I'm rewatching Dropout's Game Changer from the start and it's wild to me how much of my media landscape has this incredible Pandemic Scar across it. It's almost like there was a nuclear war and a couple years of shows just have horribly radiation-damaged footage and at the start of that people acknowledge it and then later on they just...lean in.
I've said before that Dropout's particular flavor of parasocial whatever is unreasonably effective and this is doubly true for Game Changer, where Sam runs a game show for his friends (which is sometimes borderline torturous) and then gives them prizes. Sometimes very nice prizes. In addition to paying them for showing up
@SpaceAce Um, Actually is 100% my jam. Breaking News is great, especially if Amy is completely failing to keep it together. Dirty Laundry almost makes me feel weird because I don't know any of these people but also I really, really do now
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