{
  "id": 10788889,
  "title": "Netflix makes subtext text in New Stanford Prison Experiment trailer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/netflix-makes-subtext-text-in-new-stanford-prison-experiment-trailer",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-29T18:30:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The A.V. Club",
    "slug": "the-a-v-club",
    "url": "https://www.avclub.com/the-new-stanford-prison-experiment-trailer"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Netflix has unveiled the trailer for their upcoming reality TV competition, The New Stanford Prison Experiment. Based on a controversial social psychology study from 1971, the show sees 24 contestants paid $15 each to live in a simulated prison for five days. Contestants are randomly assigned the roles of prisoners or guards, and the show explores the psychological impact of these roles. While the original Stanford study found that both prisoners and guards often behaved abusively, the Netflix version asks the question - what if there was a rebellion? The trailer promises a \"bold reimagining\" of the original experiment, with ordinary people pushed to their limits by power, hierarchy, and control. The show arrives on Netflix on October 21.",
  "summary": "After years of driving Love Is Blind contestants to psychological breakdown, Netflix is finally just doing its own Stanford Prison Experiment.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "‘New Stanford Prison Experiment’ Drops Tense First Trailer Ahead of Netflix Release",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/new-stanford-prison-experiment-drops-tense-first-trailer-ahead-of",
        "published": "2026-09-29T17:39:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}