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Netflix’s ‘The New Stanford Prison Experiment’ Draws Critical Review

Netflix’s “The New Stanford Prison Experiment” revisits a notorious psychological study in a reality television format. A review in The New York Times offers a negative assessment of the reboot.

The review describes the original study as cruel and finds that the Netflix version does little to illuminate its subject. Its criticism centers on the program’s limited value as an exploration of the experiment.

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