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Series · Peacock · 2023

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The Traitors

20Leave it.

A contest in lying. Well made, and it trains the skill. Leave it.

Take controlThis scores 20. The Traitors cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it

The review

The faithful have to notice the tell. The traitors have to be charming while they nominate a friend for elimination. The show is honest about the mechanic and dishonest about the cost, because the cost is the entertainment. A house that watches this for the cleverness is practicing the cleverness.

Adults can see it as a parlor game. Do not put it on as a family hour and then wonder why the children enjoy a setup. The prize is money. The method is betrayal performed for a crowd.

Journal

Keep The Traitors in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

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The glance

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

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

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

Consider this

Dancing with the Stars

33 instead of 20

Dancing with the Stars is still a reality show, and it scores 33 instead of 20. What you gain is industry: Rehearsal is work.

The eight

3
Industry
No job but the game. The work is the performance of innocence.
1
Household
Friendship is the material. It is spent.
1
Piety
Nothing is revered. A chapel would be a set.
4
Courage
They risk the money and the embarrassment. Not a duty.
2
Republic
A group that votes is not a town. It is a jury with a prize.
3
Temperance
Greed is the announced motive, and it is not questioned.
1
Truth
The lie is the talent. The faithful are the punchline when they trust.
1
Stewardship
Nothing is left but the winner and a clip.

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Series · Prime Video · 2019

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Hazbin Hotel

20Leave it.

Damnation as a fandom. Bright, filthy, and a neighbor of the cartoons. Not for thirteen, and not a satire that saves itself.

Take controlThis scores 20. If you do not want Hazbin Hotel in the house, the steps are on Prime Video. Block it

The review

Charlie's hotel is an old and serious idea — that a soul might change — dressed so that the idea cannot be heard. Prime has placed it in the row with Invincible and a kids' shelf one swipe away. The songs travel. The contempt for the very notion of reform travels with them.

If it is already a favorite, do not confiscate a phone in silence. Watch a song together and ask whether anyone in the hotel is actually sorry, or only sorry they got caught being boring.