‘#Viral’: A Faustian tale about internet fame and anti-vax anxiety

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Source: The Japan Times
Published: 2026-02-27 11:30 UTC+10:00
Section: CULTURE
Factuality Score: 95
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Culture & Entertainment, Indigenous, Media
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Films trying to capture the fractious, chronically online nature of modern life are inevitably playing catch-up, but they don’t help themselves by adding a hashtag — that musty relic of 2010s social media — to their titles. Arriving in the wake of Daisuke Miyazaki’s “#Mito” and Kazuyoshi Kumakiri’s “#Manhole” (both 2023), King Bai’s “#Viral” is another Faustian tale of internet fame that feels like its moment has already passed.
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