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'The Residence' review: Shondaland returns to the White House for a whodunnit

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Summary
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70% Informative

Uzo Aduba , Randall Park and Giancarlo Esposito star in Netflix 's The Residence.

The series uses a Congressional hearing about a White House murder as a framing device.

Few characters are developed beyond their ambition or a single personality trait.

The most visible casualty of this limited characterization is Cordelia Cupp .

In this and much of The Residence, you can see the sketch lines of something fun forming. But in the end, it's all so much wasted potential. The Residence is now streaming on Netflix . Topics Netflix .

VR Score

64

Informative language

60

Neutral language

18

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

50

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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