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Furthermore, the line between documentary and reality TV has dissolved. We are entering the era of the "Livestream Documentary," where the making of a video game (like The Final Countdown on Twitch) is itself the entertainment. There is a voyeuristic cruelty to the genre
Then came the 2010s. The rise of Netflix and YouTube allowed independent filmmakers to bypass studio approval. Suddenly, the entertainment industry documentary became a weapon of accountability. The entertainment industry documentary is no longer a