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                                             May 9, 2023

"Search: WWW" is an excellent
kdrama, but not perfect.

Some of the internet industry                      SPOILERS
maneuvering makes perfect sense,
in other areas it seems forced:
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    Could Unicon *afford* to fire Ta Mi?
    They may regard her as an annoyance,
    but people at large regard her as a
    hero.  It would be big news when she
    switched companies, instead they act
    like no one has noticed.

    More likely: they would let it ride
    and posture about standing by her,
    but trump a reason to fire her later,
    if necessary, engineering a smear
    campaign as cover.

    In episode 3, they're doing an ad
    video in a hurry, and are thrown off
    track at the last moment, when the          The contract hadn't
    opposition steals away they're              been signed yet
    starring celebrity--                        because they were
                                                rushing so much--
    They miss an obvious trick here:            that part I find
    they *have* a celebrity, Bae Ta Mi          entirely believable.
    herself.  Their slogan is: "Barro
    is instant".  There's a clip of
    Bae Ta Mi that keeps running in
    the news: "Did you see that?           It could be that I'm missing
    That, sir, is the internet."           some aspects of Korean culture
                                           here: are they more adverse to
    Tie the two together:                  celebrity, perhaps because the
                                           nature of it is more insane over
    "Barro is instant."                    there, or because they're a
    cut to Ta Mi's face:                   little less "individualistic"?
    "That is the internet."
                                              It would certainly be an issue
       If anyone wasn't aware that            whether Ta Mi is allowed to
       Ta Mi had been fired and hired         play the face of the company--
       by Barro, that would rub               she's a recent hire, however
       everyone's noses in it.                famous, and not the CEO.

                                                 And in any case, letting Ta Mi
                                                 receed from the spolight a
                                                 little is needed for the
                                                 plot-- later she's going to be
                                                 distressed at being thrust
                                                 back into it again.



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