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1. Adam (inkslinger@mastodon.club)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Sep-2018 00:25:03 EDT Adam

   American Vandal is more engaging than most actual true crime documentaries.

   1. Sean Munger (seanmunger@mastodon.at)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Sep-2018 00:56:41 EDT Sean Munger

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      @ink_slinger
      I loved the first season of American Vandal because it so perfectly lampooned the self-important, pretentious tone of "Making a Murderer," which was a horrible show that was totally cynical and manipulative. AV was actually a pretty brutal rapier right to the guts of a corrupt deception. I've only seen the first ep of the new season but I'm loving it so far.

      1. Adam (inkslinger@mastodon.club)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Sep-2018 10:58:35 EDT Adam

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         @seanmunger Yeah, I'm only on episode two of season two and it's great (and gross) so far. I love the way they've created an entire meta-fiction about the origins of season one (it was on Vimeo, then Netflix bought it and gave us a bigger budget for 3D graphics) -- totally fits the way some doc producers get a big head and brag about themselves when they get to make a sequel/follow-up.

         1. Sean Munger (seanmunger@mastodon.at)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Sep-2018 12:11:55 EDT Sean Munger

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            @ink_slinger I love that bit too! (And the hand job graphic, haha).

            FWIW, I did a review of "Making a Murderer" on my blog when it first came out. Perhaps I should do a review of "American Vandal" 1&2, in retrospect.
            https://seanmunger.com/2016/03/02/emile-zola-not-so-much-my-review-of-netflixs-making-a-murderer/