Thomas Flight | Why The Curse is Such A Brilliant Show @ThomasFlight | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 19 hours ago.
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[This video is free of any major plot spoilers until the 20 minute mark.]

How The Curse holds a distorted mirror up to the world of modern media.

References:
"The Gag of Realism" by Benny Safdie cinema-scope.com/features/gag-realism-nathan
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Chapters:
00:00 Flip or Flop
04:03 The Gag of Realism
07:46 Recreating Reality (TV)
11:29 The Discomfort of Uncurated Life
19:50 Performative Morality (Spoilers)
23:18 The End of The Curse (Spoilers)