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The Angle: Small Donations Edition
The second season of the beloved Mr. Robot is here, and Willa Paskin wonders how long the "aesthetically polished and intellectually incensed" show can continue to critique capitalism. "[Showrunner Sam] Esmail, having created a cult TV show, is expressing some skepticism about television, a medium that, for much of its life, existed to sell audiences soap," Paskin observes. Robot is like an iPhone with an'I hate Apple' ring-tone: both are beautifully designed, powerful products that are superficially conflicted about being beautifully designed, powerful products."