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The Other Two: what happens to adult siblings when their teen brother becomes Insta-famous?

A comedy from two former SNL writers about jealousy, generational conflict and how the entertainment industry corrupts young performers
The Other Two: pulling back the curtain on the murky, shallow and often dark world of social media stars. Photograph: Comedy Central

Comedy writing rarely succeeds in telling stories about young people’s relationship to social media. For every bright spot – such as Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade – there’s an Unfriended; too often teens on screen do little else than just stare at their phone during family dinner and roll their eyes.

The sharp 2019 series The Other Two is a welcome exception. It manages to pull back the curtain on the murky, shallow and often dark world

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