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Anyone watching this yet? It's pretty good - it's a Netflix original comedy series that was released two days ago. It's based off of a Sundance film from a couple years back. The brief synopsis is that a white Ivy League frat throws a blackface party as a response to a provocateur radio show host and then the fallout and backlash it all causes.

Btw - Trailer is probably a little NSFW:

 
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Looks like a fun show. There are just too many good looking shows out there for me to keep up.
 
I would rather perform laser eye surgery on myself using a magnifying glass and direct sunlight.
 
Well it does seem to have a few laughs at the expense of SJW and conservative extremes.

Still, I don't want to buy Netflix just to watch this or that "possible" good show. I'm already spending too much as it is just for regular cable. :shrug:
 
Captain Adverse said:
Well it does seem to have a few laughs at the expense of SJW and conservative extremes.

Still, I don't want to buy Netflix just to watch this or that "possible" good show. I'm already spending too much as it is just for regular cable. :shrug:
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We made the decision just this week to ditch our Dish Network. $110/month for stuff we weren't watching.
 
Tanngrisnir said:
We made the decision just this week to ditch our Dish Network. $110/month for stuff we weren't watching.
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I shut down network TV in 1990 and get info from the Internet. Much better informed and no longer brainwashed. I reccommend it.//
 
DaveFagan said:
I shut down network TV in 1990 and get info from the Internet. Much better informed and no longer brainwashed. I reccommend it.//
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Yup. I've been on the Internet since before there was a World Wide Web, and we just weren't ever watching anything other than some binge festivals when we both have the same days off.

I had to ask myself, "Why am I paying these clowns $1320 a year again?"
 
Captain Adverse said:
Well it does seem to have a few laughs at the expense of SJW and conservative extremes.

Still, I don't want to buy Netflix just to watch this or that "possible" good show. I'm already spending too much as it is just for regular cable. :shrug:
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You should dump the cable, and switch to Netflix IMO. Cable is overpriced.
 
truthatallcost said:
You should dump the cable, and switch to Netflix IMO. Cable is overpriced.
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Getting the internet is the problem...what do you do? Comcast does not want to sell just internet, and our phone company sucks.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Getting the internet is the problem...what do you do? Comcast does not want to sell just internet, and our phone company sucks.
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All I get from Comcast is Internet. You don't have to buy a package.

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Captain Adverse said:
Well it does seem to have a few laughs at the expense of SJW and conservative extremes.

Still, I don't want to buy Netflix just to watch this or that "possible" good show. I'm already spending too much as it is just for regular cable. :shrug:
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Then get netflix to watch House of Cards, Narcos and Arrested Development( - anything after season 3) as well
 
Captain Adverse said:
Well it does seem to have a few laughs at the expense of SJW and conservative extremes.

Still, I don't want to buy Netflix just to watch this or that "possible" good show. I'm already spending too much as it is just for regular cable. :shrug:
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Easy solution. Cancel your regular cable. I haven't had it for over 5 years now and I'm not missing it enough to justify their crappy costs and the million channels of nothing.
 
Tanngrisnir said:
We made the decision just this week to ditch our Dish Network. $110/month for stuff we weren't watching.
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I haven't had cable(or dish) in over 5 years. I barely miss it but not nearly enough to justify the cost. Only time that I "miss" it is during elections and football season. There are a lot of work-arounds for football and I don't really use the news for factual election coverage but to see what narratives are being propagated. I can get that here on DP, social media, or even youtube these days.
 
natsb said:
All I get from Comcast is Internet. You don't have to buy a package.

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My experience is the sum of its parts costs far more then the whole. I'd like basic cable + internet + a few ala carte channels. The cost quited was more than the bundle cost.
 
I liked it - binge watched it, was entertaining, good characters, all of that... And of course, a good perspective to increase understanding of all points of view, which I think they did a good job representing. I found it to be fair. I did not find it to be a "screw all white people" kind of show, but it does highlight a lot of the mistakes that white people (even well intentioned) tend to make.

Of course, the usual suspects will hate it, because it does call out some things, but the way it does seems to want to provide some explanation into why those things need calling out. Basically, if you think black-face parties are a good time and not harmful, you'll probably dislike the series...hehe...

Basically, unless you are a white person with a mind completely closed and totally dedicated to not understanding, or just outright hate black people, you'll probably enjoy this, and will likely learn a few things too.
 
Fishking said:
I haven't had cable(or dish) in over 5 years. I barely miss it but not nearly enough to justify the cost. Only time that I "miss" it is during elections and football season. There are a lot of work-arounds for football and I don't really use the news for factual election coverage but to see what narratives are being propagated. I can get that here on DP, social media, or even youtube these days.
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What are the "work arounds" for football?
 
I watched the first episode. Enjoyed the premise, didn't like the characters.
 
Fishking said:
This will get you any sport you want, around the world, all games. The quality can be a little rough.

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Also, if you can find someone that has an account for various things, and they are willing to give you their login info, you can stream from NFL and such.
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Idunno........I'm not sure I can get along without a reliable way to get both the games and ESPN on my TV.

This cable thing sure is a ripoff, though. All I really get out of it is news and sports.....and the sports is mainly football.
 
I'm curious whether or not anyone here has watched (at least) a full episode of this show.
 
RickJames3000 said:
Why?
It's not like your perspective could get any narrower.
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My neighbor, who happens to be black, is literally outside right now bragging about a shootout he was in on Saturday. Yet you think I'm supposed to watch a TV show where actors tell me what's what? Lol, get lost.
 
truthatallcost said:
My neighbor, who happens to be black, is literally outside right now bragging about a shootout he was in on Saturday. Yet you think I'm supposed to watch a TV show where actors tell me what's what? Lol, get lost.
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Sure. And it will probably help for you to generalize that experience to ALL black people, including those in higher education at private institutions... because, obviously, they're all the same anyway. :roll:
 
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