[Drama 2017] Strongest Deliveryman 최강배달꾼

YongZura⁷ · August 14, 2017

34 minutes ago, baduy said:

Then she goes on 너 누면 쓴 거, 아니지? which the subs translate as "You weren't framed, were you?" giving the impression that she may have briefly believed JG was framed, but has now suddenly realized he wasn't and that he's guilty as accused. But that's not what her question means in Korean. It means "You were framed, weren't you?" That is, she's reaching the conclusion that in his zeal for justice, KG has stooped to framing JG for the offense KS is sure he's committed, but hasn't been able to prove. [Koreans are very fond of plots --especially in movies -- in which a criminal gets away with an evil deed but is then framed by a righteously indignant cop for another offense which he didn't commit, but which carries a similar sentence to the one he got away with: Montage of 2013 is just one example of this rather disconcerting notion of "justice" in Korean popular culture, and it's an aberration of that kind that Dana believes KS's keeness on justice has led him into here.

Hence her defense of JG in the remainder of the clip (a defense which in the subbers' translation doesn't make all that much sense). Ignoring KS' furious yell that she's consorting with a "criminal bastard, a piece of complete trash," Dana warns him "That's enough! Carry on like that, and you'll get hurt real bad!" [너 진짜 다쳐!]" Given Dana's fierce tone of voice, I take that as more more a threat than a warning, and a direct personal threat into the bargain ( = she'll do the hurting, and he knows better than anyone from painful experience how good she is at physical assault, so he'd better watch out...)

You are right. Both do carry a different meaning ....

YongZura⁷ · August 14, 2017

Chae Soo Bin Names Her Favorite Male Co-Star

In a recent interview with Arirang TV’s “Showbiz Korea,” Chae Soo Bin talked about working with her previous and current male co-stars and revealed thoughts on her own appearance.

During the interview, Chae Soo Bin was asked which co-star was the best to work with so far. The actress has appeared alongside Park Bo Gum in “Moonlight Drawn By Clouds,” Yoon Kyun Sang in “Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People,” and Go Kyung Pyo in her current drama “Strongest Deliveryman.”

Chae Soo Bin replied, “Yoon Kyun Sang and Park Bo Gum were nice and easygoing, but Go Kyung Pyo is especially great to rely on as a senior actor.”

The actress also admitted that she finds herself attractive when looking in the mirror sometimes. She shared, “When I put on my dress and get my makeup done for a shooting like today or for an award ceremony, there are times I look in the mirror and think to myself, ‘I look so pretty.'”

In regards to her current drama “Strongest Deliveryman,” she explained that it is worth watching to empathize with the story.

“When you are able to empathize with something, you feel consoled. I think you can watch this drama and feel comforted while thinking ‘I had the same experience too,'” she explained. She added, “I hope you can laugh and become hopeful from watching it.”

Taken from Soompi's

KymberleeD · August 15, 2017

@kiklaminHo

Ola chinguyah..! Sooo nice to always see familar names here and there...! And yeah... the leassons KDrama has brought us...lol..!

Ikr, this guy really know he's darn good looking with those dimples..! And he sooo natural..! I bet this guy will go miles...

i am now so looking forward on Fridays too.!

Xoxo

kysy · August 15, 2017

@baduy

Thank you for clarifications regarding the subtitles @baduy

I think your initial observation is right and the woman is a journalist. Honestly a journalist would love to report on this type of story. This is what the JG's father was worried about when he saw the video of JG street racing. Think about how it looks to the public that the rich son of conglomerate is blocking off public roads so he can illegally street race. Then you throw in the fact that a person went into a coma because of the road blocking. I am thinking that they might use the story to bring out more witnesses that might have seen the street racing or find the person who has the video of that night. In episode 2 a video of the street racing was sent to a news organization but JG's father was able to block it before it became public.

Based on what you wrote about the subs above, I am thinking the story comes out when JG is with Dana and that's why he calls his brother thinking he'll help him. Instead of helping him though his brother has probably agreed with his father that JG needs to leave Korea for a while(they always try and send characters like him out of the country in K-drama's). The hired guys in suits escorting him into the car are probably his father's people sent to take him to the Philippines. His mother said his father wanted to send him to the Philippines to work on resort construction in episode 3.

