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Netflix trolls USC with billboards outside campus over admissions scandal

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Netflix appears to be trolling the University of Southern 
California over its role in the college admissions scandal with 
billboards for a new show that were placed near the school, 
according to a report Thursday.

Bright pink ads for “The Politician” featuring actress Gwyneth 
Paltrow smirking next to the quote “I bought their way in, too” 
and her TV “sons” were placed around the campus of USC, Bustle 
reported.

The show, which centers on a heated school presidential race at 
a wealthy Santa Barbara high school and was filmed before the 
scandal broke, features Paltrow as a privileged California mom 
who claims to have bought her sons’ way into Harvard, according 
to the outlet.

In the ad, the boys even happen to be wearing the university’s 
official colors — cardinal and gold.

Locals didn’t think the placement was a coincidence.

“I drove by campus today and @netflix is spectacularly trolling 
@USC with this billboard by the Arco,” wrote @StretchMcGuffin.

https://nypost.com/2019/08/29/netflix-trolls-usc-with-billboards-
outside-campus-over-admissions-scandal/

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