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Two new seriously funny TV shows: American Vandal and SMILF

The series came out at a time when it became an open secret that influential men in the American entertainment industry just can't keep it zipped up

A still from SMILF
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A still from SMILF

J Jagannath
Last year, I watched American gymnast Simone Biles in action at the Rio Olympics with bated breath. Her signature move of double layout with a half-twist and blind landing left me speechless. The same awestruck feeling washed over me when I binge-watched the Nextflix mockumentary series American Vandal.

The series is ostensibly about the aftermath of a high school prank in California's Oceanside that left 27 faculty cars spray-painted with images of male genitalia. Creators Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda came up with a script with backflips so exquisite they could do Biles proud. Dylan Maxwell (Jimmy Tatro), a serial