I don't think Dana knows what's fully going on, she probably only has the information from news release and what JG has told her. She probably think's of JG the in same way KS thought of him. Remember that in the elevator scene KS had with DKK that KS defended JG by saying he didn't think JG would do something like illegally block a road and street race. I think this is why Dana initially sides with JG and decides to help him. Dana doesn't know that JG confirmed with his own mouth that he was the one who set up the race, was the one racing that night and was the one who blocked the road(restaurant scene before the police station episode 4).

I am thinking the desperate action JG resorts to when cornered by KS is lying to Dana about what really happened(maybe he lies and agrees with her when she says he was framed). Dana would then resort to defending him against KS because she thinks KS is operating on bad information or like you said she thinks KS framed him.

One other theory I have is that he asks for help from JY's mom but I am not sure that makes much sense since his deperate action seems to come right after being cornered.

Well those are my thoughts based on what I saw in the trailer and the information you provided.

August 15, 2017

Often what you see, isn't all there is... For what lies hidden underneath is a persons real story...

A little late joining this thread and hoping you won't mind my late thoughts as well. Just got done watching episode 4 and I find myself enjoying these four characters and the others within this drama as well, so colorful are they and so interesting too. It's interesting watching each individual character and their previous lives unfold as we are slowly given knowledge and insight to them and the conditions in which they have lived and survived...

One thing for sure the writer would express that wealth and all that goes with it is not a shoe in for happiness. That the life of the rich and poor have many things in common believe it or not. Including having family members who expect to many things from you. Being over looked and looked down upon. Family who are more concerned about their happiness and needs than yours. That no matter how much you try or struggle change and relief never seem to come. That life can be so full of despair and loneliness that even their lives so different yet so the same felt worthless and death seemed easier...

KS's promise to be a good person was his fathers last request and is his life's path and yet there was a time when his words were not filled with kindness to a father who was dying of cancer and a broken heart... Yet he strikes out on his own to find his Mother and maybe himself...

DA a daughter who had to grow up faster than most in not only defending herself but her family as well. Tired of the burdens and responsibilities toward her family she tries to escape a life where there is no money and it would seem no hope. A jump off a bridge would seem to be a new lease on life and a new chance to make her own dreams come true and survive one day and one dollar at a time..

JG Born wealthy when it came to money and things that are valued on the outside by the world. Yet deprived of the emotions, encouragement and love that mean the most and are needed and felt on the inside. Those money can't buy and things can't replace that mold and create self worth and self growth. For being a golf ball and beaten were not as bad as the words that often followed and were heartless and cruel that cut and bruised not only his body but deep within his very soul...

JY a daughter to CEO Jang who considers her a chess piece like a piece of property to be molded and moved around at her will with no thought to her daughters happiness or even her needs in being loved for herself. Yet she has a father whom loves her but is not strong enough to protect her. She is not a child in age yet she is in so many ways sheltered and trying to find her own way and her own happiness..

I think in this last episode KS is seeing JG through a broken heart in remembering Hyun Soo laying there in a coma and that's all he sees and the reason he believes he is there is because of JG. It was his idea, his race and his fault...

Forgetting that it was he himself that corrected HS in those last moments before the wreck and advised HS to visit his mother. Which he in fact did and placed him in the direction he was going. I wonder if those thoughts even now are placed within his mind.. Those last words he spoke to HS...

And although it's true JG was racing and stopped traffic and it was illegal. Yet in those first moments you could see the expression on JG's face and his hands almost cringe in knowing and hearing about what had happened to Hyun Soo. He was sorry and most likely was in a bit of shock began to beg and got on his knees. He would have done anything except what KS wanted which was go to the police and turn himself in.

It may seem as if JG had no guilt and was only trying to save himself and partly that could be true for we all know what his father is capable of and I would say at that moment on his knees he in fact was pleading for his life. For KS had no idea what he had been through and endured that his life to his family meant nothing and he had no value or self worth. It would have been perfect if JG would have done the right thing and admitted guilt for racing but not unlike JY he is immature and sheltered in knowledge of the things that one should do. When very little that is right has been done to him or really understanding the cost in the things he does. Still I know he never once thought it would lead to someone getting hurt like this and he himself was hurting because of it. A mistake that could indeed have been prevented but never intentional...

