D.P. (Deserter Pursuit) Netflix Series Review - Real Abuse in the Korean Military?

Has the mandatory military service in South Korea shifted our entire society's moral compass to accept more varieties of abuse of power? If you've ever wondered why Korean society seems to be so strict at following some rules but then just allows all sorts of other eyebrow raising behaviors, consider where these lessons were learned. It all shows up in the hit Netflix series D.P. (Deserter Pursuit) starring Jung Hae-ein.

At the core, the series makes us question what our society deems 'okay' to do to other people. While the military does not create bullying, it certainly provides a power structure to facilitate it between people who otherwise would never have come into contact with one another. Generations of men leave with unhealed scars. But even more are passive witnesses to behaviors that become imprinted as 'acceptable' and 'okay'.

That's the greater tragedy. The series is talking to the bystander who does nothing in the face of injustice. Even though we aren't participants, we, as a society, become the biggest victims and villains. By becoming desensitized to abuse in the name of preserving authority, our moral compass is degraded. We add another shameful act to the list of things that are maybe "okay after all" to do to someone if you can get away with it.

So in a nutshell, D.P. shows us how Koreans think it's 'okay' to do really messed up things to each other. But it also reflects a growing voice in the country that says we're not going to do it this way anymore.

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