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Just finished The Keepers. 7 part docuseries on Netflix. Investigates the murder of a young nun who worked at a catholic high school in the Baltimore area in the late 60's/early 70's. The investigation leads to the uncovering of a whole heap of shit going on in the Catholic church. Talk about opening up a can of worms. Good shit…might piss you off but good stuff.
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Total opposite of those shows, but GLOW is a fun watch (first season, at least- I haven't watched the second yet).
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netflix has brought incredibly layered stand up comedy to me
nanette and homecoming king
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netflix has brought incredibly layered stand up comedy to me
nanette and homecoming king
They are partnering with XM on a comedy radio station. They really have done a great job with stand-up, which is great since their other streaming offerings aside from the occasional original production are lacking.
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American Greed. I can't stop watching it on my YouTube TV DVR. I swear I'm not an old lady but I do enjoy true crime.
The key takeaway for me is that unbridled greed makes people incredibly stupid–I know this is an obvious statement, but seriously: even dumber than you can imagine. One would expect a degree of sophistication amongst con men/women, but there are countless examples of obvious fraud where people straight up steal from "clients" (marks) in ways that clearly would attract the attention of regulators and associates, and then spend the money on things that can't be recovered (luxury items that depreciate, or drugs, or gambling, or hookers, or all of the above) such that they can't come close to making things right when they are inevitably busted.
There was one dude who got busted ripping off his neighbors in a straight-up grift (not even a Ponzi scheme) and while he was out on bail on multiple federal charges was spending their money lavishly right in front of them in defiance of the court's order to preserve what assets he had left (this netted him two more years in jail). I'm surprised more of these tales don't end with the perpetrators getting killed by the marks.
They'll victimize people who are vulnerable more often than they do the wealthy, and I can't help but get pissed off by some of these stories of people who live high on the hog by simply stealing working class folks' retirements that they have made lifelong compromises to accrue. Sometimes they'll hurt two sides, when, say, a charity to whom they've donated someone else's money has to return the funds, while the mark gets pennies on the dollar back, screwing up their retirement, and in some cases, costing them their damn house. There were even a coupe of people who killed themselves in shame for having fallen for a scam. Absolutely perverse.
Love Stacey Keach as narrator as well.
Unfortunately, we have plenty of people in the world who have figured out ways to do this legally, which is even more infuriating.
Anyway, sorry for the rant, but clearly the show has captivated me: back to your regularly scheduled programming...
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@madmonday thanks for the heads up about “Homecoming King.” Watched iit today and it was great. Very funny, sincere and moving at the same time. A gem
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just finished Goliath (both seasons) on Prime. its good.
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Just finished this.
Highly recommend.
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new season of Ozark is out, anybody jump in yet
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@madmonday it’s in the queue now. Just started jack Ryan last night on prime. Will start Ozark tomorrow. When I saw the release I thought of you. Hope you’re wel man
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