It is easy to say what someone could have done or should have done when your on the outside looking in. But it's not that simple when the person you are looking at has suffered more than you could ever know and what you see in front of you isn't all there is.... Just my thoughts...

hushhh · August 15, 2017

7 hours ago, kiklaminHo said:

@hushhh

I want to clarify my previous post just to make sure that you dont get it wrong.

What I wrote about Dan ah its my way to explain her thinking .

And basically with all my posts in every drama 's thread I just put out my opinion and of course I know each one of us has one and sometimes would not be the same with mine.

That s the reason we are in forums to exchange and discuss views and analyses.

I understood your first post very well and I agreed with what you wrote.

As a Western in the beginning of my K drama addiction I could not understand many things I saw in the dramas but 5 years after I can see and get a lot more than 5 years ago.

I m looking forward to read more posts from you.

Hi @kiklaminHo

I understand what you were saying about Dan-ah. I understand, as best I can without having seen episodes 3&4.

I thought you were showing another example of the character's lack of exposure to intimacy or romance as a way of showing the consistency of her naive thinking.

My issue isn't with the characters, just with the writers perspective on what is okay to mock.

I sometimes make a distinction between the character's behavior and what the writers present as acceptable. For instance Dan-ah views would come off as hers alone, if there was another character in the drama who thought exploiting someone you thought to be LBGQT was unacceptable.

baduy · August 15, 2017

5 hours ago, hushhh said:

My issue isn't with the characters, just with the writers perspective on what is okay to mock.

I sometimes make a distinction between the character's behavior and what the writers present as acceptable. For instance Dan-ah views would come off as hers alone, if there was another character in the drama who thought exploiting someone you thought to be LBGQT was unacceptable.

To come at the same point from a slightly different angle, I think the problem lies here not with the writers as such, but with the broad cultural consensus which they assume (correctly I suspect) their home audience largely shares.

In an earlier post, I outlined three beliefs about LBGT matters that repeatedly figure completely unqualified and unquestioned in Kdramas, with nobody in the domestic audience turning a hair (the notion of universally pink-shirted, "Omo!"-exclaiming gays being especially prominent.) That won't change in the mainstream media until the mainstream outlook to which those media cater changes.

But no nation in history has ever shown a capacity for cultural change as wide and rapid as S. Korea has demonstrated in the past decades since the end of the military dictatorships. It's an ongoing story, heading in the same direction as other "advanced" countries, though currently with some catching up yet to do.

August 15, 2017

My thoughts on ep4.

I really like how KS told my girl JY immediately about the doings of JG.
My beloved JY has such amazing facial expressions during her talks with JG.
I would have totally kissed JY!
The scene where KS helped Dana was pretty nice aswell, I think they made some progress there. Can't see them getting close soon though, but in the end she seemed quite interested in why KS was in the hospital.

Not done yet. But haven't the time right now.

@USAFarmgirlReally liked reading your thoughts

1ouise · August 15, 2017

18 hours ago, baduy said:

That won't change in the mainstream media until the mainstream outlook to which those media cater changes.

But no nation in history has ever shown a capacity for cultural change as wide and rapid as S. Korea has demonstrated in the past decades since the end of the military dictatorships. It's an ongoing story, heading in the same direction as other "advanced" countries, though currently with some catching up yet to do.

I wish that the media would lead out, and instead of presenting an outdated view (maybe prevalent only among older generations), show a better way. Maybe society is ready enough for change that the media can now show something different and better.

I personally have never gotten used to all the beating (bosses, parents, elders, school bullies) and wish kdramas would phase it out. It is abuse and should not be condoned. Hitting your son with a golf club should land you in hot water. (There will still be bullies, but give them consequences not approval.)

South Korea’s advance is astounding and worth celebrating! I believe that Koreans, particularly younger generations, have the capacity to transform “Hell Joseon” (which I know involves more than just changes in kdramas) into something better. Certainly they are better off than the generation who lived through war and poverty, and the story is ongoing.

Kang-soo, Dan-ah, Jin-gyu, and Ji-yoon are young people representing different segments of modern society. I will be happy if they can show us their own real ways of managing and conquering “Hell Joseon” (and give hope to young Koreans)—you know, kind of like a public service message. Is that too sappy of me, asking too much of fluffy entertainment??

