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The Tinder Swindler: Why we love fake it 'til you make it stories about con men (and women à la Inventing Anna)
Episode 13
Friday, 1 April, 2022
We just can't get enough of the true crime genre, especially when it comes to people duping each other. Perhaps why Netflix has tripled down on our obsession with The Tinder Swindler, Inventing Anna, and The Puppet Master. Before we deep dive, here's what else we’re watching (01:20)Mat: Landscapers (HBO Max), The Lost Daughter (Netflix) and Nightmare Alley (HBO Max)Jeff: Summer of Soul (Hulu), St. Vincent (Netflix), Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Netflix)Shindy: Last Night in Soho (VOD), The Gilded Age (HBOMax) Back to our main feature: The Tinder Swindler first impressions (08:07) Docu-dramas vs. documentaries vs. ‘based on’ true stories (13:54) Skilled direction and storytelling (20:27) “I love how much time they spent with the individuals. I thought it was both intimate and great journalism.” - JeffStream It or Leave It? (24:08) Spoiler Alert and Deep Dive (24:17)Naïveté, materialism, and complicity (24:45) Social media ‘love rat’ strategies (26:03) Sympathy or sociopathy? (33:04) Juicy details not in TS (37:19) “That narcissistic need to have control stems from an insecurity where they make others feel bad or bring them down to lift themselves up.” - ShindyShould Simon be in jail? (41:24) “...The social media solution: Name and shame. And this has been unbelievably successful at that.” - Mat--*Become a Stream It or Leave It Fan*Subscribe, share, and comment about this episode or podcast.Newsletter: Find our full episode shownotes at Stream It or Leave It on Substack, and subscribe to be first to get alerts about our newest episodes. Follow us: For videos and more fun follow @StreamitLeaveit on Instagram and Twitter.Follow the crew: Shindy Chen: @shindychen on Instagram and Twitter, @realshindychen on TikTokJeff Kuns: @spqanglemqkerMat Sanchez: IG @matflixx, Twitter:
