Leaving a tape after s*cide. That's my warning to watching this.
But I thought, "I survived that, at least this time I can remind myself."
I knew that was going to happen so the happy ending is worth giving some thoughts to.
The word celebrity... For me, has always been, "people who are being celebrated". But there are celebrities who are merely celebrating their alter egoes. Everyone is a celebrity to people who celebrates them. I feel sad and pity the times we are not celebrated but only up until the choice of bad action have been yet to be made. This drama pointed that out.
IU's song "Celebrity" reminded me of this. So I had to watch it despite my aforementioned concerns. I, too, have been a fan. I, too, celebrated the work of these celebrities. I, too, despised them. I, too, was probably groomed on the internet to spread messages of hate on some people.
Artificial Intelligence. Yes. That too. I thought the bbb account was portrayed like an AI. Then they actually added AI to the script. Seeing that the premise is technology. Ngl, I got goosebumps everytime something happens on their feed. It really has achieved its genre, thrilling.
That so called society reminded me of the bullies in The Glory. I love the revenge plot on this one at the very end. It's not like TG where it's a revenge from the very beginning. Like I said, it's storytelling of the why's she did that to herself in the beginning and then the twist is you know.
Imbalance. I wish there were more happy scenes in this drama.
It was all too thrilling. And I did guessed some things right. The rich guy stuff especially. He wasn't there much but he got most/all the brunt. I got through the episodes saying "trigger warning: power imbalance".
I know this is netflix and so expected there were real brands mentioned. In dramas, there were always brands, but they could've chosen better brands that could add to the thrill...and not take out much screen time against the character's developments.
Lastly, cheap therapy is portrayed here. Really? Retail therapy? Spa therapy? But not really shedding light on real therapy? Instead, portrayed some mean people - adults who doesn't get real therapy, without mentioning real therapy. What I liked about The Glory so much is that she considered just going for therapy. Both the main leads did. It was such a heavy topic on that one. But not on this one.
To end, if you like thrills, you might consider this but if you can't handle what I've mentioned, I think there are better dramas to watch for you than this one, if not, please be advised.