, violence, gambling, education fraud and more. The patterns for those stars who find themselves in trouble are similar. They take some time of to self reflect and return.

The period of self reflection differs according to the severity of the problem and the star's profession. Drunk driving can be seen as needing the shortest period of self reflection. The average turned out to be only about 6.6 months. Drug cases take more than 20 months to recover from. Only after about two years could stars come out in front of fans with their heads down.

However, the same doesn't go for idols and mega-popular stars. The average is just a number, but it seems the more popular you are, the faster you return. The idol's average period of self reflection period is 5.8 months. This is only half the time required for other regular singers who get into trouble.

The averages were calculated on the basis of 40 celebrities who have caused a public scandal over the last seven years, from 2006 to 2012. They have been categorized according to case and profession. Stars who have still not come back since their 'accidents' have not been counted.


◆ Sorted by case – drunk driving and education forgery is easy to come back from, drugs are harsher

The five major kinds of cases that stars often find trouble with: drunk driving, violence, gambling, education forgery and drugs. By calculating the starting time of the scandal and when the star returns to work, drunk driving and car accidents required the shortest hiatus. The average showed it to be 6.6 months. On the other hand drugs resulted in an average of more than 20 months out of the public eye.

There are about 20 stars who have caused a stir with car accidents. Hero (1 month), Daesung (6 months), Sin Hye-seong (16 months), Kim Yong-joon (12 months) and others spent a period of self-reflection averaging about 6.6 months before coming back to the public eye. Compared to problems with violence, gambling and drugs, this was relatively short and easy time away.

Those who committed education fraud also came back easily. Those who did so total five stars over the seven years. Choi Hwa-jeong (0 days), Joo Yeong-hoon (9 months), Choi Soo-jong (8 months), Yoon Seok-hwa (15 months) and Jang Mi-hee (5 months). Their average time away was 7.4 months.

Violence or gambling charges require at least a years time of self reflection. Those involved include: Lee Hyeok-jae (23 months), Kim Tae-hyeon (2 months), Choi Cheol-ho (21 months) and five more stars. Their average time away was 13 months. Gambling also required more than 12 months. Only comedian Kim Joon-ho returned after 7 months, but Sin Jeong-hwan and Lee Seong-jin are still taking time off.

Drug charges take a long time for one to return from. Seven stars were criticized as being involved with drugs over the last seven years. They are G-Dragon (0 days), Jeon In-kwon (38 months), Ko Ho-kyeong (9 months) and more. They took an average of 20 months away from work before they returned to work again. If G-Dragon didn't decrease the average so much, it would have been more than 23 months.


◆ Sorted by profession – "Idols return quick... compared to normal singers"

The time spent self-reflecting differed according to profession as well. The idols recovered fastest, returning after 5.8 months. On the other hand, normal singers had to take more time and spend at least 13 months away.

Out of all the stars who created public trouble, there were four idols. G-Dragon (0 days) got caught with marijuana and JYJ's Hero (1 month) was charged with drunk driving. G-Dragon was so bold as to do an advertisement on the day he got caught.

Comedians were next. Six comedians have caused trouble before. They are Kim Joon-ho (7 months), Hwan Hyeon-hee (5 months), Park Seong-ho (5 months) and more. Their troubles were different but they spent an average of 8.5 months self-reflecting.

Actors were mostly involved with drunk driving. Their average time off was 9.4 months. They then came back with a drama or a play. The stars with the longest time off were normal singers. They spent 13 months away and came back on stage with new albums.


◆ Rule of Self Reflection? – "Does popularity trump criticism from society?

So many stars have gotten into trouble and then come back. But there is a regular rule to this. The nature of the crime is controlled by common social assumptions regarding the severity of the crime. Looking at the time spent away according to case, 'drugs' required 20 months, 'violence' 13 months, 'education' 7.4 months and 'drunk driving' 6.6 months.

