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Series · France · 1915

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Les Vampires

29Leave it.

Irma Vep on the roofs is a gang serial, not a picture about the undead.

Take controlThis scores 29. Les Vampires cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it

The review

People hear the title and reach for coffins. Don't. Feuillade made a 1915 French serial about a criminal society, not the undead. A journalist stands against the gang. Musidora plays Irma Vep in a black bodysuit, on the roofs. The crime is the style. A teen will stare. The next chapter is already the sales pitch.

A teen can watch it. I wouldn't call that a recommendation. The journalist has a real errand, and the picture still dresses the crooks as the pleasure. If someone says vampires, say the name is a costume. Irma Vep is a woman in black on a roof. The gang is the subject.

Journal

Keep Les Vampires in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 29. Yours can differ.

The glance

Household and Piety and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Is a marriage, a parent, or a child a real life here, or just a prop?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

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True Detective

41 instead of 29

True Detective is still a crime show, and it scores 41 instead of 29. What you gain is truth: It takes a crime against children as grave.

The eight

5
Industry
A journalist works against the gang; the job is real, the style wins.
1
Household
No household is at stake; the roofs and the gang are the life.
2
Piety
Conscience does not stop the gang; the crime is played as style.
5
Courage
The journalist goes against a criminal society, not one sneak thief.
3
Republic
A city is owed news of the gang, and the serial prefers the gang.
2
Temperance
The crime is the style, so the next chapter trains the want.
3
Truth
The title says vampires; the picture is a gang, and the name is the lie.
2
Stewardship
You leave with a style of crime, not a city put back in order.

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Series · Netflix · 2021

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Squid Game

29Leave it.

Debt is a real terror. The show turns the terror into a sport and asks you back for another round. Leave it.

Take controlThis scores 29. If you do not want Squid Game in the house, the steps are on Netflix. Block it

The review

The opening is not a lie. People will accept a terrible term when the alternative is shame, a collector, a child they cannot feed. That is a fact about money and it is worth saying. The show says it once and then gets down to its real work, which is inventing prettier ways to kill the contestants so you will press next. The masked rich are a cartoon of a point the show itself is busy embodying: someone is paying to watch.

Do not bring a teenager. Do not tell yourself it is a critique if you are there for the doll and the bridge. A critique that needs you to enjoy the cruelty is a product with a footnote.

Journal

Keep Squid Game in the record.