Those hacks, developed with the help of outside contractors, were a technical milestone.
What makes Elordi such a good actor, though, is his ability to exit the distance, exit the forest, and immerse in his scripted persona—a package of pathology and purpose.
The shock of the cold plunge erases all stressful or laden thoughts, wipes away impurities, until Elordi is in a complete state of ecstasy.
But they have also prompted a backlash of a different kind.