![]() ![]() As in almost all competitive reality shows, alliances are forged, tears are shed, secrets are revealed. The group will ultimately vote on a single winner. They start with eight people, and new players are occasionally introduced as replacements. ![]() In The Circle, contestants rank one another, and the two top-ranked players must kick one competitor of their choosing off. (The first eight episodes are available now, with another batch coming next week.) I intended to watch one episode out of curiosity about how bleak it sounded. Less expected is how good the show is at demonstrating the highs and nuances of digital life. Black Mirror comparisons are obvious, as the show has constructed a myopic setting designed to highlight what it’s like to be constantly logged on and desperate for attention. The tagline: “How far would you go to be popular on social media?”Ī show about people alone in their rooms trying to be cool online-could anything be more cursed? The Circle is a remake of a UK program of the same name, and reviewers frequently invoke Black Mirror to convey its plot-the spooky episodes, not that nice one where the old ladies fall in virtual-reality love. The Circle pushes its contestants to behave as clout-chasing, manipulative shut-ins for the privilege of appearing on a streaming service and the chance to win $100,000. ![]() The Circle, a US reality television show in its first season on Netflix, has exactly this sort of forthrightly nasty premise. Giving babies cigarettes, for instance, or mayonnaise-flavored Jell-O. Certain ideas just sound objectively gross. ![]()
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