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Q: Into the Storm Review – HBO Doc Unpacks QAnon

Timing is the great unknown when it comes to documentaries. Despite the filmmakers’ best efforts to capture the zeitgeist, by the time the research is done, the filming complete, the editing wrapped, and the finished product ready, the subject at hand can be long forgotten. This is not an issue for HBO’s six part docuseries Q: Into the Storm. The series, directed by Cullen Hoback and executive produced by Adam McKay, couldn’t be arriving at a better time as it seeks to understand the QAnon phenomenon. QAnon used to be a fixation of only the most terminally online. But sometime…
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South Park Will Attempt to Satirize QAnon

Once upon a time, some guy (or gal…but honestly: almost certain guy) decided to LARP on an Internet message board as a high level government official with Q clearance at the Department of Energy. That set a series of events in motion that culminated in the unthinkable…another hour-long South Park special. While Comedy Central’s long-running animated classic is best known for being ultra topical by entering into production just one week before airing, its creators now seem increasingly willing to experiment with the show’s production schedule. Last September’s South Park The Pandemic Special was an hour-long installment that was announced…
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