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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jian" data-source="post: 9848163" data-attributes="member: 78087">On to the next one!Celebrity (Netflix, 2023)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_(South_Korean_TV_series)" target="_blank">Celebrity</a> is another short and tightly-plotted series (12 episodes) with primarily female major characters. It's not quite as good as Queenmaker, in my opinion - at times it feels a little bit like an older person's guide to how social media influencers work - but it is pretty good about social media and influencers in Korea, as well as a good story in and of itself.Our protagonist (there's only one this time) is Seo Ah-Ri, a poor door-to-door cosmetics salesperson who almost accidentally becomes a fashion influencer, becoming very popular for her excellent taste in vintage clothes and personal style. She therefore runs foul of the Gabin Society, a group of established influencers which is led by her childhood rival. Ah-Ri negotiates a tangled web of alliances, betrayals, and intrigue (at least one Gabin member is sympathetic to her) to survive and become successful, opposed by the ladies of Gabin at every turn - and she dies for it.<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/Celebrity_%28South_Korean_TV_series%29.png" alt="en.wikipedia.org" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />That isn't a spoiler, we more or less know that from the beginning. And we know that a few months after Ah-Ri's death, someone who claims to be her is back on livestream from a hidden location, narrating the events that led to Ah-Ri's rise and fall, exposing all the Gabin Society's secrets as she goes. That's the framing device for the series.Like most Korean dramas, Celebrity has very little sex and violence (there's one drug taking scene, which is very scandalous in Korea) and so you may consider this series as a good introduction to Korean dramas for younger (as in, young teen) viewers who probably know more about social media and influencers than you do and think Korean culture, fashion, and beauty are interesting.</blockquote>

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