Comedian Park Narae's final statement video is being reexamined.
Park Narae's final statement video, released on the 16th of last month. In this video, Park Narae said, "There are parts where the facts need to be calmly confirmed regarding the issues currently raised, so legal procedures are underway," "I will stop all activities for the time being and take time to focus on organizing this matter. I will reflect on my responsibility and attitude in my position. Issues that require time will be calmly entrusted to the proper procedures," and showed attitudes such as these.
The 2 minute 23 second final statement video, which lacked an apology and explanation, became the target of criticism immediately after its release. In particular, a YouTuber analyzed Park Narae's tone and facial expressions delivering her final statement through a video titled 'What happens when you ignore nonverbal cues in Park Narae's video.'
The YouTuber said, "Looking at Park Narae's greeting, the head rises before the eyes, and the eye shape is pulled up from below. In a typical greeting and apology, the head and eyes move together with an open gaze where the eyes are opened. Usually when starting an apology or explanation the mouth opens slightly, so raising the head with the mouth closed means risk management mode is already active," "In a sincere apology the head and eyes rise together and the mouth is also slightly open. Park Narae's downward-maintaining apology is a pattern of lifting only the eyes to look up," "Park Narae immediately presses her lips together at the end of a sentence. This pattern is called sentence-level sealing, and it's a response used when risk management must be maximized in situations where a single word could lead to great loss, such as prosecution investigations, trials, or official interviews with the media," and offered such analyses.
He added, "Her expression is overall close to blank. It looks like she intentionally fixed her facial muscles in a neutral position. She wants to leave only the words and not her expression or face; this is a commonly chosen expression when showing emotion could be harmful," "If she wanted to hide her emotions as much as possible, a handwritten letter or an SNS post might have been a more effective method than a video. No matter how much you try to control it, the face and body eventually leave messages. Even if words are hidden, it's hard to hide nonverbal cues."
The video, criticized as spiteful and lacking an apology, is being reexamined as managers' credibility began to crack. As Park Narae's alleged bullying was exposed and her private life was leaked, managers who seemed to gain an advantageous position had to face changed public opinion after call recording transcripts were released. This was because their contrasting positions after finishing phone calls with Park Narae, inflated career claims, and issues such as enrollment in the four major social insurances contained content different from the disclosures.
Therefore, netizens who saw Park Narae's final statement revisited her attitude, tone, and facial expressions, responding with comments such as "So there was a reason," "She only said what was true," "At that time she was mocked asking if she didn't even have a lawyer," and "It was wise because if she had responded it would have been turned into false publicity making Park Narae look like a strange person."
Amid the release of call recording transcripts between Park Narae and her former managers, allegations of Park Narae's abusive behavior entered a new phase. Park Narae sued her former managers for attempted extortion and embezzlement in the course of business, and after completing the complainant's investigation attention is focused on how the legal battle will proceed.
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