The personalities of MovieTok are not critics in the traditional sense. But their upbeat videos earn them the devotion of movie lovers.
Tag: Social Media
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On TikTok, Movie Critics Go By Any Other Name
On MovieTok, reviewers can reach an audience of millions and earn tens of thousands of dollars per post. “Critics,” they say, are old news.
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When Tragedy Strikes in China, the Government Cracks Down on Grief
The Chinese government represses public grief, withholding information and stanching displays of mourning to tell history the way it wants it told.
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The Lost Boys of the American Right
They’re timid sheep in wolves’ clothing, but their online provocations corrupt our culture.
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LK-99 May Not Be a Room-Temperature Superconductor, but What if It Were?
For a few weeks, we had a taste of what it would be like if people cared about science as much as baseball.