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“The Curse” and the Magical Thinking of the Speculative Economy

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“The Curse” is set in the New Mexico desert, where newly married couple Asher (Nathan Fielder) and Whitney (Emma Stone) Siegel have declared themselves pioneers in a new frontier: ethical gentrification. Whitney designs high-end, eco-friendly homes whose mirrored siding and interior décor by local Native artists literally, and figuratively, reflect the surrounding community—the working-class, predominantly … Read more

The Horrifying and Humanistic Ending of “The Curse”

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The finale of “The Curse,” the oddest and most original show on television right now, opens with Asher and Whitney Siegel, the grin-and-bear-it married couple played by Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone, in the midst of a press push for their new HGTV reality series. Last we saw the Siegels, on the previous episode of … Read more