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Aug
30
KateModern Lives … Sort Of
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A while ago I published a little rant about KateModern - “the new Lonelygirl15,” as she was dubbed by many. While I did go so far as to pronounce her dead in my headline, I knew it was too early for that, and so the post wasn’t really so much a proclamation as a wish.
Well, it’s more than a month into Kate’s “life” now, and it seems she’s alive and kicking. Sort of.
The KateModern that it seemed we might have gotten - that is the KateModern who indeed did come clean about her corporate backing and fictive existence and yet didn’t really want to make that completely transparent to the average viewer, that KateModern IS dead.
The opening paragraph on the KateModern page at Bebo reads:
Welcome to the show page for KateModern, the worlds first and only interactive serial broadcast on a social network. Produced by the creators of pioneering web drama lonelygirl15 and a team of the U.K.’s hottest writers, directors and producers. Log on here daily to watch the latest episodes!
I have no idea if it was always the producers’ idea to come clean in such a way, but it’s good to see that they have.
As I said before, as long as they make it clear to the average viewer, as long as it’s owning up to its status as an “online soap” or “web series” or whatever you’d like to call it, then I have no problems with it.
Selling to us is fine. Lying to us isn’t.
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If you’re interested in reading more about how things are going for Kate in a business sense, you might check out a recent article in the Telegraph The story so far… millions are hooked by online soap.
The KateModern page at Bebo is here.