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Season 1 Finale: The Babysitter - is it OK to joke about MeToo?

Season 1 Finale: The Babysitter - is it OK to joke about MeToo?

Update: 2022-08-19

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Film critic Soma Ghosh probes a problmatic vein, in TV & film, of fake feminism that glamorises female trauma and MeToo abuses, while taking us through the Monia Chokri's zinging new comedy thriller, The Babysitter. Also touching on popular TV like The Undoing, The Morning Show and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Ghosh asks, "Is it OK to joke about MeToo?"

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Season 1 Finale: The Babysitter - is it OK to joke about MeToo?

Season 1 Finale: The Babysitter - is it OK to joke about MeToo?