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8/09/2025

Welcome to Me (2015)

In a nutshell: a mentally ill, compulsive, Oprah-obsessed Alice wins the lottery and decides to use her money to make a show about her life. The small production studio she approaches with this idea is on the verge of going under, so they agree to take her money and do what she wants, even though no one thinks it will work. Surprise: it actually works -- I think because most viewers think it's over-the-top satire rather than the disjointed whims of a weirdo with enough money to indulge them.

There were quite a few fun moments, but I mostly just felt sad about the entire situation. It felt closer to a Roald Dahl-type world than anything in reality.

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