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Netflix’s “Bullsh*t: The Game Show” is the trivial pursuit that fits an era dominated by lies
['Melanie Mcfarland']
Salon.com
Before dismissing Netflix’s trivia-based “Bullsh*t: The Game Show” as another passing fancy, remember that it is merely carrying on part of a larger quiz show tradition of lying. If shows like “Twenty-One” hadn’t been exposed for deceiving audiences by feeding answers to some contestants, general knowledge competitions such as “The Weakest Link” and “Jeopardy!” But as the show’s host Howie Mandel reminds the contestant in the “hot seat,” whether they know the real answer matters less than whether they can persuade the three challengers waiting to take their place that they are correct.