Culture Vulture: Netflix's Criminal is great theatre, but theatre cannot be replaced by digital content

Criminal is currently airing on Netflix as part of a police procedural anthology TV series. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM YOUTUBE
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SINGAPORE - Theatricality translates both beautifully and terribly onto the small screen.

I thought about this recently after binge-watching Criminal on Netflix.

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