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  • Sharksploitation Examines Jaws’ Effect on Pop Culture—and Swimming

    Sharksploitation Examines Jaws’ Effect on Pop Culture—and Swimming

    Before Jaws, most beachgoers didn’t worry about getting chomped by sharks. After Jaws, it’s all anyone could think about—and Hollywood, as well as the international film industry, took notice, capitalizing with so many rip-offs a new genre was born. It gets its own spotlight in a new documentary: Sharksploitation. Sharksploitation arrives on Shudder this week,…