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Total Recap: The Rise of Bite-Sized Cinema

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From short summaries to full contextual breakdowns, movie recap videos are diverse, controversial, and wildly popular

In November 2022, Liu Ziwen missed out on a business trip and a hefty bonus because she hadn’t watched enough TV. The 29-year-old had seen her colleagues meeting with her manager during lunch breaks in their office to discuss House of the Dragon over the past weeks, but “I hadn’t seen it, so I just finished my meal [alone] and got back to work,” Liu tells TWOC.

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