Netflix’s documentary 'King of Clones' revisits the story of Hwang Woo-suk, a scientific pioneer who cloned dogs and claimed to clone human embryos
sets up shop at the intersection of science, ethics, human nature and, perhaps most intriguingly, nationalism. The journalists, Korean and American, who exposed Hwang were vilified infor having the temerity to take down a national hero. He played the media like a Stradivarius, not just insisting on his innocence but stoking the flames of national pride at every opportunity.
Hwang’s most striking quality is his complete lack of remorse or ethical introspection. Progress, to him, is a one-way street, to be achieved at whatever cost must be paid. The ethical exemplars here are the journalists and the whistleblower, who address the hazards of placing ends before means. That they emerge as heroes for merely doing the right thing is rather sad, but there’s something about the directness and simplicity of their purpose that stands out in this morass.
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