The devil is in the ball hairs.
“I didn’t count how many times the word d–k is said in Netflix’s new original series “American Vandal,” but it’s a lot.
“The documentary-style series — which debuts on Netflix Friday — satirizes the serious true crime documentaries like Netflix’s own “Making a Murderer” and HBO’s “The Jinx.”
“Since the podcast “Serial” in 2014, interest in unsolved crimes and the possibly unjust imprisonment has reached its peak, thanks to the internet — and in particular, sites like Reddit.
“The show works because its characters take themselves — and the crime — as seriously as the documentaries it’s mocking do.
“Within this silly world the writers created, the absurd obsession with true crime in the real world is taken very seriously.”
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