Spoilers ahead: for the puzzle and the movies/games
This page reveals all categories and answers for this puzzle. It also discusses plot details, story endings, and other spoilers for some of the movies/games shown.
easy
Animated city animals
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These animated features drop animals into human-sized city systems: police work, apartment life, show business, street survival, and all the civic nonsense that apparently follows mammals everywhere.
medium
Sports business off the field
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The game is not the real contest here. Agents, executives, owners, drafts, lockouts, and boardroom egos decide who gets paid and who gets chewed up.
hard
Therapy sessions shift the story
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The therapy room is the plot engine. Sometimes it opens up trauma, sometimes it turns into farce, and sometimes the patient is a mob boss who badly needs boundaries.
tricky
Fake-documentary comedies
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These comedies borrow documentary grammar so fake performers, fake awards buzz, and fake local grandeur can embarrass themselves with a straight face.