Social critic Lee Moon-won said, "Drunk driving happens to regular people too. As it's familiar, the come back period is quicker too. However, drug use reflects more strongly on the person's image. It implies some betrayal and hostility towards society and the stars take a longer time to come back".

Popularity helps shorten the come back period. Idols have the fastest returning period. OBC producer Jo Min-jae said, "Idols have fans who are generous to those they love. Although they've caused trouble, it's alright with the fans".

There is no time away required by law. Also, time away doesn't necessarily mean that one has spent the time self-reflecting. However, we do need to consider the social sentiment. Looking back on wrongs and asking for forgiveness is one way to allow fans to greet a star back with open arms.

source: hancinema, news.nate.com (there's some details charts at the sources, but they're all in Korean~)

Comments

[chewmi.livejournal.com]

my 2 favorite idols~ jj and gd !

[jaerotic.livejournal.com]

wait am i just getting old or is it right that jaejoong didn't get into an accident but was pulled over and charged with dui? or is that considered a car accident too..?
ah it was explained more in the latter part.

btw seeing "JYJ's Hero" looks kinda funny. ._.

[fishcandy.livejournal.com]

Mte, I thought he was just driving his father's friends car or something and got pulled over?

And I don't understand why they even still call him Hero, the original Korean just says "Kim JaeJoong" and he pretty much dropped the 'Youngwoong' title the minute he got out of SM, lol.

[shintotchi.livejournal.com]

The article kind of fell flat with me because the whole time I kept thinking " You're unsatisfied with SELF-IMPOSED time for reflection for, on average, months' worth of time, yet it's ok for disabled children to get raped and abused and the criminals get 2 years max?" Done.

I'm sorry but idols and artists and general have decided to make a living through entertainment. They have no income without working (unless they're backed by a mega company who is willing to pay while they repent). All I can expect for them to do is reflect on their mistakes, grow from them, and be more mature and act with more intellect in the future. If it doesn't happen again,t hen the lesson was learned and their self reflection was enough. Wanting the artist to self reflect for a year or two is basically killing their career. Unless that artist goes to the army (and even then), it really kills their career.

Maybe I'm just a bleeding heart, but I don't think a celebrity needs to kill their career in order to repent. Higher offenses, of course, would be the exception. But generally speaking, I think the author was setting their standards a bit too high. (for self-imposed reflection times)It's just bonus on top of what they already are required to do by law. ( a fine or jail time or probation, etc)

[xfactorglory.livejournal.com]

This basically.

[2ne3rd.livejournal.com]

"G-Dragon was so bold as to do an advertisement on the day he got caught"
It's called professionalism, one canceled advertisement could of cost the company and its employees way more than it would have hurt GD.

*also doesn't surprise me that Dispatch was involved in putting together this "study"
stay bitter

[mikachi613.livejournal.com]

"It's called professionalism"

[lazmy.livejournal.com]

"Although they've caused trouble, it's alright with the fans"
also known to be a symptom of oppa didnt mean it syndrome

[hulahoops87.livejournal.com]

this. I am so infuriated with these kind of fans. If your oppa did wrong your oppa still have to pay for it, no matter whether he mean it or not. full stop.

[crinkledpaper.livejournal.com]

Is this article going by the date GD was caught or the day the news broke? Those dates were far apart so I'm wondering.

[jeugd1.livejournal.com]

ikr it confused me

[inurbed.livejournal.com]

PREACH

[crisketch.livejournal.com]

20 months of reflection if you do drugs and 6 months for a car accident...

[stopjustlisten.livejournal.com]

imagine how many centuries snoop dog or kid cudi etc would have to reflect on themselves for smoking weed

[crazyxcami.livejournal.com]

except compared to the people who was charged nor got admitted for drugs, what GD took was "minimal" not even worth getting indicted for.
despite the "HAHA OBVIOUSLY HIGH HIGH~~ HERP DERP" the tests have proven what he took isn't worth getting criminal charges for. So people need to sit the fuck down of him not "repenting enough" when everyone is watching every slight move of his and blowing it out of proportion since he was 13.

