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Like a Boss (2020)

★ 6.2 · 665 ratings on TMDB

The world of beauty is about to get ugly.

Like a Boss poster★ 6.2

Two female friends with very different ideals decide to start a beauty company together. One is more practical, while the other wants to earn her fortune and live a lavish lifestyle.

DirectorMiguel Arteta
CastBilly Porter, Jacob Latimore, Jennifer Coolidge, Jessica St. Clair, Jimmy O. Yang, Karan Soni
GenresComedy
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Like a Boss keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing class, power, exploitation, labor, consumerism.

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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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