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Netflix should replace all its content with reality TV
April 5, 2023In classic corporate fashion, Netflix has been determined to kill their platform in recent years — almost impressively, I’ll say. Prices are surging to fund increasingly shitty Netflix Originals, while the company laughs in the faces of devoted audience members by cancelling or removing well-loved shows. Netflix needs to make a major shift in its marketing strategy. A new PR approach, if you will. Netflix should take on the world of reality TV and replace all its content with shows like Keeping up with the Kardashians, Vanderpump Rules, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,…
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Fakes brings Hollywood North home
December 2, 2022Content warning: Mentions of gun violence As a city with a leading film production industry, Vancouver often stands-in for famous real and fictional locales south of the border, from San Francisco in Planet of the Apes to New York in…
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Netflix releasing Dahmer was a sickening act
October 24, 2022Content warning: discussions of homicide, mentions of racism There’s a cruel level of insensitivity embedded into the new true crime series titled Dahmer. Currently, Netflix seems to be riding out its influence in the streaming entertainment industry by producing shows…
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Netflix Korean Dramas to ease you into colder months
September 6, 2022By: Gem Yelin Lee, Copy Editor and Michelle Young, Editor-in-Chief There is something about the approaching colder and rainier months that makes me crave some comforting and melancholic content. I love slice-of-life shows that explore existential questions; shows that tenderly…
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True crime entertainment should be more ethical
October 27, 2021Content Warning: mentions of death, violence, and disappearances When a true crime case becomes infamous on social media, there is a tendency for it to be turned into entertainment through popular media. As of 2020, true crime is the “third-most…
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Seven TOTALLY accurate Netflix documentaries about SFU airing this September
September 11, 2019It’s that time of year again. As the leaves prepare to brown and the SFSS prepares to host yet another overpriced fall event that completely fails to reflect SFU’s uptight, bland culture, Netflix is premiering dozens of fresh new series.…
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More than Netflix: Stream movies through the SFU Library
May 17, 2019The SFU Library database has a huge media database that can be accessed easily through its website. While some resources are definitely helpful for research, such as Literature Online, featuring over 350,000 literary works, there are also many sites students…
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Staying In: Terrace House
March 22, 2019Forget The Bachelor or Keeping Up with the Kardashians, this Japanese series is sure to satisfy your cravings for reality TV. Co-produced by Netflix and Fuji TV, Terrace House has hit a worldwide audience by storm, and for good…
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Staying In: Final Space
February 18, 2019Best for: Rick and Morty fans, sci-fi fanatics, heartfelt comedy lovers If you’re looking for your next animated comedy, look no further than Final Space. The cartoon follows Gary, an astronaut who is a prisoner aboard the Galaxy…
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Opinions of the Hour
February 11, 2019“What White, Western Audiences Don’t Understand About Marie Kondo’s ‘Tidying Up’” — Margaret Dilloway, Huffington Post Dilloway’s article is a searing call-out to the backlash against the titular host of Netflix’s Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. First, Dilloway recounts her…
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