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Carlos Amato

Carlos Amato is an editorial cartoonist, writer and illustrator living in Johannesburg, with a focus on sport, culture and politics. He has degrees in literature and animation, used to edit the ‘Sunday Times Lifestyle’ magazine and is the author of ‘Wayde van Niekerk: Road to Glory’ (Jonathan Ball, 2018).

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SCREEN GRAB: Funny, not funny

by Carlos Amato 5 June 202110 June 2021

HBO’s Fake Famous is a humorous dive into the Instagram racket, but it misses the painful collateral damage of the influencer economy

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