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                                                January 9, 2019     
                                                                    
A common Korean drama plot-twist device:                           
someone is hit by a car while crossing    
the street.  Typically, this is because      Whenever anyone steps near
they're distracted because they're so        the street, my partner and
overwhelmed by emotion.                      I start shouting
                                             "Noooo, don't do it!"
I've been wondering lately why              
crashes while driving a car                      In a way it's kind of cool
seem so much less common.                        that they keep hammering
                                                 away at the idea that bad
   Possibly just a budget thing--                things are all the result
   vehicular damage is a lot more                of cars, but that really
   expensive to fake than just                   doesn't seem to be their
   squirting some red goop on                    angle.
   the actor.                        
                                                 I might try the
       But it could encourage a                  motif where
       feeling that there's                      everything bad    Too bad
       something horribly dangerous              results from      Samsung
       about being a pedestrian--                cellphones.       sponsors
       once you step inside that                                   most of
       metal cage, you are *safe*.               Combining the     these
                                                 car crash motif   shows.
                                                 with the
                                                 cellphone one
                                                 would be easy
                                                 enough-- in fact
                                                 its pretty
  If you ever happen to encounter a              realistic.
  story where people's lives are    
  ruined by cars and cellphones and    
  a guy on a bicycle saves the day,    
  the odds are be good you're      
  looking at my work.              
                     




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