The Real Thing: Digital Imposters and Twisted Personas in ‘Perfect Blue’
On social media anxieties and the 1997 film that predicted them
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10 min readMar 18, 2024
My online identity is an occasional source of anxiety and wonder to me. It is at once a version of myself that is more real than the “real” me and a complete forgery. It is a persona I have poured my soul into and a mirage curated to…
