Stranger Things actor Gaten Matarazzo. Photo / Getty Images
Stranger Things actor Gaten Matarazzo. Photo / Getty Images
Netflix's new hidden-camera prank show has sparked a furious backlash online as its premise targets people who are trying to find work.
The streaming giant new eight-episode reality series Prank Encounters is set to launch later this year, and will be hosted and produced by Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo.
According to Deadline, it's described as a "terrifying and hilarious prank show" that "takes two complete strangers who each think they're starting their first day at a new job".
The description goes on to tease: "It's business as usual until their paths collide and these part-time jobs turn into full-time nightmares".
The AV Club slammed the show's premise, claiming it's "screwing with people trying to find work".
While Priscilla Page wrote: "Nothing funnier than thinking you've finally landed a job and eluded unemployment, poverty, and possible homelessness, only to discover you inhabit a cruel hellscape ruled by that kid from Stranger Things."
Is it possible that this prank show hosted by gaten matarazzo is all a hoax, which in itself is the prank? Because if it's real, I kinda hope someone in PR gets to experience unemployment for themselves. #PrankEncounters#gatenmatarazzo
#PrankEncounters@netflix thinks this is a great idea for a TV show. Hire someone thinking they have found a job and then prank them with the fact they really don't have a job. NO creativity at all and down right cruel.
next on @netflix, we have a series where we prank people trying to adopt that they get a kid, but actually they don't. And then season where we prank people in cancer treatment that they are in remission, but hey actually, they aren't. How hilarious! #PrankEncountershttps://t.co/3jm0rSxcaW
nothing funnier than thinking you've finally landed a job and eluded unemployment, poverty, and possible homelessness, only to discover you inhabit a cruel hellscape ruled by that kid from Stranger Things https://t.co/cDuSuc3LPx
