“A deep lack of self-awareness here. For as much as Heidi loves to suggest that Nancy is a hack, she has somehow assembled an even hackier podcast. It’s shockingly tone deaf, and she can’t hide her giddiness at being handed such an ironic story (the narration sounds like what I imagine an audio book for a romance novel would sound like, which, if purposeful, is astoundingly gross, and, if not, is astoundingly myopic). Other than pointing at that irony, over and over, she has absolutely nothing to say. In the final episode, she claims that the reporters felt a responsibility to tell this story to give Dan a voice, to paint a full picture of the man. Well, they don’t. At all. And to make that claim without actually dedicating any meaningful time to it is pretty unforgivable. Ultimately, it’s self-aggrandizing, self-congratulatory, solipsist schlock. As far as it’s artistic and journalist merit, it’s all the things it accuses Nancy of being.”
JimmyTwoTimes20 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/10/24