Good storyline but the characters felt hollow

The plot line of this story was great. I loved how each episode dug into a different part of influencer culture and the dark side of being famous. Even though the content was satirical, it still depicted what the lives of influencers might be like. I loved Ari, she was so chic and badass, but it seemed like she was the only character that was fleshed out.
The male lead was also a total flop. He had no character or personality. I hated him from the beginning because he was so arrogant, and the comment he made about his servants being out of a job if he didn’t let her take off his shoes was just distasteful. He had no character arch either, it seemed that he was arrogant for the first few episodes and then all of a sudden, that was all gone and he was just some guy who was into the female lead. He was so boring, and had no plot function other than helping Ari whenever she got into legal trouble. Their relationship wasn’t explored at all, and it just seemed kind of pointless. The show honestly could have been fine without a romance side plot because it was barely there as is.
All the side characters seemed great but they really fell flat when it came to character development. I wish the episodes had gone more into each character’s backstory and how they became famous/the dark and dirty things they had to do to get to the top just like Ari did. Although they mentioned a few times that the other girls had done bad things to become famous, I wish they had shown flashbacks or just given these characters more backstory. They really fell flat and it was hard to connect with or like them when there was no character.
This drama had 12 episodes which should have been enough to develop a deeper plot and characters but somehow they just didn’t. I still enjoyed the story but I think it had much more potential.

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