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For example, it neglects to show the good side of social media alongside its dangers, he says, and some details – including the secret emoji codes one character claims children use – ring false.

But this also means the show’s attempts to tell truer, richer stories about the kinds of women who were mostly left out of the movie — and of many other movies and series — often ring false, coming across as jarring anachronisms, like the show’s use of mumble-humor and “epic.”

And given the hypernaturalistic trappings, some details ring false.

Their protests ring false, of course, but revealingly so: Despite recent backsliding, democracy is still such a popular concept around the world that even despots feel they must pay lip service to it.

“Our goal is to not have it ring false to fans. And although ‘Talladega Nights’ was funny, that’s not at all the tone we’re going for,” he said.