Appetite For Distraction

Drawing on our macabre love for true-crime shows, American Vandal is biting satire at its best; it would be criminal not to watch it

A send-up of the true crime genre, this mockumentary seeks to find the answers to who drew 27 penises on the cars of the employees of a fictional high school in California.

You all remember screaming “WHERE IS THE BEST BUY PHONEBOOTH? WHAT ABOUT THE NISHA CALL?” at the device delivering your Serial podcast, don’t you? You recall pulling at your hair as Brendan Dassey was interrogated by police on Making A Murderer? You recall where you were for ‘The Envelope’ on The Jinx? (If you’ve never listened to or watched any of these series, surely I’ve done enough now to entice you to do ...