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Ten Hidden Gems on Netflix to Watch This Summer
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There’s nothing like a good Netflix bender to restore your mental health after a stressful semester and finals season.
Arts & Culture
Too Hot to Handle Was Too Easy to Handle
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People watch trashy reality TV to get away from their problems by laughing at the triviality of someone else’s. We don’t want to watch people grow!
Arts & Culture
‘Murder Among the Mormons’ and the Construction of Truth
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Watching “Murder Among the Mormons” was like a crazy crash course in how easily the truth can be constructed and manipulated. The three-part mini-series blew me out of the water and left me reconsidering a lot of what I believe to be true.
Arts & Culture
‘The Dig’: A Dramatized but Satisfying Story of Discovery
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On the eve of war, against a misty backdrop of the English countryside, Netflix’s The Dig uncovers the mostly true story of a remarkable archaeological discovery and the ripples it sends through the lives of those peering into the past.
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PERATI | Post-Election Escapism: ‘The Queen’s Gambit’
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After the chaos and uncertainty of the election last week, watching The Queen’s Gambit has served as the perfect post-election escapism. “It’s an entire world of just 64 squares. I feel safe in it. I can control it. I can dominate it,” chess prodigy Beth says, in Scott Frank’s adaptation of Walter Tevis’ 1983 coming-of-age novel.
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YANG | Subtitles Are So Political
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In the case of Hulu, the lack of dubbing and subtitles for its non-English-speaking films is a blatant example of an illusional gesture of inclusion.
Arts & Culture
A New Season of Netflix’s ‘Lucifer’
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Despite being considerably shorter than previous seasons, these episodes were rich in plot and character, with plenty of high stakes and Lucifer’s devilish charm.
Arts & Culture
‘On My Block’ and Life at Home
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The characters in the show are lighthearted, goofy and relatable, and their experiences represent a number of challenges many Cornell students face. I can see many of my own peers in the characters.
Arts & Culture
‘The Midnight Gospel’: A Trip for Stoners and Non-Stoners Alike
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The Midnight Gospel is like nothing else on TV today.
Arts & Culture
‘I Am Not Okay With This’ Fails to Meet its Potential
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What I had hoped to be another heartfelt story about a child’s unexpected path to maturity turned out to be a bland, rather directionless show of sappy, overly dramatic teenage angst.