Netflix didn’t need a convoluted algorithm to figure out that
Tiny Pretty Things was going to be my next obsession. The recently released Netflix drama is about a murder at a ballet school that brings in a new student who must learn to navigate the absolutely bonkers and cutthroat environment that is a prestigious ballet academy.
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When I was a tiny pretty thing myself, I had two dreams in life: to be a bus driver and a ballerina. I assumed both could be done at the same time if I just drove the bus in the mornings and was in the corps de ballet at night. Life all planned before 10, I really had it together. The small issue of my feet and knees pointing in the wrong direction eventually kept me from my ballerina dream, but I can always experience the tense, elegant drama of the ballet world in the TV shows, documentaries, and movies dedicated to the art form. Luckily for ballet fans, there is a wealth of ballet content to consume in place of going to an actual ball