Starting from the situations in episode 4 of Running Man Vietnam season 4 broadcast on the evening of August 15, Tran Thanh had to stand in the eye of public opinion storm.
Before the public's reaction, Tran Thanh had a very long explanation on his personal page. The main message, Tran Thanh hopes that the audience will not be negative, not speculate, not cause division among fandoms (fan community)... please watch the show simply for entertainment.
In fact, the cause of the controversy in episode 4 of Running Man Vietnam came from situations, not from the audience's speculation and "push of the problem".
Tran Thanh tried to explain, making a comparison of situations from before until now at Running Man Vietnam, that Tran Thanh "crushed" all casts from Lan Ngoc, Quan A.P, Anh Tu Atus, Quang Tuan, not just Lien Binh Phat alone. So why didn't the audience react, but in episode 4 the audience argued, saying that Tran Thanh was suppressing and playing dirty tricks on Lien Binh Phat?
This comparison is inappropriate, because the situations take place completely differently. Most of Tran Thanh's "crushing" details in the past often occurred when members encountered failures. Tran Thanh said "are you crazy, Phat" when Lien Binh Phat "threw a piece" that was not in sync, off-topic.
Tran Thanh also criticized Anh Tu Atus, Quan A.P when these 2 members did not successfully perform the challenge, appeared "useless", or played a "slight joke".
It is his dedicated play, creating natural, humorous laughter that has turned Tran Thanh into the "soul" of Running Man Vietnam.
Tran Thanh must not have forgotten how much the audience loved, recognized, and cheered for him throughout the Running Man seasons, from season 1, to the fact that the audience called Tran Thanh's name all over social networks hoping he would return in season 3, and continue with season 4.
The situation in episode 4 of season 4 is completely different. Lien Binh Phat's team continuously wins, reverses the situation, creates a comeback situation... But every time they win, Tran Thanh continuously criticizes the team as "rustic", "winning just like that but also celebrating", "celebrating in a country style"...
In addition, the editing in episode 4 showed that in many scenes, Lien Binh Phat seemed confused when winning but... did not dare to celebrate because of Tran Thanh's attitude.
If viewed more frankly and fairly, Tran Thanh would see that the audience was very perceptive, and watched the show with heart and responsibility.
Reality TV is controversial because of the situation, not because of the audience
Media experts have repeatedly analyzed that controversy is an inevitable part of reality television.
Most reality shows are controversial, because of an impulsive statement, because of a sensitive situation, because of the way of editing to create "drama", because of the interaction reaction between artists...
Controversy is created from the production formula of reality TV, not accidentally from the audience's speculation.
Controversy also brings great benefits to reality television. Controversy has created ratings and viewership index surges for many previous shows.
Many dating reality shows have suffered heavy criticism for deliberately creating controversy to attract viewers.
The audience is sometimes not at fault. They have the right to argue about the situations and gameplay that the crew displays on the screen.
But as usual, artists always require the audience to "understand", to know even behind-the-scenes stories - which the audience does not know at all.
That is also a suffering for Vietnamese audiences.
There have been many humorous anecdotes about this suffering, criticizing the film for not being good - the audience was blamed for "not understanding all the artistic intentions of the director", criticizing the MV for not being good - the audience was said to "lack musical knowledge", arguing about the gameshow situation - the audience was again said to "push the issue", "not knowing that artists are very close to each other backstage".
