Thing in Seoul: Netflix Korea’s Cool Promo for Wednesday Season 2

Have you been enjoying Wednesday Season 2 on Netflix? Me too.  However, rather than review it (which has been done a million times elsewhere), I thought I would share this short video to show Kuriositas’ predominantly English speaking readership how Netflix Korea promoted this show.  This has been done by presenting its own audience with Thing in Seoul, a two minute video featuring our favorite disembodied hand checking out the Korean capital for Wednesday.  Translated from the Korean, the blurb on YouTube reads: “Ahead of the Wednesday team’s visit to Seoul, we’re sharing Thing’s travel diary from his advance trip to the city.”

The story? Thing is sent a note by Wednesday telling him that she is soon off to Korea and that she wants him to scope it out before she goes there. The video shows the reactions of Seoul’s citizens to Thing’s presence in the Korean capital, sending Wednesday a positive email about the place.  He even gets to try on a traditional Korean hat. Then, the promo ties in a little footage of Wednesday at the airport from the show itself (American end as the airport staff are certainly not Korean!). While the video itself doesn't explicitly state the production method, I think it's likely that it is a fully radio-controlled, walking animatronic Thing  which is used here – as the reactions from the unsuspecting Koreans seems too real for any CGI to be at play!

Watch the Korean promo for Wednesday Season 2 below.