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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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This comic is a spoof of Internet {{w|Influencer marketing|influencers}}. These are people with large social media followings who mention products in their videos in exchange for payment from the companies that produce these products, as a form of advertising. | This comic is a spoof of Internet {{w|Influencer marketing|influencers}}. These are people with large social media followings who mention products in their videos in exchange for payment from the companies that produce these products, as a form of advertising. | ||
− | In the comic, Megan and Cueball are not intentionally | + | In the comic, Megan and Cueball are not intentionally making a video, but someone around them posted a video of their date, because they were having an argument about the movie {{w|Jumanji}}. Megan realized that they can capitalize on this by getting a sponsor. |
− | The argument then shifts to whether they're going to sleep together after the date. Cueball says he won't go home with Megan because she doesn't have the | + | The argument then shifts to whether they're going to sleep together after the date. Cueball says he won't go home with Megan because she doesn't have the mattress brand sold by their sponsor. She responds by pointing out a feature of that brand: their same-day delivery policy. This argument could easily be a TV commercial for the mattress, though Cueball's ultimate retort suggests (whether he wants it to or not) that that there still won't be a "happy ever after" conclusion to this play-acting, either fictionally or once real life resumes. |
− | The title text hints, however, that Megan was already | + | The title text hints, however, that one of the pair (possibly Megan, but Cueball could have been playing 'dumb' in a ''very'' leading fashion) was already primed to 'inadvertently' advertise one or other product of the {{w|Jumanji (franchise)|Jumanji franchise}}, for their own gain alone. Megan's realisation that the situation can bring in a lot of "mattress money" leads the initial instigator to work out that a consciously shared effort, with shared proceeds, will still be worth more sponsorship. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball and Megan are sitting at a table in a restaurant | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
− | :Megan: | + | :[Cueball and Megan are sitting at a table in a restaurant.] |
− | + | :Megan: Psst -- this date is going so badly that the people around us are posting it live. Look. [She hands her cellphone to Cueball.] | |
− | :[ | + | :[Cueball looks at cellphone, sees this video of them earlier on the date:] |
− | :Megan in video: | + | :Megan in video: Unbelievable - Have you even ''seen'' Jumanji? |
− | :Video caption: Date disaster 252k following | + | :[Video caption: "Date disaster" 252k following] |
− | :Cueball: | + | :Cueball: Oh no. |
− | + | :Megan: But it's okay: I got us a sponsorship. You just need to play along... | |
− | :Megan: | ||
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− | :[Scene expands to include | + | :[Scene expands to include people at other tables looking at their phones.] |
− | :Cueball: I could | + | :Cueball: I could '''never''' go home with someone with such bad taste in mattresses. I need the soft support of the ProFirm 3000®. |
− | :Megan: Wait, I can order one! With same-day delivery, it | + | :Megan: Wait, I can order one! With same-day delivery, it can- |
:Cueball: '''You had your chance.''' | :Cueball: '''You had your chance.''' | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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