Not saying what he did isn't wrong though~ just not enough to be jailed for.

[thewarpedmelody.livejournal.com]

tbh not only GD, in Korea everything bad a celebrity does, it will get blown out of proportion.

[qrizta.livejournal.com]

Well, ryu shiwon and that old dude I forget the name got away with murdering.

[scubajr.livejournal.com]

I got a good chuckle out of the title, OP.

[jonghyunf.livejournal.com]

idgi what is the point of this article?

idols get special treatment?

[oldwillow-brook.livejournal.com]

Wasn't Jaejoong also banned from participating in Japanese activities (aka anation) for 2 months after his DUI? I think also some Korean activities? And his license was suspended for 100 days.

Here's a question, why do idols forge education? And then you have people like Minzy who don't go back to school with their 8th grade education? Like whats the discrepancy?

[fishcandy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Avex definitely banned him from all of his Japanese appearances, including the Heart, Mind and Soul Tour for a few dates, and people were flipping tables because it was their first Japanese tour. I don't think he was banned from A Nation though, since wasn't that was in August?

[fibfables.livejournal.com]

i lol'd at gdragon (0 days).

but tbh, why would anyone care whether an entertainer faked their education records? I mean, they would probably be the brunt of some jokes for a while, but i don't really see why they'd have to repent for long. the only ones which ought to have long self-imposed repentance periods should be violence and drunk-driving because those are offences that seem more severe and have an impact on other people.

[mikachi613.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised that they didn't mention Kangin...

[spikiegirl.livejournal.com]

He hasn't come back yet that's probably why.

[yolleh.livejournal.com]

Drug use implies betrayal and hostility towards society?

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This article...I don't condone drugs but no.

[oldwillow-brook.livejournal.com]

Marijuana is what gets Californians to get along. It bring society TOGETHER.

[la-geni.livejournal.com]

A fucking puff of marijuana and the guy was supposed to stop his life? He even got tested and the amount was small. They cannot put Ji is the same category as drunk drivers etc He wasn't endangering anyone's life.

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

So idol get special treatment...

[phililen3.livejournal.com]

it is amazing that self-reflection can be measured...
you never know what is going on in a person's mind, you can only hope that they have learned from their mistakes...

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

Unsurped ideals and hollow terminology won't get you anywhere my dear. The fact is simple, if by law they have to stop activities then it's different, otherwise they can come back when they please. Self imposed exile, do they look like Samurais to you?

[kellygreen.livejournal.com]

Celebrities get special treatment everywhere, not just Korea. In other news, the Pope is Catholic and bears shit in the woods, etc.

[meganvio.livejournal.com]

Literally rolled my eyes throughout this whole article. "Drug use implies more strongly on on the person's image. It implies some betrayal and hostility towards society..." ...and drunk driving doesn't??

[hulahoops87.livejournal.com]

ikr. I just don't get korea sometimes. It is basic common sense that if you do drugs you're only most likely to harm your own self while with drunk driving you could potentially kill not only yourself but many others. I just don't understand this article's logic at all.

[jia-zhang.livejournal.com]

Wow, this whole thing about drugs is so stupid. If anything, drugs are better than drinking and driving. And most of it is just like smoking pot, which is like...nothing. I'm sorry, but there is not enough recreational drug education in Korea. People have been talking about this in the West for ages. Drugs should be decriminalized and properly controlled by police and the government, because it'll kill the criminal element of it, plus it'll create lots of tax dollars. Hell, more people die from heart disease from fast food than from drugs. And they certainly haven't outlawed cigarettes, and they're pretty much just the same as drugs: carcinogenic and highly addictive.

[falling-empress.livejournal.com]

totally IAWTC. i find it funny that my boyfriend's dad (korean) has liver problems from drinking but was very angry that his son was smoking pot. HMMMMMMMM.

[falling-empress.livejournal.com]

korea got their fuckin priorities ass backward