PLEASE watch American Vandal on Netflix. It’s an absurdist take on a Making a Murderer style documentary and it’s fucking astounding.
-The concept alone is fucking hilarious
-B-roll, visuals, and production value are top notch, but it feels insanely real. For the first couple of eps I was convinced it was a real thing edited by some genius who was still in high school.
-It’s only 8 30 minute episodes, you can and should do it in a day
-Probably one of the most competent T.V. depictions of a High School and the culture around it, and portrays it in an accurate yet hilarious way
-Can be watched as a comedy or a crime drama, but excels at being both
-The acting is ASTOUNDING and every character feels exactly their age (I.E. no freshmen who are clearly 25). For pretty much every major character you’ll say to yourself “yeah there is/was a kid/teacher like that at my high school”
-Is EXTREMELY underrated (in part because it came out shortly before Neo Yokio, a more popular show).
im just gonna say it nicky nichols was the most level headed and reasonable character the entire season and worked tirelessly to keep peace whilst often acting as the only logical voice in the block even when it was a risk to her life
Nick Lang - One of my favourite things that Matt ever said was during the Harry Potter sequel. Darren like didn’t have his lines memorised or something like that and it was after a run-through and Darren was doing a bad job and Matt said “Darren, I don’t know how and I don’t know when, but I will be the one to kill you.”