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When Ali G Meets the Stanford Prison Experiment

November 11, 2026November 11, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments Aaron Parnas, Abuse Of Power, Ali G, Ali G: Who Iz I?, American politics, anti-immigration politics, attention economy, Buzz Aldrin, celebrity interviews, comedy criticism, comedy documentaries, conformity, Da Ali G Show, documentary ethics, Donald Trump, Erran Morad, film reviews, group identity, hidden camera comedy, human cruelty, influencer culture, Internet culture, Jane Lipsitz, manufactured reality, media criticism, media literacy, media manipulation, Milgram experiments, Millennial nostalgia, misinformation, mockumentaries, Netflix, Netflix documentaries, nostalgia, obedience to authority, online spectacle, performance culture, Pew Research Center, Philip Zimbardo, political comedy, political extremism, political polarization, political satire, prank comedy, Prime Video, psychological experiments, psychological manipulation, public humiliation, public trust in government, reality television, Reality TV, reality TV ethics, research ethics, Sacha Baron Cohen, satire in 2026, social media, social media influencers, social psychology, social satire, Stanford Prison Experiment, Stanley Milgram, streaming culture, Television Criticism, The New Stanford Prison Experiment, Thibault Le Texier, viral content

Reality satire has to contend with the everyday cruelty of Meta and X

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What ‘Dead-End Job’ Knows About Korea

November 5, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Bank of Korea, BTS, capitalism, chaebols, class struggle, Dead-End Job, Dead-End Job Netflix, declining birth rate, dystopian fiction, economic inequality, economic satire, elderly poverty, employment agencies, fertility crisis, Fifty Times the Minimum Wage, financial desperation, generational poverty, giant rats, gig economy, honjok, horror comedy, Hyeok-jun, Hyundai, job insecurity, K-drama, K-pop, killer clowns, Korean drama, Korean economy, Korean horror, Korean horror comedy, Korean labor market, Korean pop culture, Korean society, Korean television, Korean Wave, labor exploitation, LG, loan sharks, minimum wage, monster movies, Netflix, Netflix reviews, Netflix series, OECD, Parasite, personal debt, precarious employment, psychological horror, social isolation, social satire, South Korea, South Korean youth, Spider staffing agency, Squid Game, Streaming Television, suicide crisis, supernatural horror, survival horror, television reviews, underemployment, workplace horror, workplace safety, youth unemployment

The agency that finds people jobs of horror is portrayed as the most honest part of life in the country

"Man smiling in a studio setting with a city skyline background, wearing a red polo shirt and dark jacket; VPN and #NormLive logos visible in corner, warm lighting."

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Norm Was a Vibe

October 31, 2026November 4, 2026 Rob Kutner 1 Comment absurdist comedy, Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, American comedy, Amy Schumer, Andy Kaufman, Anthony Jeselnik, anti-humor, Bob Saget, cancer, celebrity roasts, comedian biography, comedian documentaries, comedy and tragedy, Comedy Central Roast, comedy controversy, comedy documentary, comedy history, comedy writing, Conan OBrien, creative originality, deadpan comedy, Dirty Work, documentary film, documentary review, Don Ohlmeyer, entertainment industry, Garry Shandling, George Carlin, Joan Rivers, Judd Apatow, late-night comedy, late-night television, Lenny Bruce, Lorne Michaels, Matt Wolf, Mel Brooks, mortality, Netflix, Norm Macdonald, Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald, O.J. Simpson, Pee-wee as Himself, Richard Pryor, Rob Reiner, Sarah Silverman, Saturday Night Live, shaggy dog stories, SNL, Stand Up Comedy, subversive humor, television history, The Moth Joke, Weekend Update

Judd Apatow takes a different tack in ‘Norm: The Tale Of Norm Macdonald’

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Netflix and the Lost Churros

October 30, 2026October 29, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Academy Awards, Animals, audience engagement, Bela Bajaria, Below, Ben Affleck, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Bridgerton, content strategy, corporate entertainment, creative quality, crime thrillers, Dark, Elon Musk, Emmys, entertainment industry, film criticism, giant squid, Gillian Anderson, Golden Globes, Hollywood, Joe Rogan, Joe Rogan Experience, Josh Hartnett, Kerry Washington, La Casa De Papel, Luis Elizondo, Lupin, maritime horror, Mindhunter, monster movies, movie reviews, Netflix, Netflix advertising, Netflix and the Lost Churros, Netflix layoffs, Netflix leadership, Netflix miniseries, Netflix movies, Netflix originals, Netflix stock, Nielsen ratings, original programming, Peter Rice, Robert De Niro, science fiction horror, Squid Game, Stranger Things, streaming competition, streaming economics, streaming industry, streaming reviews, streaming services, streaming wars, Television Criticism, television viewership, The OA, The Whisper Man, UFOs, Wednesday, YouTube

