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Whereas it once felt like all of this show’s challenges were emanating from the same place they do on Jimmy Donaldson’s YouTube channel, with others doing them instead of MrBeast himself, Season 2 of Beast Games feels better positioned inside what we all understand as contemporary reality competition.
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As much as it hopes to smarten up its act, Beast Games feels like the TV equivalent of the sad Christmas fair where an ailing horse is given some antlers and told to look lively. It is fairly cruel, sure, but it’s also incredibly turgid – and maybe that’s worse.