46 h. ago Netflix gets it: we all love watching a trainwreck | Andrew Lawrence

The summer success of the streamer’s Trainwreck series of docs shows how so many of us just can’t look away from unfolding chaosTrainwreck has become TV’s unlikely summer breakout, a runaway blockbuster for Netflix.Not to be confused with the 2015 comedy starring Amy Schumer, Trainwreck is the Netflix-produced anthology documentary series that revisits the shocking, bizarre and chaotic real-life media sensations of yesteryear. Episodes run the gamut from pop culture disasters (Travis Scott’s Astroworld tragedy) to public meltdowns (crack-smoking Toronto mayor Rob Ford) to wildly improbable fiascos (the Carnival “poop cruise”), with each seemingly destined to land on the streamer’s most-watched list. Continue reading...

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69 h. ago Cruise experts debunk common myths for those scarred by scenes from viral 'poop cruise'

As stomach-turning clips of the 2013 'poop cruise' make the rounds on social media, cruise travel experts reassure holidaymakers why the horrors of the past are unlikely to be repeated

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3 w. ago Stranded at sea for five days with no plumbing: Netflix tells the inside story of infamous ‘Poop Cruise’

Over 4,000 passengers and crew were stranded on the 14-storey Carnival Triumph liner

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3 w. ago Fate of the 'poop cruise' ship 12 years on as Netflix documentary drops

The 2013 voyage was supposed to be a luxury cruise - it ended up being a living nightmare

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3 w. ago 'Raw sewage leaked all over' as extent of 'poop cruise' disaster uncovered

A new Netflix documentary has captured the horrors on-board the ship dubbed the 'poop cruise'

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3 w. ago 'Netflix Poop Cruise doesn't show how bad horror sailing really was'

The Carnival Triumph cruise from Texas to Mexico in 2013 turned into a nightmare when an engine room fire cut power to the ship, leaving over 4,000 passengers and crew adrift

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3 w. ago Inside the revolting story of the infamous ‘poop cruise’: ‘Complete media bloodbath’

The story of the 2013 Carnival Triumph cruise, which descended into chaos after the toilets gave up in the middle of the sea, has been turned into a wild Netflix documentaryElevator pitches don’t get much more captivating, and possibly revolting, than “poop cruise” – a modern day Gilligan’s Island tale that’s almost too good to be true.For those who may have missed the headlines in 2013: a two-day transit from Galveston, Texas, to Cozumel, Mexico turned disastrous when an engine room fire struck the Carnival Triumph and stranded its 4,100-odd passengers and crew in the Gulf of Mexico. The fire devastated the Triumph’s electrical nerve center and crippled the auxiliary systems aboard the ship, from the wifi to the toilets – which literally backed up into cabins and spilled into the hallways. After three days adrift, the Triumph was towed to Mobile, Alabama – but not before the limits of socially conditioned behavior approached a breaking point. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago We survived the most vile cruise in history where passengers acted like 'animals'... the new Netflix special makes us sick

Stranded passengers - choking on the overwhelming stench - were told to urinate in showers and defecate into biohazard bags as they turned into 'animals' and fought over food supplies.

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3 w. ago Poop Cruise review – a fascinating look at a toilet disaster that still haunts passengers 12 years later

In 2013, more than 4,000 people on a malfunctioning 13-storey holiday boat had to spend days defecating into bags. This catch-up with passengers makes for a fun hour of unintentional comedyWith the latest instalments of the series Trainwreck, Netflix appears to be trying to grant us some brief summer break from the worst kind of horrors the true crime genre can offer. In contrast to previous episodes, which looked at the Woodstock 99 riots and Astroworld tragedy that saw 10 people die in a crowd crush at a massive Live Nation-organised concert – including a nine-year-old child – it has suddenly pivoted in tone.Last week it gave us Mayor of Mayhem, the tale of Rob “I am not a crack addict” Ford, the crack-addicted mayor of Toronto and his very un-Canadian way of doing municipal business. In coming weeks, there will be accounts of the balloon boy’s story, a private investigation agency run by soccer moms, and “the greatest shitpost ever made”. Whether this tonal change comes as a reli...

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3 w. ago Why were people not evacuated from Carnival Triumph poop cruise?

Netflix has today released a documentary about the cruise that became known as the 'poop cruise'

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3 w. ago We survived the most vile cruise in history where passengers acted like 'animals'... we couldn't even watch the Netflix trailer

Stranded passengers - choking on the overwhelming stench - were told to urinate in showers and defecate into biohazard bags as they turned into 'animals' and fought over food supplies.

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3 w. ago Overlooked Netflix war film hailed as 'natural crowd pleaser' telling 'ignored' story

Kerry Washington stars in The Six Triple Eight, which is a historical war drama that tells the remarkable true story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion

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