What ‘Animals’ and ‘Below’ tell us about the streaming giant

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Everything That’s Streaming in November 2026

October 29, 2026October 29, 2026 Jake Harris 0 Comments 12 12 12, Amazon Prime Video, Amy Poehler, Anthony Mackie, Apple TV, Being Heumann, Black Doves, Blade Runner 2099, Blue Lights, BritBox, Chris Pratt, Criterion Channel, Death Valley, Dig, Everything That's Streaming in November 2026, Gentle Monster, Guarding Stars, HBO Max, Heartland, holiday movies, Hunter Schafer, Ice Cream Man, Jamie Dornan, Jared Padalecki, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Chastain, Léa Seydoux, Leighton Meester, Michael Schur, Michelle Yeoh, Netflix, New Group, new movies November 2026, new on Apple TV, new on BritBox, new on Criterion Channel, new on HBO Max, new on Netflix, new on Paramount Plus, new on Peacock, new on Prime Video, new on Shudder, new TV shows November 2026, November 2026 streaming, Paramount, Peacock, Prestige Television, Rose Byrne, Shudder, Steps, Stick, Streaming Guide, streaming movies, Streaming Television, Thanksgiving viewing, The Body, The Buffalo Miracle, The Chosen, The Gilded Age, The Good Daughter, The Greatest, The Holy Boy, The Hunting Wives, The JLO Show, The Mosquito Bowl, The Rings of Power, Tinsman Road, Way of the Warrior Kid, Yellowjackets

Celebrate Thanksgiving month with Muhammad Ali, Nicolas Cage, Amy Poehler, and ‘Yellowjackets’

‘Funny Business,’ Sad comedy scene

October 26, 2026 Jake Harris 0 Comments 2000s comedy movies, 2010s comedy movies, Adam McKay, Anchorman, Animal House, Ben Stiller, Bobby Farrelly, Book Review, comedy box office, comedy history, Farrelly brothers, film criticism, Frat Pack, Funny Business, Funny Business book, G.P. Putnam's Sons, Hollywood comedy, hollywood history, improvisational comedy, Judd Apatow, Knocked Up, Matt Singer, National Lampoon, Netflix, nonfiction book review, Opposable Thumbs, Owen Wilson, Paul Feig, Peter Farrelly, R-rated comedies, raunchy comedy, Saturday Night Live, Scary Movie, ScreenCrush, Seth Rogen, Siskel and Ebert, Steve Carell, streaming entertainment, studio comedies, Talladega Nights, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Ben Stiller Show, The Hangover, The Invite, The Studio, theatrical comedy, There's Something About Mary, This Is the End, Todd Phillips, Vince Vaughn, Wedding Crashers, Will Ferrell

Matt Singer’s new book will make you reconsider 2000s R-rated comedies

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‘Lorne’: The Man Who Made Everyone Famous but Himself

October 22, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments 30 Rock, Adam Sandler, Alec Baldwin, American comedy, Book and Film Globe, Broadway Video, celebrity documentaries, Colin Jost, comedy documentary, comedy legends, Conan OBrien, documentary review, Eddie Murphy, entertainment industry, Fred Armisen, Jimmy Fallon, John Belushi, Late Night, late-night television, Lorne, Lorne Michaels, Lorne Michaels succession, Michael Che, Morgan Neville, NBC, Netflix, Paul Simon, Saturday Night Live, show business, sketch comedy, SNL, SNL 50th anniversary, SNL documentary, Steve Martin, streaming documentaries, television history, The Blues Brothers, The New Show, The Tonight Show, Tina Fey, Wayne's World, Will Ferrell

Morgan Neville’s new documentary explores the mastermind behind Saturday Night Live, who built a comedy empire while keeping his own life stubbornly offstage.

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But ‘Who is Martin Mull?’

October 21, 2026October 26, 2026 Samuel Porteous 0 Comments 1970s comedy, absurdist comedy, addiction, alcoholism, America 2-Night, American comedy, artistic identity, Best in Show, Billy Joel, Bob Saget, Bruce Springsteen, celebrity documentaries, Christopher Guest, comedy documentary, comedy history, contemporary art, documentary film, documentary review, Eric Idle, fame, Fernwood 2 Night, Fred Willard, Johnny Carson, Martin Mull, Monty Python, mortality, music history, musical comedy, Neil Berkeley, Netflix, Norman Lear, painting, Rhode Island School of Design, RISD, satire, Seth MacFarlane, Steve Martin, television history, The Fabulous Furniture, The History of White People in America, The Larry Sanders Show, The Tonight Show, Tom Waits, Waiting for Guffman, Wendy Haas, Who Is Martin Mull?

