The horny, hopeful world of vertical micro-romances
Millions of us are hooked on bite-sized love stories made for our phones – but why?
Black News 
Once a week, Joshua Colón, a photographer based in New York, goes to his friend’s house to watch TV. Like clockwork, the two friends prepare popcorn, candy, and settle in for their ritual. Except it’s not HBO or Hulu they’re firing up, but YouTube Shorts. Instead of traditional TV, they’re watching microdramas, AKA very short, very cheesy episodic series created specifically for smartphone viewing. Colón first discovered microdramas through trailer-like Instagram ads, which werehellip;
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