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If you want to feel smart: Slow Horses (Apple TV). It’s spies, but they’re all hungover and incompetent. Brilliant writing. If you want to turn your brain off: The Gentlemen (Netflix). Guy Ritchie doing what he does best—cockney criminals and slick suits. If you want to cry (you know you do): A Man Called Otto (Amazon/Netflix). Tom Hanks being grumpy and sad. Bring tissues. If you want chaos: Love is Blind (Netflix). It is a social experiment that proves humanity was a mistake, and I cannot look away. puretaboo200421savannahsixxrestlessxxx7
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One of the most exciting trends in popular media right now is the death of the rigid genre. The "Dramedy." The "Horror-Comedy." The "Documentary-thriller." One of the most exciting trends in popular
Shows like The Bear don't ask you to laugh or cry; they ask you to have a panic attack while laughing through tears. Movies like Everything Everywhere All at Once throw martial arts, absurdist humor, and deep existential dread into a blender and serve it with a side of googly eyes.
This genre fluidity is a mirror of our own attention spans. We want the dopamine hit of a laugh track and the intellectual weight of a Scorsese monologue, often in the same scene.