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5/03/2025

The Hater (2020)

Tomasz goes immediately into damage-control mode when he is expelled from college for plagiarizing. Though he is a born manipulator, his talents don't work on his patrons who view him as a yokel who squandered their largesse. He jumps at the opportunity to rake in cash as a professional troll and is soon indispensable to his company, making it possible to worm back into his patrons' lives.

What a compelling story! I saw this described as "Parasite meets Nightcrawler" which definitely works due to the themes of class and a talented/despicable outsider. But adding in the modern social media aspect takes this story to a different level -- a scarier level. Though it's difficult to be sympathetic to a character like Tomasz, it's easy to see how someone like him is created.

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