AlexandraReid · August 16, 2017

Strongest Deliveryman: Episode 3

by odilettante

It’s a crash lesson in the life of a deliveryman as Jin-gyu attempts to repay a debt he owes. While Kang-soo gets closer to figuring out what happened the night of Hyun-soo’s accident, Dan-ah is offered the chance to move closer to her ultimate goal of escaping overseas thanks to a bit of kindness on her part. That leaves Ji-yoon, who has to decide what’s more important in the end: her family, or her independence.

EPISODE 3 RECAP

Jin-gyu dangles over the side of the bridge, pleading with Dan-ah to save him. But her feet slip and they both fall, splashing into the water below. As Dan-ah hits the water, a flashback shows Dan-ah at that very same bridge with tears in her eyes as she asked her mother to forgive her before jumping into the water.

Current-day Dan-ah drags the unconscious Jin-gyu out of the river. On the riverbank, Dan-ah desperately begs him to wake up as she performs CPR. Intermingled with Dan-ah’s CPR efforts are flashbacks to when a stranger saved Dan-ah in the exact same way.

Spoiler

When Jin-gyu finally comes to, Dan-ah bursts into tears, sobbing as deeply as she did the day the woman saved her own life. Jin-gyu, with tears in his own eyes, watches as Dan-ah weeps.

----read full:: http://www.dramabeans.com/2017/08/strongest-deliveryman-episode-3/

COMMENTS

I’m all-in with the contract dating shenanigans, especially since I’m already in love with the fun antagonistic chemistry between Ji-yoon and Jin-gyu. I’m undecided if I actually want them together in the end (or, honestly, if I want any of our main four characters to be romantically linked), but I know I’m going to enjoy the heck out of watching them happily torment each other. I just hope Dan-ah and Kang-soo don’t get caught in the crosshairs — at least, not too much.

While I was a little surprised by how easily Jin-gyu recovered from his suicide attempt (both physically and psychologically), he doesn’t seem the type to let past mistakes drag him down. Whether his attitude is by choice because it’s the only way he can smile through the day, or because he is, as he claims, an idiot loser, is perhaps something we’ll find out later — but he seems to know that it’s pointless to wallow in regret. I’m much more curious, however, about what brought Dan-ah to that literal edge. She’s come across as a tough and savvy character with strong survival skills, so to see her so vulnerable and emotionally raw was a small, yet powerful, moment (and made me wish for an epilogue — I need to know more about everyone’s past!). Then again, maybe those ruthless survival skills only really kicked in after she was given another chance at life.

Then again, as ruthless as she is, Dan-ah still has her limits. Even though she’s willing to do just about anything for money, Dan-ah still has her pride — she doesn’t want to be the “Cinderella” where some rich guy solves all her problems. But if she’s being given the chance to get the money she needs to better her life, then it would be foolish to not take it — a fact Jin-gyu rightly points out, using his analogy that if she saved the life of a baker, she wouldn’t think it strange to accept a gift of bread. Which really goes to show the difference between the whole “golden spoon” vs. “dirt spoon” socioeconomic dynamic. Jin-gyu was born with a golden spoon — he’s a chaebol not because he wants to be, but just because that’s the family he was born into. It’s a way of life for him just because that’s all he’s ever known. Dan-ah, on the other hand, was born into a poor family that struggles to stay out of debt, and she’s fighting tooth and nail for a chance to escape it.

Spoiler

Speaking of golden spoons, I’m happy that Ji-yoon is still determined to try and live independently. While I’m not sure how long she’ll last on a barista’s wages, I do believe she’s genuinely committed to try and make her own way without any help from her family. It seems like Ji-yoon is swapping out her golden spoon for a dirt spoon, and it will be an interesting experiment to see if it’s possible for someone to successfully switch social classes without falling back on the safety net of family. But if anyone can do it, I think the optimistically cheerful Ji-yoon could (provided she meets people as nice as Kang-soo, of course), just as I think that Dan-ah could possibly upgrade her dirt spoon to something a little bit better just through her hard work and resourcefulness.

I also really appreciated the way that Kang-soo accepted Jin-gyu’s apology for the way he first treated Kang-soo. I can totally believe that Kang-soo has made himself popular with all the delivery guys he’s worked with over the years, since Kang-soo seems to be a genuinely good guy who wants the best for everybody. I’m not sure whether he’s living up to his dying father’s last words to live as a good person or whether he’s just inherently kind, but I do appreciate that he’s willing to see the best in everyone and doesn’t hold a grudge even when some knuckleheads steal his bike.

