Bait and Switch

This holiday season I was a victim of a “bait and switch.”
No, I’m not talking about a sale at a local store or a purchase I made online. I’m talking about a movie.
My wife rented Downsizing from our Netflix account and asked if I was interested in watching it. I told her yes. The cast included SNL alumnus Kristen Wiig and Jason Sudeikis, and, from the commercials I saw, I was expecting a fun comedic film.
The film’s title refers to the premise that, for a variety of reasons, people voluntarily decide to have themselves shrunk permanently to a height of five or six inches tall. As might be expected, this leads
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