A star-studded meditation on mortality is also very funny

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Perpendicular Lives Intersect in ‘Possible Love’

October 20, 2026October 26, 2026 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments arthouse cinema, capitalism, Cho Yeo-jeong, cinematic storytelling, class inequality, documentary ethics, documentary filmmaking, economic exploitation, factory workers, Family Drama, film review, grief, international cinema, Jeon Do-yeon, Korean cinema, Korean drama, Lee Chang-dong, love stories, marriage, movie reviews, Netflix, Possible Love, privilege, Psychological Drama, relationships, social realism, South Korean films, Sul Kyung-gu, unemployment, voyeurism, wealth inequality, working class, Zo In-sung

Lee Chang-dong brings two unlikely couples together in this NYFF success that is heading straight to theater screens and Netflix

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‘Buy the Dip’ Mixes Politics and Parenting in a Dark Comic Special

October 15, 2026October 15, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments Bill Hicks, Buy the Dip, comedy review, comedy specials, current events, dark comedy, fatherhood, FBI, Indian American comedians, Jeremy Allen White, Kash Patel, Kill Tony, Netflix, Netflix comedy, Nimesh Patel, observational comedy, parenting, political comedy, satire, Stand Up Comedy, stand-up special, Streaming, Tony Hinchcliffe

SNL Writer Nimesh Patel Buys Low and Aims High in His First Solo Netflix

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With ‘Ultimate Traveler’ Another YouTube Creator Moves Into Streaming

October 13, 2026October 19, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments creator economy, Deloitte, documentary series, Drew Binsky, Gen Z, Hadza, Hot Ones, Iran, Jay Shetty, Mark Rober, Millennials, Netflix, Nielsen, Philippines, Rhett & Link, social media creators, Stokes Twins, Streaming, Streaming Television, travel documentaries, travel influencers, travel journalism, travel series, Ukraine, Ultimate Traveler, Vietnam, Whang-Od, YouTube

Drew Binsky brings an internet director’s curiosity to global storytelling

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Everything That’s Streaming in October 2026

October 1, 2026October 5, 2026 Jake Harris 0 Comments Apple TV, Avatar Seven Havens, Ben Affleck, Carrie, Criterion Channel, Crystal Lake, Disney, East of Eden, Florence Pugh, Halloween, HBO Max, horror, Hulu, John Cena, Matchbox The Movie, Mike Flanagan, movies, Netflix, October 2026, October streaming, Paramount, Paul Bettany, Peacock, Prime Video, Shudder, Stephen King, Streaming, Streaming Guide, Television, tv, VisionQuest

AI drama, ‘Carrie’ returns, a Kazan helms ‘East of Eden,’ horror for Halloween, and more

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Carla Baratta: The BFG Interview

September 24, 2026September 30, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Adelita, Book and Film Globe, Carla Baratta, Carlos Moreno, Colombian television, Fernanda del Carpio, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, interview, Latin American cinema, Laura Mora, Laura Taylor, Macondo, magical realism, Margarita Rosa de Francisco, Mayans M.C., Netflix, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Sons of Anarchy, Venezuelan actress

The Venezuelan model turned star of ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ talks Macondo

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Check Out Boeing in ‘Freefall’

September 23, 2026September 28, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments 737 MAX, 737 MAX 9, Airbus, aircraft manufacturing, Alaska Airlines, aviation, aviation safety, Boeing, capitalism, commercial aviation, corporate accountability, corporate culture, documentary, documentary films, engineering, film review, Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing, John Barnett, movie review, Netflix, Netflix documentary, plane crashes, quality control, Rory Kennedy, safety, whistleblowers

New documentary show crashes don’t come from just one lil’ engineering failure

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In His Latest Netflix Special ‘Uncle Stav’ Has a New Title of Respect

September 18, 2026September 18, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments Anthony Bourdain, Baltimore, Bill Burr, Bugonia, comedy special, Donald Trump, Emma Stone, George Carlin, healthcare, Jesse Plemons, Joe Rogan, Luigi Mangione, Matt Johnson, Netflix, Netflix comedy, political comedy, Shane Gillis, Stand Up Comedy, Stavros Halkias, Stavvy's World, The Lyric Baltimore, Tires, Tony, Uncle Stav

What advice do you think you’ll get from a self-avowed, ‘dirtbag role model’?

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