Why has no other director discovered this genius approach to drama? Impressions: I would say that it doesn't understand streaming at all, but then it also has people using ramen noodles as flails, a dude kicking in the door to a not-McDonalds to scream at a cashier and everybody's like "well, he's a streamer, and […]
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