But it’s a different story when it comes to someone hurting a loved one (or even just someone who offends Kang-soo’s sense of honor and decency, like that hit-and-run driver in the first episode). While Kang-soo might be able to forgive Jin-gyu for his thoughtless remarks against him, I’m not so sure there’s anything Jin-gyu will be able to say or do that will make Kang-soo forgive and forget Jin-gyu’s role in putting Hyun-soo in a coma. Which is a pity, because I’m enjoying their burgeoning bromance, and I’d like to see it continue for as long as possible.

hushhh · August 16, 2017

19 hours ago, baduy said:

To come at the same point from a slightly different angle, I think the problem lies here not with the writers as such, but with the broad cultural consensus which they assume (correctly I suspect) their home audience largely shares.

In an earlier post, I outlined three beliefs about LBGT matters that repeatedly figure completely unqualified and unquestioned in Kdramas, with nobody in the domestic audience turning a hair (the notion of universally pink-shirted, "Omo!"-exclaiming gays being especially prominent.) That won't change in the mainstream media until the mainstream outlook to which those media cater changes.

But no nation in history has ever shown a capacity for cultural change as wide and rapid as S. Korea has demonstrated in the past decades since the end of the military dictatorships. It's an ongoing story, heading in the same direction as other "advanced" countries, though currently with some catching up yet to do.

I believe you are right, but I have no footing whatsoever to set myself up as a Korean cultural critic, so I try to limit my comments to my Westernized response to what I see.

I will leave the cultural critique to those with greater knowledge that gives them greater authority, [Chances they are voicing my unexpressed ideas]

AlexandraReid · August 16, 2017

selca

Spoiler

kangsoo friend in hospital

YongZura⁷ · August 16, 2017

CSB's interview

kysy · August 17, 2017

still cut:

mamamya88 · August 17, 2017

Hello friends! just landed in to this thread after watching 2 episodes......i don have time yet to watch ep3 and 4...but i kinda have a strong feeling that madam Jung (forget her name) could be KS's mother, and that made JY her little step sister...they are 2years different and that quiet.make sense...at first i i kinda feel annoyed at JY's character...she's such a clinger and a crybaby...but at some points she might have her fun and sly sides like the earing incident...i am looking forward for the matchmaking ceremony (if any) between JY and JG...it must be hilarious if they learnt whom their parents are...they are like tom and jerry each time they met! I was not very fond to actress CSB who played Dan before, but this drama makes me like her..she's tough badass and beautiful and a great actress..

Anyway....this drama makes me smile and laugh in some way...the humor and the funny background sound make certain scenes hillarious...i am currently watching intense/heratwrenching drama King in Love and freaking creepy Save Me...so this drama indeed is a stress reliever for me... its still too early to speculate anything...hopefully i will stay to the end and enjoy this drama to the fullest...

AlexandraReid · August 17, 2017

Strongest Deliveryman: Episode 4

by odilettante

Everything seems to be going well for our four leads, but the promise of happiness this soon in a show never bodes well — especially not when Kang-soo is so close to figuring out what really happened the night of Hyun-soo’s accident. Things may look shaky for the burgeoning bromance because of it, but at least Jin-gyu has figured out how to protect his shins from Dan-ah’s kicks.

EPISODE 4 RECAP

Now that Kang-soo knows the road was illegally blocked off the night of Hyun-soo’s accident, he goes to the police station to file a report. The detective agrees that blocking off the road was indeed illegal, but points out that the racers can’t be charged for Hyun-soo’s injuries since they didn’t actually cause them.

At Kang-soo’s pleading, the cop agrees to open an investigation, but he doesn’t seem too enthusiastic about getting results since that stretch of road doesn’t have any CCTV cameras nearby. Kang-soo hits the streets, asking anyone in the neighborhood if they saw anything, but no one was either awake or in the area at that time of night.

Jin-gyu’s mother orders him to text Ji-yoon goodnight. Even though he doesn’t want to, he obeys and sends Ji-yoon a sweet message telling her that he had a good time earlier and he hopes she sleeps well. In return, Ji-yoon responds that she’s blocking him. Pfffft.

Ji-yoon then decides that to “block” Jin-gyu in real life and plans to show Jin-gyu how close she and her “ajusshi” are, which she hopes will finally make Jin-gyu give up his pursuit of her.

