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The Great, Cynical Fun of “The Traitors”

New Yorker Culture 24 October 2026 20h ago
The Great, Cynical Fun of “The Traitors”
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The series, which has been remade in dozens of countries, is derivative of other reality-competition shows. What’s different is the mood: it is both quaint and greasy, and perfectly in tune with our culture of incentivized fraud.
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