Riz Ahmed’s satirical drama series Bait explores the psychological unraveling of a British-Pakistani actor, Shah Latif, whose life spirals after a high-stakes James Bond audition goes awry. The show is a genre-blending meditation on identity, ambition, and the cost of assimilation, draw
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