=== Read more: http://www.dramabean...yman-episode-4/ ===

COMMENTS

Even though I knew it was coming, I’m still sad that Kang-soo and Jin-gyu’s bromance is officially over and they’re back to being enemies again. It’s even more disheartening because I can see both sides of the story. Yes, Jin-gyu was being irresponsible by closing off the road so he could enjoy his racing, but for Jin-gyu, racing was the only thing that made him feel alive. He also knows that if it’s found out that he was arrested for illegally racing, it will drag his family’s company into the news and he’ll earn even more wrath from his father (if that were even possible). Jin-gyu probably thinks his chances of surviving Kang-soo’s threats are higher than surviving Chairman Oh’s threats — I get the feeling something more serious than a golf club would be involved if it was publicly revealed that Jin-gyu’s illegal racing put another person in a coma.

As for Kang-soo, well, we already know from the first episode exactly what he thinks of people who try to weasel their way out of a situation by throwing money around. In fact, I wonder if some of Kang-soo’s anger comes from the realization that Jin-gyu is no better than that hit-and-run driver. Kang-soo’s strongest attribute is his sense of honor, and it must be extra humiliating to think he was bamboozled by another rich jerk just because the two of them worked together so well for a week.

There’s really so much bundled up in both Kang-soo and Jin-gyu’s reactions in those last few minutes. I appreciate that both actors are able to play off each other so well, with subtle little cues that made my stomach sink with each neutral-sounding question Kang-soo asked of Jin-gyu, because it was like watching the Titanic and knowing it’s going to hit that iceberg. Kim Sun-ho is definitely incredible to watch, as he masters those little micro-expressions which show the cracks in Jin-gyu’s playful, cheerful façade. No matter how much chaebol swagger Jin-gyu may have, those glimpses of vulnerability and childlike desperation have been evident since the beginning. I have to wonder if I’d be as sympathetic to Jin-gyu if he were played by a different actor (I might be less dazzled by the dimples, that’s for sure).

Spoiler

I think it’s interesting that the show seems to be setting up an alliance between Kang-soo and Ji-yoon, and another between Dan-ah and Jin-gyu. Dan-ah definitely seems to be mellowing out a little — maybe it’s the realization that her dreams are so close to coming true, or maybe it’s the fact that she might actually be getting enough sleep while in the hospital. Whatever it is, I’m enjoying the playful way that she and Jin-gyu interact, especially the way he now makes her smile. Even though she gives him grief about his namby-pamby ways, I think she has to have some respect for the fact that he willingly took over her shift with only minor complaining. Well, as “minor” complaining as I think we’ll get from him.

Now I’m dreading the moment when Dan-ah and Kang-soo will go against each other, especially that moment at the English learning center made it seem like she was willing to relax around him, too. Whyyyyyyyyyy can’t everyone just be friends and playfully tease each other and be happy all the time? Why must the show continue putting up barriers between the leads? Sigh, yes, I know why — it’s because of “drama” and the need for a story, and it would probably be boring watching a bunch of friends banter as they go about their lives each day. (I say “probably” to hide the fact that’s all I really want right now.) I’m also nervous about what will happen when Kang-soo and the rest of the neighborhood realize that Ji-yoon is the daughter of the “Jung Family” CEO. No matter how adorable and sassy Ji-yoon may be in her pursuit of independence, I don’t know if she can distance herself enough from her mother’s business to where it won’t feel like yet another chaebol betrayal.

It does make me wonder if the reason Dan-ah will end up staying behind in Korea (because there’s no way she’s going to disappear overseas this early into a show) is because she’ll eventually end up using her money to help out the restaurant — either Lively Noodles or Hyun-soo’s grandmother’s place. The loan sharks are there to remind us that these business owners are going to get desperate for money soon, and I’m sure no good will come from Hye-ran’s meeting at the bank. I almost hope that’s the case, since a sacrifice like that would show a strength of character that Dan-ah seems to be lacking. Not that Dan-ah doesn’t have character (or strength), and I don’t blame her for her laser-like focus on achieving her goal to get enough money to escape what seems like a hopeless situation. But the idealist in me wants her to believe in something more than just the number in her bank account, and for her to become a part of a community where she, too, could easily call up three hundred friends at a moment’s notice.