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Facebook Watch is producing content at a fast pace and, until now, hadn’t developed a program poking fun of the gap between Millenial and Gen Z culture in the workplace.

The new online series “Starter Pack” follows the life of a recent college grad whose master’s degree in art hasn’t done her any favors in terms of getting a job.

While interviewing for another position as a museum art curator, as she has done countless times, Ayana Martin (Jasmine Luv) has a breakdown and starts screaming about the descension of the art world thanks to social media, especially memes.

What she thinks is an outburst worthy of walking out over is to her surprise regarded as a genius idea by the new museum manager and the 16-year-old publicist. To them, the idea is fresh and will appeal to the new, young market. They deem it “the death of art” exhibit.

From that moment forward, Ayana has to try to navigate a job that goes directly against her values of depreciating the value of art and the overall use of memes.

The online comedy series was created and produced by the AT&T Hello Lab. Before the official launch of this program, AT&T was already working closely with entertainment media producers Fullscreen. Their first series, “Summer Break,” launched in 2012 and had three successful seasons before AT&T made the shift to its own scripted original series.

The series also stars social media star Dytto, who garnered a lot of online attention in 2015 for her dance videos. She became so popular online that she was invited to appear on “Ellen” and several dance programs after that.

The cast includes other recognizable names like social media star Lauren Giraldo; comedian and actor Michael Yo; singer, actress and dancer, Alyson Stoner and YouTuber Anthony Padilla.

As far as reception of the series goes, most online viewers have given it medium reviews. So far, it seems to be more well received by younger audiences and those who enjoy direct or “Instagram humor” as it’s been called lately. This comedic format is very in-your-face and, to some, slightly obnoxious, as the jokes are very shallow and simple.

Due to the program’s Aug. 20 premiere, only two episodes have been released online. Time will tell if online content viewers will become fans of the show and if the viewership and reviews will waver in favor of a second season.

Until then, interested viewers can catch up on the series for free on Facebook and check the official “Starter Pack” page every Monday for new episodes.

 

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