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Netflix Betaal: Horror as Social Commentary

Betaal comments on exploitation and jingoism in the name of development but fails to scare. Reason- The zombies look cute and the horror has gone for a holiday. Go To Pakistan The Show starts with a Prime Time Debate on a news channel where the Commander of an elite special force(CIPD) tells a panellist to go to Pakistan for his  Anti-Development and pro-Adivasi views.  As it later turns out in the show, the commander is in cahoots with the developer of the project and has been receiving bribes for evicting tribals from their lands. A hint of Jingoism and Corruption Neo-Colonialism The British Era zombies though hardly scary, do help to draw parallels to present-day circumstances. CIPD, the special unit tasked with the eviction of tribals, uses the same force and brutality as our Colonial Masters once did in the past. Thus depicting that we have become, what we once fought against. And all this for some economic gain. Who i...

Brand Wars: Youtube Vs. Tik-Tok

Brand wars: Youtube Vs.Tik-Tok    Youtube a $160 billion dollar company is pitted  against $75 billion dollar worth Tik-Tok. Thanks  to a war between Carryminati and Aamir  Siddiqui. Carryminati Vs. Aamir Siddiqui Carry had posted a video on Youtube roasting Aamir Siddiqui on his Tik-Tok videos, the roast video contained a lot of insults for the Tik-Tok community as a whole. The video has since been taken down by Youtube due to its expletive nature. Carry in turn has got a lot of support from multitudes of people including youtube content creators. People have even started giving 1-star ratings to Tik-Tok on google store to prove that what Carry said about Tik-Tok was not wrong. Tik-Tok Ratings take a toll after the Controversy 26.5 crore USERS Vs. 11.9 crore USERS Youtube has 265 million (26.5 cr) monthly active users against 119 Million(11.9 Cr) active monthly users in India. While a majority of  Youtube followers come from th...