- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: May 29, 2024
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If it features more than a few frustrating plot holes that undercut its comprehensiveness, it remains a startling look at the ease with which 21st-century hucksters can ply their trade online.
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Many of the major storylines in this tangled and complex tale remain unresolved, and because of that the docuseries, though at times insightful and emotionally resonant, feels incomplete.
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It is harder than ever to distinguish between spectacle and reality. But it is at its strongest when taking the human angle and showing the effects of the church on those who left it behind and on the families of those who did not.
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Dancing For The Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult isn’t necessarily one-sided, but it’s certainly unbalanced, in the sense that we hear a lot about the victims of 7M were told to do but not a lot about what drew them to Shinn and made them stay under his control.